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Hi, I’m Leslie! I hold a Masters degree in Adult Education, have been a facilitator of positive change since 1980, designing, delivering, facilitating workshops and coaching individuals and groups.  I am a pre-approved vendor on the Prov of BC Corporate Supply Arrangement: Learning and Development vendor # CS-000921,  and I hold $2 million in commercial general liability insurance with Federated Insurance.  Some of my recent clients include:

Facilitated 5 day (40 hour) highly interactive, synchronous, online workshops to train facilitators of the Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) with a dual focus on team building and decolonizing and indigenizing the curriculum and instructional practices.

2022

Facilitated 3 day (24 hour) highly interactive, synchronous, online workshops to improve teaching and learning by designing and delivering lessons and by the giving and receiving of feedback

2022

Facilitated 3 x 90 minute full workshops on Communication Skills  and  Who Are You Now?

2022

Facilitated series of 4 day (24 hour) highly interactive, synchronous, workshop to improve teaching and learning by designing and delivering lessons and by the giving and receiving of feedback.

2021

Facilitated repeat 2 day workshop utilizing Appreciative Inquiry to model Appreciative Leadership to provincial and city government employers

2021

Facilitated series of 3x 3 day (24 hour) highly interactive, synchronous, workshops to improve teaching and learning by designing and delivering lessons and by the giving and receiving of feedback.

2021

Facilitated 3 day (24 hour) highly interactive, synchronous, online workshops to improve teaching and learning by designing and delivering lessons and by the giving and receiving of feedback.

2021

Facilitated 1 day workshop over 2 half days on Program Evaluation

2021

Facilitated 3 x 90 minute full workshops on Power Up Your Life! and  Who Are You Now?

2021

Adapted, designed and delivered courses to raise consciousness using meditation

2020-2021

Designed and facilitated 2 half day workshops on co-creating a queer-ally manifesto on working together and on needs of queer seniors.

2020

Piloted and facilitated two 3 day (24 hour) highly interactive, synchronous, workshop to improve teaching and learning by designing and delivering lessons and by the giving and receiving of feedback.

2020

Piloted and facilitated two 3 day (24 hour) highly interactive, synchronous, workshop to improve teaching and learning by designing and delivering lessons and by the giving and receiving of feedback.

2020

Regularly teach multiple courses a year in manifestation, health, and reclaiming who you really are using meditation, power transference and vibrational psychology, since 2005

2020

Facilitated 2 day Appreciate Inquiry into resiliency as an Appreciative Leader with senior staff from BC Government, City of Victoria and Vancouver Island Health Authority.

2019

Facilitated building confidence in presentation skills with teachers and staff.

2019

Facilitated multiple Kairos Blanket Exercises increasing Indigenous Awareness.

Facilitated Appreciative Inquiry into Moving Beyond Bullying

Facilitated Appreciative Inquiry into Diversity and Respecting Differences

2019

Facilitated Appreciative Inquiry into resilience during succession planning for aging staff, re-assigning geographical regions and staff requirements.  6 participants including Education director and educators both in person and online over four hours.

2019

Facilitated resilience during strategic and succession planning for multiple aging Communities through townhall meetings using Appreciative Inquiry.  Groups include Unitarian Church, Alliance for the Common Good, Roman Catholic Women Priests Canada, Roman Catholic Women Priests Mid West USA.

2019

Facilitated discussion on Creating Healthy Relationships and Seniors and Sexuality at Well Conference.  Rich conversations resulted in creation of Facebook Group

2018

Co-ordinated and facilitated international retreat and ordination of first Canadian bishop on Canadian soil using strengths based visioning Appreciative Inquiry.  Retreat for 12, panel event for 150 participants and ordination for 250 with media.

2018

Facilitated four day Appreciative Inquiry into values, mission and internal relations after several years of exponential market growth.  Prep work includes research independent evaluation of organization, consultations with CEO, leadership team and staff based in remote areas including Nepal, Ethiopia, and Columbia.

2018

Facilitated 24 hour Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) with teachers from several campuses

2018

Facilitated two hour Appreciative Inquiry into practical acts of reconciliation with First Nations following Kairos Blanket Exercise Indigenous Awareness.

2018

Facilitated two table conversations between landowners and governing Body.  Mood was confused, angry and potentially hostile at the beginning and more engaged at the end of each session.

2018

Facilitated two hour Appreciative Inquiry (AI) with standing room only group of facilitators as a both demo of AI and with practical application for the visioning the future of their organization.

2018

Co-ordinated planning meeting and co-facilitated Appreciative Inquiry into co-creating Victoria’s best AI Community of Practice

2018

Facilitated two and half hour session on designing workshops to members. High level of engagement, curiosity, problem solving and taking action.

2018

Facilitated table conversation of 10 local flood plain residents to clarify their needs, concerns, and ideas for future planning resulting in report to City of Calgary.  Helped shift anger to early stages of trust and becoming part of their neighbourhood solution. 275 people in attendance.  Security and Global TV present.

2018

Facilitated volatile 2.5 hour public meeting of 40 angry local residents. Abhorted planned presentation in favour of listening to concerns and resulted in list of specific questions and input of concerns and ideas.  Organizers themed concerns and presented them back as FAQ and subsequent meetings were productive.

2017

Facilitated deep listening conversations about spiritual issues with congregants online. Hesitation at the beginning and deep engagement at the end.

2016

Facilitated half day instructor retreat to reflect on past 10 years and plan for the future, resulted in clear directions for individuals and yoga centre.

2016

Facilitator Development Workshop (FDW) for 12 provincial trainers over 3 days

2014

Facilitated 2.5 day retreat of 15 provincial directors with informal goals of relaxing silos and improving internal communication and formal goal to create a unified strategic plan.  Strong initial resistance to Appreciative Inquiry process yielded to group drafting strategic plan, and planning future meetings.

2011

Facilitated Appreciative Inquiry on Discovering Resiliency over two days for 250 First Nations and Northern Inuit Nurses.  Sessions were playful, lively, connecting and resulted in multiple new initiatives, projects and collaborations across Canada.

2010

Facilitated evening planning meeting of local chapter 30 women. Resulting in local development of 3 day International Women’s Day retreat with notable speakers including Jean Shinoda-Bolen.

2010

Facilitated high profile Appreciative Inquiry into Gender Equity in International Development with First Nations Elders and Members of Parliament present. Victoria MP, Denise Savoie, used group ‘dreams’ to introduce bill on Gender Equity

2010

Regularly teach multiple courses a year in manifestation, health, and reclaiming who you really are using meditation, power transference and vibrational psychology, since 2005

2005 – current

Developing career prep programs and course materials for high school and college teachers across Canada.  A suite of 9 Tourism Career Samplers were co produced with lead provincial teacher and organizations. www.teachingtourism.com

1997 – current

Advising on and contributing to program development of consortium of universities in Western Canada.  Pioneering online delivery before the internet (!). Developed course materials for core courses including Program Planning in Adult Learning and Facilitating of Adult Learning plus multiple workshops for 20 years.

1997 – 2013