CLIENT NEED

The Nature Conservancy (TNC) California Ocean Program would like to strengthen facilitation skills within their team. Specifically, they want to learn practical tools, best practices, and adaptable approaches for effective facilitation to build their internal capacity. 

STRATEGY

Strategic Earth delivered two virtual, half-day facilitation trainings to equip TNC staff with practical, foundational tools to navigate facilitating constructive dialogue and decision-making. Strategic Earth hosted three Facilitator’s Cafés, unstructured time with Strategic Earth to troubleshoot and support facilitation questions, concerns, and needs. A pre-training survey was used to better understand the current comfort level of the team and to tailor the training and resources to the needs of the Oceans team.

KEY RESULTS AND OUTCOMES

Through these workshops, TNC team members:

• Developed a shared internal language around facilitation and meeting design
• Increased confidence in engaging diverse community audiences
• Gained practical approaches for navigating challenging conversations and creating brave spaces for folks to engage