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Using outcomes to create clarity through chaos.

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“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

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The Healing Power of Conversation

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All I want for Christmas is to express my deepest appreciation for every person who contributed to a group conversation and to the facilitators who supported them. I, and I think, many other people, feel there is little we can

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A Strategic Plan is like a rainforest.

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A Strategic Plan is like a rainforest.

A simile, metaphor, and analogy arrived in a workshop. It’s not a joke!  These techniques make wonderful facilitation tools. I recently facilitated a two-hour session to help members of a leadership team review, understand, and re-commit to their strategic plan.

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ChatGPT helped me design a community input session.

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ChatGPT helped me design a community input session.

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

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