Communities, Collectives and Cooperatives

I have over 30 years of experience facilitating groups. I began in college, naturally stepping into the role of facilitator in my collective households and political organizations. Since then, I have worked with intentional communities, co-housing groups, and collectively run businesses. The process of assessing an organization and supporting it through participatory and thoughtful change is the core of my work. I particularly enjoy identifying improvements that can be made to structures, policies and procedures that result in stronger organizations and relationships.

• Facilitation and Meeting Planning: ensure a successful meeting or retreat experience
• Assessment: identify areas for development or improvement
• Problem Solving: strengthen policies and procedures, such as decision making and operations
• Planning: clarify goals and identify concrete action to achieve them
• Implementation: put new plans into action
• Group Development: guide a group to function together more effectively
• Documentation: develop clear by-laws, orientation manuals, meeting notes and other resources
• Training: develop specific skills such as facilitation, decision making processes, communication, and more

“Kristen guided us through an elegant process that engaged everyone’s voices and allowed the community to move forward. Her unfathomable patience, keen perception, non-judgmental communication and stunning facilitation brought us through a classic ‘problem person’ conflict into a more mature and far smoother functioning organization.” ~ Co-housing member

Contact me to schedule a free consult. I would love to hear about what challenges your group is facing or goals you want to achieve.