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Workshops & Facilitation

Shift how your team actually works together

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What we offer

Discovery & workshop design

Designing each session to uncover the root of what’s driving confusion, misalignment, or friction, not just the symptoms everyone already knows about.

Inclusive process mapping

Mapping who needs to be involved and designing participation accordingly, so important or underrepresented voices aren’t left out and no one feels blindsided at the end.

Visual & interactive methods

Moving people through ideas with hands-on, visual exercises that keep energy high and make the work stick in ways slide decks never do.

Built-in change management

Reducing the anxiety that comes with organizational change by building trust and momentum from the very first conversation.

About our services

Who we work with

Our clients are teams that have tried to work through big questions on their own and stalled. That may mean a staff retreat that needs to produce more than good feelings, a cross-departmental group that can’t get past old friction, or a board and leadership team that need to get on the same page before a major decision.

Workshops only work when people feel safe enough to say what they actually think, and that’s the condition we know how to create.

What you can expect

Facilitation that is compassionate, strategic, and moves quickly. That may include workshop design and pre-session interviews, structured dialogue and visual exercises, real-time synthesis, and documentation that turns what happened in the room into clarity and next steps your team can act on.

Move with Clarity

Big projects come with big decisions. We help you define the right approach and move forward with confidence.

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Recent Projects

Thoughtful work for mission-driven teams

Black United Fund of Oregon

Setting up a legacy organization for a new era

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CoEnergy Propane

Reintroducing a local coop-owned energy provider

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West Slope Library

A rebrand rooted in the history of a local community

Billboard mockup with the new West Slope Library branding. Marketing print collateral mockups with the new West Slope Library branding.

Washington County Libraries

Modernizing a library system’s brand

Library card design for WCCLS.

Morrison Child & Family Services

Revitalizing a nonprofit’s digital home

A grid of three custom icons designed for Morrison Child & Family Services that represent the core values of the organization.

Boston University Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation

A new site for a world-renowned center

A collage of elements from the website surrounding a student on a computer. Three mobile page designs from the Boston University website.
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Resources & Insights

Living Our Values: Courage

Living Our Values: Humanity

From Misalignment to Momentum: Move Forward Together for Greater Impact

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