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Nicole Velasco, Omidyar Fellow and business development lead for NORESCO shares how she prepares for facilitating groups and why its important to both have a planned agenda and be flexible when leading a convening.

Darcie Yukimura, Omidyar Fellow and vice president of philanthropy at Kupu offers three key learnings from her experience as a facilitator, and how facilitation-based approaches help her beyond the workplace.

Brent Kakesako, Omidyar Fellow and executive director of the Hawai‘i Alliance for Community-Based Economic Development shares his facilitation process and how he prepares for facilitating a group.

George Yarbrough, Omidyar Fellow and Innovation and Entrepreneurship program director at the University of Hawai‘i shares how he facilitates meetings using the Art of Hosting and Harvesting Conversations That Matter method.