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    Elephants and Squirrels and Chickens, Oh My: Why I Use Stuffed Animals in Meetings
    Sheryl Trent
    • Sep 21, 2021
    • 2 min

    Elephants and Squirrels and Chickens, Oh My: Why I Use Stuffed Animals in Meetings

    A rubber chicken. A stuffed rabbit. A slice of pizza. Elmo. When participants show up to our facilitated meetings, they see their...
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    How to Facilitate from the Participant Seat
    Sheryl Trent
    • May 31, 2021
    • 3 min

    How to Facilitate from the Participant Seat

    You are attending a meeting. A REALLY BAD meeting. You look around at frustration, boredom, poor participation, and even dysfunction. ...
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    Your Facilitation Tool Kit - A Guide
    Sheryl Trent
    • May 31, 2021
    • 2 min

    Your Facilitation Tool Kit - A Guide

    I travel with a lot of gear. Not on my own vacations (that's more like a backpack and Chapstick) but for my client facilitation work. ...
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    Hello, I am your worst nightmare
    Sheryl Trent
    • Apr 26, 2021
    • 3 min

    Hello, I am your worst nightmare

    How to Show Up for Virtual Meetings Virtual meetings are held every day and everywhere. They can be fun, exciting, engaging, and...
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    So You Wanna Lead a Virtual Meeting....
    Sheryl Trent
    • Apr 26, 2021
    • 3 min

    So You Wanna Lead a Virtual Meeting....

    Techniques for Facilitating Virtual Meetings I know…there are SO MANY articles and blogs right now about virtual meeting facilitation....
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    Facilitating a Strategic Plan Part Two: Questions for the Mission
    Sheryl Trent
    • Feb 21, 2021
    • 2 min

    Facilitating a Strategic Plan Part Two: Questions for the Mission

    We hate reading blogs that repeat stuff (but we know it's something we are supposed to do...). So we will assume that if you wanted to...
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    Facilitating a Strategic Plan Foundation: 3 Key Questions
    Sheryl Trent
    • Feb 21, 2021
    • 2 min

    Facilitating a Strategic Plan Foundation: 3 Key Questions

    Most of our clients want and need strategic planning as a part of any facilitation work that we do. Those plans can be simple Word...
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    Facilitate a Strategic Plan Part 1: Key Questions for the Vision
    Sheryl Trent
    • Feb 21, 2021
    • 2 min

    Facilitate a Strategic Plan Part 1: Key Questions for the Vision

    We facilitate hundreds of meetings each year, but by far our most requested service is strategic planning. And that's also our most...
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    "Best strategic planning session I’ve participated in."

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    "Very productive meeting. Kept things moving and kept us engaged!  Thank you!"

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    "Sheryl did a great job engaging our Board of Directors on vision and transformational strategies."

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