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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

Learning to like podcasts made me a better facilitator.

barbara pedersen October 11, 2022October 11, 2022 books, business, business planning, consulting, design, Dialogue, Discussion, facilitation, hybrid sessions, in-person facilitation, Indigenous people, learning styles, lessons, listening, online facilitation, Planning, podcasts, reading, silence, Talking, technology

This summer, I learned to listen to podcasts … and enjoy them. Why is this worth posting when millions of people listen to podcasts daily? Because it shows the value of trying something new; of going outside of our preferred learning

Thoughts for the new year about women, business models, and Ikigai

barbara pedersen January 28, 2022January 28, 2022 books, business planning, complexity, consulting, Conversation, design, Dialogue, Discussion, facilitation, Future forecasting, listening, online facilitation, Planning, reading, silence, Simplicity, strategic planning, virtual facilitation, Visual facilitation

Ikigai as a business model? It is to me. Recently, I participated in a thought-provoking conversation with three women. We explored the topic of entrepreneurship and business development by women. How can we develop a business model that more intentionally

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

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