Creative Facilitation...

In todays creativity and concept lecture, our tutors explained to us the purpose of creative facilitation which is a skill used in many professions to lead groups to find solutions. In the lecture we went into groups of around 4 to 5 and were given the task of coming up with ideas that would be appropriate for a festival in Liverpool that would celebrate LJMU students and involve teachers. In turns we took on the role of the facilitator who's job was to help the other group members to come up with ideas and if stuck, guide them in a creative direction by (for example) telling them to think of the worst possible idea and eventually flip it round so we could present the best possible ideas.
On a whiteboard we jotted down our thoughts and i found this as a good way of getting us to stay active and alert as our minds were focusing on ideas and not just sitting down to a desk wondering what we could come up with as a group.

I found this technique useful in helping me take on the role as a facilitator as it gave me a sense of leadership and actually made me feel more comfortable around my peers. Furthermore, when i was acting as another member of the group, it became easier to think of ideas for the festival as we were able to stem ideas from previous ideas that me and my group members had already created. I believe this technique acts as useful tool in becoming more confident in your team and pushes you to be more dominant when neccessary.