Team Communication Workshops & Facilitation
Communicate better— whether guiding team conversations, speaking publicly, or refining your written and spoken ideas.US Forest Service
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Maine Assoc. of Nonprofits
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Americorps VISTA
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MDI School District
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Natl. Park Service
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Jesup Memorial Library
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Schoodic Institute
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Camp Beech Cliff
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Midcoast Maine Community Action
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Downeast Conservation Network
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Frenchman Bay Conservancy
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TEDxBend
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US Forest Service | Maine Assoc. of Nonprofits | Americorps VISTA | MDI School District | Natl. Park Service | Jesup Memorial Library | Schoodic Institute | Camp Beech Cliff | Midcoast Maine Community Action | Downeast Conservation Network | Frenchman Bay Conservancy | TEDxBend |
Worked
with :Improved Team Communication
Strong teams prioritize strong communication.
Kendra helps design meetings and work that release the stress of organizing, foster psychological safety, and help teams align on goals and communication skills. She also supports individuals through public speaking and communication refinement, helping ideas land clearly and confidently. The result? Conversations that feel productive inclusive, and empowering.Team cohesion.Clear messages.
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Successful teams and organizations prioritize chief facilitation officers (as much as the other kind of CFO).
With a background in group communication studies and years of experience in facilitation, Kendra brings a neutral, outside perspective and a carefully constructed process to your meeting or workshop. Groups report that Kendra helped them achieve clearly defined meeting outcomes, build consensus, and align on organizational focus areas. -
Adventures in Team Communication: Your Guide to Getting Along, Getting More Done, and Thriving at Work
Here’s what I hear from business and organizational leaders lately:Retaining our employees is important to us. What can we do to help foster a positive workplace culture and sense of collegiality here?
Our team has been experiencing misunderstandings and tensions across personal communication styles and generational or other social differences. How can we help with this?
How do I tell my colleagues… to respect personal and workplace boundaries? to avoid gossip? to talk to each other directly? that we aren’t managing our own or each other’s time well?
Participants of the Adventures in Team Communication workshops complete the series with answers to these questions and more. They also gain relevant practice in applying everyday communication skills that lead to meaningful culture shifts, including new ways of understanding emotions at work, civility, feedback, better practices with email, and creating a work culture of learning, belonging, and thriving.
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Harnessing the Butterflies: Your Guide to Public Speaking with Clarity & Confidence
Participants complete this workshop with renewed confidence in the entire public speaking process: from audience analysis and speech construction to the final applause and audience feedback. A portion of this workshop addresses virtual presentations as well. Whether you’re a seasoned public speaker, or you’re completely terrified of addressing a large audience, Kendra’s strategies for speech prep can transform your whole experience—complete with measurable results from your audience.
Graceful Grammar & Punchy Punctuation: Your Guide to Better Everyday Writing
From e-mails and reports to memos and minutes, our writing constitutes some of our most important and tangible work products. Whether you write for internal or external communication purposes, your command of clarity, grammar, and punctuation can make all the difference in your overall productivity, profit, and public reputation. This dynamic class session is packed with quick and memorable tips for achieving message clarity, mastering grammar and punctuation guidelines, managing email, and committing to thoughtfulness in the tasks of daily written communication. No snoozy sentence diagrams here; this is a fast, dare we say fun, approach to reader-centered writing and editing. Bring your latest written project for some immediate feedback, too.
Kendra’s Method
Pre-Meeting
Together, we outline a path forward that’s realistic, strategic, and tailored to your specific needs and outcomes.
During Meeting
You’re part of the process. We keep communication open and decisions shared. All voices and perspectives are clutch.
Outcome
We stay flexible and responsive. At the end of our collective work, everyone agrees that the group achieved something of great value.
Follow-up Support
Some groups wrap, and that’s that. Some appreciate follow-up guidance to make the most of our work together.
Past Project - Team FacilitationMy Recent Work for the MDI School District Reorganization Planning Committee
The goal for this group was to make careful, consensus-built decisions about a complex school district unification process and formal recommendations to the community:
At our last meeting, you’d have observed a cohesive, thoughtful group of colleagues soliciting each other’s diverse perspectives, listening respectfully, and engaging in the careful work of building consensus. You’d have heard gratitude and an eagerness to re-engage at the next meeting. I help groups build a culture of trust, dialogue, and efficient decision-making.
It’s an honor to play a part in this process.
Let’s Work TogetherIllustrations by Allison DuBois
If you’re interested in working together, share a few details about what you’re looking for. Kendra will review your message personally and follow up within 48 hours.
Whether you have a clear vision or just a starting point, this is a space to begin the conversation.
