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Robert J. Garmston

In each issue of the JSD, Robert J. Garmston writes about the challenges of creating effective groups. He is the co-founder of the Institute for Intelligent Behavior and a professor emeritus at California State University, Sacramento's School of Education.

• Group wise: Please do disturb: 3 ways to stir up groups and increase their effectiveness, JSD, Winter 2009.

• Group wise: Use 'both/and' thinking to find the best of two sides of a conflict, JSD, Fall 2008.
• Group wise: Members skilled in questioning technique can keep the group work on track, JSD, Summer 2008.
• Group wise: Raise the level of conversation by using paraphrasing as a listening skill, JSD, Spring 2008.
• Group wise: Four mental aptitudes help facilitators facing challenges, JSD, Winter 2008.

• Group wise: Balanced conversations promote shared ownership, JSD, Fall 2007.
• Group wise: The citizen facilitator can keep a small group moving toward a goal, JSD, Summer 2007.
• Group wise: Results-oriented agendas transform meetings into valuable collaborative events, JSD, Spring 2007, written with Debbie Welch.
• Group wise: Right way to begin depends on where you are right now, JSD, Winter 2007.

• Group wise: Understand the art of ending a meeting, JSD, Fall 2006.
• Group wise: Skillful paraphrasing allows groups to examine what is being said, JSD, Summer 2006, written with Carolyn McKanders.
• Group wise: Test good ideas to check for unanticipated consequences, JSD, Spring 2006.
• Group wise: What groups talk about matters – and how they talk matters, too, JSD, Winter 2006.

• Group wise: No time for learning? Just take it in tiny bites and savor it, JSD, Fall 2005.
• Group wise: How to turn conflict into an effective learning process, JSD, Summer 2005.
• Group wise: Create a culture of inquiry and develop productive groups, JSD, Spring 2005.

• Group wise: Anticipate change: Design a transition meeting, JSD, Fall 2004.
• Group wise: Group work has its dangers, but facilitators have some helpful strategies, JSD, Summer 2004.
• Group wise: Intervention methods keep the group on track, JSD, Spring 2004.
• Group wise: The key is knowing when--or whether--to intervene, JSD, Winter 2004.

• Group wise: As trainings grow shorter, follow-up plays a bigger role, JSD, Fall 2003.
• Group wise: The leader creates a vision of what the group can become , JSD, Summer 2003.
• Group wise: The facilitator is a group's instrument for expressing and understanding relevant ideas and information, JSD, Spring 2003.
• Group wise: Capable groups are made, not born, JSD, Winter 2003.

• Group wise: It's always the group's group, JSD, Fall 2002.
• Group wise: Standards can guide success in meetings, JSD, Summer 2002, written with Becky Burnette.
• Group wise: Create an atmosphere for change, JSD, Spring 2002.
• Group wise: The 5 principles of successful meetings, JSD, Winter 2002.

• Group wise: Newly hatched, JSD, Fall 2001.
• Presentation: misconceptions about meetings, JSD, Summer 2001.
• Presentation: Getting to know you, JSD, Spring 2001.
• Presentation: I know I can, JSD, Winter 2001.

• Presentation: Ouch! These six slips can bruise and strain a presentation, JSD, Fall 2000.
• Presentation: Why cats have clean paws, JSD, Summer 2000.
• Presentation: Harmonius duos, JSD, Spring 2000.
• Presentation: Glad you asked, JSD, Winter 2000.

• Presentation: Better by the bunch, JSD, Fall 1999.
• Presentation: Humility: Attitude readies the adult mind for learning in public, JSD, Summer 1999.
• Presentation: Where's the client? JSD, Spring 1999.
• Presentation: Growth rings, JSD, Winter 1999.

• Presentation: Too dysfunctional to be trained? Sometimes, the first step must be organizational development, JSD, Fall 1998.
• Presentation: Graceful conflict--When you care enough, use the principles of effective fighting , JSD, Summer 1998.
• Presentation: Expert teachers carry a satchel of skills, JSD, Spring 1998.
• Presentation: Becoming expert teachers, JSD, Winter 1998.

• Presentation: Can collaboration be taught? JSD, Fall 1997.
• Presentation: The presenter's mind, JSD, Summer 1997.
• Presentation: The teacher is within, JSD, Winter 1997.

• Presentation: The presenter as a guide, JSD, Fall 1996.
• Presentation: Adult learners, instruments, and the big "C", JSD, Summer 1996.
• Presentation: Triple-track presenting, JSD, Spring 1996.