Facilitation

Bringing people together is only the beginning.

We help you by designing and facilitating meaningful conversations with the space and structure for people to say what matters, hear one another, imagine new possibilities, and move forward with intention. Drawing on diverse formats tailored to your needs, our approach creates room for reflection and creative problem-solving within teams, organizations, and communities.

How we can support you:

  • Listening sessions and roundtables create an opportunity to understand what people are experiencing, what matters to them, and what may be getting missed. We design these conversations so people can participate in ways that work for them and share honestly. We have particular experience in work involving disability, aging, neurodivergence, trauma, mental health, and workplace dynamics.

  • We design and facilitate sessions that help boards, leadership teams, staff, and volunteers from across an organization make sense of what they know, explore possibilities, and shape what comes next. From a two-hour virtual meeting to a multi-day in-person retreat, sessions are tailored to make room for different perspectives while keeping the work moving toward something concrete.

  • Led by a Gallup® Certified Strengths Coach, our sessions support individuals within the context of a team or a “partnership pair” who wish to grow understanding, alignment, and communication through a strengths-based lens. Sessions emphasize awareness of each other’s unique strengths and needs, shared goals, collaboration, and navigating conflict constructively.

  • Talking circles are a structured way of gathering in which each person has an opportunity to speak and be heard. Rooted in the traditions of many Indigenous peoples across North America and shared beyond those communities, circle practice reflects connection and shared responsibility; because the circle has no “head,” it can also soften familiar hierarchies and support more equitable participation. We facilitate talking circles to help groups strengthen relationships, explore complex topics, address conflict, and process challenging events together.

How we’ll work together:

  • Every group brings its own history, perspectives, and hopes for the future. We begin by understanding what you would like to explore, shift, or plan and who needs to be part of the conversation. This gives us an intentional foundation for the work ahead.

  • We take time to understand your context, including any history, tensions, practical constraints, and the different ways participants may take in information, reflect, and contribute. Preparation may include talking with key participants, identifying useful pre-work, and designing questions, activities, and materials.

  • We stay flexible in the room, adjusting the pace, questions, and format so participants can contribute in ways that work for them. We ask questions that get beneath the surface, help the group notice patterns and generate fresh ideas, and draw out perspectives that might otherwise be missed.

  • How a conversation is summarized shapes what gets carried forward. We look across the input for patterns, tensions, and insights tied to the purpose of the session and take care that the loudest voices don’t overshadow other perspectives. We place what emerged in a broader context and shape it into a clear, grounded summary that can inform a path forward.

How we’ve helped:

  • Facilitated listening sessions with individuals served by group homes for those with serious mental illnesses, senior living communities, and adult day centers; led roundtables with advocacy organizations and providers in the behavioral health, aging, and intellectual and developmental disability spaces

  • Designed and led Gallup® Strengths workshops for nonprofit board members and staff to identify individual strengths and opportunities for tapping into strengths to support organizational mission

  • Facilitated a statewide staff retreat for a child and family services nonprofit, bringing previously separate program teams together to build relationships, identify strengths, and shape a unified vision for future growth

  • Moderated a nationally broadcast panel discussion on the future of senior housing, bringing together provider, investor, and researcher viewpoints

  • Crafted talking points and held advocacy roundtables with elected officials in support of trauma-informed approaches in schools and communities

  • Designed and led internal and external strategic planning meetings and community advisory sessions for nonprofit organizations, supporting inclusive input opportunities, open dialogue, and alignment on critical issues

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  • “Kimberly's genuine care and clear communication inspire others to self-reflect in new ways and to connect to their values and purpose. She listens closely to others, making sure every voice is heard and valued. She is curious, open to ideas outside the status quo, and asks powerful questions.”