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Facilitation Myths from the IAF Oceania Conference

Posted by Andrew 17 March 2012

Following on from my last post of “The Top 5 Myths of Facilitation with Bob Dick” — here’s a listing of some of the myths around facilitation that emerged at the IAF Oceania Conference a few weeks ago…It was a great session!

• “We are all mediators”
• “It’s easy – you can just show up one hour before”
• “Facilitations easy – anyone can do it”
• “Facilitation is a calling”
• “Titles remain outside the door”
• “Facilitation has to be fun”
• “Facilitation should always be inclusive”
• “Facilitation shouldnt make people feel uncomfortable”
• “Facilitation/Facilitators don’t really do anything”
• “Facilitators should never move into content”
• “Facilitators can wave a magic wand in 2 hours and everythings going to be OK”
• “The wisdoms in the room”
• “Trust the process”
• “Facilitators facilitate outcomes… Or Process?”
• “The client is the group”
• “Facilitation can solve all the problems in a day”
• “There are people called facilitators”

Got any more?

2 Responses to “Facilitation Myths from the IAF Oceania Conference”

1. Mirella Says:
   March 18th, 2012 at 5:24 am

   “Are’t you suppose to talk more”

2. Andrew Says:
   March 18th, 2012 at 5:48 am

   Interesting one Mirella… Could you say a little more about the Myth you’ve experience in relation to this?

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