Testimonials88% of FireFly Facilitations business comes from repeat clients and referralsTo find out why, read what these clients have to say about… Kimberly Douglas as a keynote speaker and workshop leader…"You gave us an action plan that we could go back and teach others. I particularly liked the strategic planning steps and how easy it was to follow. I know everybody at Macy's would use this."
"Kimberly's expertise and thorough preparation were highly valuable in helping us achieve our objectives for the moderated roundtables at our CEO Summit. She applied the science of interpersonal dynamics in a practical way, enabling our success in the most critical aspect of our meeting." "FireFly's Strategic Facilitation course was a perfect blend of demonstrating, then debriefing powerful facilitation tools and techniques. I'm an experienced facilitator, yet I found myself learning new applications from the real-life examples that were shared. Simply stated, Kimberly taught us the "art" of facilitation." "The Brain Trust, a peer group of 16 leading Atlanta CEO's, is a hard group to please. We are always looking for hard hitting information and advice that will directly impact the success of our businesses. Your presentation definitely delivered on that!" "Kimberly designed and delivered a masterful learning experience for the executives who attended our Teamwork Essentials program. The participants were extremely impressed by her real-world knowledge and entertaining teaching style. They walked away from the workshop with practical frameworks and tools for improving both individual and team performance. Kimberly, in her unique style, helped the executives understand their role in helping teams deliver innovative and strategic results." FireFly's Facilitation Expertise…"Kimberly clearly understands the balance an effective facilitator must strike between sparking creativity and driving results. The sessions she has led have all driven substantive outcomes that are having a positive impact on our business." "Our CEO customers wanted to move to a more interactive format for our annual leadership summit, so we adopted a roundtable approach. The discussions needed to be centered around strategic healthcare issues. Kimberly was a key element in working with our team to establish processes, moderator training and roundtable program deployment. Post program surveys showed that our attendees deemed the roundtables to be highly successful." "FireFly Facilitation was exceptional at working with our leadership team. We appreciate our long-term partnership and FireFly's innovative methods that reflect an understanding of our culture and work." "Kimberly, you are such an effective facilitator. I know from experience what an art it is to think on your feet and create learning out of what sometimes feels like confusion. You do that so effectively. Thank you for your partnership and commitment." "I have known and worked with Kimberly for almost 10 years at 3 companies. In each situation, Kimberly exhibited passion, energy, and delivered results. I could not have done it without her help!" FireFly's Strategic Planning Process…"Your facilitation ability and people skills enabled a specialized, talented group of 21 Senior Directors and Special Staff members to come out of their fox holes and work together as an effective cross functional team of experts. The increase in productivity as a result of the improved understanding and cooperation among the departments helped us to focus on supporting our customer, The Warfighter. Thanks for a job well done." "Kimberly is great at ensuring that every board member viewpoint is heard. This leads to a better strategic plan, with stronger commitment by everyone." "Kimberly prepared us well for our strategic planning session. She guided us through various planning exercises that ultimately led us to develop four outstanding revenue engines that will fuel the growth of our company moving forward. Her expertise was extremely valuable in keeping us focused and directed to our end goal." "As a result of your leadership, energy, and enthusiasm, our Board was able to establish a strategic focus that we have not had in the past." FireFly's Approach to Team Effectiveness…"Kimberly has a special talent for understanding the unique challenges faced by teams in today's business environment. Her talent transcends awareness of issues and barriers to implementing solutions tailored to the individual or team. She is a valuable coach in the creation of high-performing organizations." "You quickly picked up on the dynamics of our group, making the material so much more meaningful." "Kimberly gives groups a vocabulary for understanding commonalities and differences, and a context for learning how to use them to solve problems, communicate and discover. She creates learning that is meaningful both for groups and their individual members." "Through Kimberly's abundant energy, enthusiasm, and knowledge, we realigned several disparate IT departments with a common focus to significantly improve internal and external customer relations." The Firefly Effect, recently published by Wiley…"Insightful, fun, and transformative, Kimberly Douglas weaves practice and analogy into chapters that will spark the creativity of individuals, leaders, teams, and their organizations!" "In this fast paced and very readable book, Kimberly Douglas, herself a successful entrepreneur and valued consultant to numerous nimble and effective companies and their high-achieving executives, shares the lessons that propelled her remarkable accomplishments and that will motivate and assist each reader!" "The Firefly Effect debunks the myth that creativity is an exclusive gift, shared by a select few. It provides real-world tools to unleash and direct the creative spark that lives in everyone and make teams more effective by celebrating and leveraging their differences." "Business leaders will find Kimberly Douglas ideas concrete, practical, and doable. Sometimes facilitation gets elaborate and confusing. This book's ideas are very pragmatic and actionable." |
  "As a result of your leadership, energy, and enthusiasm, our Board was able to establish a strategic focus that we have not had in the past." Janet N. Parker, Area II Vice President, Society for Human Resources Management Board of Directors (and SHRM Board Chair 2007-2008) Get more great ideas at The Whiteboard, the FireFly Facilitation Blog.
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