Examples of Ground Rules. Tips for Facilitators

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What are Ground Rules? When you're going to participate in some form of group activity, it's a good idea to agree beforehand upon some rules all participants must follow. Such agreements are called: Ground Rules (GR). GR are the standards of conduct for meetings, brainstorming sessions, trainings, workshops, mediation, arbitration and other forms of consensus building. They may cover the behavior of the participants, the role and behavior of the facilitator, the methods and process to be used, and the substance of the discussions. Ground Rules Synonyms GR are also being called: discussion guidelines, community norms, participation agreements, a protocol, or rules of engagement. Why are Ground Rules Important? GR help improve the efficiency of the entire process making up the event and also to ensure all parties they will be treated equally and fairly during the process, by anchoring the respect attendants should have towards each other, towards the facilitor and towards the (...) Read more? Sign up for free

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		Facilitation as a Performing Art: Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) Tom Wilson, HR Consultant, United States, Member
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		On Ground Rule #12 for Consensus Gary Wong, Consultant, Canada, Member
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		On Ground Rule #8: No Monopolizing: Don't Allow Self Interested Groups to Sit Together Ivan Kohlinsky, Management Consultant, United Kingdom, Member
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		On Facilitation Ground Rule #9: Challenging Respectfully Charles Tombazian, Management Consultant, United States, Member
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		On Facilitation Ground Rule #7: Get Involved nuria bages
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		Better Name for Facilitation Ground Rules Yvette Elcock
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		Another Ground Rule: Observe Time Limits Andrew Blaine, Business Consultant, South Africa, Member
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		How Ground Rules Can Hurt Garth Nowland-Foreman
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		The Ground Rules Crest Arif ur Rehman, Professor, Pakistan, Member
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		Ways of Maintaining the Ground Rules Kees van der Zanden, Consultant, Member
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		Potential Extra Ground Rule - Be Accountable Maggie Golding, HR Consultant, United States, Member
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		Additional Ground Rules: End of Course and: Breaks antonio esquivias villalobos, Teacher, Spain, Member
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		Additional Ground Rule: Have Fun M Banville
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		Thumbs: Up, Down or Sideways Tom Wilson, HR Consultant, United States, Member
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		On Ground Rule #8: No Monopolizing Gwande, Project Manager, Zimbabwe, Member
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		Additional Ground Rule: Appoint a Timekeeper Mrs. Josephine Idele, Partner, Nigeria, Member
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		Allowing Ground Rules to Rule Arif ur Rehman, Professor, Pakistan, Member
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		It's Like Getting to Carnagie Hall... Tom Wilson, HR Consultant, United States, Member
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		Keep Minimum Number of Ground Rules Jagdish B Acharya, Consultant, India, Member
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		On Rule #9: Consider Using the 'But Out' Rule Steven Keleman, Ed.D., Management Consultant, United States, Member
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		The 'This AND That'-rule Tom Wilson, HR Consultant, United States, Member
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		A Variant of Ground Rule #10: One House Yemi Smith, Management Consultant, Nigeria, Member
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