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A Strategic Plan is like a rainforest.

barbara pedersen May 22, 2023May 22, 2023 books, business, business planning, collaboration, consulting, Conversation, design, Dialogue, facilitation, hybrid sessions, in-person facilitation, listening, nonprofit, online facilitation, Planning, Simplicity, strategic planning, team building, team work, virtual, virtual facilitation, Visual facilitation

A simile, metaphor, and analogy arrived in a workshop. It’s not a joke! These techniques make wonderful facilitation tools. I recently facilitated a two-hour session to help members of a leadership team review, understand, and re-commit to their strategic plan.

Facilitate Active Listening with a staff team

barbara pedersen March 29, 2023March 29, 2023 Belonging, consulting, Conversation, design, Dialogue, Discussion, Diversity, Equity, facilitation, Fun, Inclusion, intersectionality, listening, strategic planning, Talking, team building, team work

Two people standing and facing each other. One is talking and gesturing and one is listening intently.

In a recent team building session with a staff team, I spontaneously facilitated an Active Listening technique as a group activity to help the participants enhance their communication skills. I usually use Active Listening with individuals talking in pairs. In

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

Facilitation magic!

barbara pedersen March 10, 2023March 10, 2023 Belonging, consulting, Conversation, design, Dialogue, Discussion, Diversity, facilitation, in-person facilitation, Inclusion, listening, Planning, process, strategic planning

I am stoked, excited, happy, satisfied. Yesterday, I experienced the magic of facilitating an in-person session and an online session. I facilitate many sessions in these “venues” yet having these two events back-to-back intensified the comparison of what worked, and