PATH Classic

Code of Ethics...................................................................................................... 1 Introduction.......................................................................................................... 3 Some Ways People Have Used Path................................................................... 6 Acknowledgment.................................................................................................. 7 On Learning Path As you begin......................................................................................................... 9 Decide whether you want to be a pathfinder........................................................ 9 Identify the people you want to guide you.......................................................... 10 Invite people to join in..........................................................................................11 Creating the first occasion.................................................................................. 13 Key elements of Path.......................................................................................... 13 Materials needed ................................................................................................ 14 Creating a safe space.......................................................................................... 14 The Path Process................................................................................................. 15 Step 1: Touching the Dream................................................................................ 17 Graphic facilitation hints...................................................................................... 19 Step 2: Sensing the Goal..................................................................................... 23 If people get stuck in the present......................................................................... 27 Guiding principles for the goal............................................................................. 27 Step 3: Grounding in the Now.............................................................................. 29 Tense and tension................................................................................................ 30 Feeling summaries............................................................................................... 31 Tension: A driving force for change.................................................................... 31 Step 4: Identifying People to Enroll.................................................................... 33 Process hints ..................................................................................................... 34 The generalization trap....................................................................................... 35 Step 5: Recognizing Ways to Build Strength...................................................... 37 Step 6: Charting Action for the Next Few Months.............................................. 39 Step 7: Planning the Next Month's Work............................................................ 41 Step 8: Committing to the First Step.................................................................. 43 Options for closing the session.......................................................................... 45 Coming to closure.............................................................................................. 46 Final thoughts on facilitating PATH..................................................................... 48 The 10 things that really concern us................................................................... 49 The PATH Check List ...........................................................................................51 Recommended Reading...................................................................................... 53 About the Authors