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In this training, everyone will have a chance to facilitate the group for 15 minutes, either alone or in a fishbowl practice. Before going into the practice, think about how the practice will go:

START – when you start facilitating you should say hello to the group, give them a short introduction what is going to happen in the practice session, and then kick-start the discussion with your question.

MIDDLE - Facilitate the dialogue that follows your opening question! Try to demonstrate the use of whatever facilitation tools are relevant or those that are given to you as the practice challenge. In addition to this, your trainer will let you know a specific focus that they'd like you to emphasize in your practice. Usually, this focus is what your group has most recently learned.

END – you should leave enough time for everyone to share their final, concluding comments. Then it is your turn to close the discussion by doing an end-summary of the main things that were said in the conversation (it can be brief!), and what the group achieved by the discussion. And lastly, you should always remember to thank the participants for taking part in the conversation! You should keep careful track of time, noting when you are about to finish to leave enough time for closing, and then promptly finish after the allocated time.

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If you practice as a part of a fishbowl, it is still a SOLO practice, just in a slightly different format:

You will select a topic together, and the order in which you’ll facilitate.

The first person will start the practice, introduce the topic and carry facilitating for the next 15 minutes.

After that, the next person takes on the role of facilitator and CONTINUES THE SAME CONVERSATION. This transition should be smooth, without a big interruption to the flow of dialogue.

The last person in the fishbowl will close the conversation, keeping track of time.

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ARE THERE ANY SPECIFIC THINGS I CAN DO TO PREPARE FOR MY PRACTICE?

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ARE THERE ANY SPECIFIC THINGS I CAN DO TO PREPARE FOR MY PRACTICE?

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You may select a topic for your practice - either on your own or with your fishbowl practice group. The topic should be directly related to either one of the  two Connect Program clusters: The relationship between Western and predominantly Muslim societies or Global and social challenges.

Please come up with 3 Questions: An opening question & two (possible) follow-up questions.

Please select a topic that is both hot (provocative & likely to elicit some conflict) & accessible (something on which everyone in the group is likely to have a position).

Please do not use introduction/ice-breaker questions, ex. Tell us about your family or Tell us about your culture. Pretend the group already knows each other & are well past the first weeks of the semester. Design the questions for a group already well along the group process and one that is ready for heated, honest dialogue.

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We don’t only learn by facilitating ourselves. We can also learn by observing others facilitate, and sharing those observations with the group. That's why we expect the whole group to share feedback with each other after every practice.

In every practice where you are a participant you should take a note of:

1) General thoughts: what the facilitator did well and what they can improve on

2) Feedback on the tools or skills being practiced (like summaries, questions) and practice challenges

Try to note down details on what where the facilitator interventions that did work well, and why did they improve the discussion or group experience – and vice versa. The more details you can notice the better you become in assessing dialogue and what makes it good or what prevents dialogue from progressing.

The group’s feedback will be really, really important and useful for everyone to learn so let’s ensure we provide each other the best feedback we can!

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If you want feedback on your questions you can post them in the group’s Padlet page.

Please check your group's Padlet page the page during the week to see what questions others have posted – please also comment and provide any suggestions for improvement!

Trainers will also provide feedback on those questions posted on the Padlet page so this is a great opportunity to learn!