How to Facilitate Meetings and Discussions

Meetings provide a space where people come together for a common purpose – whether to make decisions, explore a shared problem, or provide mutual support.

However, most of us have experienced meetings that are less than ideal! They drag on and on, with tempers running high, people talking over each other and no decisions being made. Or maybe one person dominates the meeting, leaving everyone else to wonder why they even turned up.

Facilitation is about taking responsibility for making meetings as easy and effective as possible.

This guide explores the concept of facilitation and how it can help in creating positive and successful meetings.

Founded in 1979, ANGOC is a regional association of national and regional networks of civil society organizations (CSOs) in Asia, actively engaged in food security, agrarian reform, sustainable agriculture, participatory governance, and rural development.