Facilitation: There's no substitute for experience.

You’ve invited 12 participants to an important planning session. For various reasons you asked a fellow employee to run it.

The day arrives…the meeting takes place. Unfortunately, the outcome is not what you had intended. Participants were unable to agree on key issues. One nodded off in the morning and a couple excused themselves right after lunch.

Perhaps an experienced facilitator would have been a good investment. 

There are meetings and then there are crucial meetings.

When success is on the line, you can’t afford to mess around. You need to pull out all the stops to ensure your objectives are accomplished, and participants feel the time has been well spent.

An experienced facilitator with dozens of successful meetings to his credit, Chris Ward will set an agenda to accomplish your objectives. He will advise you on where to hold the meeting, and whom to invite.

Chris likes people and it shows. He excels at engaging participants, breaking up logjams and keeping a meeting on track. A good listener with a proven ability to engage participants and draw them out, his collaborative style, humor and buttoned-down process make him a popular and effective facilitator.

To explore the possibilities, contact Chris by phone or email.

"The meeting exceeded our expectations. By getting to know us beforehand and customizing the agenda, Chris was able to help us identify our key issues and redefine our strategy. It was time very well spent and I highly recommend Chris!" – Michael Speraw, President, Uplift Technologies Inc

 
"Chris exhibited a high degree of knowledge and understanding of consensus building. His patience, skills and abilities allowed all parties to feel that they had been accurately heard and that their participation was noted and valued." – Susan Cudahy, GM, Waterloo Regional Tourism Marketing Corporation