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A Facilitation Moment: a challenge by a participant

barbara pedersen July 28, 2023July 28, 2023 Belonging, collaboration, community, complexity, consulting, Conversation, design, Dialogue, Discussion, Diversity, Equity, facilitation, fierce conversations, in-person facilitation, Inclusion, listening, nonprofit, online facilitation, Planning, silence, Simplicity, strategic planning

A facilitation moment. You know it! You are facilitating a group and this happens. ➡ A participant forcefully challenges an activity.➡ A participant challenges you or someone else about an idea.➡ A individual stands up and yells at everyone.And so

The ebb and flow; the crash and clash of conversation

barbara pedersen May 28, 2019May 28, 2019 consulting, Conversation, Dialogue, Discussion, facilitation, fierce conversations, listening, nature, outdoors, Planning, strategic planning, Talking

The ebb and flow; the crash and clash of conversation Ebb, flow, crash, clash. These words can create images of waves as they gently crawl over the smooth sand or crash against rocks. Imagine walking along a beach with the

Facilitate fierce conversations!

barbara pedersen May 9, 2019 consulting, Conversation, Dialogue, Discussion, facilitation, fierce conversations, listening, Planning, strategic planning, Talking

I just received this email from a client following a two-day board governance and planning session I facilitated: “It is so great to see what we accomplished over that weekend. Even with the many difficult conversations, you helped us realize