Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2018/Programme/Submission/Facilitation Skills Workshop

Title of your proposal

Name(s) and/or username(s)

Asaf Bartov, Asaf (WMF)

Senior program officer, Wikimedia Foundation

Topic

1. Strategic discussions:
   • Attracting new editors and creating comfortable conditions for them.
   • Gender gap.
2. Capacity development:
   • Encouragement of new editors.
   • Conflict resolution.

Type of submission (Please choose one)

• Workshop (work in groups)

Summary

Facilitation is a set of practices and a role that concerns itself with assisting (usually goal-oriented) conversations run smoothly and productively. It is distinct from leading or controlling the conversation. Facilitation relies on fairly well-understood principles in human psychology and sociology, and when done well, can transform dysfunctional conversations or situations into healthy and constructive ones. In this workshop, I will present the importance of good facilitation, and teach some basic facilitation techniques. The participants will get to practice the techniques in small groups.

Duration (without Q&A)

200 minutes

Slides or further information

slides from previous occasion

Interested attendees (Please add yourself, and you may indicate your questions to the presenter).

1. --Frhdkazan (talk) 03:20, 11 October 2018 (UTC)