What is Facilitation?

Facilitation is the act of creating and holding space for a heavy or complicated conversation. Rather than lecturing a passive audience, a facilitator works with participants before, during, and after the primary gathering to empower multiple perspectives, work through constructive disagreements, and advance the goals of all gathered.

Any of the programs below can be facilitated, in one form or another:

Facilitation exists across a broad spectrum, from managing Q&A after a lecture or moderating a panel to training retreats and long-term strategic planning, facilitators are responsible for the space of a gathering and all of the people within it. Through planned exercises, breakout groups, and other guiding tools, our responsibility may be to stoke creativity, build camaraderie, or help the group stay on schedule - and often we do them all at the same time!

My 500+ hours of facilitation experience have mostly concentrated on personal conversations between small, informal groups of 25 or fewer, yet I have also co-hosted and lectured events with over 200 professionals and supported chat, tech, and logistics for much larger events. When I begin an event, you can take confidence that I bring weeks of preparation, years of experience, and a keen ability to "read the room" - even virtually.

Take a look at the topics I offer and let me know how we can work together.