{"id":2796,"date":"2014-10-10T10:00:19","date_gmt":"2014-10-10T14:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/?p=2796"},"modified":"2019-12-30T11:19:22","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T16:19:22","slug":"tip-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/tip-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Ways You Can Encourage Group Discussion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10694\" src=\"https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Two-Ways-You-Can-Encourage-Group-Discussion-1.png\" alt=\"Great group leaders know how to encourage group discussion. Discover two ways you can encourage better group discussion.\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Two-Ways-You-Can-Encourage-Group-Discussion-1.png 600w, https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Two-Ways-You-Can-Encourage-Group-Discussion-1-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Great Bible study and small group leaders know how to encourage great discussion.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>If you find engaging group participants challenging, know that you are not alone!<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully encouraging group discussion is something that we can all learn to do better.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve already shared with you one way to encourage group discussion in your groups in my post <a title=\"One Thing Every Group Leader Needs to Learn\" href=\"https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/group-leader-needs-to-learn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The One Thing Every Group Leader Needs to Learn<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Today I\u2019m sharing <strong>two more critical pieces of the conversation puzzle<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Seemingly small changes can make a big difference in how your group responds to you and to one another.<\/p>\n<h3>Two Ways You Can Encourage Group Discussion<\/h3>\n<h4>1. If the goal is conversation and discussion (versus a lecture) you want everyone seated. Including the facilitator.<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Standing at a podium or in front of the room will limit the discussion.<\/li>\n<li>The group members will automatically talk to the facilitator, rather than to each other.<\/li>\n<li>The room should be set up before the group arrives.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I know it may be tempting to stand up front to subtly signal to the group or team that &#8220;you&#8217;re in charge&#8221;, but don&#8217;t do it!&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Consider how different it feels when your Pastor is up on the stage preaching versus sitting in the seats or pews with the rest of the congregation.<\/p>\n<h4>2. The group needs to be seated in a circle or around a table.<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>You don\u2019t want anyone to face another person\u2019s backside.<\/li>\n<li>The facilitator needs to sit in a chair that faces the door to see and acknowledge latecomers.<\/li>\n<li>The facilitator also needs to sit in a&nbsp;spot that allows her to see everyone else in the room.<\/li>\n<li>About 10 minutes into the meeting&nbsp;remove extra chairs to eliminate any cold spots in the circle and have everyone scoot their chairs closer together to fill in the gaps.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When I&#8217;m leading a Bible study, I personally prefer a circle without tables.<\/p>\n<p>It creates a great level of intimacy and sharing, but I also know some of your group members may not respond well if they are used to tables. Perhaps you can encourage them to participate in an &#8220;experiment&#8221; for a meeting or two to see if they, too, notice a difference. Maybe they won&#8217;t miss their tables so much after all!<\/p>\n<h4>Remember: How you set up the room will greatly decrease or increase the discussion.<\/h4>\n<p>These two tips may seem almost too simple at first, but the can dramatically impact the quality of your group discussion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Your<\/strong><em><strong> turn to share: How do you encourage group discussion in your team meeting, Bible study group, etc.?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>You may also want to read:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/bible-study-and-small-group-facilitators\/\">Tips &amp; Tools for Bible Study or Small Group Facilitators<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/dominating-team-group-member\/\">What to Do with Dominating Group or Team Members<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/code-of-conduct-for-small-groups\/\">A Code of Conduct for Small Groups<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.teachable.com\/p\/bible-study-facilitator-training\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9177\" src=\"https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Bible-Study-Facilitator-Training-button.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Bible-Study-Facilitator-Training-button.png 600w, https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Bible-Study-Facilitator-Training-button-300x65.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/view.flodesk.com\/pages\/5f243fdad78ced0026f8345d\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5815\" src=\"https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/subscribe-button-2016.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"95\" srcset=\"https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/subscribe-button-2016.png 590w, https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/subscribe-button-2016-300x48.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great Bible study and small group leaders know how to encourage great discussion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10694,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[73,76],"class_list":["post-2796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-biblestudies","tag-small-groups","tag-training-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Two Ways You Can Encourage Group Discussion - Women&#039;s Ministry Toolbox<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Is your Bible study group, small group, or women&#039;s ministry team quiet? 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