NERL Group Leadership Materials

Please Note: None of the materials herein were developed by the Center for Rural Studies, which is merely making them electronically accessible. If you wish to cite any of the NERL materials, the Center cannot give you official permission. If official permission is important to you, please seek it from the following contributors credited with the NERL materials:

• Lois M. Frey, UVM Extension, RR #4, Box 2298, Montpelier, VT 05602, (802) 223-2389, email: lfrey@sover.net
• "Group Development: Creating Group Effectiveness" by Duane Dale, DFD Associates, 99 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138-3402 (moving to 764 South East Street, Amherst, MA 01022 after 8/1/98);
• Bob Biagi, 142 Cherry Lane, Amherst, MA 01002 (413) 549-1412;

Unit One: Effective Meetings
Unit Two: Group Improvement
Unit Three: Problems, Planning Decisions

Unit One: Effective Meetings

• Effective Meetings
• Tools for Effective Meetings
• Guidelines for Meeting Manager Responsibilities
• Guidelines for Introducing a Speaker
• Guidelines for Presentors
• Guidelines for Conducting a Business Meeting
• Guidelines for Agenda Management
• Guidelines for Meeting Minutes
• Guidelines for Small Group Facilitator
• A Problem-Solving Outline
• Guidelines for Small Group Resource Person
• Running Effective Meetings

Unit Two: Group Improvement

• Introduction
• Teambuilding
• Block and Build
• Exercise 1: Building and Blocking
• Maintenance
• Exercise 2: Why Do I Do It?
• Force Field Analysis
• Pyramid of Needs: Why People Do What They Do
• Delegating to Motivate
• Introduction
• Exercise 4: Delegate to Motivate
• Using Skills
• Introduction
• Exercise 5:Identifying Group Needs
• Exercise 6:Finding Out Your Group's Needs, Skills, and Interests
• Renewal of Team
• Intrduction
• Recruiting
• Exercise 7:Finding the Prospective Member
• Exercise 8:A Recruiting Process
• Exercise 9:The Orientation Process
• Exercise 10:Interview with Dropped Out or Inactive Members
• An Orientation Process
• Developing A Recycling Plan
• Group Process
• Introduction
• Decisionmaking Methods: Advantages and Disadvantages
• Exercise 12: Guidelines for Consensus, Decisionmaking, and Problem Solving
• Exercise 13: Imaging
• Personal Life Planning: Expanding the Realm of the Possible
• Communication
• Introduction
• Exercise 15: Simon Says
• Exercise 16: To Feed Back or Not To Feed Back
• Exercise 17: What You Say and How You Say It
• Non-Verbal Communication
• Cultural Differences
• Introduction
• Exercise 18: Blocks to Developing Trust and Effective Communication

Unit Three: Problems, Planning Decisions

1. Introduction
2. Problem Solving Model
3. Problem Redefinition
• Introduction
• Exercise 1: The Gap
• Exercise 2: Whose View?
4. The Brainstorm
5. Consultation
6. Your Town Tomorrow: Community Features
• Introduction
• Nantucket Tomorrow
• Group Process
• Exercise 1: Myself and The Community
• A Basic Program Planning Model
• A glossary of Planning Terms
• Exercise 2: Creating A Vision
• Exercise 3: Screening Potential Goal Statements
7. Why Decide By Group
• Introduction
• Guidelines for Consensus, etc.
• Imaging
• Personal Life Planning
• Decisionmaking Methods: Advantages and Disadvantages

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Reviewed as of 4/20/98