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ChatGPT helped me design a community input session.

barbara pedersen April 11, 2023April 11, 2023 artificial intelligence, business, business planning, ChatGPT, collaboration, community, complexity, consulting, Conversation, design, Dialogue, Discussion, facilitation, Fun, in-person facilitation, online facilitation, Planning, process, reading, Simplicity, strategic planning, team building, team work, technology, Trends, virtual, virtual facilitation

Social media is prolific with information about Artificial Intelligence and ChatGPT. I enjoy learning from them. Here is my experiment with ChatGPT to help me do what I do the most; design a session. My first request to ChatGPT was

Intersectionality and facilitation

barbara pedersen February 3, 2023February 3, 2023 Belonging, business, business planning, complexity, consulting, design, Dialogue, Discussion, Diversity, Equity, facilitation, governance, hybrid sessions, in-person facilitation, Inclusion, intersectionality, nonprofit, online facilitation, Planning, process, reading, silence, strategic planning, Talking, technology, virtual, virtual facilitation, Visual 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

Trust the process … To say or not to say?

barbara pedersen January 10, 2023January 10, 2023 business, business planning, complexity, consulting, Conversation, design, Dialogue, Discussion, facilitation, process, strategic planning

In my 28 years as a facilitator, I have heard colleagues saying “trust the process” to participants in meetings and workshops. I admit to saying it. However, not anymore. Reasons to not use the phrase Trust is defined as, “a

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

barbara pedersen December 2, 2022December 2, 2022 business, business planning, consulting, design, Dialogue, Discussion, facilitation, Fun, hybrid sessions, in-person facilitation, listening, nonprofit, online facilitation, Planning, remote work, Simplicity, strategic planning, Talking, technology, virtual, virtual facilitation

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