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Facilitating communication skills with Listening Quotes

A list of ten quotes about listening.

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

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

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

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

Intersectionality and facilitation

Intersectionality and facilitation

Intersectionality? Is it a new word for you? One you know well? A way of looking at the world? A tool you use to plan meetings and facilitated sessions? The #yycfacilitators network met online in November 2022 to learn from

My choice – an eight hour drive on winter roads or facilitating a hybrid session online

My choice – an eight hour drive on winter roads or facilitating a hybrid session online

I live in a cold winter climate.  My choice this week was to drive an 8-hour round trip on snow-covered winter highways at 25C temperature and stay overnight OR facilitate for 7 hours online. With the support and agreement of