Meeting Facilitation
Engage us to lead your meetings
Clients hire us to facilitate their planning, decision-making, brainstorming, consultation, or visioning meetings. We like to be intentional, creative, and effective with our facilitation to support you. We know how to lead you through a planning process—and facilitate a great event—to help you meet your goals.
We have facilitated three executive leadership retreats for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, each designed around a different theme, set of objectives, and mix of activities.
For each retreat, we met with key individuals in advance to understand what the group needed from their time together, then designed a thoughtful and interactive day to help them have meaningful conversations, strengthen relationships, and move their work forward. The retreats have included strategic dialogue, reflection, small- and large-group discussion, and creative activities tailored to the goals of the day.
A memorable part of each retreat has been time spent walking in the forest at Royal Roads University, giving participants space to step away from the meeting room, draw inspiration from the natural environment, and connect with each other in a different way.
“Beth provided exceptional facilitation services during our recent leadership retreat. From meticulous planning to engaging execution, Beth blended strategic insight with empathetic facilitation, creating an environment that promoted collaboration and open communication among our leadership team. The retreat, tailored to our organization’s needs, left our team with a renewed sense of purpose, excitement about opportunities ahead, and strengthened interdepartmental relationships.”
– Kelli Van Leeuwen, Human Resource Operations Director, Legislative Assembly of B.C. –
We facilitated a day-long retreat for a small university department that wanted to step away from the office, reconnect as a team, and have the kinds of conversations that can be hard to make space for during regular workdays.
We designed the day to include meaningful discussion, creative activities, visual reflection, and time for staff to simply enjoy being together. Throughout the retreat, participants connected their everyday work to the bigger picture of the university, explored how they wanted to show up for the people they served, and imagined what might be possible for their team in the future.
By the end of the day, the group had strengthened their relationships, clarified shared language and next steps, and left with a stronger sense of who they were as a team and where they wanted to go next.
“Beth Cougler Blom recently supported us with facilitation services for a one-day branch planning meeting. She helped us identify and then achieve our goals for the meeting through her excellent planning and facilitation skills. Beth suggested and then facilitated activities that fostered meaningful connections among our team members. The group felt they were able to get to know each other better and collaborate well together.
Beth ensured that our activities and discussions related to our branch mission and identity stayed on track and that all team members felt heard and included. When unexpected challenges arose with the venue, Beth dealt with them easily, supporting us throughout the day and contributing to the event’s success.”
– Celine Davis, Executive Director, Resource Stewardship Division, Province of BC –