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The IAF Handbook of Group Facilitation: Best Practices from the Leading Organization in Facilitation (J-B International Association of Facilitators)
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Sponsored by the International Association of Facilitators, The IAF Handbook of Group Facilitation offers the need-to-know basics in the field brought together by fifty leading practitioners and scholars. This indispensable resource includes successful strategies and methods, foundations, and resources for anyone who works with groups. The IAF Handbook of Group Facilitation provides an overview of the field for new and aspiring practitioners and a reliable reference for experienced group facilitators, including chapters on
- Creating positive ongoing client relationships
- Building trust and improving communications
- Facilitating group brainstorming sessions
- Drawing out the best in people
- Developing a collaborative environment
- Designing and facilitating dialogue
- Managing conflicting agendas
- Working with multicultural groups
- Using improvisation
- Understanding virtual meetings
- Facilitating team start-up
- Assessing group decision processes
- Building expertise in facilitation
- Reviewing core facilitation competencies
- Modeling positive professional attitudes
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Sponsored by the International Association of Facilitators, The IAF Handbook of Group Facilitation offers the need-to-know basics in the field brought together by fifty leading practitioners and scholars. This indispensable resource includes successful strategies and methods, foundations, and resources for anyone who works with groups. The IAF Handbook of Group Facilitation provides an overview of the field for new and aspiring practitioners and a reliable reference for experienced group facilitators, including chapters on -Creating positive ongoing client relationships -Building trust and improving communications -Facilitating group brainstorming sessions -Drawing out the best in people -Developing a collaborative environment -Designing and facilitating dialogue -Managing conflicting agendas -Working with multicultural groups -Using improvisation -Understanding virtual meetings -Facilitating team start-up -Assessing group decision processes - Building expertise in facilitation -Reviewing core facilitation competencies -Modeling positive professional attitudes
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Excellent Resource Manual.......2007-03-08
I purchased 3 different books regarding faciliation techniques and guidelines and this was the ultimate. It is set out very clearly, provides background to faciliation and then systematically steps through an end-to-end process including a wide range of techniques to select from when developing a plan for a facilitation workshop.
A TOP-NOTCH, IN-DEPTH INTRODUCTION TO FACILITATION........2005-08-09
An extraordinarily rich and in-depth introduction to the subject. Each chapter is written by one or more experts. The book covers such topics as:
- creating an ongoing client relationship;
- the skilled facilitator approach;
- process issues such as difficult personalities;
- facilitation planning and preparation;
- building trust;
- the art of drawing out the best in people;
- building a collaborative environment;
- facilitating the whole system in the room;
- improvisation in facilitation;
- virtual meetings;
- facilitating communication in group decision making discussions;
- how to build you facilitation expertise.
These topics are but a sampling, to give some idea of the scope and depth of this most valuable volume, which takes the reader far deeper than methods and techniques. The book is well organized and very accessible. Based on our organization diagnosis, design and change consulting experience (www.FutureOrganization.com), we find this book to be a terrific resource for practitioners.
The Facilitation Reference Book.......2005-04-20
I have over 35 years of experience in facilitation, working in villages, multinational companies, intergovernmental bodies and not-for-profit organizations. The IAF Handbook of Group Facilitation is the reference book of facilitation. From the day it arrived I began using it.
Chapters cover a wide array of applications, methods and theory of faciliation. Topics such as visual facilitation, the use of stories in facilitation, training of facilitators, facilitation as a communications tool and much more make this book a must have for those concerned with the profession of facilitation
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Business-driven action learning addresses the need for more creative and accountable approaches to learning and earning demanded by the pace of change in business life. This volume shows how it is accomplished through detailed descriptions of how businesses have designed, facilitated and implemented the method.
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International Trade Law Best Practices is an authoritative, insiders perspective on the complex legal issues companies face when trading across borders. Featuring department heads, group chairs, and leading partners representing some of the nations top firms, this book provides a broad, yet comprehensive overview of trade regulations, including Antidumping, Import/Export Controls, Investment Protection Strategies, and Economic Sanctions, among others. From compliance tips to treaty interpretations, these authors explain the issues sur-rounding international trade from start to finish with information useful to both attorneys and executives. The different niches presented and the breadth of perspectives represented by these outstanding authors enable readers to get inside some of the great legal minds of today, as experts offer up their thoughts around the keys to successful trade practices. For under-standing and implementing the practices that separate successful trade relations from the rest, International Trade Law Best Practices is truly an indispensable resource. Chapters include: 1. Elliot J. Feldman, Partner, Baker & Hostetler LLP, "Working for Clients and Choosing Sides: Best Practices in International Trade Law"; 2. Gregory C. Dorris, Partner, Pepper Hamilton LLP, "Continued Expansion of the International Trade Attorney's Role"; 3. Stephen A. Jones, Partner, Leader of International Trade Group, King & Spalding LLP, "Evaluating An Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Case"; 4. Lawrence A. Schneider, Senior Partner, Arnold & Porter LLP, "Protecting and Advancing Your Business Interests Through International Trade Law and Policy"; 5. Joseph F. Dennin, Senior Partner, McKenna Long, & Aldridge LLP, "Dealing with and Thriving In Uncertainty"; 6. Matthew J. Clark, Partner, Arent Fox PLLC, "Helping Business and Regulation Work Together"; 7. Marian Elizabeth Ladner, Member, Epstein Becker & Green PC, "Navigating the Myriad of Import and Export Compliance Requirements"; 8. William H. Barringer, Partner, Head of International Trade Practice Group, Willkie Farr! & Gallagher, "Understanding A Diverse Area of the Law."
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Pavlichev and Garson.......2003-11-18
This book demonstrates the state of the art in digital government. Rather than writing about what e-government could be, the authors take a reasoned look at the topic. The book is therefore neither overly optimistic nor is it hand wringingly critical. The international dimension is handled nicely in several chapters that extend the analysis to countries outside the US.
The book can easily become a standard reference for those who study e-government.
Solid contribution to the Electronic Government Literature.......2003-11-04
Pavlichev and Garson provide a beneficial and thorough treatment of electronic/digital government, examining technical, management and policy issues with both theory and practice. For both students and practitioners of electronic/digital government, Pavlichev and Garson offer an excellent overview of how we got here, where we are, where we want to go and the challenges along the way.
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Logistics and the Extended Enterprise: Benchmarks and Best Practices for the Manufacturing Professional
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Logistics and the Extended Enterprise is the result of a four-year, $1 million research project devoted to the study of best practices in supply chain managementâa necessity for companies that want to be competitive in a global business environment. Written by members of the University of Maryland's Supply Chain Management Center, this important book takes a first-of-its-kind look at supply chain and logistics/transportation management organization structure. It offers a paradigm for successfully implementing a global supply chain and explains the role logistics plays in enabling this approach.
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A Wealth of Practical Advice and Expert Insight on the Expatriate Experience
Former human resources manager and expatriate Stan Lomax shares his considerable experience and innovative ideas on best practices for overseas assignees and their managers. He discusses common problems and answers tough questions for parties on both sides of the expatriate issue. He provides tips and advice on issues from choosing and training candidates to applying for overseas positions and getting the best compensation package possible. Expert advice on these subjects, and more, is included:
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I had Dr. Lomax as a professor and he is a brilliant man and his book conveys that. It is an absolute must read for anyone considering overseas assignments.
An International Manager's MUST READ.......2002-03-22
A must read for anyone contemplating an overseas assignment or for anyone in a position to send key people abroad. Unlike many management how-to's this one is written from first hand experience, from both sides of the desk-sender and sendee. The light though pithy writing style carries the reader easily along, is engaging and clearly informative. The case studies Lomax uses are to the point and vividly descriptive; the lessons flow in a most logical and easy to follow sequence. Many illustrations, artfuly executed, mirror the writers easy style, add a measure of amusement and dramatize the subject matter. It's a shame that a high quality, clearly presented text on this subject has not been available in the past. The angst of so many returning "expats" might have been avoided. A real classic- destined to the difinitive work of its genre.
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Creating Regional Wealth in the Innovation Economy: Models, Perspectives, and Best Practices
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Drawing on extensive new research through dozens of interviews with entrepreneurial champions in diverse sectors, Creating Regional Wealth in the Global Innovation Economy pinpoints the key reasons why some locations succeed in the quest to become centers of technology and innovation - and sustain their competitive advantages over time - while others fail. It answers the central questions about the world's entrepreneurial hotspots: What makes these locations special? How can local business and government organizations most effectively promote local entrepreneurship? And what can budding centers of entrepreneurship do in order to enter the game?
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Drawing on extensive new research through dozens of interviews with entrepreneurial champions in diverse sectors, Creating Regional Wealth in the Global Innovation Economy pinpoints the key reasons why some locations succeed in the quest to become centers
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A global snapshot.......2003-05-07
For people who want to get an overview of global clusters, what they are, what they can do to a nation's innovation system and its economy, what they have in common and how they differ in these global regions.
It is easy reading and gives a good global perspective. It highlights the local traits and permits comparisons with other geographical clusters, although it does not go as indepth one may hope for further academic research. Given the interview based research style, however, it keeps it lively and is not as "dry" as many other academics books.
The book makes clear that Silicon Valley and Boston's Route 128 are no longer the only innovation clusters.
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OUTDATED!!!.......2003-04-04
This book may have been useful back when the sock pocket was a big celebrity. In today's marketplace, this book just doesn't add any significant value. I have respect for the authors since I have heard them speak in San Francisco. It's too bad the hype doesn't live up to my expectations. The Internet Economy of the late 90s deserves better.
A so--so book not living up to the hype.......2003-02-13
When I first bought this book, I could not wait to read it. Unfortunately the book is more hype than anything else. At times I felt like I should spend a day in the library reading articles on microfiche and saved the money I spent.
It is sad since I have heard the authors in Paris many, many times and now I feel like I was cheated. It is a shame.
An important work.......2002-10-31
I found this to be an important work given our increasingly global business environment. The international collaboration of the authors, coupled with the book's focus, provide an important basis upon which we can begin to understand how the international business environment operates today.
Creating Regional Wealth in the Innovation Economy.......2002-09-24
Saperstein and Rouach have achieved a multi-layered analysis of the new global economy, focusing on countries whose institutions recognize and invest in human intellectual resources and foster a synergy of government, commerce and education.
As well as examining economic giants, this book provides a fascinating account of how small countries like Sweden, Ireland and Israel have prospered by finding unique niches in the world marketplace, rather than attempting to replicate American models. Instead of providing a one-way channel for a continuation of the "brain-drain," these countries have adapted to the new economic paradigm by better protecting and keeping more of their most precious assets, the wealth of their best and brightest.
Saperstein and Rouach have also produced a highly readable text, mixing history with narrative, case studies and interviews that capture both the long view of economic evolution and the people and companies that have place their stamps on the new economy.
Lastly, this book provides the optimistic theme that economic reform and investment in humuman resources provides the surest path to both individual dignity and a stable political and social climate.
Rick Isaacson, Ph.D.
Dept. of Speech and Communication Studies
San Francisco State Univeristy
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