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Nav label: Consulting · URL: /consulting Meta description: Multi-session dialogue and de-escalation training for government agencies, health and social service organizations, nonprofits, and congregations in Washington State.

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Designing and facilitating multi-session series for government agencies, health and social service organizations, nonprofits, and congregations in Western Washington. We work with your people, in your setting, over enough weeks for the practice to hold.

[Request a proposal] — button, burnt orange (#C87137), cream text

Alternate headlines:

• Practice for the conversations your organization can't avoid

• Dialogue and de-escalation training, built around your team

• When your work depends on people talking to each other well

2. What this is

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A series, not a workshop.

A single session can introduce an idea. What makes a skill available under pressure — in a packed public meeting, in a staff room after a hard week, in a board conversation nobody wants to have — is repetition with the same people, over time.

So we build a series. Four to six sessions, spaced across weeks, with your actual team, working on the situations you actually face. Between sessions, people go back to their jobs and try things. The next session starts with what happened.

3. What we do

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Facilitated dialogue series A structured sequence of conversations for a team, department, or coalition. Designed around the questions your group is carrying, not a generic curriculum.

De-escalation training Practical skills for staff who meet the public in difficult moments — front desks, intake, service counters, community meetings. Body-based regulation alongside language and posture.

Public and community meeting design Agenda structure, room setup, facilitation plan, and ground rules for meetings where disagreement is expected and a decision is still required.

Internal listening practice Short, repeatable formats a team can run itself after we leave. Built for staff meetings and shift changes, not retreats.

4. How a series runs

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1. Scoping conversation — 45 minutes, no cost. You describe the situation, the group, and what you want to be different. We tell you honestly whether this is the right fit.

2. Written scope — We send a proposal with the session arc, dates, group size, materials, and cost.

3. Design — We build the series around your setting. This includes reviewing any documents, policies, or meeting recordings you want us to see.

4. Sessions — On site, in your space, on your schedule. Each session is 90 minutes, every other week.

5. Debrief and handoff — A closing conversation with whoever commissioned the work, plus the materials your team keeps.

5. Scope and logistics

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• Length: four to six sessions

• Session: 90 minutes

• Cadence: every other week

• Group size: 12–24 participants

• Location: on site at your organization, anywhere in Southwest Washington and the Portland metro area

• Materials: all handouts and practice cards provided

• Cost: scoped per engagement — see below

6. Who we work with

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Government and civic bodies Councils, commissions, planning departments, and public-facing staff. Often the work centers on meetings where residents disagree and the body still has to move a decision forward.

Health and social services Clinical and non-clinical teams, case management, front-line intake. Usually a mix of de-escalation practice and internal listening formats staff can sustain on their own.

Nonprofits and coalitions Staff teams, boards, and multi-organization partnerships. Frequently about groups who share a mission and have reached a genuine disagreement about direction.

Faith communities Congregations, leadership teams, and interfaith groups. Typically a dialogue series that lets a community hold difference without requiring agreement.

7. What changes

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By the end of a series, most groups can point to specific things:

• People can name what they heard before they answer it.

• Meetings that used to stall reach a decision, or name clearly why they can't yet.

• Staff have shared language for what's happening in a hard moment, which makes it discussable afterward.

• Someone in the room knows how to run the format without us.

We don't promise agreement, and we don't resolve disputes on your behalf. We build the capacity of your people to stay in a conversation that matters.

8. The progression

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Awareness → Curiosity → Connection → Peace

Noticing what's happening in the body before it becomes a reaction. Asking a real question instead of preparing a rebuttal. Recognizing the person across the table. Working together without needing to agree first.

9. Who leads this

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[Facilitator bio — needs your copy. For this audience, lead with hours in the room: how long you've been facilitating, roughly how many groups, any credentials or training lineages that a public agency's procurement process will want to see, and one sentence on why you do this. Keep it under 120 words.]

[One or two testimonials from organizational clients — a director, a program manager, someone with a title. Participant testimonials from public dialogues won't carry weight on this page.]

10. Request a proposal

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Every series is scoped to the organization it's built for.

Tell us who your group is and what you're facing. We'll set up a 45-minute scoping conversation, and follow it with a written proposal including dates, session arc, and cost.

Form fields:

• Name

• Organization

• Role

• Email

• Phone (optional)

• Approximately how many people would take part?

• What's prompting you to look into this? (long text)

• When are you hoping to begin?

[Send]

Confirmation message: Thank you — we'll be in touch within two business days to set up a time.

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