![]() ![]() Plan out your timeline and decide on due dates for each chapter.STEP 6: Decide How You Will Facilitate the Book Studyįacilitating a book study doesn’t have to be complicated if you plan and organize. This piece is critical before you move on to step six. Flag the sections that you expect could meet resistance or disagreement. So read, take notes, and begin to picture all the ways this book study could be facilitated, and how you will divide up the chapters and material. Novel idea, I know! If you wing it, or just stay a chapter ahead, you will fail to connect the dots to the bigger picture and your overall goal. Yes, you read that correctly, read and plan the study before you start. STEP 5: Leaders Read the Book and Plan the Study Use a digital tool to do the work for you. If your group is over 20, DO NOT send this out as a mass email and ask for replies! What a waste of time. Facebook, Twitter, and other platforms also offer some easy-to-use polling options, depending on how you communicate with your group. Or with larger groups, you can create a Google Form for voting. ![]() Voting on a book can be fun! This can be something you do as a group, face-to-face, where you offer a “tasting” of the book options. (Looking for ideas? Check out my recommended book list.) Then share the choices with your participants for a vote. My suggestion is to have the leaders of the book study pick three to five books that fit the needs of your specific audience. Give your participants a choice! If you want buy-in and to truly effect change in your organization, you must give the participants a say in what they read. Once you have defined your audience and selected your leaders, it is time to select a book. STEP 4: Choosing a Book for Your Book Study Make sure every one of the leaders is on the same page and in agreement before you move to step four. ![]() Think carefully about the vision for your organization, school, or group, and connect this book study to your mission and goals.
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