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barbara pedersen March 25, 2025March 25, 2025 business, business planning, collaboration, community, complexity, consulting, Conversation, design, Dialogue, Discussion, Diversity, facilitation, feedback, fierce conversations, hybrid sessions, in-person facilitation, Inclusion, intersectionality, listening, online facilitation, Planning, process, Simplicity, storytelling, strategic planning, Talking, team building, team work, Trends, virtual facilitation, Visual facilitation

This week, an organization I worked with most recently in 2021 asked me to facilitate a strategic planning process. This opportunity, coming from the success of a project four years ago, made me reflect on my approaches with clients. Here

Experience. Renewal. Celebration

barbara pedersen June 12, 2024June 12, 2024 Belonging, business, business planning, collaboration, community, consulting, Conversation, design, Dialogue, Discussion, Diversity, facilitation, fierce conversations, Fun, governance, hybrid sessions, in-person facilitation, Inclusion, lessons, Life Work Balance, listening, nonprofit, online facilitation, Planning, process, reading, Simplicity, stories, storytelling, strategic planning, Talking, team building, team work, technology, Trends, virtual, virtual facilitation, Visual facilitation

I recently celebrated 30 years of my facilitation business and coincidentally recertified as a Certified Professional Facilitator with the International Association of Facilitators (IAF). These milestones got me thinking about experience, renewal, and celebration. I hope my musings help anyone

Using outcomes to create clarity through chaos.

barbara pedersen March 22, 2024March 22, 2024 Belonging, business, business planning, collaboration, community, complexity, consulting, Conversation, design, Dialogue, Discussion, facilitation, fierce conversations, Fun, Future forecasting, governance, hybrid sessions, in-person facilitation, Inclusion, lessons, listening, nonprofit, online facilitation, Planning, Simplicity, stories, storytelling, team building, team work, virtual, virtual facilitation, Visual facilitation

“Clarity through chaos.” “We came together and found we had a common goal.” I value this feedback from participants in two sessions I facilitated recently. Their success started when the group and I met before the session and articulated clear

A Warm Face in Facilitation

barbara pedersen October 25, 2023October 25, 2023 Belonging, business planning, collaboration, community, consulting, Conversation, design, Dialogue, Discussion, Diversity, Equity, facilitation, Family, Fun, hybrid sessions, in-person facilitation, Inclusion, intersectionality, lessons, listening, nonprofit, online facilitation, Planning, silence, Simplicity, stories, storytelling, strategic planning, Talking, team building, team work, virtual facilitation, Visual facilitation

One of my favorite #facilitation activities which I created years ago is the “Warm Face.” Recently, I used this activity with two organizations; Wood Buffalo Regional Library and ElderCare Edmonton. Each group was developing a strategic plan. The Warm Face is a wonderful opening conversation.