Description
| Product ID: | 9781119049715 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Title: | The Discussion Book |
| Subtitle: | 50 Great Ways to Get People Talking |
| Authors: | Author: Stephen Preskill, Stephen D. Brookfield |
| Page Count: | 288 |
| Subjects: | Teaching skills and techniques, Teaching skills & techniques |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Build teams, make better decisions, energize groups, and think out of the box Do you need a resource that you can pull out of your pocket to liven up meetings, trainings, professional development, and teaching? The fifty easily applied techniques in this timely manual spur creativity, stimulate energy, keep groups focused, and increase participation. Whether you're teaching classes, facilitating employee training, leading organizational or community meetings, furthering staff and professional development, guiding town halls, or working with congregations, The Discussion Book is your go-to guide for improving any group process. Each of the concrete techniques and exercises is clearly described with guidance on selection and implementation, as well as advice on which pitfalls to avoid. All of the techniques: Offer new ways to engage people and energize groupsGet employees, students, colleagues, constituents, and community members to participate more fully in deliberative decision-makingEncourage creativity and openness to new perspectivesIncrease collaboration and build cohesive teamsKeep groups focused on important topics and hard-to-address issues Derived from the authors' decades of experience using these exercises with schools, colleges, corporations, the military, social movements, health care organizations, prisons, unions, non-profits, and elsewhere, The Discussion Book will help you guide discussions that matter. |
| Imprint Name: | Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S. |
| Publisher Name: | John Wiley & Sons Inc |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2016-02-16 |
