Beatrice Briggs is the founding director of the International Institute for Facilitation and Change (IIFAC), a Mexico-based consulting group that specializes in participatory processes. The author of the manual Introduction to Consensus and many articles about group dynamics, Beatrice travels around the world, giving workshops and providing facilitation services in both English and Spanish. Home is Ecovillage Huehuecoyotl, near Tepoztlán, Mexico, where she has lived since 1998. www.iifac.org.
Articles by Beatrice Briggs
Eggshells and Stone Walls (Issue # 149)
Six Traps (Issue # 149)
How Good Meetings Go Bad
The Bully Question (Issue # 145)
Balancing Outer and Inner Ecology (Issue # 143)
Cigarettes, Alcohol, Visitors, and Events (Issue # 142)
Best Meetings (Issue # 141) Three group-process experts answer the question: "Please tell us a story of one of the best meetings you ever attended (as participant or facilitator). What was great about it? What do you think made it turn out so well?”
Can't Live With It, Can't Live Without It
What can you do if some people in your group seem to have more power than others? Our consensus trainers and group process experts respond.
Our consensus trainers and communication and process experts advise what to do about inadvertent "minority rule" in community.
Our consensus trainers and communication and process experts advise what to do about "repeat blockers" in community.
Expert advice from five community process and communication consultants.
