Anchor Communities use the Results Based Facilitation (RBF) method to organize and carry out their work.
Results Based Facilitation
a specific, hands-on method that enables people to practice the skills for getting different and better results in their meetings and conversations. The method is useful in one-on-one conversations, small groups, and large groups whether you are a meeting participant or meeting facilitator.
Agenda templates:
1. Hold Roles
Become aware of how people hold roles in meetings and choose to develop the skill of holding the neutral role (when beneficial) as a participant or as an authorized facilitator.
Use Boundary of Authority Role and Task (B/ART) to define and differentiate roles.
Use B/ART to understand group dynamics and achieve meeting results
Hold neutral facilitator role
Give work back to the group
2. Hold Conversations
Become aware that conversations are the focus of collaborative work and to choose to participate in conversations with an appreciation of and openness to other people and their point of view.
Demonstrate appreciative openness
Use Context Statements, Effective Questions, Listen Fors
3. Hold Groups
Become aware that groups are composed of diverse individuals. As a result, they choose to understand each individual’s perspectives, preferences, and interests using methods to facilitate and support groups to have one conversation at a time.
Use flip chart to display group’s work
Sequence, Summarize & Synthesizes
Check-in and Check-Out
4. Hold 3R Meetings
Become aware of the structure and process of conversations and choose to master and apply methods that will help you design and execute meetings that produce results.
Use concept of Relationships + Resources = Results (3R) to design meetings and in meetings to achieve results.
5. Hold Mental Models
Become aware of the range of mental models and choose to master and apply mental models that contribute to moving groups from talk to accountable, aligned action.
6. Hold Action and Results
Become aware, that in meetings, groups can commit to aligned action and choose to work toward achieving meeting results that lead to results within programs, organizations, and communities.
Be accountable in role for contributions to results
Use RBF skills to work collaboratively to accelerate progress toward results
RBF content from Building Changes