Facilitators Guide_Diversity Circles_EN

2 The European Commission support for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of the contents which reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. Table of Contents Table of Contents ................................................................................................................................... 2 Project Overview ............................................................................................................................... 4 Diversity Circles TM Overview ......................................................................................................... 5 Facilitator’s Guide Overview ......................................................................................................... 5 Objectives, Outlooks and Philosophy of the Diversity Circles TM ........................................ 6 Target Groups: Overview and Outlook ....................................................................................... 9 ................................................................................................................................................................ 9 Merging for Diversity Circles™................................................................................................................ 9 Diversity Circles TM : Recruitment and Overview of Facilitation ......................................... 10 Diversity Circles TM Programme Agreement ............................................................................ 11 Contracting ........................................................................................................................................... 13 Step 1: Your personal introduction as a facilitator............................................................................... 13 Step 2: Engaging Diversity Circles™ members – Personal introductions to the group ........................ 13 Step 3: Introduction to Diversity Circles™ ............................................................................................ 13 Step 4: The Meeting process – Outline the meeting model................................................................. 14 Step 5: Discuss expectations for the session ........................................................................................ 14 Step 6: Administration details: -Initial contract signing & attendance registration............................ 15 Step 7: Discuss expectations of group members- from you as the facilitator...................................... 15 Step 8: Management of expectations - contribution, behaviour & meeting process.......................... 15 Step 9: Development of ground rules................................................................................................... 16 Step 10: Introduction to Action Learning ............................................................................................. 17 Step 11a: Ending the Session................................................................................................................ 18 Step 11b: Ending the Final Session ....................................................................................................... 19 Diversity Circle TM Session: 5- Stage Progression ................................................................. 21 Stage 1: Check-in .................................................................................................................................. 21 Stage 2: Describe current issue(s) ........................................................................................................ 21 Stage 3: Issue Exploration..................................................................................................................... 22 Stage 4: Developing solutions, options & alternatives for action ........................................................ 22 Stage 5: Summarise .............................................................................................................................. 22 Goal Setting Tips ................................................................................................................................... 23 Method: SMART Goal Setting............................................................................................................... 23 Diversity Circles TM Tools .............................................................................................................. 24 The Tool 1: NLP Communication Model .................................................................................... 24 Tool 2: Mind Map and Ideas Generation ................................................................................... 26