You know that how we gather matters. Whether its a convening to create connection and / or a dialogue to drive decisions, you value the importance of a well-designed and delivered experience that gives you the outcomes you’re looking for.
Valery Navarrete is adept at facilitating connection and collaboration among groups of all sizes. She gently guides participants to surfacing new insights and perspectives. She takes active care of individual and group energy and experience. She brings creative approaches that help groups emerge to better decisions, more impact, and deeper connection with ease.
In addition to the facilitation Valery carries out within her consulting projects, some examples of her work as a facilitator and experience designer include:
- Retreats for organizations such as the Council for Certification in Volunteer Administration, the federal public service’s Office of Public Service Accessibility, St. Matthew’s House (Hamilton), and World Wildlife Fund Canada.
- Public engagement sessions such as those carried out to develop Canada’s Integrated Strategy for Radioactive Waste.
- Decision-making processes for governing bodies such as the National Nominating Committee selecting CAMH’s 150 Leading Canadians for Mental Health.
- Programming for multi-day gatherings, such as a peer support program called ‘Space Holders’ and a series of anti-oppression circles at Reset’s 2018 weekend-long immersive digital detox experience.
- Processes for coliving / cohousing / community-led housing founders and residents.
- Processes for parties navigating interpersonal conflict.
Valery is constantly exploring new facilitation tools to add to her toolbox of creative methods refined across more than a decade of facilitation and experience design practice. She has completed Scaling Intimacy Experience Design (15 hours) training and Peacemaking Circles (28 hours) training. Her experience as a former volunteer Crisis Counsellor and as an International Coaching Federation certified coach also inform her practice.
Valery draws on anti-oppressive and trauma-informed frameworks to facilitate the participation of people society often pushes to the margins such as people of colour, and people living with mental illness and addiction.
Please reach out to explore how Valery’s unique talent for facilitating connection and collaboration might enhance your next virtual or in-person gathering!
Interested in some simple steps you can take to increase connection? Check out Valery’s recent article: Four ingredients every leader can use to create more connected teams.