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"Having been through the strategic planning process perhaps 5-7 times, this is by far the most comprehensive, cohesive and thorough process I have ever experienced."
Deborah McGrath
Child Start, Inc.
Napa, CA
Photo: Strategic planning with Novato Youth Center and executive director, Cheryl Paddack
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"Darci pulls people together and then moves us forward quicker than any facilitator I’ve seen or worked with before. Her facilitation style allows groups to get in, get out and move on."
Denyse Cardoza
President, Region IX
Head Start AssociationExecutive Director
KidzKount: Placer Community Action
Council, Inc.
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"Darci did an amazing job of corralling a world class group of therapists and authors, holding them on task and achieving an amazing consensus and a total buy-in to a challenging to-do-list. Her process works!"
Harville Hendrix, PhD
Founder, Relationships First
Author & Co-founder of Imago Relationship Therapy
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"With wildly differing levels of knowledge about the organization’s history and challenges, Darci facilitated a smart, well-paced retreat. Participants contributed authentically, learned through doing, and emerged motivated in the organization’s future."
Kim Syman
AVANCE Board of Directors
Managing Partner, New Profit, Boston
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"Your style was both professional and goal-oriented, yet you still kept things light and fun. Your understanding of how nonprofits operate was a real asset in grasping our structure and our issues."
Lynne Lancaster
Co-President, Impact100
Sonoma, CA
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Judith Walsh & Lynne Lancaster,
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"Her ability to digest large amounts of information to customize a process kept all participants engaged AND result in a tangible product is truly impressive. She is a skilled listener who creates an environment in which real progress can occur."
Wendy D. Whitson, Esq.
President, Sonoma County Volunteer Center
AZ Anderson Zeigler
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"Darci was so attentive to my team, detailed in approach, organized, flexible with our needs and differences, and brilliant in the execution. I am so pleased with the outcome that I am now integrating the ToP methods into systems and decision making process."
Keesha Woods
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"Darci successfully shepherded us through the Strategic Planning process, gracefully and seamlessly transitioning her facilitation magic to a completely online process."
Christopher A. Roach, AIA
Co-Chair, Diversity + Sustainability Committee,
Centro Las Olas Preschool
San Francisco, CA
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"Darci moved our team beyond philosophical and circular conversations to laser-focused and achievable strategic plan. The fact that she shifted gears when COVID hit and our process did not miss a beat and was just as effective is a true testament to Darci's talent."
Charles Lerner
Executive Director,
At The Crossroads
San Francisco, CA
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“Great facilitation! … it was one of the finest retreats I’ve had the privilege of participating in due in no small part to you ….thank you for focusing our work and making our retreat truly meaningful and its outcomes actionable.”
Kelly Drumm
Chair, Board of Directors
East Bay Local Development Corporation
Group Facilitator & Trainer
As a Facilitator and Trainer in Technology of Participation (ToP®) methods, Darci has been both a consumer and practitioner of these time-tested tools and techniques. Darci draws out the collective voice of the group, funneling their distinct passions and views towards shared decisions and goals. To achieve this, she employs a number of facilitation designs such as Strategic Planning, Board Retreats, Action Planning, Data Analysis, and Team Building Sessions.
Darci is an Associate with the national ToP® Network and Bay Area Center for Strategic Facilitation of credentialed facilitators and trainers. Her ToP® Facilitator and Trainer accreditation is through the Institute of Cultural Affairs providing community development work since the 1950s. In over 50 countries, ToP® methods have been leveraged in major international social change ventures and hundreds of organizational and corporate change initiatives.