​"Public engagement and deliberative dialogue is only as strong as its facilitators."  NH Listens
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GC offers support to help individuals and organizations

• Strengthen facilitation skills
• Develop dialogue & conversation skills
• Understand self and other
• Appreciate and utilize differences
• Build community 
• Work together effectively

Facilitators develop their ability to, in any context

• Know and trust themselves, process and people
• Focus without control
• Reflect and clarify
• Summarize
• Ask probing or follow-up questions
• Shift focus 
• Utilize silence
• Use non-verbal signals
• Embrace cultural differences
• Manage conflict
• Manage discouragement
• Hold relevant threads of current and previous conversations
• Prioritize – sort by category

Gloucester Conversations

The Facilitator's Role

Pathway to Becoming a GC Facilitator

Facilitation Tips

Upcoming Workshops

The Power of Dialogue
​April 26 - 28, 2018   Cambridge, MA

Dialogue Across Differences 
​May 24, 2018   Cambridge, MA

​Facilitation for Community Engagement
June 22, 2018   Cambridge, MA

Facilitating Tough Conversations
July 19 - 20, 2018   Cambridge, MA