Recommended Resource List:
Facilitation Skills

Materials indicated by call numbers may be found on site using the State Library's Online Catalog. All other sources may be acquired using the State Library's Interlibrary Loan Services. To request materials, state government employees should use the Kentucky Government Employee Materials Request form. To apply for a library card, State Government Employees should complete the online application.

• Books
  • Bens, Ingrid. Facilitating with Ease!: A Step-by-Step Guidebook with Customizable Worksheets on CD-ROM. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2000. Call number: 658.456 Bens
  • Cameron, Esther. Facilitation Made Easy: Practical Tips to Improve Meetings and Workshops. 3rd ed. Sterling, VA: Kogan Page, 2005. Call number: 658.4036 Came
  • Greenbaum, Thomas L. Moderating Focus Groups: A Practical Guide for Group Facilitation. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2000. Call number: 001.433 Gree
  • Iacofano, Daniel S. Meeting of the Minds: A Guide to Successful Meeting Facilitation. Berkeley: MIG Communications, 2001. Call number: 658.456 Iaco
  • Justice, Thomas.  The Facilitator’s Fieldbook.  New York: AMACOM, 2006.  Call number:   658.4036 Just
  • Kaner, Sam, et al.  Facilitator’s Guide to Participatory Decision-Making.  San Francisco: Pfeiffer Wiley, 2006.  Call number:  658.456 Kane
  • Kelsey, Dee, et. al. Great Meetings: How to Facilitate Like a Pro. Portland, ME: Hanson Park Press, 2004. Call number: 658.456 Kels
  • Kiser, A. Glenn. Masterful Facilitation: Becoming a Catalyst for Meaningful Change. New York: AMACOM, 1998. Call number: 658.456 Kise
  • Miller, Robert F. Running a Meeting That Works. Happauge, NY: Barron's Educational Series, 2004. Call number: 658.456 Mill
  • Rees, Fran. Facilitator Excellence Handbook: Helping People Work Creatively and Productively Together. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer, 1998. Call number: 658.402 Rees
  • Rees, Fran. How to Lead Work Teams: Facilitation Skills, 2nd ed. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer, 2005. Call number: 658.456 Rees
  • Scholtes, Peter R. The Team Handbook, 2nd ed. Madison, WI: Oriel, 2000. Call number: 658.402 Scho
• Listservs
  • http://www.albany.edu/cpr/gf/group_facilitation_resources.html
    Group Facilitation: Resources offers a moderated discussion on the practice and theory of group facilitation. Participants share ideas, questions, and advice on group problem solving and decision making, group development, running meetings, and related topics. Last accessed on March 29, 2004.
• Videos
  • Basic Facilitation Skills. Videocassette. Call number: ON ORDER
  • Team Building. 19 min. CRM, 1995. Videocassette. Call number: VC 658.402 Team/VC4995
  • Mining Group Gold. 25 min. CRM, 1998. Videocassette. Call number: VC658.4036/VC6385
• Websites 
  • http://www.managementhelp.org/grp_skll/facilitate/facitate.htm#anchor106921
    Facilitation (Face-to-Face and On-Line) of the Free Management Library offers basic guidelines and principles about facilitation as well as various tips, tools and techniques. This information is assembled by Carter McNamara, PhD for The Management Assistance Program for Nonprofits (St. Paul, MN). Last accessed on March 29, 2004.
  • http://www.managmenthelp.org/grp_skll/grp_skll.htm
    Group Skills of the Free Management Library provides information about major types of groups, icebreakers and warmups for groups, facilitation (face-to-face and online) and general resources for more information. This information is assembled by Carter McNamara, PhD for The Management Assistance Program for Nonprofits (St. Paul, MN). Last accessed on March 29, 2004.