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ChatGPT helped me design a community input session.

barbara pedersen April 11, 2023April 11, 2023 artificial intelligence, business, business planning, ChatGPT, collaboration, community, complexity, consulting, Conversation, design, Dialogue, Discussion, facilitation, Fun, in-person facilitation, online facilitation, Planning, process, reading, Simplicity, strategic planning, team building, team work, technology, Trends, virtual, virtual facilitation

Social media is prolific with information about Artificial Intelligence and ChatGPT. I enjoy learning from them. Here is my experiment with ChatGPT to help me do what I do the most; design a session. My first request to ChatGPT was

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

Give Gain toGether: A facilitation technique for almost any topic.

barbara pedersen February 20, 2023February 20, 2023 Belonging, books, business, business planning, collaboration, complexity, consulting, Conversation, design, Dialogue, Discussion, Diversity, Equity, facilitation, Fun, governance, hybrid sessions, in-person facilitation, Inclusion, intersectionality, learning styles, listening, nonprofit, Planning, process, reading, Simplicity, strategic planning, Talking, technology, virtual, virtual facilitation, Visual facilitation

Give Gain toGether: A technique to facilitate teambuilding, planning, opening and closing conversations, discussion guidelines … and just about any topic. About ten years ago, I created a technique I call Give Gain toGether for a community goal-setting and action-planning

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