Books & Resources
To order books and resources, please contact us by email or by post. Please give your name, email & phone, delivery & invoice addresses, and the quantity of each item required. Cheques should be made payable to ICA:UK and sent by post, or an invoice may be included with orders to UK addresses.For all orders except sticky wall kits, postage & packing will be charged per item at £3 (UK), £5 (Europe) & £10 (world). For sticky wall kits, postage & packing will be charged at cost.
We regret that we have yet to find a carrier that does not prohibit shipment of spray mount adhesive - for the time being, therefore, this will be included for orders of sticky wall kits to be collected at courses or from the ICA:UK office, and excluded for orders to be shipped.
| NEW! - Sticky Wall KITs | ||
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Now available - complete sticky wall kits, including your choice of sticky wall (see below) plus a can of repositionable spray mount adhesive, a roll of masking tape to attach your sticky wall and a box of multi-coloured scented markers, all in an environmentally responsible hessian bag. Everything you need to get started using your sticky wall, short of paper - and people with ideas of course! |
£74.95 (5m blue) or £69.95 (3m purple) (less £10 for orders excluding spray mount) |
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An invaluable tool for all ToP facilitators, these 1.5m-wide lengths of strong but lightweight ripstop nylon are neatly hemmed and carry the ICA:UK logo. Spray with repositionable spray mount (available from all good office suppliers) in order to use as an adhesive backdrop for ToP consensus workshops, card presentations and all types of visual facilitation. Available in 5m lengths in blue, or 3m lengths in purple. Download tips for use. |
£29.95 (5m blue) or £24.95 (3m purple) |
| The 9 Disciplines of a Facilitator - Jon C. Jenkins and Maureen R. Jenkins | ||
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Subtitled “Leading Groups by Transforming Yourself”, The 9 Disciplines of a Facilitator explores the self-mastery it takes to become a great facilitator. Facilitation is more than a process or a set of techniques for managing groups. The authors draw on original work of the Institute of Cultural Affairs to detail the nine personal disciplines of effective facilitators, divided into three developmental pathways - regarding others, regarding yourself, and regarding the world. | £19.95 |
| The Facilitative Way - Wilson, Harnish & Wright | ||
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Subtitled Leadership That Makes The Difference, this book is written for those who are in a position of responsibility for individuals, teams, tasks and their organisations. It examines skills, techniques and methods that can help people to think and act together to make a difference. Methods covered include the Focused Conversation and Consensus Workshops methods, Participatory Strategic Planning, Social Process Triangles, "Wall of Wonder", "TEAMS" for effective meetings and many more. | £16.95 |
| Winning Through Participation - Laura J. Spencer | ||
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[nb: now available only in Spanish translation] A textbook of ToP methods, this book is invaluable both as an introduction to ToP methods and as a means to reinforce ToP facilitation training. Drawing on international case studies, it discusses step-by-step procedures for designing and facilitating effective participatory events. | £12.95 |
| The Art of Focused Conversation - Brian Stanfield (Ed.) | ||
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This "how-to" book demonstrates myriad uses of the ToP Focused Conversation method in the workplace. Part I explains the theory of the method and Part II contains 100 sample Focused Conversation designs used in a variety of situations. | £14.95 |
| The Art of Focused Conversation for Schools - Jo Nelson | ||
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This book demonstrates how the ToP Focused Conversation method can effectively be used in an educational setting. Each section deals with interactions among students, staff and parents, and elaborates with over 100 sample conversations designed to make learning more meaningful, prevent and solve problems, and make communications in meetings more effective. | £14.95 |
| The Workshop Book: From Individual Creativity to Group Action - Brian Stanfield | ||
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This book describes the steps, applications and development of the ToP Consensus Workshop method, and offers guidance on workshop preparation and design, facilitation style and dealing with difficult situations. | £14.95 |
| Methods for Active Participation - Terry Bergdall | ||
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A down-to-earth account of the process of rural development pioneered by ICA, engaging marginalised members of communities in East and Central Africa in the planning and implementation of relevant projects according to local priorities. The final part of the book is a handbook for facilitators - a text book from an African development perspective. | £9.95 |
| 50 Ways to Build Team Consensus - R. Bruce Williams | ||
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A practical how-to resource book containing suggestions for generating agreement within a group. Each suggestion or activity includes a description, a detailed step-by-step guide for the facilitator, additional hints and a concrete example. | £16.95 |
| The Courage to Lead: Transform Self, Transform Society- Brian Stanfield | ||
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Describing the internal landscape and external style needed to seriously engage in social change, this book presents twelve leadership stances which will change your life. Grounded in nearly 50 years of ICA's in-depth research and practical experience in over thirty nations, the book offers the lived experience of leadership in a wide variety of situations. | £14.95 |
| The Courage to Lead Daily Journal - Brian Stanfield | ||
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A book of daily quotes to accompany The Courage to Lead. Each week of the year is devoted to one of the twelve leadership stances, and each page has the date, the stance of the week, a quote for the day, and space for personal reflection. There are also symbols related to each stance, and some questions to aid reflection. | £12.95 |
| Participation Works: Business Cases From Around The World - James P. Troxel (Ed.) | ||
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In 12 case studies, ICA-trained consultants describe how creating a participatory work environment has enabled companies to expand market share, redirect goals to emerging customer needs and increase productivity and performance. | £16.95 |
| BEYOND PRINCE AND MERCHANT: CITIZENS PARTICIPATING IN THE RISE OF CIVIL SOCIETY - JOHN BURBIDGE (ED.) | ||
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Citizens are seizing the initiative and reclaiming their rightful place as catalysts of social change. This book describes the origins and evolution of the concept of civil society, and explores the "global mosaic" of civil society today, and its new frontiers - the role of women and youth, and the application of participatory methods. | £9.95 |
| GROUP FACILITATION METHODS COURSE MANUAL - ICA:UK | ||
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GFM course graduates only may purchase replacement copies of our Group Facilitation Methods course manual. This improved and expanded manual includes additional and clarified resource material for ToP facilitators. It comprises over 60 loose-leaf pages in a ring-binder for you to add your own pages |
£20.00 |
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