Capacity building
Seeds of Bravery
Matchmaking and trainings for Ukrainian tech founders on their way into the EU.
Facilitation means —
To simplify.
Facilitation comes from the Latin facilis — to make easier. We help groups meet complex challenges in a way that makes them possible to transform, with everyone in the room contributing.
Playful methods and strategic thinking, from where you are to what can be — co-designing workshops, labs and conferences, or identifying and facilitating impactful partnerships. On site, online or hybrid.
Impactful partnerships
Somewhere between what your organisation does best and a social need waiting for you, there is a collaboration worth building. We help you find it — and we facilitate it.
What makes it work —
Grounded in neuroscience.
Drawing on the latest insights from neuroscience, we design conferences, workshops and processes that are inclusive, forward-driven and truly engaging. A structured yet playful approach stimulates high-level reasoning and insightful problem-solving — and creates the psychological safety a group needs.
“I really like your approach making everyone feel comfortable, included, and every view count. This very engaging, enthusiastic, and positive way of getting to the results with much joy as well as the tools introduced have created a conducive environment for the great achievements of the team. It has become stronger and more energized and this certainly will help the UN achieve more and better for the benefits of the people in Rwanda, leaving no one behind.”
“With a firm hand and a sensitive touch, Soledad led a discussion on human rights at an important seminar in memory of Anna Lindh. We are deeply grateful for this.”
Our services — We listen first,
Then we co-design.
Professional moderation
Conferences, seminars, panels and debates. We create a trustful, engaging and professional atmosphere between speakers and audience, with inclusive methods that keep the exchange dynamic rather than one-directional — so the room contributes instead of only listening.
Event & conference design
We help shape the questions, the flow and the run of show, so participation is designed in from the start rather than added at the end. From the framing of the programme to the technical production, we make sure the format serves the purpose of the gathering.
Intentional Futures Lab
A co-created lab for exploring possible futures together with the actors who will shape them. Built in the spirit of Future Search: the whole system in the room, a shared look at the trends shaping us, and a search for the common ground that is concrete enough to act on.
Transformative Dialogue Circles & Open Space
Inspired by traditional Peace Circles and rooted in Indigenous practices and wisdom: a safe and respectful space where all voices are heard constructively, designed to build connection, understanding and community — especially where trust has been strained. In Open Space, a group tackling a complex challenge gathers around one pivotal question.
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Intentional Collaborations
We help organisations find where they can make the greatest social impact, and who to make it with. Together we facilitate collaborations that bring social innovation to life, strengthen human rights, and create more child-friendly societies.
Along the way, we carry out stakeholder analyses and facilitate stakeholder dialogues, so the collaboration is built on what matters to everyone involved.
Collaborations we have facilitated
A few examples of the many collaborations we facilitate.
Property & social sustainability
Areim & Friends
Joyful Learning: a cross-sector collaboration for schools where joy, safety and community are built into the walls.
Social enterprise
Retoy
A movement of more than half a million children, built together with UNICEF, Blocket, municipalities and many more.
Culture & social impact
Nadim – the play
A play we proposed to Göteborgs Stadsteater, sold out in Göteborg and Borås, and the conversations built around it.
Child rights & culture
Child 10/Child X
A gala honouring ten bold child rights advocates working to protect children on the move from trafficking. A collective art installation co-created with unaccompanied minors made the issue impossible to overlook. (Child10 is now Child X.)
Brand & activism
Ben & Jerry’s
A well-loved brand lending its reach to refugee rights, together with the IRC and grassroots organisations.
Five building blocks
Every collaboration is unique, so we shape the journey around you. These five building blocks are always part of it.
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Start within
Reconnect with your vision, values and intentions: listen to where there is genuine engagement, and where you have potential to make the greatest impact together with others.
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Observe outward
Find where there is real need for social impact, identify and listen to the people who live it and those already working on sustainable solutions.
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Find where you matter most
Identify the intersections where your intentions meet a real need, and where you can make a difference at a larger scale, in collaboration with potential partners.
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Choose the right collaborators
Look for complementary strengths, honest intentions, and real commitment and resources to co-create common progress for all partners and for all.
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Begin with the end in mind
Co-create a partnership with a shared vision rooted in actual commitment and values, name the results that inspire you, and agree on practical first steps: roles and impact.
We facilitate co-creations
We help you with what the collaboration needs, and we have experience of doing it: facilitating the first conversations, gathering insights inside your organisation, carrying out world and stakeholder analyses, facilitating stakeholder dialogues, and supporting you with what is needed to reach the best possible outcomes.
Every side of the table
We are a team with experience from several worlds — global consumer companies, tech startups, social enterprises, civil society organisations and UN agencies. That gives us some understanding of potential partners' worlds, which makes our role as facilitators easier and helps everyone bring their best to the table.
Grounded in practice and more
The method draws on established work in cross-sector collaboration: shared value (Porter & Kramer), the collaboration continuum (Austin & Seitanidi), the partnering practice of The Partnering Initiative, and the five conditions of collective impact (Kania & Kramer). What we add is the facilitation, experience, network and creative playfulness.
“Soledad facilitates with great skill and grace. And while her kind and joyous approach surely lightens the mood in any room, she also manages to steadily lead the way to a successful conclusion with action points and a positive way forward established.”
“We've had wonderful feedback from participants. Everything ran smoothly and Soledad was extremely professional — she held the whole day together beautifully. Everyone who worked on the conference is delighted it was Soledad. Our only regret is that we didn't book her earlier in the process: she had so many good ideas for how to shape the day, and by then we had already fixed a lot of the details. Either way, the conference turned out wonderfully, in large part thanks to Soledad.”
“We were honoured to work with Soledad as she facilitated a live talk show for us, among the several sessions she brilliantly facilitated at World Water Week. She was so thoughtful in the curation of discussion leading up to the talk, making sure there was equal participation and that everyone felt comfortable. She was able to create meaningful discussion that gave the panelists time to express their opinions and create dialogue between them. We would highly recommend Soledad for any facilitation needs; we were so lucky to have her.”
“SchoolTry, together with other leading ed-tech companies, organized a seminar in collaboration with the Swedish Embassy in Abuja, Nigeria. Soledad helped us moderate and elevate the event by facilitating truly insightful interviews on stage and dialogue with our eminent guests — among them Nigeria's Minister of Education, university Vice Chancellors, and other leading figures from the country's higher education sector.”
Planning a conference, a seminar or a lab?
Let’s explore how we can add value.
Tell us about your gathering and we’ll tell you how we would shape it to reach its highest collective potential.