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Kimberly Douglas President, FireFly Facilitation

  • Prior to founding FireFly, Kimberly served as a Director with the Hay Group, an international management consulting firm, and also as an internal consultant with The Coca-Cola Company, where she facilitated the strategic planning process for Coca-Cola USA Marketing. Kimberly holds a Master’s degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, and is a certified Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR).

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February 2008

February 29, 2008

Kimberly Douglas, President of FireFly Facilitation, Answers the Question "Why have I decided to start a blog?"

Because I have a passion for sharing ideas, tools, and resources in my areas of expertise…facilitation, coaching, and training. I also believe in the power of bringing people together – in capturing their energy and ideas and turning that into powerful results for them personally, their teams, and their organizations. My hope is to create a blog that you will find to be of value – practical, easy to read, and worth your time.

I am committed to writing at least one blog per week – and maybe even two – if I find things that I believe would be of interest to you in such areas as…

  • Meeting effectiveness – especially staff meetings and virtual meetings
  • Team development – using the powerful model in Patrick Lencioni’s book, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
  • Facilitation skills – sharing the tips and techniques I have learned over the last 15+ years facilitating a wide range of meetings for a lot of different companies
  • “Best of” resources – books, websites, other blogs, articles, and such that I think would be worth you checking out.

Based on what I could find on the internet, there is no one else blogging on these topics on a regular basis. And – I hope it’s not just me – but, I think they are really interesting!

So, I wanted to make this a blog that you will think is worth the trip. Maybe you have a question on these topics; think of it as “The Doctor is in” kind of idea.  Maybe you want to post a comment about something I or someone else has written. Or maybe, like me, you want to be part of a community of people who believe that life is too short to spend in unproductive meetings with dysfunctional teams!


Coming in my next blog: When NOT to have a meeting 


Are there particular topics that you would like to learn more about? If so, post your comments…I can’t wait to hear what would be of interest to you!

 

 

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