Month: April 2025

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

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

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,

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Facilitation is inspired by urban recreation planning

barbara pedersen Belonging, collaboration, community, Conversation, design, Dialogue, Discussion, Diversity, Equity, facilitation, Family, Fun, Inclusion, intersectionality, listening, online facilitation, outdoors, Planning, process, Simplicity, strategic planning, summer, Talking, virtual facilitation, Visual facilitation
Children, adults, and pets at an accessible playground

Inspiration for facilitation comes from many sources. In this post, I apply themes from urban planning to facilitation. “If you build it, they might not come.” When I read this sentence about accessible public recreation spaces, I immediately thought, “If

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