How to Facilitate a Nonprofit Strategic Planning Meeting with Judie Caribeaux
Facilitating a nonprofit strategic planning meeting takes more than putting together an agenda and guiding people through it.
Judie Caribeaux shares three lessons from years of facilitating meetings with nonprofit leaders and teams:
Don't try to facilitate and participate at the same time.
Create space for different ways of processing and contributing.
Don't take it personally. Stay curious.
Effective meeting facilitation means listening for what's said and how it's said, drawing different voices into the conversation, allowing space for reflection, and remaining curious as people work through their thinking in real time.
The work isn't about the facilitator. It's about creating the right space for brave and important conversations.
To learn more, read our blog post, How to Run a Nonprofit Strategic Planning Retreat That Actually Works →
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