“Its obvious that Ebony puts a lot of preparation into her work but she also allows room for creativity and growth to flow in the retreats and sessions that she facilitates. Ebony’s style is warm and welcoming while also having great skill at keeping groups focused and on task.”
– Andrew Terry, Pastor, St. Peters Episcopal Church
Ebony Walden Consulting can provide dynamic training and facilitation services for your next public meeting, strategic plan or staff development experience. I’ll support your organization in moving to the next level. I engage my clients, challenge them, coach them, and invite them to map out their future success. Of course, my services can be scaled and crafted to meet the needs of your group. Whatever the case, your team will be moved toward change that matters.
I specialize in facilitating racial equity trainings, community meetings, strategic plans and retreats for government, non-profit and philanthropic organizations involved in community development.
TRAINING
EWC’s racial equity and community engagement training centers on helping clients, particularly those focused on community based work to understand the history and legacy of race and racism in their work, its manifestations in themselves and their organizations and begin to disrupt the status quo to create more inclusive communities and equitable outcomes. EWC often partners with Dialectix Consulting on DEI trainings. A 2020 sample listing of our trainings and other DEI offerings are listed HERE.
Diversity & Inclusion: A dialogue based approach to understanding the power of diversity, and the tools needed to create a more inclusive community
Advancing Racial Equity: Moving beyond inclusive processes to a focus on outcomes, learn both what equity is and how to apply an equity lens to your work.
Equitable Community Engagement: Explore tools and strategies for effectively engaging a diverse community
Creating Inclusive Work Environments: A focus on the tools needed to help groups more effectively navigate awkward or challenging conversations at work.
MEETING DESIGN AND FACILITATION
The word facilitate means to make an action or process easier. With over a decade of facilitation experience, I can run meetings, retreats and a wide range of projects with ease. I’ll pave the way for your staff or leadership team to participate fully while providing an outside voice that will help bring clarity, focus and fun to the process. I work with teams and organizations to facilitate meetings, workshops and teambuilding activities.
STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING
Every so often changemakers must take a step back, contemplate the trajectory of their work and get specific about the kind of impact they want to have. A good strategic planning process can help take the best of those hopes and intentions and create a roadmap to making them a reality. I use a variety of techniques and creative processes to help organizations articulate a clear vision of where to go, how to get there, who should be involved and what resources are needed.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Having the community shape your future plans, projects and programs is the key to greater ownership and impact. I work with you and your stakeholders to develop dynamic and inclusive engagement strategies. We can go beyond the typical town hall and into the community. I’ve led everything from “pop-up meetings” on neighborhood corners, to corridor canvassing, in person (even hopped on buses) and online surveys as well as engagement at food, arts and entertainment events. Together we will design meetings that foster collaboration, spark innovative solutions and support relationship building. I specialize in engagement around land use, urban planning, housing and community development projects.