Visioning
 
As a facilitator of visioning and sustainability planning sessions, my commitment is to build a platform for engaged, productive, even inspiring conversation to meet my clients' needs. I first ask:
"If this retreat or meeting were a success beyond your wildest dreams, what would be true?"
Then I hand-select resources and activities to achieve those intentions. Of course, I also understand that my role includes being ready for anything.
 
Life cycle support 
 
I often am consulted by organizations facing phases of intense learning and growth--coming into the world, revisiting purpose in a changing environment, or determining if it might be time to fold. In these moments, hiring a skilled facilitator can invite new ways of thinking (even about recurring issues) and free everyone to participate fully.
 
An environment of inquiry 
 
As a designer and facilitator of retreats and workshops, I aim to create an oasis from day-to-day "doing-ness" and leave participants feeling fully alive.
 
You can count on me to:
  • Pay exquisite attention to your intentions
  • Skillfully craft and facilitate processes to energize and accomplish
  • Amplify the strengths you already possess
  • Introduce proven practices to support ongoing growth
  • Bring a commitment to fun, ease, and fulfillment

 Contact me to bring life to your next:

  • Board or staff retreat
  • Coalition, board, or staff meeting
  • Visioning or planning session
  • Complex or sensitive project
  • Print or online communication that must make an impact


"Please believe me when I say that you are an incredibly skillful facilitator, your winning ways demonstrate your respect of those assembled, plus you are really smart. Thank you for your help, advice, and guidance. You helped get our group to the next level, and that's saying a lot!"

Facilitation/retreat clients include:

  • Board of Commissioners of Public Lands
  • Glendale Elementary School
  • Holy Wisdom Monastery
  • Madison Patient Safety Collaborative
  • Madison Water Utility Board
  • Michigan Health and Safety Coalition
  • Michigan State Commission on Patient Safety
  • New Harvest Foundation
  • Public Health Advisory Committee
  • Wisconsin Alliance for Women's Health
  • Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault
  • Wisconsin Dept of Health/Healthiest Wisconsin 2020
  • Wisconsin Energy Conservation Corporation
  • Wisconsin Maternal and Child Health Program
  • Wisconsin Water Association
  • Women in Health Care Management


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Anne-Britt Orlik | Writing Barefoot, LLC | Madison WI | 608.334.9097 | abo [at] writingbarefoot.com