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the Art of Gathering, Priya Parker

Approaches and principles to transform meetings into inspiring and productive gatherings - in work and life.

Liberating Structures

liberatingstructures.com Thorough step-by-step documentation for 30+ activities designed to spark innovation and collaborative decisions.

STanding in the Fire, Larry Dressler

Cultivating an ability to access a compassionate presence that people experience as open, authentic, and clear in intention during the most difficult situations moves facilitators from being competent professionals to being on a path toward self-mastery. - Goodreads

Connecting to Change the world, Peter Plastrik, Madeline Taylor, John Cleveland

Successful networks are designed—they don’t just happen. Knowing a network’s essential design issues—and how to make and when to change design choices—is a crucial part of the practice of building effective social-impact networks. This book explores common network design issues in depth and offers practical advice on how to handle them from start up to evaluation. - SSIR 2014

Facilitator’s Guide to Participatory Decision Making, Sam Kaner

The third edition of this ground-breaking book continues to advance its mission to support groups to do their best thinking. It demonstrates that meetings can be much more than merely an occasion for solving a problem or creating a plan. Every well-facilitated meeting is also an opportunity to stretch and develop the perspectives of the individual members, thereby building the strength and capacity of the group as a whole. - Amazon

Find Your Why, Simon Sinek

I believe fulfillment is a right and not a privilege. We are all entitled to wake up in the morning inspired to go to work, feel safe when we’re there and return home fulfilled at the end of the day. Achieving that fulfillment starts with understanding exactly WHY we do what we do. - Simon Sinek