Facilitation
Supporting strategic conversations and multi-stakeholder collaboration
Services available online.
Services available online.
Let us take care of the context & process,
so you can focus on the content and get the results you need.
so you can focus on the content and get the results you need.
We help you:
Put the system in the room. Listen to all voices. Access group wisdom. Lead from the emerging future.
Put the system in the room. Listen to all voices. Access group wisdom. Lead from the emerging future.
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Addressing the complex local and global challenges of our time requires navigating uncertainty and opening the door to the power of emergence. Today's "wicked problems" ask of us that we access new potentials within and around us to generate systems and solutions that are aligned with life. No single leader will discover the answers we need: these times call on us to access the intelligence and creativity of the collective. ZENDialogue will support you by holding space and facilitating processes that activate the wisdom in your group.
The Canadian Healthy Schools Alliance hired ZENDialogue to facilitate a reflection and strategic decision-making session for a complex system transformation initiative. Natalie and Michael facilitated a challenging conversation for multiple partners, within a national context, over a short period of time. The members did not anticipate getting as far as we did and were very happy with the care ZENDialogue took in preparing and then leading the group through a long list of priorities very efficiently. As a result of the session, members are engaged in next steps and have a clear foundation for moving forward together. We valued ZENDialogue’s professionalism and skill which made this process possible.
- Melanie Davis, ED/CEO, PHE Canada – on behalf of the Canadian Healthy Schools Alliance
"Thank you for facilitating decision making on future of ICPNC. Your facilitation of the day was excellent. With your thoughtful planning we were able achieve what we had set out to do." |
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Methods & Tools
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Facilitators
Natalie Zend
Natalie Zend is an IAF Certified Professional Facilitator with experience in facilitating strategic conversations, consultations and multi-stakeholder processes. Read more...
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Kim Martens
Kim Martens has over 30 years of experience in facilitation and training, stakeholder engagement and strategic planning, often with diverse and polarized groups. Read more...
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Michael Hope-Simpson
Michael Hope-Simpson is a facilitator, program manager, and international development performance improvement specialist. Read more...
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Natalie Abdou
Natalie Abdou co–creates spaces for community building & social transformation through popular education, the arts and embodied wisdom practices. Read more...
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Patricia Kambitsch
Patricia Kambitsch is a graphic facilitator and graphic recorder. She brings visual clarity to complex issues and wicked problems and harnesses collective creativity through the arts. Read more...
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Recommended Facilitation Resources
Our current top practical resources for harnessing collective wisdom:
We Can Do This! by Kate Sutherland is *the* pocket guide to unleash the latent potential of our teams, our communities and our society. Harness the power of 10 frameworks used by professional facilitators and consultants, and achieve greater impact as you and your networks take on the grand challenges of our time.
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The Group Works deck of 100 full-colour cards (91 patterns + 9 category cards) names what skilled facilitators and other participants do to make things work. The deck can be used to plan sesssions, reflect on and debrief them, provide guidance, and share responsibility for making the process go well. The e-version is free!
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Facilitating with Heart: Awakening Personal Transformation and Social Change, by Martha Lasley, is a book that integrates best heart-connected practices in the field of facilitation. You'll find resources and inspirational stories from facilitators, coaches and social change activists from around the world. Available in print or e-book versions.
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The Art of Focused Conversation is an invaluable resource for facilitators and anyone working to improve organizational communications. It describes the conversation method, and then provides 100 sample conversations for situations from planning to decision-making and reviewing.
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