Barbara Shapiro Email & Phone Number

Who better to help adults navigate the complexities of life than a generalist in a specialist world?My professional life evolved through experience as a systems designer, project manager, OD consultant, and executive coach into one combined with a passion for conversations about arts and culture. As a practiced inquirer, conversationalist, and coach, I create a safe space for people to ask questions and say what they think – critically and creatively.Barbara Shapiro | Facilitator of Adult Learning & Art Museum EducatorI can help you cultivate a 'climate of inquiry' in which your visitors (or students or employees or clients …) engage in meaningful conversations which can change or enhance reflective, creative and critical thinking skills while enjoying the experience. Such a climate of inquiry benefits public audiences of museum collections and exhibitions, adult students, and clients and employees of corporations. How would you benefit? From having people who stay longer and/or return often, broadcast about their positive experiences, explore multiple perspectives, employ higher level thinking, express emotional responses, share insights, and more. Specialties:• Skilled Facilitator of informal learning programs - able to balance sharing relevant information and posing provocative questions to elicit conversation• Creative Conversationalist – modeling how to ask probing questions, allowing space for creative and critical thinking to be expressed • Collaborative Coach - known for enabling awareness and understanding of alternate perspectives, and encouraging collaborative exploration and discovery of A-has• Expert Project Manager, able to design and execute creative programs to meet client objectives“It is by conversations with others, by mixing different voices with our own, that we can turn our individual life into an original work of art.” Theodore Zeldin, philosopher & historian

Listed skills include Museum Education, Large Group Facilitation, Executive Coaching, Organizational Change, and 18 others.