Deliberation Facilitator Achievement Quiz December 18, 2020 by Madeleine Page Leave a Comment Welcome to your Deliberation Facilitator Achievement Quiz Which of the four facilitator styles do you think will be easiest and most difficult for you to adopt? Select all of the following that are true: Facilitators should encourage participants to reflect on their own experience but not the experience of the group as a whole. Facilitators should model the process of reflection by talking about their own motivation for doing this work. Reflection should only focus on what has happened during the deliberation and not consider next steps that can be taken after the deliberation. Facilitators should reserve time at the end of each deliberation for group reflection. A primary responsibility of the facilitator is to connect ideas and people throughout a deliberation. What is one specific way facilitators can identify such connections? (Hint: It begins with a "P.") Facilitators also need to make sure the group stays on track to meet the goals they have set themselves. What is one way not to do this? Suggesting a sequence for moving the conversation forward. Revisiting or refocusing the deliberation on the original purpose of the meeting. Letting participants know how they are doing and how far they have gotten. Suggesting that a particular topic that is not directly relevant to the deliberator's purpose be placed in the parking lot for future consideration. Recommending that discussion of someone's lived experience relating to their identity and the topic of discussion be deferred to a parking lot for another time when issues related to those experiences are the focus of the meeting. None Select the answer that is NOT correct. Facilitators can use body language by "leaning in" and "stepping back." Sometimes facilitators need to "prime the pump" by asking participants to think outside the box and dig a little deeper. Facilitators should avoid trying to encourage participants to speak up. At some point facilitators should ask individual participants to say more about a particular topic. None Which of the following types of questions should facilitators avoid asking? Clarifying questions Questions about definitions Questions about inferences Invitations for qualifiers Questions that are double-barreled, leading, or present a false dichotomy None What are some signs that a deliberation is veering off course? Select all that apply. Participants are highly engaged and offering each other arguments and counter-arguments as they explore their areas of disagreement and agreement. Some participants are talking a lot but others have disengaged. Participants are getting more emotional and beginning to question each other's intentions and character. The discussion is beginning to focus on issues that are not related to the topic at hand, and some participants are getting frustrated with the tangents. Which of the following is NOT a constructive idea for intervening when a deliberation is going in a problematic direction? Suggest that a controversy that has come up is an opportunity for learning Give a "process commercial" that reminds participants of the group's process agreements Calling someone out publicly for making a statement that some participants may find offensive without first asking for qualifications or clarifications Invite other voices into the conversation that might offer an alternative perspective. Take a break and speak privately to a participant who is dominating the conversation or making statements that violate the agreed-upon guidelines. None Time's up
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