Facilitation Course Survey - Foundation for Intentional Community

Your Name (optional)

What is your general level of familiarity with meeting facilitation? (please select one)

I'm a complete newbie

I'm familiar with the role but don't have much experience doing it

I've done a fair amount yet can get in over my head when something arises that's emotionally charged or complex

I'm fairly accomplished and can handle most situations well

Do you currently live in an intentional community or soon plan to?

Yes

No (That's ok; this course is for you, too)

If you currently live in an intentional community or soon plan to, What's the name and location of your community?

If you are part of a cooperative group, please select all the options below that apply to your group.

Have a Facilitation Team

Have a Process Team

Have explicit Ground Rules, establishing the facilitator's authority to run the meeting

Have agreements about working with emotions

Have a Conflict Resolution Team (to help members resolve tensions when they aren't able to find their way through on their own)

Allow for co-facilitation (two or more people facilitating as a team)

Have some subgroup set agendas for plenaries (whole group meetings) other than the facilitator

Have a template it uses when drafting committee or manager mandates

What are your preferences in learning styles? (please select all that apply)

Lectures work fine for me

Handouts and visuals that support the oral presentation

Exercises that ground the learning

Whole class discussion of ideas

Small group breakouts, where I can discuss ideas and responses with a few other fellow students

Plenty of time for Q&A

Does working with emotions seem scary or challenging to you? (please select one)

Yes

No

Maybe (depending on who it is and how wild the emotions are)

Does working with complex (many-threaded) topics seem challenging to you? (please select one)

Yes

No

Maybe (depending on what's at stake and how complicated it is)

What do you most want out of this course?

Do you have suggestions for future sessions? What topics or activities would you like explore/experience during future sessions?

Art of Facilitation Course Survey