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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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 a Community’s Vision: The Borderlands Village Innovation Pilot

Facilitating a Community’s Vision: The Borderlands Village Innovation Pilot

CBI facilitates a stakeholder engagement visioning process for the Borderlands Project's Village Innovation Pilot, helping two towns along the rural Connecticut - Rhode Island border collaboratively create a plan for future development.

Facilitating Global Industry Standards for Aquaculture

Facilitating Global Industry Standards for Aquaculture

CBI facilitates the multi-stakeholder “Aquaculture Dialogues” – convened by WWF – to help set global, environmental, and social standards for responsible production of farmed salmon, shrimp, tilapia, and other species.

Negotiating Community Agreements Between Chevron and Niger Delta Stakeholders

Negotiating Community Agreements Between Chevron and Niger Delta Stakeholders

CBI designed and facilitated the re-negotiation of community agreements between Chevron Nigeria Ltd., and its stakeholders in the contentious Niger Delta. The re-negotiation followed an innovative participatory stakeholder assessment of the previous agreements, led by CBI.

Facilitating Wind Energy Siting: A List of "Do's and Don'ts"

Facilitating Wind Energy Siting: A List of "Do's and Don'ts"

Apr 14 2011

A practical list from CBI on the "right way" and the "wrong way" to go about siting wind energy facilities.

Facilitating a Collaborative Research Process: The Hudson River Sustainable Shorelines Project

Facilitating a Collaborative Research Process: The Hudson River Sustainable Shorelines Project

CBI assists the Hudson River Sustainable Shorelines Project to facilitate a complex research and stakeholder engagement process with the aim of promoting sustainable shoreline management in the face of sea level rise and more.

Reflections from the National Radon Dialogue Facilitator

Reflections from the National Radon Dialogue Facilitator

Jan 26 2011

The EPA’s “National Radon Dialogue”, a voluntary, ongoing forum for conversation and collaboration among the primary stakeholder groups working on radon issues, focuses on increasing public awareness about testing and mitigation in existing homes, and construction of radon-resistant new homes.

Facilitating Stakeholder Engagement Around Vermont's Energy Policy

Facilitating Stakeholder Engagement Around Vermont's Energy Policy

With the State of Vermont facing difficult choices around their electricity supply, CBI and Raab Associates design and facilitate a public engagement process, involving over 700 Vermonters in decision making about the state's energy future.

Corporate-Community Engagement for Sustainable Public Health

Corporate-Community Engagement for Sustainable Public Health

CBI conducts an issues assessment and designs a stakeholder engagement process to address corporate-community conflict over public health concerns related to a pulp mill in Western Maine.

Negotiated Rulemaking for Fire Island National Seashore, NY

Negotiated Rulemaking for Fire Island National Seashore, NY

CBI conducts an issues assessment and manages a negotiated rulemaking process to develop recommendations for new rules governing off-road motor vehicle use within the Fire Island National Seashore.

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