by TopSPF | Dec 1, 2025 | SPF Blog
Finding Our CenterHolding Steady When the World Feels Uncertain There are moments when the world tilts. Where familiar patterns dissolve, where the ground beneath us feels unsettled, and where the news — political, social, and global — sends a quiet tremor through our...
by TopSPF | Dec 1, 2025 | Facilitation Tips
Facilitation Tip #3Encouraging Timely Participation: Creating Conditions That Help Groups Arrive On Time and Ready to Begin Every facilitator eventually faces the same frustration:The meeting is scheduled, the agenda is ready, the room (or Zoom) is open… and half the...
by TopSPF | Dec 1, 2025 | Facilitation Tips
Facilitation Tip #2How to Prevent Dominant Voices From Taking Over (Without Silencing Anyone) Every facilitator eventually faces the same moment:Someone in the room starts to speak more often, more quickly, or more confidently than everyone else. It’s rarely...
by TopSPF | Nov 30, 2025 | Facilitation Tips
Facilitation Tip #1Start With Purpose: The Simple Question That Transforms Every Meeting Most meetings fail long before anyone walks into the room. Not because people don’t care.Not because the topic isn’t important.Not even because the group is difficult. They fail...
by TopSPF | Jul 21, 2025 | SPF Blog
Out of the wilderness, something new is trying to be born — one conversation, one connection at a time. There are moments when the world feels unbearably heavy.Moments when cruelty and division seem to outpace compassion, when every headline leaves us stunned by the...
