BOOKS BY JEN STANCHFIELD
Tips and Tools: The Art of Experiential Group Facilitation
by Jennifer Stanchfield $24.95 20% Off for the Month of July! $19.95
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Facilitation is an art. By its very nature it is an experiential practice; an ever dynamic process of give and take, learning and development.
Jen Stanchfield’s new book Tips & Tools: the Art of Experiential Group Facilitation explores the facilitator’s role in groups of all kinds and offers creative tools and activities to enhance group experience. Tips & Tools serves as a guide and an inspiration for teachers and group facilitators looking to spark their creativity and enhance their own unique style.
Tips & Tools offers practical ideas and key ingredients for enhancing group facilitation including:
* Ideas for setting the tone and creating a positive environment for learning
* New twists on opening and closing activities
* Ways to facilitate ownership and involvement in the group experience
* Ideas for cultivating teachable moments throughout the learning experience
* Engaging processing tools and techniques
* Exploration of the role of a facilitator and the experiential approach to facilitation
* Techniques for becoming “participant centered” and empowering participants to take control of their learning
* Tools and tips for assessing groups and dealing with challenging group situations
* Activities to tie it all together and create meaning and opportunities for future learning
Whether you are new to facilitation or a seasoned veteran seeking inspiration, there is something in Tips & Tools for you.
“Tips&Tools is a straightforward and complete overview of facilitation. After one reading of Tips and Tools, I redesigned the focusing and sequencing sections of my own facilitator training.”
Steven Simpson, Ph.D., Recreation Management and Therapeutic Recreation, University of Wisconsin La Crosse.
“The book is a great resource for anyone wanting to increase the breadth of his or her processing toolbox. Everything is organized logically and is written in a way that is easy to understand, and more importantly use. I especially enjoyed the personal examples Jennifer used throughout the book that brought the concepts to life. I will be recommending this book to all the facilitators I train and work with.”
Sam Sikes, M.A., Founder, DoingWorks, Inc.
A Teachable Moment: A Facilitator’s Guide to Activities for Processing, Debriefing, Reviewing and Reflecting
by Jim Cain, Michelle Cummings and Jennifer Stanchfield $35.00
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Processing helps groups and individuals make connections between their educational experiences and real life. It helps them apply lessons learned and skills developed, in a “contrived environment” such as a classroom or challenge course, to real life issues. Processing helps create purpose, meaning and focus for an activity. It helps take advantage of teachable moments.
A Teachable Moment is full of processing activities to help participants transfer their learning back to everyday life. A Teachable Moment is perfect for new, as well as seasoned, facilitators.
The Me I See, 2nd Edition: Learning Through Writing and Reflection
by the Wood ‘N’ Barnes Author’s Collective $27.95
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“Journaling is a powerful reflection tool that helps individuals solidify and understand their thoughts and work through their personal feelings and reactions to the world around them. It stimulates creativity and gives the participants a tangible memoir of their experience and growth. The Me I See aims to provide an engaging and easy-to-use tool that will encourage these moments of self-reflection and a basic foundation whereby adolescents will recognize and come to value their own personal power, wisdom, and insight. It is meant not only to be a guide but also an inspiration to engage learners in the lifelong practice of journaling.”
The Me I See is a simple, thorough collection of journaling prompts placed in an accessible workbook template. The pages are full of thought-provoking prompts in an inviting format with a sense of whimsy and fun that is far less intimidating than the blank page. These pages are conveniently reproducible and can be used alone or combined with photos and artwork to make writing fun, creative, and engaging.
