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How did we do? Evaluating short and long-term facilitation processes

barbara pedersen December 13, 2021December 13, 2021 consulting, Conversation, design, Dialogue, Discussion, facilitation, in-person facilitation, lessons, listening, nonprofit, online facilitation, Planning, strategic planning, virtual, virtual facilitation, Visual facilitation

“Thanks for your excellent facilitation of this process.” These are gratifying words to receive in an email 3/4 of the way through a 10-month strategic planning process. The ebb and flow of a longer facilitated process are uniquely different than

SUCCESS – it’s not always what you see. A garden analogy for facilitating teams and organizations

barbara pedersen July 19, 2021July 19, 2021 consulting, Conversation, design, Dialogue, Discussion, facilitation, Fun, gardening, lessons, listening, nature, nonprofit, online facilitation, outdoors, Planning, Simplicity, strategic planning, summer, Talking, technology, virtual, virtual facilitation, Visual facilitation

I am a member of a local community garden and last week, saw this sign drawn by a gardener on a whiteboard in our garden shed. Stay encouraged, be positive. SUCCESS – it’s not always what you see. I immediately

Virtual Idea 1: Using images before and during a facilitated virtual session

barbara pedersen April 2, 2020April 2, 2020 consulting, Conversation, Dialogue, Discussion, facilitation, strategic planning, technology, virtual, virtual facilitation, Visual facilitation

Over the past few weeks of our COVID-19 reality, I have enjoyed learning excellent ways to transform in-person facilitation design and techniques to virtual meetings and sessions. Here’s Virtual idea 1 in a short series I will post about activities

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.