Have you ever been in a training and marveled at how quickly the time flew by? Genuinely enjoyed a meeting you were expecting to dread? Learned something powerful about a topic you thought wouldnt engage you? Experienced an intimate vulnerable transformative moment with a group of total strangers?Then youve witnessed the magic of facilitation.Like all magic tricks - though they seem to defy reason when youre spectating for the first time - once the secrets of facilitation are unveiled to you youll look back with a bland obviousness. Of course thats how its done. In this book co-authors and social justice facilitators Sam Killermann and Meg Bolger teach you how to perform the favorite tricks they keep up their sleeve. Its the learning theyve accumulated from thousands of hours of facilitating debriefing challenging and failing; its the lessons from their mentors channeled through their experience; its the magicians secrets revealed to the public because its about time folks have the privilege of looking behind the curtain of facilitation and thinking of course thats how its done. This book is highlights 11 key concepts every facilitator should know that most facilitators dont even know they should know. They are sometimes-tiny things that show up huge in facilitation. Its a book for facilitators of all stripes goals backgrounds and settings - and the digestible enjoyable actionable lessons would benefit anyone who is responsible for engaging a group of people in learning.