Facilitating Group Communication Volume 1: Facilitating Group Creation, Conflict and Conversation

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The role of groups in our lives has never been more apparent and important. Every segment of society—from families to classrooms, workplaces, communities, governments, and international relations—relies on groups. Unfortunately, however, as most of us know only too well from personal experience, when left on their own, groups often flounder and perform less effectively than they should. And the costs of dysfunctional groups are readily apparent, from inefficient work teams that lose large sums of money to groups in conflict engaging in war. Groups, thus, often need help and guidance, especially in learning how to communicate better—in short, they need “group communication facilitation.” Although a large number of group communication facilitation techniques have been developed over the years, there has been little research documenting the effects of using these techniques. These two texts respond to that gap by showcasing how scholars have used various innovative techniques to facilitate communication in natural groups. Volume 1 explores group communication facilitation techniques that help to create groups, manage group conflict, and promote group conversation and discussion; Volume 2 focuses on techniques for facilitating effective task group communication (planning, making decisions, evaluating actions, and promoting change) and team communication. Together, these texts demonstrate the significant effects that group communication facilitation can have on group life. Volume 1 Contents: Introduction: Facilitating Group Communication in Context, Lawrence R. Frey. FACILITATING GROUP CREATION. Empathic Attunement Facilitation: Stimulating Immediate Task Engagement in Zero-History Training Groups of Helping Professionals, Sunwolf. Kinetic Facilitation Techniques for Promoting Relationships among Members of Diverse Groups, Holly Siebert Kawakami. FACILITATING GROUP CONFLICT COMMUNICATION. Facilitating Group Communication in Protracted Conflict Situations: Promoting Citizen Peace-Building Efforts in Cyprus, Benjamin J. Broome. Working Through Intergenerational Conflicts by Sharing Personal Stories in Dialogue Groups, Joseph H. Albeck, Sami Adwan, and Dan Bar-On. Facilitating Groups in Severe Conflict: The Case of Transformational Dialogue Between Israeli-Jews and Palestinians, Ifat Maoz and Donald G. Ellis. Facilitating Dialogue and Deliberation in Environmental Conflict: The Use of Groups in Collaborative Learning, Gregg Walker, Steven E. Daniels, and Anthony S. Cheng. Who Owns the Jazz Festival? A Case of Facilitated Intergroup Conflict Management, Richard W. Sline. FACILITATING GROUP CONVERSATION AND DISCUSSION. Theory, Practice, and Public Dialogue: A Case Study in Facilitating Community Transformation, Shawn Spano. Facilitating Cultural Change: A Citizens Group Confronts Dehumanization in the Schools—The Last of the Redskins, Sharon Howell, Bernard Brock, and Kenneth Brown. Empirically Derived Training Techniques for Facilitators of Group Discussions, Beatrice Schultz and Patricia Kushlis. Author Index. Subject Index.