Lori’s expertise in working with groups empowers participants to fully engage in dialogue and problem solving. Her energizing and engaging style spark creative, collaborative thinking.
— Flo Hode, Assistant Head Park Day School


Lori Lewis

* Facilitator 

* Organizational Development Consultant

* Trainer

* Co-Active coach  

 

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Lori Lewis focuses on helping people have the important conversations that solve problems. She uses a variety of interactive tools and processes including

  • World Cafe'

  • Open Space

  • Future Search

  • Technology of Participation

  • Design Thinking

 

She works in partnership with her clients to design sessions and workshops that focus in on the clients' need. These can be in-person or virtual. Lori has experience facilitating using a variety of online platforms including Zoom, WebEx, MeetingSphere, Google Teams, PollAnywhere, GoToMeeting,etc. She works with her client(s) to determine which platform can best meet their needs.

 

Lori is professionally certified as a facilitator by the International Association of Facilitators and certified as a DiSC personal assessment trainer.

 

She is an anthropologist by education, owns six bicycles and is intrigued in figuring out how people can adapt to change and broaden their thinking in a chaordic world

 

Past clients include: 

with a focus around Education

  • California College of the Arts, San Francisco CA

  • Hubbard Woods School, Winnetka School District IL

  • Oakland Unified School District, California

  • Park Day School, Oakland CA

  • Presidio Hill School, San Francisco, CA

  • Progressive Education Network

  • Ullens School, Kathmandu, Nepal

with a focus around the Environment

  • American Canyon Parks and Recreation Foundation, CA

  • Friends of the San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge

  • North Bay Watershed Association, CA

  • Owens Valley Indian Water Commission Payahuunadu Summit

  • Tahoe Baikal Institute, California and Siberia

  • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

  • U.S. Forest Service

  • Urban Ecology, Oakland CA

with a focus around Health

  • Anderson Valley Rural Health Clinic CA

  • Project Inform, San Francisco, CA

  • U.S. HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary of Health

Other

  • Bay Area Discovery Museum, Sausalito CA

  • Berkeley Playhouse Family Foundation

  • Frameline, San Francisco CA

  • Lake Merritt Methodist Church, Oakland CA

  • Skywalker Sound, Marin CA

  • U.S. Department of Labor