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Philip Crump 1301 Luisa Street, Suite
E • Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505 [Map] (505)
989-8558 • Contact
me by email! Since 1992, serving
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About
Planning and Meeting Facilitation Facilitation helps
groups work together to define and reach their goals Are you a
member of a group that is currently— • facing
important decisions that you all need to make together? • dealing
with destructive internal conflict that seems to elude resolution? • heading into
an unknown future that you’d like to clarify or shape? • wishing to
be more cohesive and collaborative? Facilitation
is a process in which a neutral party with no stake in the outcome helps a group
of people reach their goals together. It is distinguished from mediation in
that it is often a more open process, includes individuals or groups who have
specific perspectives or interests, and may involve reaching a specific goal
or set of decisions. Usually, facilitation does not elicit the same
emotionality as mediation. Facilitation
is a tool to enable groups to discuss and plan more effectively together.
Facilitators encourage principles of inclusion, shared understanding, full
participation, and shared responsibility. This occurs in the context of
meetings, focus groups or staff team-building sessions. As a
facilitator, I help groups articulate their common issues, set agendas for
decision-making and collaboratively develop appropriate responses. My
experience includes not only goal-directed facilitation for public or private
groups, but also helping Boards redirect their energies through Strategic Planning and providing
intervention to help workgroups get unstuck from unproductive patterns of
internal conflict. These latter processes combine the listening and
acknowledging parts of mediation with the group process of facilitation. Each
situation is different and requires a thoroughly conscious approach to meet
the needs of the participants. Strategic Planning is an important
nourishment in the life of an organization—a business, a nonprofit, a
professional group. I help groups examine their work together and look for
ways to make it more closely align with their goals. “I now have a much
better appreciation for the way you conducted that meeting, having attended a
meeting two months ago which, no doubt, would have gone much smoother had
someone with your abilities been present.” An
approach called Appreciative Inquiry focuses on what’s working—as opposed
to what’s broken—in a group or organization. The idea is that we can put our
limited energy and resources into moving toward our goal, not just away from
what we don’t want. I utilize this approach to assist groups build strength
where there has been weakness, to value and bring forward the positive
experiences, skills and perspectives of all the group’s members. In the New Mexico First facilitated Town Hall process, I
assist groups of New Mexicans to create plans for the future of our state,
our communities, our children and our economic and social health. The town
halls bring together New Mexicans from many areas of the state and many
backgrounds. The facilitator’s task is quickly to create high-functioning
discussion groups from a diversity of experience and perspective, then help
the groups brainstorm and select ideas to address the major issues for which
the town hall was created. I have
been a member of the Albuquerque Land-Use Facilitation
Program since 1998. Developers, planners, citizens, neighbors and
other interested parties come together informally and address issues prior to
regulatory hearings. These meetings are often successful in resolving issues
in ways that are satisfactory to the people involved. “As always, you and Angelica did a
fantastic job! It is a pleasure to work with the two of you; you keep the
discussion focused and efficient. That said, you also keep the meetings fun
and I think that all the neighborhood representatives leave happy and feeling
that they were heard.”
--Private planner, Albuquerque “Workplace Intervention” is a term for a flexible process to
help groups at work address issues that prevent them from functioning at
their best. In a combination of interviews, mediation, facilitated meetings and
leadership coaching (all tailored to the specific needs of the client group),
issues are sorted and dealt with in a reasonable time, with measurable
results. Please contact me
for a Free Consultation!
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