FACILITATION, DECISION-MAKING AND TRAINING

Most firms say they facilitate. Few explain what that actually means.

Facilitation is not about keeping things polite.

It’s about helping groups do the thinking they cannot do alone. We facilitate conversations where we:

  • Surface minority viewpoints before they become resistance
  • Work productively with tension instead of rushing past it
  • Help groups reach decisions that are stronger because dissent was included

Our facilitation balances intention and responsiveness. We design carefully—and we adapt in real time to what’s happening in the room.

We pay close attention to moments of silence, side conversations, and energy shifts—because they often tell us more than what’s written on the agenda.

Clients experience:

  • Meetings that feel focused, inclusive, and purposeful
  • Clear next steps and a sense of collective ownership

Relief—because someone is holding the process with care

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Workshops and Retreats help you align around shared decisions

RETREAT FACILITATION includes:

  • Individual interviews of each participant
  • Development of tools to illustrate concepts
  • Design of slides, handouts or other materials
  • Meeting facilitation
  • Advice on meeting logistics and space configuration
  • Documentation of outcomes

Trainings help you educate and build the capacity of your board or staff

TRAININGS includes:

  • Providing topic expertise and engagement in a virtual or live setting
  • Expertise in most areas of nonprofit management (boards, management & supervision, teambuilding, change management, strategic planning, etc.)
  • Engaging participants in participatory learning vs. lecture-style speaking

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Featured Articles

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The Art of Facilitation

by Molly Penn Definition of Facilitation: to make (an action or process) easy or easier.  As we know, it is often quite challenging to make something look (or feel) easy.  This is the art of facilitation.  Facilitation is a large component of successful strategic planning.   Isn’t data crunching and analysis the core component of strategic […]
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Summer is Retreat Season!

By Molly Penn Summer season offers a great opportunity to do a retreat with your board or staff members.  Business as usual tends to slow down a bit and summer is a great season for reflection.  If you can handle the nightmare that is aligning schedules in the summer, getting people together for a thoughtful, […]
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