getting ready

Do any of these situations sound familiar? 
  • A team you are on at work has been asked to submit a work plan for the coming year. 
  • You chair a community group that needs to determine how to expand its focus beyond organizing annual community events.
  • You've just been appointed to oversee a major new initiative and need to get staff from several departments on-side.
Effective planning is so important to your success. People need to develop a shared understanding of what the vision, goals and outcomes are for the organization or the project team before they can identify the key tasks that need to be done to make those things a reality.

Sometimes a plan is fairly concrete and easy to pull together. Occasionally it is more complicated or group dynamics make it more challenging to reach agreement on what should be done. And there are times when you need to be an active participant in the discussion, rather than preoccupied with facilitating the process. That's when having an outside facilitator can really make a difference.

We Can Help!

At Coppola & Associates, Inc. we have helped numerous groups, teams and organizations Get Ready by facilitating strategic and operational planning sessions, developing and analyzing a needs assessment survey, defining the scoping for a new project and writing a project charter.

We work with you to:
  • clarify the purpose and outcomes of your session; 
  • design a process that engages the key players; and, 
  • keep everyone focused and on track during the actual planning session(s).​

 meeting Facilitation

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Strategic Planning Session
Dianne has facilitated three different sessions for me, with different groups, objectives, and outcomes. For each session, she was highly prepared, effective, and had fully briefed me on the process, a real bonus when dealing with community partners and key stakeholders who are invested both in the process and the outcomes.


Denise Papaiz
Associate Director
Corporate Communications
Niagara Region

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