Steering committee Meeting 3: Facilitation Training

This meeting will train steering committee members how to facilitate idea collection assemblies. Participants will learn about how the idea collection assembly workds and practice facilitating common situations.

Objectives

By the end of the meetings, participants will:

  • be able to facilitate an idea collection assembly

Materials

Digital

Printing

Preparation

Several weeks before

  • reserve room, microphone, speakers, projector

  • order any necessary swag

1 week before

  • create When2Meet for best meeting day — add QR code to slides

  • send Orientation RSVP email & form for food, interpretation, childcare, transportation, preferred meeting dates

Several days before

  • order food 

  • order interpretation

  • create Lyft vouchers

  • order childcare

  • buy supplies

  • print materials

1 hour before

  • setup tables and chairs

  • test AV

  • setup signup table:

    • name tags & sharpie

    • RSVP list

    • sign-in sheet

    • pens

  • distribute printed materials and pens

  • receive food

Procedure 

I. Welcome (5 min) 

  • Thank everyone for coming

  • Share outcomes of the session

  • Review agenda 

  • Review norms 

  • Update

II. Entrance ticket (5 min)

III. Facilitator Overview

  • resources

  • idea collection goals

  • idea collection agenda

  • facilitator roles

  • facilitator techniques

IV. Practice scenarios

V. Idea Collection Planning

VI. Close