Talking Archives | Barbara Pedersen

Experience. Renewal. Celebration

barbara pedersen June 12, 2024June 12, 2024 Belonging, business, business planning, collaboration, community, consulting, Conversation, design, Dialogue, Discussion, Diversity, facilitation, fierce conversations, Fun, governance, hybrid sessions, in-person facilitation, Inclusion, lessons, Life Work Balance, listening, nonprofit, online facilitation, Planning, process, reading, Simplicity, stories, storytelling, strategic planning, Talking, team building, team work, technology, Trends, virtual, virtual facilitation, Visual facilitation

I recently celebrated 30 years of my facilitation business and coincidentally recertified as a Certified Professional Facilitator with the International Association of Facilitators (IAF). These milestones got me thinking about experience, renewal, and celebration. I hope my musings help anyone

“On the spot” session design

barbara pedersen March 14, 2024March 14, 2024 business, business planning, collaboration, complexity, consulting, Conversation, design, Dialogue, facilitation, fierce conversations, in-person facilitation, Inclusion, lessons, nonprofit, online facilitation, Planning, Simplicity, storytelling, strategic planning, Talking, team building, team work

I started with one session design and switched “on the spot” to another! I was ready to facilitate a second strategic planning session with a nonprofit board of directors when it took an unexpected turn. A few hours before the

The Healing Power of Conversation

barbara pedersen December 22, 2023December 22, 2023 Belonging, business, collaboration, consulting, Conversation, design, Dialogue, Discussion, Diversity, facilitation, Fun, holidays, in-person facilitation, Inclusion, listening, nonprofit, online facilitation, Planning, silence, Simplicity, stories, storytelling, strategic planning, Talking, team building, virtual, virtual facilitation

All I want for Christmas is to express my deepest appreciation for every person who contributed to a group conversation and to the facilitators who supported them. I, and I think, many other people, feel there is little we can

A Warm Face in Facilitation

barbara pedersen October 25, 2023October 25, 2023 Belonging, business planning, collaboration, community, consulting, Conversation, design, Dialogue, Discussion, Diversity, Equity, facilitation, Family, Fun, hybrid sessions, in-person facilitation, Inclusion, intersectionality, lessons, listening, nonprofit, online facilitation, Planning, silence, Simplicity, stories, storytelling, strategic planning, Talking, team building, team work, virtual facilitation, Visual facilitation

One of my favorite #facilitation activities which I created years ago is the “Warm Face.” Recently, I used this activity with two organizations; Wood Buffalo Regional Library and ElderCare Edmonton. Each group was developing a strategic plan. The Warm Face is a wonderful opening conversation.

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