Craig Freshley is a professional meeting facilitator, speaker, trainer, and author with an inspiring attitude and a well-earned reputation for helping groups be efficient, harmonious, and productive.In September 2022, Craig’s third book was published: Together We Decide, An Essential Guide for Good Group Decisions. The book was a #1 New Release and Top-10 Best Seller on Amazon in several categories. “It’s packed with a wealth of inspiring ideas and practical information,” said Kirkus Reviews.In 2019 Craig won the American Civic Collaboration Award for creating and facilitating Make Shift Coffee Houses: face-to-face places where conservatives, liberals, and all kinds of people meet to talk and understand each other’s political views. Craig was a founder of Sustainable Maine in 1996, Two Echo Cohousing Community in 1997, the Maine Downtown Center in 1999, GrowSmart Maine in 2002, and his company Good Group Decisions in 2003. In between college and graduate school Craig founded and operated a bike messenger service in Portland called Intown Courier.Craig has professionally facilitated over 3,000 meetings where he has helped groups make good decisions. He works with a wide range of clients including businesses, governments and non-profits of all sizes and in all sectors. Good Group Decisions gives 1% of all gross revenues to charity.Craig’s insights and skills help groups achieve new and unimagined levels of efficiency, peace, and productivity. He has written and produced hundreds of one-page Good Group Tips and How-To Videos that he makes freely available to subscribers and followers.Craig has Bachelors degrees in Political Science and Philosophy from the University of Maine, and a Masters Degree in Public Policy and Management from the Muskie School for Public Service. In addition to working for himself he has worked for the Maine State Planning Office and for the Maine Development Foundation.Craig lives with his wife in a cohousing community where they raised two girls (along with goats, sheep, chickens, a donkey, a pig, and the family dog). Craig is a Quaker which basically means that he looks for good in every person.Talks About: #Facilitation #LeadershipSkills #Collaboration #EssentialTips #GoodGroupDecisions #Communication #GroupDynamics #MeetingEssentials #ConflictResolution #Solutions #DecisionsMaking #ProblemSolving #Credibility #Dedication #Strategy #togetherwedecide