You have a few more hours to vote! As long as your ballot is in a drop box or you are in line to vote in person by 7 p.m. tonight, your vote will count! denvergov.org/Government/Age…

How often do you check in with your teammates? Try asking, "how are you on a scale from 1-5?" 1 = "not great at all" and 5 = "the best I’ve ever felt." Adding a numerical assessment can make it possible for folks to share where they're at without having to share.

Have you heard or asked this question before? What’s the ONE thing that I as a white person can be doing to create a more just world? The answer can be found on our blog. civiccanopy.org/whats-the-one-…

Join me for the National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation's 20th Anniversary Celebration here: flipcause.com/secure/cause_p…

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The Civic Canopy is excited to announce Colorado Gives Day is set for Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. For 24 hours, Colorado comes together to raise fundraise for local nonprofits, and we’re excited to be part of the day! coloradogives.org/organization/C…

Denver7 spotlights The Civic Canopy's Leadership Journey - mailchi.mp/civiccanopy/de…

Today is #GivingTuesday! Give today and help us boost this fundraiser before #ColoradoGivesDay. coloradogives.org/organization/C…

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Facilitation tool: Scaffolding Scaffolding involves structuring a task so that someone can manage it without already having the skills. At each stage of scaffolding, the facilitator asks probing questions and provides elaborations on the ideas the speaker presents.

The Civic Canopy will be closed from December 26, 2022, through January 2, 2023. #seeyounextyear

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🎧 Listen to our conversation with KGNU Community Radio's Beverly Grant on disrupting hierarchies. #reinventingorganizations #leadershipdisruption #retool #storytelling #shareholder kgnu.org/metro/1/4/2023

Moving From Language Access to Justice debeaumont.org/news/2022/movi…

The Community Learning Model (CLM) is a proven game-changer for achieving positive change in communities and puts high-quality processes at the forefront of solving issues that affect the way society functions.

Assigning roles is crucial for facilitating successful conversations. At its most basic, facilitations consist of a facilitator aided by a note taker and a set of participants. Join us all week long as we share #FacilitationEssentials

Building out agendas doesn't have to be complicated! At the Civic Canopy, we use Desired Outcomes as the pillars on which we create our meeting agendas and then flesh them out with details like the topics, action items, presenters, and times as needed. #FacilitationEssentials

Establishing agreements, or ground rules, allows us to have open, honest, and productive meetings. Agreements can also help navigate tough conversations by grounding us in our shared vision and recognizing our needs. #FacilitationEssentials

Knowing what questions to ask and when to ask them can make or break our facilitation efforts. Here is a list of the four basic question categories and what you can use them for. #FacilitationEssentials

Try using the "empty chair" method to introduce different perspectives into the conversation. #FacilitationEssentials