Cheryl Kartes

As Kartes & Associates, I am a seasoned facilitator of virtual and face-to-face meetings in all sectors, locally to internationally. I also serve as a process coach, consultant, and visual practitioner.

I can help by:
• coaching you to respond to the situation better (and you facilitate).
• designing and leading small to large group processes for you, that are eventful, engage full participation, and enable groups to transform input and discussion into shared decisions, working agreements, and focused action.
• combining art based methods and a participatory facilitation processes to gain deeper understanding or to increase creativity and insight.
• teaching or facilitating visual thinking skills, or visually mapping an issue.
• inviting colleagues to help with the largest, most complicated issues or group sizes, (e.g. city-wide participation in strategic planning).

Some of my credentials include:
• Certified Technology of Participation Facilitator (CTF)
• Candidate Assessor for Certified ToP® Facilitators
• Member of International Association of Facilitators (IAF) since 1996.
• Co-Chair of the IAF Conference in 2001 and frequent session presenter
• Mentor level ToP® Methods trainer.
• Member of the International Forum of Visual Practitioners (IFVP) since 2006
• Co-founder and past leadership of the Minnesota Facilitators Network, since 1993.
• Member of the Virtual Facilitation Collaborative since 2010.

I have had over 25 years of professional experience working with:
• Not-for-profits, foundations, cooperatives and coalitions.
• City, county and state governments, primarily in public health, education, and natural resources.
• Private sector, small business to large corporations.
• A wide range of possible topics and group sizes.