Comments on: Facilitator Discussion Topic: Shifting Gears http://bookgroupbuzz.booklistonline.com/2012/09/15/facilitator-discussion-topic-shifting-gears/ Wed, 05 Jun 2013 16:12:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Karen Ehlers http://bookgroupbuzz.booklistonline.com/2012/09/15/facilitator-discussion-topic-shifting-gears/comment-page-1/#comment-698460 Karen Ehlers Sat, 22 Sep 2012 00:12:02 +0000 http://bookgroupbuzz.booklistonline.com/?p=9992#comment-698460 As the so-called ‘leader’ of bookclub, I try to keep the conversation organic. I use the Table Topics for bookclub – which everyone loves. The questions are not specific but still generate a good amount of conversation and sometimes a good amount of controversy. It’s always the books that you don’t think will generate a lot of conversation that we end up talking about for 3 hours. Hello, “World War Z”? Who’d a thunk it?

When the conversation strays too far off topic, I just reign it back in by suggesting the next member read his/her question card. That seems to settle them back to conversation about the book. We have a tendency to stray into other books, movies and TV.

I like the idea of first talking about the title. This is why I love your blog!

]]> By: Fábio Gutterres Fernandes http://bookgroupbuzz.booklistonline.com/2012/09/15/facilitator-discussion-topic-shifting-gears/comment-page-1/#comment-694796 Fábio Gutterres Fernandes Sun, 16 Sep 2012 13:53:47 +0000 http://bookgroupbuzz.booklistonline.com/?p=9992#comment-694796 Hi.
I’m an English and Literature teacher in Porto Alegre, a town in the south of Brazil. Every time I prepare a class with a book discussion, I have the same questions. The things you wrote will help me in some aspects. Thanks for your comments and information.

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