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“Pulling together a group as large and diverse as ours was a challenge in its own right. An even bigger challenge was keeping us focused on our search for common ground. I doubt that we would have made as much progress as quickly as we did without your guidance. Because it is so easy to get mired in debate over every detail, it was essential to have an impartial facilitator who could watch the clock and remind us of the need to move forward. Those prompts were especially effective because you let the group decide early on how discussions would progress and what constituted consensus. No one could assert that any one item was not given fair play since we were operating under the rules the group agreed to and that you impartially enforced.” – former Kansas Secretary of Agriculture
"Thank you, Jerry, for guiding us along a path to our future. You bring such compassion and empathy to this challenging work. You listen with your ears and heart. You distill and clarify. You support with honesty. You are kind and patient. We appreciate how you've helped us grow into our next chapter which is still being written." - Executive Director, Growing Food Growing Health
“Your direction was invaluable in determining our priorities as we transition into a new leadership model. Everyone thought you did an excellent job, not only in organizing our priorities, but also ranking our capacity to carry them out.” – President, Friends of the Kaw
"Due to Jerry's fantastic meeting facilitation, we left our board retreat with not only a clear agreement around a shared vision for our short and long term goals, but with a list of assigned tasks so we could immediately begin the important work of getting there. What we were able to get out of this short retreat greatly exceeded my expectations."- Community Mercantile Education Foundation board member
“Jerry’s help with a crisis situation in our organization was key to us setting goals and tackling the unpleasant issues we had to address for the near term to allow ourselves to be in a position to accomplish our long term goals. The whole board was very impressed with Jerry’s professionalism and his effectiveness in moving our decisions forward.” – Kansas Farmers Union President
“When a difficult land use issue came up in our city, Jerry helped facilitate a first gathering of about 40 "concerned citizens"--mostly strangers to each other. By the end of that meeting, not only did the group have a sense of identity and purpose, it identified specific issues and reasonable tasks, along with possible solutions. The evening could easily have turned in to a gripe session, but instead, with Jerry's facilitation (and the sticky wall!) we turned concern into constructive, orderly conversation. We followed the agenda, we ended on time, and we had positive energy to bring to the next meeting.” – Organizer for Citizens’ for Responsible Planning
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