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Facilitation inspired by nature

barbara pedersen September 23, 2021September 23, 2021 consulting, Conversation, design, Discussion, facilitation, landscape, nature, online facilitation, outdoors, Planning, reading, silence, strategic planning, virtual, virtual facilitation

I hike, bike, and camp in the mountains to relax, to have a change of pace from the routine of daily life, to recharge creativity, and to challenge myself. While I purposely do not think of work, I find that

Camping, journaling, and facilitation: What do they have in common?

barbara pedersen May 10, 2021May 10, 2021 books, consulting, Conversation, Dialogue, Discussion, facilitation, Family, Fun, holidays, lessons, Life Work Balance, listening, nature, nonprofit, online facilitation, outdoors, Planning, reading

One book closes; another opens. My family’s new camping journal is underway, unexpectedly leading me to think about camping, journaling, and facilitation, and what they have in common. For more than 30 years, my family has written a journal about

What I learned during International Facilitation Week 2019

barbara pedersen October 17, 2019 consulting, Conversation, Dialogue, Discussion, facilitation, Indigenous people, listening, Planning, reading, silence, Simplicity, strategic planning, Talking

Affirming, confirming, learning! Here are my highlights from International Facilitation Week October 7 to 13, 2019. This week honours, explores, and promotes the power of facilitation worldwide. I find that the week is a great time to reflect on what

Silence … a gift to facilitation and conversation (Excerpt 1 from my summer reading list)

barbara pedersen June 27, 2019 books, consulting, Conversation, Dialogue, Discussion, facilitation, Fun, holidays, lessons, listening, reading, silence, strategic planning, summer, Talking

I have selected six books, related to my facilitation work, to read this summer. My challenge is to actually read them and learn from them; since, during the summer, I like reading light, fun and frivolous books. That’s a good