Description
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The Discussion Book" offers new ways to engage people and energize groups; will get employees, students, colleagues, constituents, and community members to participate more fully in deliberative decision-making; encourage creativity and openness to new perspectives; increase collaboration and build cohesive teams; and keep groups focused on important topics and hard-to-address issues." (
Reviewer's Bookwatch, May 2016)
Table of ContentsPreface ix
User Guide xiii
Acknowledgments xix
The Authors xxi
Introduction 1
1 Circle of Voices 9
2 Chalk Talk 13
3 Circular Response 19
4 Newsprint Dialogue 25
5 Today’s Meet 31
6 Giving Appreciation: The Appreciative Pause–Sticky Note Plaudit 37
7 Rotating Stations 43
8 Snowballing 49
9 Conversational Moves 53
10 Critical Incident Questionnaire (CIQ) 59
11 Strategic Questioning 65
12 Open-ended Questions 71
13 Nominating Questions 77
14 If You Could Only Ask One Question 81
15 On-the-Spot Questions and Topics 87
16 What Do You Think? 93
17 Clearness Committee 97
18 Team Modeling 103
19 Question Brainstorm 107
20 Narrative Listening and Questioning 111
21 Participation Rubric 115
22 Critical Conversation Protocol 121
23 What Are You Hearing? 127
24 Understanding Check 131
25 Stand Where You Stand 135
26 Think-Pair-Share 139
27 Drawing Discussion 143
28 Musicalizing Discussion 149
29 Structured Silence 153
30 Writing Discussion 157
31 Quick Writes 161
32 Cocktail Party 165
33 Bohmian Dialogue 169
34 Methodological Belief 173
35 Justifiable Pressure 177
36 Hatful of Quotes 181
37 Quotes to Affirm and Challenge 185
38 Jigsaw 189
39 Titling the Text 193
40 Critical Debate 197
41 Single Word Sum-Ups 201
42 Setting Ground Rules 205
43 Canvassing for Common Ground 209
44 Dramatizing Discussion 215
45 Deliberative Polling 219
46 Participatory Decision Making 223
47 Mutual Invitation 229
48 The Three-Person Rule 233
49 Conversational Roles 237
50 Facilitator Summary 243
Bibliography 247
Index 249
