business planning Archives | Barbara Pedersen

Structure and flexibility in strategic planning

barbara pedersen September 3, 2025September 3, 2025 business, business planning, Dialogue, Discussion, Diversity, facilitation, Planning, process, strategic planning, team building, team work

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

Saying yes or no. Passion, Purpose, Performance, Profit – a balancing act!

barbara pedersen April 21, 2025April 21, 2025 Belonging, business, business planning, collaboration, community, complexity, consulting, Conversation, design, Discussion, Diversity, facilitation, feedback, in-person facilitation, lessons, nonprofit, Planning, strategic planning, team building, team work, Visual facilitation

Self-employed facilitators, trainers, and consultants work with great passion and a strong belief in the benefits they can bring to individuals, organizations, and communities. At the same time, we must remember we run businesses and need to make money. Occasionally,

barbara pedersen March 25, 2025March 25, 2025 business, business planning, collaboration, community, complexity, consulting, Conversation, design, Dialogue, Discussion, Diversity, facilitation, feedback, fierce conversations, hybrid sessions, in-person facilitation, Inclusion, intersectionality, listening, online facilitation, Planning, process, Simplicity, storytelling, strategic planning, Talking, team building, team work, Trends, virtual facilitation, Visual facilitation

This week, an organization I worked with most recently in 2021 asked me to facilitate a strategic planning process. This opportunity, coming from the success of a project four years ago, made me reflect on my approaches with clients. Here

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

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