Facilitation Skills Building Resources

Curated by Freedom Verses for NAVEL Assemblies Group Leaders

Table of Contents
Facilitation Team Prep Meeting Sample Agenda ....................................................... 2
Facilitator Check-in Sample Agenda ............................................................................... 2
Facilitation Team Debrief Meeting Sample Agenda ................................................. 3
Resourced to Resist ................................................................................................................ 4
Trigger Mapping........................................................................................................................ 5

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povitamu@freedomverses.org

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 Facilitation Team Prep Meeting Sample Agenda
1. Check-in
a. How are you? What are you bringing into the day with you?
2. Participant/Grantee Dynamics
a. Create space for coaches/staff to share dynamics that the team should
keep in mind for how folks might show-up today
3. Review logistics
4. Review roles, responsibilities & expectations
a. Ensure folks are aware of key roles
b. Confirm expectations for lead & support facilitators – keep in mind
dynamics shared and lessons from any previous debriefs
c. Check in about any responsibilities that are not covered or need
additional support
5. Review Agenda
a. Remind folks of overarching goals for the convening/day
b. Walk through agenda in as much detail as is needed for folks to feel
clear about their role and its connection to the bigger picture.
6. Q & A
7. Close

Facilitator Check-in Sample Agenda

1. Check-in
a. What is at the forefront for you as you prepare to facilitate this
session?
2. Triggers & Communication
a. Are there any triggers you have that co-facilitators should be aware of
in the facilitation process?
b. How will you communicate support needs? Are you comfortable with
live facilitation check-ins? Do you want to check-in during select
moments?
c. If something intense/challenging happens how will you respond as a
team?
3. Check-out
a. What needs do you have around checking out/debriefing after
facilitating the session?

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 Facilitation Team Debrief Meeting Sample Agenda

1. Landing together
a. Support facilitators in sharing what they’ve held through the day
and/or what they’re winding out the day focused on.

2. Feedback
a. Review feedback from participants &/or themes shared from safety
team lead

3. Glows
a. Facilitators should share what they/experienced and witnessed that
supported the goals and intentions for the convening.

4. Grows
a. Facilitators should share what they experienced and witnessed that
was not aligned with the goals and intention for the convening.

5. Next steps:
a. Identify any adjustments & changes for the next day based on the
feedback, glows and grows. This can include things like identifying
follow-up conversations for large group, organizations, or individuals
as well as who is best poised to have those conversations or minor or
major adjustments to conversation spaces.
b. Summarize what will happen and be sure folks are clear on who is
doing what.

6. Shout outs/affirmations
a. Encourage folks to share affirmations or shout outs in whatever
authentic ways they can examples may be- for what they saw from
other facilitators, what they witnessed from grantees, what they felt in
the space or heard that others felt.

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 Resourced to Resist

Resourced with Systems of Support

Systems of Support: a set of connected people, things or parts working together
to provide comfort, emotional help, approval and encouragement to someone in
need.

For our purposes systems of support are the connected people, places and things
that will provide you with comfort, emotional help, approval and encouragement in
pursuing and maintaining you in showing up holistically.

Resisting Unhealthy Cultures

Resist: to try to prevent by action or argument; to succeed in ignoring the
attraction of something unwise; to struggle against something or someone.

For our purposes resisting unhealthy cultures is acting, succeeding in ignoring the
attraction to, or struggling against a culture that does not support you in showing
up holistically.

How will you cultivate systems of support to resist unhealthy cultures?

Instructions: Using the prompts below name practices that you will continue,
cease or begin to implement. These practices should help you to be present
holistically.

I will start…
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I will stop…
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I will continue…
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 Trigger Mapping

As we do work around reproductive justice and organizing, we may be exposed to stories,

sensations, and experiences that we find unsettling or evoke painful memories for
ourselves. These are triggers – situations that deeply impact us, causing reactions ranging
from stress responses to symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder.

While each of us may have different triggers, even those of us who do not have diagnosed
PTSD or other anxiety disorders may react to specific incidents, sounds, types of stories,
or interactions with stress responses.

“Trigger mapping” and “mad maps” are resources developed by the Icarus Project, a
social justice-oriented “support network and education project by and for people who
experience the world in ways that are often diagnosed as mental illness.” These resources
are designed to allow individuals to document how they want to proceed during periods of
crisis, activation, or mental health episodes and are a great resource to maintain agency
and choice in times where they are often removed.

In the space below, feel free to jot notes, write full sentences, or draw images to map out
triggers and support that would be helpful for you. If you need more space, you can use
these guiding questions and blank paper to fully answer them.

Guiding Questions
What are my triggers?
(Triggers can be certain memories, locations, situations, or other sensations like smells
and sounds that bring up traumatic memories.)

What types of stories and incidents are harder for me to engage with?

How do I cope with triggers so that I don't get lost?

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In the past, when I have been triggered what has been helpful? (examples might
include removing yourself from the situation; taking time to breathe; stepping outside
with a friend; sleeping)

In the past, what has not been helpful? (examples might include bystanders
intervening without consent; bystanders observing with acknowledging what is happening
or intervening; touch without a warning; using substances)

What resources can I keep with me or close by, in case I have a panic attack
while I am out of the home?

Who do I trust to support me if I have been triggered? How can I have a

conversation ahead of time about what kind of care feels good for me?

Resources from the Icarus Project informed the creation of this worksheet. For more, visit https://theicarusproject.net

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 Popular Education Tools

The Spiral Model

More information on popular education:

https://populareducationnow.wordpress.com/popular-education/
http://www.preventconnect.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/What-exactly-is-Popular-Education-
Learnng-Heads.pdf
http://infed.org/mobi/popular-education/

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 Additional Resources

Setting the Tone: http://www.intergroupresources.com/setting-goals-and-

expectations/

Tips for Dealing with Hot Moments:

http://decspscc.weebly.com/uploads/7/7/4/1/7741372/managing_hot_moments.p
df

Facilitating Conversations on Race:

http://www.intergroupresources.com/rc/Facilitating%20Conversations%20on%20
Race-%20The%20Fundamentals.pdf

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