Facilitation Training

Bringing out the best in group interaction through expert moderation Do you have an important meeting coming up that would greatly benefit from having an external facilitator who is not associated in any way with your organization?

GDI has achieved recognition for our facilitation of high-level national meetings on many topics, for example, privacy of medical records, reconstructing the World Trade Center site, and integrating science knowledge into school curricula.

Our strength lies in being able to bring together a wide range of perspectives and voices into a reasoned discussion.

Why Bring in an Outside Facilitator?

Objectivity and neutrality are critical in making decisions that everyone in an organization can respect and abide by, even if they do not agree with the decisions 100%. An external facilitator can help meeting participants let go of their "pet projects" and perspectives--move out of their "silos"--and think in terms of the broader good as well as their individual well-being. Participants appreciate the even-handed facilitation of an outsider who has no stake in the outcome but who attends carefully to the process.

Examples of GDI Facilitation

*Listening to the City, citizen input on plans for the former World Trade Center site, New York City, America Speaks.
*Project Officers' Retreat, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Washington, DC.
*National Workshop on "Privacy of Medical Records," National Committee for Quality Assurance and Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Organizations, Washington, DC.
*Clinical Advisory Board Meeting, QualityMetric, Tufts University Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts