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Learning while “Zooming” over seven weeks

barbara pedersen July 28, 2020October 8, 2020 consulting, Conversation, Dialogue, Discussion, facilitation, Fun, governance, lessons, listening, nonprofit, online facilitation, Planning, Simplicity, strategic planning, Talking, technology, virtual, virtual facilitation

I recently facilitated a seven-part series about nonprofit board governance and teamwork for a 12-member board of directors. The platform was Zoom, the sessions were 1½ hour each held weekly over seven weeks, and most of the participants had only

Discover the power and beauty of images for opening and closing meetings

barbara pedersen December 17, 2019 consulting, Conversation, Dialogue, Discussion, facilitation, Fun, Planning, Simplicity, strategic planning, Visual facilitation

I often use images and pictures to open and close meetings and workshops that I facilitate. Images can give individuals a way to express their emotions, to think from a different perspective, and to offer opinions in a non-threatening way.

Silence … a gift to facilitation and conversation (Excerpt 1 from my summer reading list)

barbara pedersen June 27, 2019 books, consulting, Conversation, Dialogue, Discussion, facilitation, Fun, holidays, lessons, listening, reading, silence, strategic planning, summer, Talking

I have selected six books, related to my facilitation work, to read this summer. My challenge is to actually read them and learn from them; since, during the summer, I like reading light, fun and frivolous books. That’s a good

Facilitate … with inspiration from The Night Before Christmas!

barbara pedersen December 24, 2017 consulting, Conversation, facilitation, Fun, holidays, Planning

‘Twas the Night before the Workshop (with thanks and apologies to Clement Clarke Moore) ‘Twas the night before the workshop and all through the home, The facilitator was texting on her smartphone. The docs were uploaded for the Skype