Facilitation

They also facilitated regional enclave discussions (as described in the “Facilitation” section below) ahead of the deliberation to identify feasible policy strategies and co-design the questions that the deliberative poll would ask of the public.

Seek to discover common interests and areas of agreement by focusing more on why than what, more on personal experiences than positions.

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3 Key Tips for a #ListenFirst Conversation

1. Listen with curiosity


2. Speak from your own experience


3. Connect with respect

The group needs to learn:

• What everyone else thinks about the challenge: What is happening? What’s the real challenge?


• What they themselves believe is possible — what futures can be created with this group?


• What does the group believe is possible?


• What are we willing to try? How much risk are we willing to endure?


• How committed is the group to the chall

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More and more, I’m aware of this simple fact: True collaboration is a group learning process.