Facilitator Resources
Books
These books cover a range of facilitation aspects, from foundational skills to advanced techniques, making them valuable resources for individuals seeking to enhance their facilitation abilities.
The Skilled Facilitator: A Comprehensive Resource for Consultants, Facilitators, Managers, Trainers, and Coaches, by Roger Schwarz
Facilitator's Guide to Participatory Decision-Making by Sam Kaner
Facilitation at a Glance!: A Pocket Guide of Tools and Techniques for Effective Meeting Facilitation by Ingrid Bens
Facilitating with Ease!: Core Skills for Facilitators, Team Leaders, and Members, Managers, Consultants, and Trainers by Ingrid Bens
Visual Meetings: How Graphics, Sticky Notes and Idea Mapping Can Transform Group Productivity by David Sibbet
The Art of Facilitation: The Essentials for Leading Great Meetings and Creating Group Synergy by Dale Hunter, Anne Bailey, and Bill Taylor
Art of Facilitation: How to Create Group Synergy by Dale Hunter
The Facilitator's Fieldbook by Tom Justice and David W. Jamieson
The Art of Focused Conversation by R. Brian Stanfield
Participant Next Steps
Study + Reflect
Read and study various publications that can offer new information, challenge my bias, and expand my understanding of the scope and impact of poverty in North America. These publications reflect perspectives on both the structural and individual forces that have shaped poverty and prosperity in America.
Our Kids by Robert Putnam
The Careless Society by John McKnight
Evicted by Michael Desmond
Manifesto for a Moral Revolution by Jacqueline Novogratz
When Helping Hurts by Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert
Becoming Whole by Brian Fikkert and Kelly Kapic
Toxic Charity by Robert Lupton
The Hole in Our Gospel by Richard Stearns
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
More than Just Race by William Julius Wilson
Scarcity: The New Science Of Having Less And How It Defines Our Lives by Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir