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A Facilitation Moment: a challenge by a participant

barbara pedersen July 28, 2023July 28, 2023 Belonging, collaboration, community, complexity, consulting, Conversation, design, Dialogue, Discussion, Diversity, Equity, facilitation, fierce conversations, in-person facilitation, Inclusion, listening, nonprofit, online facilitation, Planning, silence, Simplicity, strategic planning

A facilitation moment. You know it! You are facilitating a group and this happens. ➡ A participant forcefully challenges an activity.➡ A participant challenges you or someone else about an idea.➡ A individual stands up and yells at everyone.And so

Facilitating communication skills with Listening Quotes

barbara pedersen March 23, 2023March 23, 2023 collaboration, consulting, Conversation, design, Dialogue, facilitation, Fun, in-person facilitation, Inclusion, lessons, listening, online facilitation, Planning, process, reading, silence, Simplicity, strategic planning, Talking, team building, team work, virtual, virtual facilitation, Visual facilitation

I recently facilitated a session with a staff team to help them learn, practice, and apply communication skills. I am sharing some of the techniques I used and to which participants responded enthusiastically. This post is about listening quotes; my

Intersectionality and facilitation

barbara pedersen February 3, 2023February 3, 2023 Belonging, business, business planning, complexity, consulting, design, Dialogue, Discussion, Diversity, Equity, facilitation, governance, hybrid sessions, in-person facilitation, Inclusion, intersectionality, nonprofit, online facilitation, Planning, process, reading, silence, strategic planning, Talking, technology, virtual, virtual facilitation, Visual facilitation

Intersectionality? Is it a new word for you? One you know well? A way of looking at the world? A tool you use to plan meetings and facilitated sessions? The #yycfacilitators network met online in November 2022 to learn from

Learning to like podcasts made me a better facilitator.

barbara pedersen October 11, 2022October 11, 2022 books, business, business planning, consulting, design, Dialogue, Discussion, facilitation, hybrid sessions, in-person facilitation, Indigenous people, learning styles, lessons, listening, online facilitation, Planning, podcasts, reading, silence, Talking, technology

This summer, I learned to listen to podcasts … and enjoy them. Why is this worth posting when millions of people listen to podcasts daily? Because it shows the value of trying something new; of going outside of our preferred learning