The Bonfire Collection

A compendium of useful information, organized into categories, written by professional facilitators from around the world to help others who work with groups get better outcomes with less stress and become powerful agents of positive change in the world.

The Bonfire Collection: A Complete Reference Guide to Facilitation and Change contains stimulating ideas, practical tips and tales from the front lines of facilitation. Written by 31 experienced facilitators from around the world, this information is useful to anyone who works with groups. Conveniently organized into sections such as the role of the facilitator, effective meetings, participatory processes, conflict, consensus, and leadership, The Bonfire Collection provides the inspiration and tools needed to lead groups with greater confidence, clarity and skill .

Beatrice Briggs, director of the International Institute for Facilitation and Change (IIFAC) is the principle author and editor of The Bonfire Collection. Internationally recognized for her gifts as a facilitator and consultant in participatory processes, she has more than 25 years of experience working with civil society, international NGOs, and public and private sector organizations, helping them make their meetings, forums and assemblies highly interactive and productive. Beatrice is also the author of Introduction to Consensus.