Seeking a very strong facilitator

[Diana Larsen]

Hi,

I'm looking for your help and recommendations. Do you know someone  
who is a strong facilitator and lives in the area within driving  
distance of Toronto Canada? When I began wondering how I could find  
such a person, my thoughts immediately turned to this list...where I  
knew I would find other strong facilitators who would recognize and  
know where to find the best folks. So, thanks for being here.

Here's the story:

This year, I'm serving as the chair of a group of thirteen strong  
personalities who work together on the board of a industry  
association non-profit (mostly volunteers and a couple of staff  
members). We usually work in monthly teleconferences for our board  
meeting, then two or three times a year come together for a face-to- 
face meeting. We have set the time for 1.5 days in early December,  
and already have a list of tasks we need to accomplish during the  
meeting, including at least one report from an outside service  
provider, so I suspect we won't hold the meeting in open space. :- 
( (Just to manage everyone's expectations.)

I'd like to find a strong, general facilitator who can rein in some  
folks and encourage others; who can offer a few alternative processes  
for discussion, visioning and action items; and who comes from  
outside the software industry. I need someone with excellent  
facilitation skills because we have facilitator members in the group,  
and I want them to focus on the topics at hand rather than meta- 
critiquing the facilitator in the backs of their (my) minds. ;-) We  
need someone who is strong enough to let us relax and trust their  
process.

Who would you recommend? Please send suggestions/recommendations to  
me off the OS list at dlarsen at futureworksconsulting.com . (Michael, I  
will also check the worldmap. ;-) )

Again, thanks everyone,
Diana


Diana Larsen
www.futureworksconsulting.com
Chair, Agile Alliance Board of Directors www.agilealliance.org
co-author: "Agile Retrospectives" http://tinyurl.com/3dr5v3
Ask me about: "Secrets of Agile Teamwork: Beyond Technical Skills"  
workshop
Dec 11-13, Portland OR

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