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Category Archives: Facilitation Stories
Stories about Facilitation and Authentic Participation
Keynote “Event”
Recently a colleague asked me if I would do a presentation for a webinar. I reluctantly agreed, but this is the memory that the request brought up. I once was asked to do a keynote speech at a conference of … Continue reading →
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Debriefing a Traumatic Event
I’m reposting this in response to events in Ukraine and other current events. It was originally designed in response to the Columbine high school shootings, and used with a group of facilitators a few days after 9/11. It has been … Continue reading →
Facilitation, Education, and Transformation
Stories from my Experience Script of a presentation given on Zoom to a group of teachers and facilitators in China on June 29, 2021 Preparation I grew up on a farm in Iowa. I was a teacher from childhood – … Continue reading →
Fifty Years of Facilitation
September 1, 2020 marks 50 years since I first started working with ICA. At the end of this calendar year, I will be wrapping up my career, but not my vocation. I’m still working on what that looks like — … Continue reading →
Recognizing Unconsious Bias
I have a degree in Education and Anthropology, from the University of Iowa in 1970. Not only did I study cultures for my Anthro major, but I was active in the university’s International Centre and was good friends with people … Continue reading →
Making Clustering Ideas Easier Using a Puzzle Image
The clustering stage of the Consensus Workshop Method is often really challenging, especially to those (most of us) who have been deeply trained to sort and categorize ideas: “Which of these is not like the other?” Somehow the capacity to … Continue reading →
A Summary of My Professional Pathway as a Facilitator
I am declaring 2020 as the last year of my career, but not of my vocation! This essay was written as a submission for IAF “Facilitator Emeritus” certification. It was limited to 1500 words, so there is a lot of … Continue reading →
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It’s Hard to Predict the Impact of a Facilitated Event
On October 20 this year, I attended the “Courage to Lead Award” event held by ICA Canada, the charitable organization that is co-owner of ICA Associates, Inc. The award was to be given to a woman I didn’t know, Anne … Continue reading →
Remembering the MLK Weekend, April 6, 1968
MLK Weekend, April 6, 1968 49 years ago, I participated in a history- and life-changing event on the West Side of Chicago. I was 19 years old, in my second year at the University of Iowa, and traveled with my … Continue reading →
Using Multiple Intelligences in Facilitation
Above is a graphic representation of nine intelligences identified by Howard Gardner, with a tiny summary of what each is about. Howard Gardner[1] at first identified seven intelligences (starting at 11 o’clock and moving clockwise in this image), and then … Continue reading →
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