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1 | 2 | 3 | 4   Facilitation Services What Facilitation Is About A collection of methods for helping a group of people clarify issues, explore alternatives and seek solutions. The facilitation process encourages participation, ownership and productivity from everyone in the group. The FACILITATOR is a neutral party who acts as a process expert to help the group accomplish its business by keeping it on track while encouraging full participation in a safe environment. Facilitation can be helpful to a new or existing group to... ·   Clarify its mission, objectives and operating methods at the beginning of its task. ·   Learn how to manage disagreements and conflicts when they arise so they can get back on track. ·   Learn how to promote efficient group process by getting through time-consuming group operating problems such as disagreement and conflict. ·   Learn group problem-solving and decision-making techniques, such as brainstorming, the prioritization matrix, nominal-group technique, affinity diagram, flow chart, run chart, histogram and bar charts.        The facilitator will work to.... ·   Keep the group focused on task while staying away from content-related positions. ·   Help the group establish ground-rules about how to work together. ·   Offer feedback about group process so members may learn effective group work. ·   Provide choices about problem-solving and  decision-making methods. ·   Mediate disagreements and  conflicts about what to accomplish and how to accomplish it without a right and/or wrong blaming contest.