Select Category All Categories All Categories Connect with ToP Colleagues Conversations Diversity and Inclusion Educate: Tips for using ToP Methods Equip: Reviews of Materials and Resources facilitation Facilitator Competency Inform: Opportunities to Seize Inspire: The Impact of Participation Newsletter Articles Online Facilitation ORID Uncategorized facilitation Designing public engagement that communities actually trust Public engagement fails for a reason that has little to do with how much effort goes into it. Organizatio ... facilitation Why change initiatives stall, and how participatory facilitation helps them land Change initiatives rarely fail at the top. The strategy is usually sound, the case for change is well mad ... facilitation design When groups get stuck in conflict: how facilitated conciliation moves them forward Every group runs into disagreement. Most of the time, disagreement is healthy. It is how a team tests ide ... facilitation design What makes strategic planning actually stick: a facilitated approach Most organizations do not have a strategy problem. They have an ownership problem. A leaders ... facilitation Why consensus is about shared ownership, not compromise Somewhere along the way, the word "consensus" got damaged. In most organizations, when people say "we nee ... facilitation design Why meeting design is a leadership responsibility, not an admin task Most organizations quietly treat meeting design as a logistical problem. Someone books the room, someone ... facilitation Why learning to facilitate is becoming a core leadership skill Something has quietly shifted in what it takes to lead. A generation ago, leadership was measured largely ... facilitation design How to Guide a Conversation Without Controlling It The tension every facilitator knows There is a tension at the heart of facilitation that most practition ... facilitation design Am I Ready for Facilitator Certification or Do I Still Have Gaps? The question most facilitators carry longer than they should Many experienced facilitators reach a p ... 1 2 »