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Michael Goldman Michael is the President of Facilitation First. His expertise is geared to helping teams embrace change, take accountability and follow-through on actions! He is a workshop designer and leadership trainer. Michael’s experiential facilitation programs guide individuals to becoming effective relationship managers through the use of simple yet powerful participatory tools. Over the past fifteen years Michael has also successfully facilitated over 400 meetings across North America and Europe. Michael has edited over 5 books including the national bestseller ‘Facilitating with Ease’ and is the chief contributor to Facilitation First’s newsletter ‘The Facilitator’s Flipchart.’ His monthly teleconference series ‘Teams in Trouble’ attracts over 150+ listeners worldwide per session. He is also a keynote speaker. Michael has designed and presented keynotes for a host of groups from financial institutional conferences to association lunches, on topics ranging from ‘managing group conflict’ to ‘simple tools for running effective meetings.’ Ingrid Bens Ingrid has a Masters Degree in Adult Education and over 25 years experience as a facilitator and consultant. During her career, Ingrid has been a community development officer, an internal organization development consultant, an independent consultant and trainer. She is also the author of many of our best-selling books on facilitation that Facilitation First uses for many of its training programs. Rita Gupta Rita Gupta has over fifteen years of professional experience, primarily in Project/Process Management, facilitation, IT consulting and training. Rita is a versatile consultant with superior expertise in facilitation, communications, and the documentation of understandings and results of workshops. She has facilitated workshops over intermittent durations of up to two months with five to twenty team members. She is able to deal effectively with individuals at all levels, including senior executives. She is succinct and direct, with the ability to keep teams focused and goal-oriented. Rita has extensive leadership experience in the IT industry including Director of Project Management Office (PMO) and PMO Facilitation & Process/Project Management Consultant. Her specialty is her ability to bring troubled projects back on track. Rita has expertise in successfully managing multiple projects and working with varied clients, as well as development, implementation, and maintenance of custom project management processes. With an Honours Bachelor of Mathematics from the University of Waterloo, Rita obtained her Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI) in 2002 and her Certified Professional Facilitation (CPF) certification from the International Association of Facilitators (IAF) in 2008. Marion Howell Marion’s intuitive capacity to see and draw out the very best in people has made her a much sought-after confidante, guide and mentor to leaders from all walks of life. She is a passionate advocate for the integration of objective data and feedback with a deepening sense of authentic self-awareness that enables individuals and teams to transform their perspective. This shift allows them to see and pursue opportunities that may have been obscured by the misplaced emphasis on self-imposed constraints. Marion has had significant success in taking her personal coaching skills into a team or departmental setting. She blends artful facilitation with a deep commitment to listening to people’s stories and then helps them frame a new collective narrative to which they become increasingly committed. Marion is also certified through Myers-Briggs and a Certified Emotional Intelligence facilitator. Carla Martynuik (Regina, SK) Carla Martynuik is currently a Facilitator of New Initiatives – Community and Organizational Development with the Saskatchewan Association of Rehabilitation Centres. Carla resides in Regina and travels throughout the province facilitating various strategic planning and community consultation processes. Carla’s background has been immersed in community and organizational development. She is past Executive Director for the Community Futures program in Saskatchewan, which involved managing the activities of an entrepreneurial association that supports individuals in growing /expanding their own businesses. Carla has pursued her own consulting business and started delivering facilitation and training services. Recently she also was involved in delivering many employee development functions with the City of Regina. Carla has combined the above work experiences with the University of Waterloo’s economic development program and her accreditation as a Certified Trainer with Facilitation First to bring a range of experiences to complement her deliver yof our Facilitating with Ease workshop in Saskatchewan. Suzanne McGugan Suzanne McGugan enjoyed a successful 32 year career in the Financial Services industry including positions in Retail Branch Banking, International Audit, Finance, IT and 20+ years in increasingly responsible roles in Project & Program Management. Recognizing that there was a need for Project Managers to look beyond process to excellence in Stakeholder Management, in 2003 Suzanne launched her career as an independent consultant to offer clients her insights and hard-won experience in the trenches of Project Management. Suzanne combined this experience plus a Project Management Certification from Boston University and a Project Management Professional (PMP) designation, with her accreditation as a Licensed Practitioner of Insights Discovery

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