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Top 10 Facilitation Methods for Community Meetings

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Top 10 Facilitation Methods for Community Meetings

Wednesday January 7, 2026

  • Pacific time: 10am-11am
  • Mountain time: 11am-12pm
  • Central time: 12pm-1pm
  • Eastern time: 1pm-2pm

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Meetings work best when they are facilitated through a variety of methods. Experienced facilitator and educator, Karen Gimnig, will describe and demonstrate 10 of her favorites for leading community meetings.

About the event

Do your members look forward to your community meetings or do they attend out of duty- or not at all? Do your meetings engage and excite members or drag them along? Do your meetings bring you closer together or just wear you down on important decisions? One of the best ways to make meetings more enjoyable, more engaging and more effective, is to vary the methods you use for information sharing, discussion and group processing.

In this one hour session, Karen will do a quick review of her favorite meeting facilitation methods, demonstrating each one as she goes. Participants will get a taste of each method and a sense of how implementing a variety of them can shift the energy of a meeting.

Please note that Karen doesn’t actually recommend using 10 different methods in one hour for a real meeting. This will be a fast paced presentation with partial group participation for the sake of demonstration. Attendees are encouraged to try these methods at home, allowing ample time and space for each.

Join us to see examples of rounds, spectrums, temperature checks and much more.

In this session, you’ll learn about:

  • Varying your facilitation methods
  • Spectrum activities
  • Rounds
  • Context building
  • 7 more great techniques

About your presenter

Karen Gimnig

Karen is a group facilitator, motivational speaker and relationship coach. Her passion is to help groups achieve their goals for connected and trusting relationships through skill building and personal exploration.

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As an Imago Facilitator, Karen uses the theory and practice of Imago Relationships to guide teams and communities through the complexity of working together. She helps groups and individuals identify root causes of challenges and then walks beside them offering gentle support as they seek solutions.

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Karen enjoys working with non-profit organizations, communities (including communities of faith), and workplaces. Her clients describe her as “profoundly effective,” increasing trust and providing simple (but not easy) tools for improved communication and relationships.

You can learn more about Karen and her services here.

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Affordable and Accessible

All our events are run on a sliding scale basis. Generous donations cover the costs for low-income attendees. FIC is committed to making our programs accessible to people of all walks of life.

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You’ll receive the recording of your event to view for 60 days. So don’t worry if you can’t attend a live session. Watch or listen whenever it is convenient for you. Transcripts available upon request.

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Top 10 Facilitation Methods for Community Meetings

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Top 10 Facilitation Methods for Community Meetings

Wednesday January 7, 2026

  • Pacific time: 10am-11am
  • Mountain time: 11am-12pm
  • Central time: 12pm-1pm
  • Eastern time: 1pm-2pm

View your local time here.

REGISTER NOW

Meetings work best when they are facilitated through a variety of methods. Experienced facilitator and educator, Karen Gimnig, will describe and demonstrate 10 of her favorites for leading community meetings.

About the event

Do your members look forward to your community meetings or do they attend out of duty- or not at all? Do your meetings engage and excite members or drag them along? Do your meetings bring you closer together or just wear you down on important decisions? One of the best ways to make meetings more enjoyable, more engaging and more effective, is to vary the methods you use for information sharing, discussion and group processing.

In this one hour session, Karen will do a quick review of her favorite meeting facilitation methods, demonstrating each one as she goes. Participants will get a taste of each method and a sense of how implementing a variety of them can shift the energy of a meeting.

Please note that Karen doesn’t actually recommend using 10 different methods in one hour for a real meeting. This will be a fast paced presentation with partial group participation for the sake of demonstration. Attendees are encouraged to try these methods at home, allowing ample time and space for each.

Join us to see examples of rounds, spectrums, temperature checks and much more.

In this session, you’ll learn about:

  • Varying your facilitation methods
  • Spectrum activities
  • Rounds
  • Context building
  • 7 more great techniques

About your presenter

Karen Gimnig

Karen is a group facilitator, motivational speaker and relationship coach. Her passion is to help groups achieve their goals for connected and trusting relationships through skill building and personal exploration.

​

As an Imago Facilitator, Karen uses the theory and practice of Imago Relationships to guide teams and communities through the complexity of working together. She helps groups and individuals identify root causes of challenges and then walks beside them offering gentle support as they seek solutions.

​

Karen enjoys working with non-profit organizations, communities (including communities of faith), and workplaces. Her clients describe her as “profoundly effective,” increasing trust and providing simple (but not easy) tools for improved communication and relationships.

You can learn more about Karen and her services here.

Location

You’ll get the Zoom link after you register in your confirmation email. Please check the spam folder of the inbox you use to register for an email from or****@**.org.

Download Zoom

The Online Event Experience

Live Zoom Sessions

Nothing pre-recorded here! When you sign-up for an event with FIC, you’ll have the opportunity to view a live session on Zoom.

Affordable and Accessible

All our events are run on a sliding scale basis. Generous donations cover the costs for low-income attendees. FIC is committed to making our programs accessible to people of all walks of life.

Watch the Recording

You’ll receive the recording of your event to view for 60 days. So don’t worry if you can’t attend a live session. Watch or listen whenever it is convenient for you. Transcripts available upon request.

Registration

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