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Medicine Beach, Pender Island
Edge of Salt Water Marsh
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Consensus decision-making is a group process based in cooperation and the understanding and belief that each individual in the group holds a valuable perspective and part of the answer or ‘truth’. Consensus facilitation assists groups in finding win-win solutions, in coming to solutions that everyone in the group can live with. Time taken to fully contemplate and discuss the situation or issue at hand, with the assistance of a consensus facilitator, pays off in motivating participation and creativity, and saves time in implementation of decisions by having the support of all involved. This process reduces polarization in groups and gives participants a strong investment in decisions.
Shelley’s training and and experience as a consensus facilitator has allowed her to work with community groups as diverse as a conservancy association and a fire brigade, to deal with questions of fund-raising strategies, goals and objectives, mission statements and leadership techniques. Shelley also successfully applies consensus facilitation to work with couples in finding a place of agreement.
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