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WELCOME! 2008 Statewide 4-H Agent In-Service Lori Gallimore Belew, Ed.D. April 24, 2008 Henry Horton State Park The Shopping Cart: Meeting Facilitation Tools for Youth and Adults

Purposes and Reasoning: • Move thru meetings more effectively/quicker • Everyone has a voice • Teach leadership skills • Teach 4-H life skills The Shopping Cart: Meeting Facilitation Tools for Youth and Adults

Leadership Indicators: • As a member of a committee, I take my job seriously. • I help to ensure that everyone gets an opportunity to say what they think. • I can cooperate and work in a group. • When in charge of a group, I treat everyone fairly and equally. The Shopping Cart: Meeting Facilitation Tools for Youth and Adults

Responsibilities of a Facilitator: • Communicate without communicating • Encourage voice • Don’t be the “White Elephant” • Avoid group-think/Encourage the Devil’s advocate • Capitalize on diversity The Shopping Cart: Meeting Facilitation Tools for Youth and Adults

Ground Rules: • Shared expectations • Expectations for outcome of the meeting • Expectations for members • Expectations for the facilitator • Set in the beginning; Review in the end The Shopping Cart: Meeting Facilitation Tools for Youth and Adults

Types of Facilitative Leadership Tools: • Mind Mapping • The T-Chart • The Sticky Wall • Gradients of Agreement • Brainstorming • Rank Voting • Sticker Voting • Quadrant Diagram • The Timeline • The Matrix Diagram • • Rotating Charts The Shopping Cart: Meeting Facilitation Tools for Youth and Adults

Selecting the National Fruit of the United States: • Divide into groups. • Each group needs three sheets of flip chart paper. • Each member needs a marker. • Each group needs to select one “scribe.” The Shopping Cart: Meeting Facilitation Tools for Youth and Adults

Selecting the National Fruit of the United States: • Review the selection matrix. • Identify eight potential fruits. • Scribes: • Write your eight potential fruits on one sheet of the flip chart paper. The Shopping Cart: Meeting Facilitation Tools for Youth and Adults

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Selecting the National Fruit of the United States: • Vote for your four favorites. • Scribes: • Record the vote. • Write the top four fruits on the second sheet of flip chart paper. The Shopping Cart: Meeting Facilitation Tools for Youth and Adults

Selecting the National Fruit of the United States: • Vote again … vote for your two favorites. • Scribes: • Record the vote. • Write the top two favorite fruits on the third sheet of flip chart paper. The Shopping Cart: Meeting Facilitation Tools for Youth and Adults

Selecting the National Fruit of the United States: • Individually, complete the “Selection Matrix.” The Shopping Cart: Meeting Facilitation Tools for Youth and Adults

Selecting the National Fruit of the United States: • Vote again … vote for your favorite! • Scribes: • Circle the fruit with the most votes. The Shopping Cart: Meeting Facilitation Tools for Youth and Adults

And the winner is …! The Shopping Cart: Meeting Facilitation Tools for Youth and Adults

FINAL THOUGHTS: • Describe your experiences verses your expectations? Was it easier or harder than you thought it might be? Why or why not? • How did you group make a decision regarding how to narrow down the fruit choices? • How can you use this tool? What experiences have you had in the past in which this tool would have been helpful? • Can you think of any ways to improve “The Shopping Cart” method of group decision making? The Shopping Cart: Meeting Facilitation Tools for Youth and Adults

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