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What is the value of professional facilitation services? 

Click here for a pdf of an article written by Darren Smith on how to modernize your strategic planning through the use of a professional facilitator who is also a trained group coach.


Has your organization used professional facilitation? If not are you interested in learning how a professional facilitator can add value to your strategic sessions?   
 
Effective facilitators study your organization, direct the focus on the meeting participants, and coach them toward a solution. The facilitator’s toolbox includes skilled listening, intuitive questioning, and an outstanding ability to summarize and report on the ideas and solutions arrived at by participants. If your strategic or off-site sessions must deliver more return with less time commitment then please read on.  My recent facilitation experiences include:      

 
  • Facilitation of the board retreat for the Associated General Contractor’s which included the integration of a value proposition workshop. The board members emerged from the retreat with an updated strategic plan and an updated value proposition to use with prospects and members - AGC is committed to building your business and image through education, collective advocacy and relationships.
  • Facilitation of the Texas Society of Association Executives membership committee strategy meeting. Utilizing Cima’s strategic and tactical membership development model, the committee designed and added more science to the art of membership development . The model helped the committee develop a prospect filter to help prioritize prospects and levels of membership development activities to better allocate time, talent and resources. Now the committee is in “lock-step” and can better answer three fundamental questions – What are we doing? How are we doing it exactly? Why are we doing it this way? This helps increase predictability and lower the labor intensity of membership development.
  • Facilitation and delivery of two, three-hour professional development workshops for the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants management team retreat, where the team chose the content and participated. The workshops equipped them with the ability to increase their effectiveness with people and sell their ideas with lasting results. 
References Related to the Experiences Listed Above  
Associated General Contractors San Antonio Chapter
Mr. Doug McMurry
Executive Vice President
210-349-4921

Texas Society of Association Executives
Membership Committee Co-Chair
Mr. Tom Chapman (American Orthodontics Association)
Executive Director
Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants
Mr. John Sharbaugh
CEO
972-687-8500
 

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