Facilitation

Last week I facilitated an upper level undergraduate class. The chapter was on the Relational Self. I struggled with what to do to make it more interesting because it was a short chapter and within it had quite a bit of compacted information. What finally came to mind was MUSIC. I used different songs that shape people's reality either of themselves, a significant other, a possibly dating relationship, or of an ex relationship partner. It worked rather well. As they walked in the music was playing and it created a different atmosphere for creativity to start. In fact, that class the students got really deep with their dialogue. I was certainly impressed. Also, another tactic I think helped was having everyone around the table. It is a large class and so people will stack up instead of open up the circle. Having everyone around the table to share really allow flow to the conversation.