Duration: 90 minutes
About the workshop:
Many facilitators are helping organizations navigate environments marked by uncertainty, competing priorities, shifting stakeholder expectations, and rapid change. Yet many planning and decision-making processes still assume a level of stability that no longer exists.
This highly interactive workshop explores practical approaches for helping groups make decisions, prioritize competing demands, surface assumptions, and maintain momentum when conditions are constantly changing. Through realistic scenarios, peer discussion, and small-group exercises, participants will experience facilitation techniques they can adapt to strategic planning, team development, stakeholder engagement, and organizational change efforts.
Rather than focusing on a specific planning methodology, the session examines how facilitators can help groups create clarity, adapt to changing conditions, and move from uncertainty toward purposeful action.
Learning Objectives
In this session, participants will:
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Identify common facilitation challenges that emerge when groups operate in uncertain environments.
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Apply practical techniques to help groups prioritize competing demands and make difficult decisions.
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Facilitate conversations that surface assumptions and encourage adaptive thinking.
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Recognize when planning processes may need adjustment as conditions change.
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Design conversations that help groups maintain momentum while remaining responsive to new information.
Best suited for: All levels
NOTE: This series will be recorded for distribution to all who register (breakout rooms will not be recorded).
This is a 90-minute online workshop. It will take place at 12:00pm - 1:30pm EDT.
Speaker:
Chrystal Morris Murphy is Founder and Principal of Onyx Strategies Group, a consulting practice that helps organizations strengthen strategy, collaboration, and organizational alignment. Over the past two decades, she has worked with nonprofits, public agencies, foundations, and national networks to navigate complex change, build partnerships, and develop practical strategies for achieving impact. Her experience includes leadership roles with the National Park Foundation, America’s Promise Alliance, and several national advocacy and education organizations. Chrystal specializes in strategic facilitation, collaborative leadership, change management, and helping organizations move from planning to implementation in rapidly changing environments.
ONLINE WORKSHOP REMINDERS
- MAFN does not offer refunds for events. Anyone who registers for an event will receive a credit that can be applied to any other MAFN event, or to MAFN membership. Credits must be used within 2 years.
- Registered participants will receive instructions for joining the live session and any additional details 1 day in advance and the morning of the event. Please be sure to look for the link in your email.
- This program begins promptly at 12:00pm Eastern. Please log on 5 minutes early to ensure your internet connection, audio, and other settings are working properly.
