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Day 2: 𝟭 𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗱 / 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 / 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗮 𝗱𝗮𝘆!

𝘊𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘍𝘢𝘤ilitation 𝘞𝘦𝘦𝘬 2026 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 methods! 

Every session / training / facilitation one attends, towards the end a feedback sheet is thrust in the hands and in the rush of catching the fast-local back home, one is expected to fill the sheet. So most just take one particular position and then very quickly they follow the same ticks till the very end on the same question.
What happens to the feedback of this reaction-sheet is another post altogether sometime later.

𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝘂𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗮𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 “𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗱?” 

Why not? The first experience of using a Rating Scale as a facilitative method was experienced by me when I attended Rhonda Tranks session at the the 1st global IAF conference in India (around 2010 in Bengaluru). And since then, I have been a loyal fan of this method. 

The play of this method (not necessarily only for feedback sheets, can be used at different points of time during your facilitated workshops as per your design). 

P̲r̲e̲p̲:

A sheet with measurable statements with adjoining scale (numerical or likert-type scale). I personally prefer to use numerical even-numbered scale to avoid mid-point marking by many who like to play safe. 

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲:

• Give the prepared sheet to each group-member to mark on. 

• While they are filling, the facilitator lays on the floor in sequence the numbers (as per the scale used) in a crescent manner (if space permits) spreading the numbers with ample space in between for movement. 

• Ask the group to carry their sheets along with and move towards the laid numbers.

• Read out (ask someone to read) the 1st statement and invite them to position themselves physically around or behind the laid-out numbers. 

• Verbally set-up the WOW’s (Ways of Working) 
  o this is a discussion and not a debate,
  o allow unheard voices to speak
  o see that all positions are represented in the discussion
  o be loud so everyone in the room can hear
  o they address the gorup and not the facilitator as he/she will move out of the discussion and will only step-in if needed
  o invite them to self-manage the discussion on their own
  o announce time limit

• Invite them to start and the facilitator moves out. 

The facilitator can be in the periphery without being visibly moderating however if there are discussion challenges such as arguments, debates, anger, blaming etc. , please step in and navigate. 

Once time is up (or you sense closure), check if any person wants to change their position in the scale. Ask them what made them change positions? (alternatively, this can be done at the end, after all statements are discussed).

Announce the next statement and move forward. At times, you may want to facilitate a particular statement differently. 

Repeat for all statements. 

The more you deliver this method, the more play you will experience... flex and make the group think, feel, share, realise.

𝘏𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨! 

𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗦 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 (𝟮 𝘁𝗼 𝟴 𝗙𝗲𝗯).