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Category Archives: Facilitation Stories
Stories about Facilitation and Authentic Participation
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 →
The Rock Will Split
This is a story that my husband Wayne wrote, and that is included in the Historical Scan chapter of the book he started, that I am finishing, “Getting to the Bottom of ToP: The Foundations of ICA Methods”. Currently in … Continue reading →
FACILITATION: A Tool for Evoking and Creating Wisdom
Strictly speaking, this is not a story like most of the other posts. It is an article I wrote in 2003 at the request of a journal that supports inter-cultural education. They were using the term facilitation for participatory, experiential … Continue reading →
Organizational Transformation through Facilitation
Organizational Transformation through Facilitation Once I had a client whose understanding of their mandate and mission was to fight the oppressor on behalf of the oppressed in the inner city. This was a foundational understanding for the group, based on … Continue reading →
Debriefing a Traumatic Event
I post this for your wide sharing, especially at this moment for Nepal. I also have it in French, and some other languages. If you translate it, please send me a copy! We would like to offer this conversation to … Continue reading →
Working Assumptions
In the 1990’s, I had a client gig that I knew was going to be a challenging one. Their director had spent 3 years strategically building consensus that they should have a consensus-building workshop! So I decided that I needed … Continue reading →
Becoming a Human Being
Because Wayne and I and our family moved so often from one culture to another, and we were there to work side by side with the local people to make a difference in their community, we had to learn how … Continue reading →
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