CBI professionals have a thorough understanding of group dynamics and vast experience facilitating hundreds of diverse meetings and problem-solving processes, including large, multiparty policy dialogues for a number of local, national and international organizations. Much more than meeting managers, CBI’s facilitators: engage deeply in the substance to help stakeholders clarify issues, interests and options; think strategically about negotiation to maximize joint gains for participants; organize and advance stakeholder thinking through policy analysis and synthesis, and coach individuals and organizations to strengthen facilitative leadership and organizational collaboration capacity.

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Facilitating Cape Cod Dune Shacks Management
Facilitating the Farm and Food Policy Project
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CBI’s expert facilitators actively manage the entire process, ensuring that everyone is involved and encouraging open discussion by:  

  • Introducing procedures to ensure effective discussion
  • Managing “at-the-table” dialogue and meeting proceedings
  • Facilitating timely and focused conversation
  • Helping groups name problems and identify options
  • Working to maximize joint gains
  • Helping avoid or resolve disputes
  • Ensuring constant progress by engaging participants outside of meetings
  • Understanding the importance of neutrality
  • Practicing impartiality
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Facilitating the Creation of a Global UN Development Strategy
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Facilitating the Work of the Ex-Offender Re-Entry Policy Council

Facilitating the Work of the Ex-Offender Re-Entry Policy Council

Retained by the Ex-Offender Re-Entry Policy Council, CBI facilitates the work of the Council's Health and Housing Advisory Group by assessing the group's needs and designing and facilitating the Advisory Group meeting in Washington, D.C.

Designing and Convening a Policy Dialogue on Wastewater in Delaware

Designing and Convening a Policy Dialogue on Wastewater in Delaware

CBI helps the city of Delaware, MD to organize and convene a policy dialogue on financing wastewater and stormwater infrastructure, incorporating stakeholders from across the state.

Facilitating Stakeholder Engagement Around a Superfund Cleanup in Connecticut

Facilitating Stakeholder Engagement Around a Superfund Cleanup in Connecticut

CBI conducts an issues assessment around a contentious Superfund cleanup site in Stratford, Connecticut and facilitates a community advisory committee, allowing for increased community involvement in the cleanup decision making process.

Facilitating Collaborative Efforts to Improve Air Quality in Boston

Facilitating Collaborative Efforts to Improve Air Quality in Boston

CBI facilitates a coalition of public, private, and government entities working to improve air quality in Boston and manages a related effort to bring together researchers, policy makers, and community advocates to discuss air quality issues.

Facilitating a Visioning Process for a New Village Center in Durham, NH

Facilitating a Visioning Process for a New Village Center in Durham, NH

CBI facilitates a visioning process to collaboratively create a new design plan for Durham, NH, which receives public support, complies with necessary standards, and wins the New Hampshire Planner’s Association “Plan of the Year” award.

Facilitating a Restoration Agreement for the Lower Neponset River

Facilitating a Restoration Agreement for the Lower Neponset River

CBI facilitates the Lower Neponset River Citizens Advisory Committee, helping them articulate shared priorities and adopt consensus recommendations for the restoration of the Lower Neponset River.

Facilitating a Stakeholder Engagement Process for the IFC’s Global Policy Review

Facilitating a Stakeholder Engagement Process for the IFC’s Global Policy Review

CBI designs and facilitates a stakeholder engagement process to identify stakeholder concerns about updates to the International Finance Corporation’s Safeguards Policy and Disclosure Policies.

Facilitating a Policy Dialogue to Improve the Permitting Process in Delaware

Facilitating a Policy Dialogue to Improve the Permitting Process in Delaware

CBI conducts a stakeholder assessment and facilitates a policy dialogue on the application and permitting process for land use and development in New Castle County, Delaware.

Facilitating the Cleveland Air Toxics Working Group

Facilitating the Cleveland Air Toxics Working Group

CBI convenes and facilitates the Cleveland Air Toxics Working Group, a multi-stakeholder group which reaches agreement on dozens of projects to reduce air toxin exposure in Cleveland, OH.

Facilitating Improved Community Planning in Falmouth, Maine

Facilitating Improved Community Planning in Falmouth, Maine

CBI conducts a stakeholder assessment, engaging community members with interviews, surveys, and forums about land use planning; produces a final report with specific recommendations for improving land use planning in Falmouth; and helps the Town Council implement the recommendations.

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