Facilitation Services Inc.
Barb specializes in the following service areas: Group and process facilitation, strategic and organizational planning, community development and community engagement, training, public participation, team building, research and writing, research and consultation about leisure, culture, and recreation.
Barb offers a variety of consulting and coaching services where she applies her training and knowledge to give expert advice to organizations.
Barb uses effective discussion and decision processes to help individuals and groups reach meaningful decisions and accomplish their collective goals.
Barb combines her facilitation skills and knowledge of strategic planning processes to help develop effective, realistic, and motivating strategic plans.
“That” was a Historical Scan activity; “this” was goal setting during a strategic planning session. The individual who said this pointed to the wall chart showing four decades of their nonprofit organization’s history and said that knowing their history helped
I enjoy successfully facilitating strategic planning, team building, conflict resolution, idea generation, focus groups, and other sessions. To keep things balanced, here’s my recent facilitation blooper and a timely reminder. I arrived at a hotel for a 1½-day, in-person strategic
Facilitating strategic planning with nonprofit and corporate organizations is a large part of my business. At the heart of my strategic planning approach is the Technology of Participation (ToPTM)’s participatory strategic planning methodology. ICA Associates in Toronto, Canada taught me
I nodded while facilitating and learned a lesson I won’t forget. Some time ago, I facilitated a small online focus group to gather community input for a nonprofit initiative. As I listened carefully to each participant, I unconsciously nodded my
