Unlock clarity, confidence, and purposeful action.
Barbara Pedersen Facilitation Services Inc. helps groups navigate complexity, strengthen relationships, and reach decisions that lead to meaningful action. Whether you’re planning a retreat, tackling a challenging issue, developing a strategic plan, or building a stronger team,
Barb creates processes that help people talk honestly, explore perspectives, and work together with clarity and confidence.
Organizations come to Barb when they need structure, momentum, and a skilled facilitator who can guide conversations, manage dynamics, and help groups move from ideas to action. She offers facilitation, training, strategic planning, team development, community engagement, and consulting services that support practical solutions, shared understanding, and long‑lasting results.
Facilitation & Training
Facilitation and training are at the heart of Barb’s work. She designs and leads sessions that help groups communicate openly, explore perspectives, and make decisions that matter. Her methods create participatory environments where people feel heard, respected, and engaged — whether in-person or online.
Barb also provides training in facilitation, leadership, and group process skills. Participants learn practical tools, proven methods, and adaptable approaches they can use immediately in their own work. Every session blends clarity, structure, and her signature focus, fervour, and fun.
Strategic Planning
Barb brings decades of experience helping organizations create strategic and operational plans that are realistic, motivating, and actionable. She guides groups through processes that build shared understanding, strengthen alignment, and clarify priorities for the future. Her facilitation ensures that planning conversations are inclusive, productive, and grounded in the organization’s real context.
Whether you need a one‑page plan or a comprehensive multi‑year strategy, Barb helps teams articulate their desired future and map out the steps to get there. Organizations consistently report that the plans she facilitates don’t sit on a shelf — they guide decisions, actions, and long‑term momentum.
Barb designs team‑building sessions that strengthen relationships, deepen trust, and improve communication. Using models such as the Better Teams framework, she helps teams understand their strengths, identify opportunities, and build the conditions needed for effective collaboration. Her sessions are interactive, energizing, and tailored to the team’s unique needs.
Team building with Barb goes beyond activities — it’s about creating shared language, improving alignment, and supporting teams in working together with greater confidence. Whether your team is new, growing, or navigating change, Barb helps people connect, communicate, and collaborate more effectively.
Team Building
WHY BARBARA PEDERSEN
Barbara Pedersen
IAF Certified™ Professional Facilitator
Barb brings more than 30 years of experience working with municipalities, nonprofits, associations, and corporate teams across Canada. She is an IAF Certified™ Professional Facilitator with extensive training in facilitation, public participation, adult education, and leadership development.
Due to my background in recreation, community development, and strategic planning, I have a deep understanding of how groups work — and what they need to succeed.
Clients choose Barb for her clarity, curiosity, warmth, and ability to create environments where people feel safe to speak honestly and work together productively. She blends proven methods with adaptability, intuition, and a genuine belief in the power of people working together. Her sessions are structured, engaging, and designed to help groups make meaningful progress.
Our work together will be
Personalized
Every process is designed around your people, purpose, and context — no templates, no one‑size‑fits‑all solutions.
Participatory
Your group will be fully engaged through inclusive methods that encourage honest conversation and shared ownership.
Practical
You’ll leave with clear decisions, realistic plans, and next steps that support real‑world action.
Real Work Experiences
Team Building
Strategic Planning
Facilitation & Training
A large municipal recreation and culture team took part in a Roots & Horizons Team Building and Planning session to celebrate, refocus, envision, unite, and prioritize.
A provincial government executive leadership team, using the Better Teams Model, clarified roles and responsibilities, established priorities and outcomes for its strategic plan, and strengthened trust among team members.
An Indigenous organization staff team created ways to better communicate, address personal and work changes, and work effectively together.
An international resource company senior leadership team defined their work and roles, learned each other’s leadership and working styles, and created an organizational model.
A private health company developed five-year goals and actions to achieve them.
A regional library system through an eight-month process developed strategic and operational plans based on community engagement, environment scanning, and board and staff strategic thinking sessions.
The board and staff of a national nonprofit organization developed a three-year strategic plan, affirmed values, vision, and missions, identified obstacles to achieving the goals, and strengthened board and staff relationships.
A large urban social service nonprofit organization created a ten-year vision of the future in a three-month process including clients, staff, volunteers, and board members.
The board of a large provincial nonprofit association learned board governance, developed a strategic plan, and identified ways to work effectively with local branches.
The staff with a private consulting company gained knowledge about facilitation and practiced ways to utilize.
For three years, through participation in annual retreats, community leaders from municipalities throughout Alberta gained leadership, communication, planning, and facilitation skills.
The council and senior leadership staff with three municipalities through a series of online, hybrid, and in-person sessions created a vision for regional collaboration.
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