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Thrive: The Facilitator’s Guide to Radically Inclusive Meetings Paperback – October 25, 2021

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Imagine meetings where everyone is heard and all people matter.

Picture organizations that embrace all voices and are committed to justice, equity and opportunity. Imagine businesses, nonprofits and the public sector creatively engaging people in thousands of ways—seeking their best ideas, empowering the silenced, and building communities where all are treated with dignity and respect.

That’s what Thrive seeks to create.

Each chapter contains practical insights and accessible stories that transform meetings from dull to dynamic.

You will learn how to:

  • capitalize on diversity's strengths.
  • keep meetings task-oriented and collegial.
  • facilitate effectively in polarized or conflicted settings.

Thrive includes chapters on privilege and power, multilingual and virtual meetings, and full inclusion of people with disabilities.

Whether you are a skilled practitioner or new to leadership, Thrive will teach you techniques for facilitating more effective, inclusive and energizing meetings.

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Smutny talks plainly. "We meet incessantly for good and for ill." Lucky for us, he spends scant attention on the ills of meetings. Instead, this updated book shows modern facilitators how to welcome all cultures and identities with inclusive procedures like Liberating Structures and Open Space Technology. Get this book, absorb it, and keep it close at hand.

-John E. Perkins, PhD, CEO of Keep the Change Consulting

Whether you're facilitating a weekly staff meeting, workshop or problem-solving session, you want to create an inclusive meeting where all feel welcome and as if their input matters. In Thrive, you'll learn proven tricks of the trade to make people comfortable (even with difficult topics) and engaged in your next meeting.

-Karen Catlin, author of Better Allies

A must-read, so liberating, so compelling, so engaging, and a practical guide for effective facilitators.

-Ernie Cathcart, Cultural Competency Specialist, Wellspring Family Service of Seattle

Thrive captures Dr. Smutny's lifetime commitment to social justice work and improving organizations through intentional leadership. It's practical, inspirational and can help you avoid costly mistakes. His tips on building inclusive conversations with culturally diverse groups are particularly insightful.

-Lee Mozena, founder of Zena Consulting

With forty years of meetings behind me, I wish Thrive had been available at the beginning of my career-so many hard lessons could have been avoided! The blend of practical techniques, real-world examples that I related to, and links to in-depth resources is perfect for the seasoned practitioner or someone just starting out.

-Fred Dock, City of Pasadena Director of Transportation (ret.)

If you are tired of lame meetings with lip service solutions, Thrive: The Facilitator's Guide to Radically Inclusive Meetings is the guide you have been waiting for. In wrestling with the demons of racism, privilege and marginalization of women firsthand, Mark Smutny has developed enviable self-awareness muscles. He reinforces his learnings with how-to scripts to get you into the inclusive facilitation ring yourself. True to its title, everyone in the ring comes out winners, having built a better world in the process. If you facilitate difficult meetings, this is the only guidebook you need. If your meetings are easy, you need this book to find out why you aren't getting results.

-Marie Gervais, PhD, CEO of Shift Management Inc.


About the Author

Dr. Mark Smutny is a professional facilitator, consultant, speaker, author and founder of Civic Reinventions, Inc. He is known for helping organizations uncover the wisdom hidden in their diversity, build cohesion, and achieve their goals. He draws upon decades of work planning and leading retreats, facilitating meetings, and working with nonprofits and businesses. He teaches and writes on the arts of inclusive facilitation and inclusive leadership skills. He has worked in the fields of homeless services, affordable housing, transportation services for special needs populations, business and resident associations, faith-based groups, and public/private partnerships dedicated to strengthening civic engagement. Mark received his Master of Divinity degree from the Harvard Divinity School, one of the most religiously diverse theological institutions in the world. His doctorate focused on organizational revitalization in multicultural settings. He is a Program Associate with the Kaleidoscope Institute, an agency that equips leaders to communicate effectively across cultures, ethnicities and race. When not working, Mark and his wife, Barbara Anderson, enjoy the Cascades, cooking, gardening, exercising their dogs, and playing with their granddaughters. You can learn more about Mark Smutny and Civic Reinventions, Inc. professional facilitation services, consulting, coaching and training at civicreinventions.com or by sending Mark an email at mark.smutny@civicreinventions.com.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Emerald Lake Books; 2nd ed. edition (October 25, 2021)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 262 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1945847484
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1945847486
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This book is fine, I guess, if you've never heard of meetings before and needed a step by step guide. The printing, however, is worse! Every tenth page or so is teeny tiny. Very unprofessional.
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Jodilyn Owen
5.0 out of 5 stars Do you think about meetings, plan meetings, or attend meetings? This is the book for you!
Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2021
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At the heart of this book are tools that allow you to run meetings that truly provide space and voice to every meeting participant. It sets aside notions of who has ideas that matter and opens the floor for the talents, gifts, skills, and imagination of every person to rise in service to your organization or initiative. We have used the strategies in this book in meetings with parties that have a long history of contentious relationships and seen the magic unfold--everyone contributing, having fun, sharing pressure points and strengths. We also use these strategies in like-minded work groups and there is a level of creativity that unfolds that I have rarely seen achieved. The book is written in an engaging style, with stories and real examples that you can apply to adjacent industries or social movements. If you've read this far you are taking too long....Buy Now, friend. Buy Now.
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Corey Thompson
5.0 out of 5 stars Let's Humanize Meetings
Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2021
As the world shifted to virtual meetings, I found myself exhausted and drained (more so than usual) before the end of every work day. COVID-19, political drama, and coping with new scopes of work had a lot to do with my declining energy levels, but Dr. Smutny's book made me realize poorly run virtual meetings were impacting me more than I could imagine. My team's meetings went from idea-filled and energetic to quiet faces on a screen (if people even had their cameras on). Thrive gives REAL tips for ensuring meetings have true participation. Too often organizations, communities, schools, etc. claim they engaged everyone and held meetings to get feedback from all stakeholders when they actually just scheduled a meeting (most likely at an inconvenient time), asked general/vague questions, and typed up what they heard. This format works for a select group of people but it is probably leaving out important perspectives. As a Type A personality, I can get down to business too quickly and focus too much on achieving deliverables. Dr. Smutny provides context and examples for why that approach doesn't work for all people. Thrive made it clear to me why staff weren't as excited as me for new projects, even after I thought I'd gotten their feedback. Now when I see meeting agendas, I have a good sense of how the meeting will go - especially in a virtual setting. Thrive has something to teach you, even if you think you know everything there is to know about facilitating meetings.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Worth the read
Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2020
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Great resource.
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ELIS M. SALAMONE
5.0 out of 5 stars If you want to improve you Facilitator's skills - GET this book!
Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2020
Dr. Smutny reached out to me for feedback on this book because of my leadership and facilitator background as a military officer, educator, health care and inclusion leader. This is an easy, informative read with impactful stories and practical lessons to improve your facilitator skills. This guide is a wonderful resource that can be put to work in real life, everyday scenarios. I not only enjoyed reading it but learned so much! One thing I learned was that I was already doing a pretty good job as a facilitator but also how much more I could do and learn. One thing I really loved was his humor, authentic prose and the chapter on "Assembling a Facilitator's Toolkit". The only feedback I would give is to include photos of how he sets up his meetings and links to where he gets his supplies (Hello...Amazon, I know).
Dr. Smutny touches on the challenges/importance of inclusion to improve on communication, outcomes and improve communities. As a life long learner and someone that's passionate about personal and professional development, I highly recommend this book. It will improve your communication style in all aspects of life.
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ELIS M. SALAMONE
5.0 out of 5 stars If you want to improve you Facilitator's skills - GET this book!
Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2020
Dr. Smutny reached out to me for feedback on this book because of my leadership and facilitator background as a military officer, educator, health care and inclusion leader. This is an easy, informative read with impactful stories and practical lessons to improve your facilitator skills. This guide is a wonderful resource that can be put to work in real life, everyday scenarios. I not only enjoyed reading it but learned so much! One thing I learned was that I was already doing a pretty good job as a facilitator but also how much more I could do and learn. One thing I really loved was his humor, authentic prose and the chapter on "Assembling a Facilitator's Toolkit". The only feedback I would give is to include photos of how he sets up his meetings and links to where he gets his supplies (Hello...Amazon, I know).
Dr. Smutny touches on the challenges/importance of inclusion to improve on communication, outcomes and improve communities. As a life long learner and someone that's passionate about personal and professional development, I highly recommend this book. It will improve your communication style in all aspects of life.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Meg
Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2020
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This book is fine, I guess, if you've never heard of meetings before and needed a step by step guide. The printing, however, is worse! Every tenth page or so is teeny tiny. Very unprofessional.
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This book is fine, I guess, if you've never heard of meetings before and needed a step by step guide. The printing, however, is worse! Every tenth page or so is teeny tiny. Very unprofessional.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Generous, Sophisticated, Usable
Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2019
Dr. Smutny’s book, Thrive; The Facilitator’s Guide to Radically Inclusive Meetings is a fast-paced and comprehensive reference manual for professional facilitators. It’s written by an experienced facilitator who has worked for decades for more inclusive and peace-creating outcomes with groups of people.

Though the format of the book takes you through numerous approaches to facilitating, readers should be prepared for the sharp summaries that consolidate large fields of practice into short chunks that demand careful attention (Appreciative Inquiry, Conversation Café, Emotional Intelligence, Liberating Structures, Open Space Technology and Interest-Based Negotiation to name a few). While writing in a non-technical and easy-to-read style, Dr. Smutny delivers a generous volume of sophisticated but usable information.

This book will give beginners a place to start and become an ongoing reference for experienced facilitators. After reading this book cover to cover, I’m placing it in my library of useful reference books for working with people. In addition to becoming a kind of catalogue for possible approaches to facilitating groups, Dr. Smutny has provided a significant list of current reference books in his “Further Reading” section at the back of the book.
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Kent Higgins
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Resource!
Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2021
Having led and survived meetings of all types and purposes (or lack of purpose) in churches, schools, and hospitals, for years, I found Thrive to be an incredibly useful source of wisdom for what to do right and how to do better. Dr. Smutny's guide provides much-needed perspective, as well as tons of practical strategies for walking the talk of equality and inclusion. If you care about living for the common good, here is a roadmap.
Kent Higgins, PhD, Psychologist, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts.
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Brendall
3.0 out of 5 stars Some good advice
Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2019
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I like reading the tips. Some of the pages were not in uniform print. Maybe self published book needed more edits.
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