Facilitators are an essential part of a successful Jam.

Over just a few hours you can challenge the status quo, untangle knotty topics, and propel business education conversation into the future.

Engage & Elevate

Push the conversation through follow-up questions and raise pressing questions for debate.

Synthesize

Pull together information coming in during the discussions to keep conversations on track.

Share & Analyze

Reflect after the event to inform post-Jam review and analysis.

The Role of A Facilitator

Facilitators are on-line for dedicated shifts and actively facilitate an assigned discussion forum. They read posts, ask participants follow-up questions, promote fresh content, and are responsible for keeping the discussion going. They are excellent at synthesizing information and looking for trends.

Read

  • Each facilitator is assigned to read and monitor a specific forum for entire event
  • Facilitators will spend the majority of their time reading discussion threads and posts from their forum assignment

Probe

  • Facilitators engage participants with  probing questions to ask “who, what, when, where, why, and how” questions
  • This encourages more dialogue and generates more thinking around a particular point or question

Designate

  • Using the Jam tool, facilitators monitor their discussion forum for promising content to designate as “Emerging”
  • As content matures, facilitators can designate it as a “Best” idea
  • At the end of each forum assignment, facilitators will take time to add their reflections from that shift in a journal to record the discussions threads, posts and/or ideas that stood out

Reflect

  • At the end of each forum assignment, facilitators will take time to add their reflections from that shift in a journal to record the discussions threads, posts and/or ideas that stood out

How much time?

A facilitator will help during three-hour shifts over the course of the Jam. Most facilitators will lead 3 to 4 conversations for a total of about 12 hours of discussion time.

How do I prepare?

There will be an intensive facilitator training session, outlining your responsibilities and what to expect during the Jam.

Do I need to be an expert?

Not necessarily. You do need a good understanding of the topic so you can contribute to the conversation, but you don’t need to have written the book on it, as they say.