Had a wonderful client affirmation on Tuesday after presenting a strategic plan at a client Board meeting. One of the Board members said, "You are a wonderful facilitator. I've been to two of your meetings and both were so well facilitated."
Made me so happy!
March 4, 2010
March 2, 2010
Year-Long Photo Journey with Friends
I've decided to turn my goal of photographing all 21 of the California Missions into a year-long photography expedition with friends. this will be a fun way to theme my adventure, share each mini excursion with friends and turn it into a photo journal to share.
The first two Missions I visited with Irfan. Now to set out a schedule for the next 19 and to invite friends to go with me on each one. Loving this idea!
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March 1, 2010
Facilitate
I love being a facilitator. Of all my consulting work, facilitation is what makes me happiest and the feedback I get is that I am good at it.
Tonight I facilitated a focus group for one of my arts clients. It was so much fun. Something about "holding the room" and ensuring that everyone has an opportunity to provide input that makes me quit satisfied. I am also getting better at handling people who dominate, are negative or throw us off course, what my consulting partner David and I call "grenade throwers". They are the most difficult.
I am able to incorporate facilitation into most of my work - teaching, strategic planning, marketing research and Board development. So good to have identified what I enjoy. In contrast, I notice that projects where I am working alone, implementing processes, are the least satisfying. Being an extrovert, I get my energy from human interaction.
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