02.062015November 2, 2016

Facilitate to Innovate, Part 1: Appreciative Inquiry

By Galen EllisIn UncategorizedTags empowerment, group prioritization, guide groups, help with group sessions, learning, planning, process

Appreciative Inquiry (AI) is one model that can help structure these questions, tapping into each participant’s potential to innovate toward successful outcomes. It grounds participants in the best of what has been, in order to envision the best possible future.

09.042015June 5, 2017

Getting There

By Galen EllisIn Uncategorized

Our voice in the national conversations about Logic Models and Virtual Meeting Spaces The American Evaluation Association (AEA), the...

18.032015September 22, 2016

Feeling Cornered?

By Galen EllisIn Uncategorized

So you’ve just been tasked with gaining engagement and input from community stakeholders throughout the state for a strategic planning...

23.022015September 22, 2016

Remember those heady days of taking on Big Tobacco?

By Galen EllisIn Uncategorized

The news clip below is from a defining moment early in my career in 1993, when I was at the...

02.022015September 22, 2016

My top accomplishment of 2014? I learned I’m good at handling elephants.

By Galen EllisIn Uncategorized

No, I didn’t run off and join the circus—but I’ve learned how to use some familiar tools in new ways....

28.102013September 22, 2016

“Falling in Love with Our Work”

By Galen EllisIn Uncategorized

Fellow consultant Laurin Mayeno published the following post on her website, www.mayenoconsulting.com, on September 27, 2013. It resonated with our...

12.092013September 22, 2016