SESSION ABSTRACT: Discover how to develop an internal team of facilitation consultants, who offer effective business tools that align work group planning, process and service delivery with your organization?s goals and changing culture. Four years ago, Broward County, Florida established Broward County Facilitators, an internal consultant group, to assist the organization in addressing changing community issues, rapid growth and limited resources. Learn how Broward benefits from an internal facilitation team which designs tailored sessions delivering organizational assessment, shared vision/mission building, strategic planning/strategy briefs, action/project planning, paradigm wave analysis, organizational mapping, root cause analysis, teambuilding, thought galleries, appreciative inquiry and other facilitation services. Tangible savings will be discussed, along with the benefits of aligning business processes with organizational goals. LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Discover how shared knowledge and experience leads to broadened perspectives, a team environment, and a structured outcome. Recruit, train, and maintain an internal team of facilitation consultants. Explore tangible/intangible benefits that an internal consultant team can bring to your organization. Create a collaborative outcome through the use of a structured facilitative process.