Past Programs

The quality of BFR programs keeps members coming back year after year. Take a look at our topics just in the past few years: 2020; 2019; 2018; 2017; 2016; 2015; 2014; 2013; 2012; 2011; 2010; 2009. All programs are chock-full of content. We have posted several program summaries - see the bolded links below.

2020

Dealing With Difficult People? Sure!, Lee Bolman
Team Leadership: Teaching Leaders How To Better Bring Their Teams Along; Liz O'Connor and Strategy Matters Team
Guiding Groups To Achieve Consensus, Nancy Settle Murphy
New Rules For Wome, Anne Litwin
Designing for Collaboration And Engagement In Virtual Programs, Abby Yanow
Staying Connected, Abby Yanow
Developing Leadership Development Programs, Gabriella LaMonica, Vicki Tardino, Laurie Dermody
Entering the New Normal, Sheree Galpert and Abby Yanow
Keys To Navigating Change Post-Pandemic, Sue Harvey
Virtual Improv: Bring Engagement & Interactivity into Your Online Meetings, Izzy Gesell
Designing Engagement In Virtual Programs Using Adobe Connect, Abby Yanow
Integrated Experience Design, Gary David
Leadership Amplified, Mary Lippitt
Reframing Organizations, Lee Bolman
Using Improv to Promote DEI, Sheree Galpert
Experience Based leadership Development, Vicki Tardino

2019

Jan: Inspired Teams, Steve Wolff
Feb.: System Centered Training, Alida Zweidler McKay
March: Masterful Facilitation: Discover the strengths of your unique style, Moe Poirier
April: Strategy Matters Model For Coaching A Client From Strategic Planning To Implementation, Liz O’Connor and Strategy Matters staff
May: Collaborative Coaching with Executive Directors, Facilitator: Abby Yanow
June: Adult Development, Chris Wahl
October: Somatic Presence: The Body As Portal To Transformation, Judy Cohen
Nov: The System as Client: How To Help Teams Create Better Working Relationships, Beth Shapiro and Lina Foster
Dec: Identifying Your Unique Value, Facilitator: Abby Yanow
Dec: Holiday Party!

2018

2017

The Heart of Team Coaching, Daphe Woolfolk. Jan. virtual program.
OD in Action, Martha Miser and Anna Tansi, Feb.
Change Leadership Effectiveness: Achieving the benefits of strategic initiatives, Kimberlee Williams, March webinar.
Revealing Blindspots: Using InSight Mapping to Uncover What’s Hidden, Allison Whitmire, April
Collaborative Coaching with directors of the May Institute, May
LMAP, Leadership Multi-rater Assessment of Personality, Ron Warren, June.
Resonant Leadership Through Emotional Intelligence: Inspiring Us to Be Our Best, Richard Boyatzis, Sept.
Coaching in Organizations, Peter Bregman, Sept. virtual program.
Fast Track to Getting the Results you Want, Jeb Bates and Carol Salloway, Oct.
Consulting Skills in a Changing World, Martha Miser and Anna Tansi, Nov.
Pearls of Learning and Structured Networking, Dec.

2016

Team Emotional Intelligence; Steve Wolff, Feb. and April
Large Scale Change - Lessons from Ford and UAW, Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld. April
Collaborative coaching at Boston Medical Center, with Health Care directors, May
Facilitating Cliffhanger Moments with Ann Rogers, Susan Alvey, David Ehrmann. June
Systems Thinking, David Stroh, Sept.
Systems Thinking Playbook, Linda Booth Sweeney, Oct.
Developing your Brand and Facilitating Brand Strategy with an Organization, Daniel Vogelzang, Nov.
Spirituality and our Work, Rob Greenly, Perry Carrison, Abby Yanow. Nov.
Systems Thinking Playbook Lab, BFR members. Dec.
Team Effectiveness, Ruth Wageman, virtual program, Dec.

2015

Using Storytelling in Coaching, Steve Ober, Jan.
Shift Your Point of View, Kim Dakin Neale, Feb.
Women Working Together, Anne Litwin about her book, Feb. webinar.
Applying Aikido Principles to Conflict Resolution, Judy Ringer, April
Public Narrative, Deb Ullman, May
Change Management, panel with Jay Spitulnik, Mary Ellen McCourt and Laurel Martino. June.
Facilitating Cliffhanger Moments, Perry Carrison, Rick Lent. August.
Getting to “Now What?”, Dorothy Strachan, Sept. webinar.
Building Stakeholder Engagement Through Your Meetings, Rick Lent, Oct.
Clear Leadership, Carol Salloway and Janet Britcher. Dec.

2014

Using Surveys to Support OD Projects, w/ Mick Verran (Feb 7, 2014)
Linking Argyris and Appreciative Inquiry, w/ Nancy Brodsky (April 11, 2014)
Who Are We and Why Are We Here, w/ Beth Shapiro & Fernando Lopez (May 2, 2014)
Facilitating Change with Metaphors, w/ Larry Raymond (June 6, 2014)
Polarity management: a Tool for Leaders to Manage Change, w/ Abby Yanow, September
Future Thinking: A Simulation for Visioning, Planning, and Decision-Making, Deb Bercume and Karen Stacey, Oct. 3
Consultation with Non-Profit Executive Directors, Nov. 7
Butterfly Framework of Complex Human Systems, Vicky Schubert and Anne Starr, Dec. 12

2013

Webinar: Larry Dressler, "Standing in the Fire" (Jan 11, 2013)
Webinar: Gervase Bushe: Clear Leadership (Jan 18, 2013)
Developing Your Unique Value (Jan 30, 2013)
The High-Velocity Edge (Feb 1, 2013)
BFR Storytelling Lab (Feb 27, 2013)
Handling Difficult-to-Discuss Conversations: Understanding our Frames as OD Consultant, w/ Mike Halperin (Mar 1, 2013)
Merging Cultures: Part 2, w/ Anne Litwin (Apr 5, 2013)
Mt. Everest Simulation, w/ Deborah Soule & Michael Roberto (May 3, 2013)
Larry Dressler Workshop: Standing in the Fire (May 15, 2013)
When Conflict Happens to Good Work, w/ Eben Weizman (Jun 7, 2013)
Team Coaching,w/ Alexander Caillet (Sep 13, 2013)
Consultation with Non-Profit Directors (Oct 4, 2013)
Inspiration from the best of TED talks! , w/ Michael Madera (Oct 29, 2013)
Practiced Spontaneity: Improv’s Gifts to Facilitation, w/ Izzy Gessell (Nov 8, 2013)
Collaborative Decision Making in the Virtual Environment/ Loomio (Dec 6, 2013)

2012

Peer Learning cohorts: Org. Culture Change, Facilitating School Systems, Leadership Development, Network Analysis
Theory into Action (Feb 3, 2012)
Using NVC to Stay Present w/ Scott Loring and Carol Salloway (Mar 2, 2012)
Team Coaching w/ Alexander Caillet (Apr 6, 2012)
Know What You Don’t Know: How can leaders become effective problem-finders? w/ Michael Roberto
Changing the Discourse (Jun 8, 2012)
Merging Cultures: Part I, w/ Anne Litwin (Sep 7, 2012)
Webinar: Paul Levy: Goal Play, Leadership Lessons from the Soccer Field (Sep 21, 2012)
Consultation with Non-Profits (Oct 12, 2012)
Graphic Facilitation, w/ Debra Vinci (Nov 2, 2012)
Unleash your Inner Storyteller (Dec 14, 2012)

2011

Turning Autopilot Off: Decision Making as Science and Art (Feb 4, 2011)
Metaphors: Facilitators’ Power Tool w/ Janet Britcher and Perry Carrison (Apr 1, 2011)
Team Coaching w/ Alexander Caillet (May 6, 2011)
The “Knowledge Jam” w/Kate Pugh (Jun 3, 2011)
Advanced Facilitation Peer Learning series (Aug 3, 2011)
The Bigger Game (Aug 5, 2011)
Discover Your Unique Value (Sep 23, 2011)
How Resistance Can be the Consultant’s Best Friend w/ Sonia Nevis (Nov 4, 2011)
Social and Value Network Analysis (Dec 2, 2011)

2010

“Facilitation Gone Bad”: Turning Challenges into Gifts of Learning (Feb 5, 2010)
The Courage to Break Through: Creative Practices in Facilitation (Apr 2, 2010)
Running Virtual Meetings, Nancy Settle Murphy (May 7, 2010)
Conflict Management, Jan Williams and Chuck Phillips (Jun 4, 2010)
Facilitating Meetings from Hell: Using SAVI to Understand and Transform Dysfunctional Communication (Aug 6, 2010)
Personal Branding, Alesia Latson (Oct 1, 2010)
You Get What you Measure (Nov 5, 2010)
High Stakes Conversations (Dec 3, 2010)

2009

Developing YOU! (Aug 7, 2009)
The Organization Workshop w/ Sophie Parker and Anne Litwin(Oct 2, 2009)
Fun Day at the BFR! Janet Britcher, Nina Coil, Alan Niebanck & Perry Carrison (Nov 6, 2009)
Play the Blues/ Facilitation w/Rob Fletcher(Dec 4, 2009)