Lynda Lieberman Baker, MEd, CPF, CToPF
Lynda, a Certified Technology of Participation™ Facilitator, Assessor, and Mentor Trainer, is founder and president of MeetingSolution. She has the experience and the skills to get results with groups ranging from 1 to 100. A creative facilitator, skilled trainer and dynamic presenter, she has worked with individuals as well as Fortune 500 corporations, state and local governments, and non-profit community organizations to help them find their own best solutions.

Qualifications
Lynda helps groups sort through complex issues to see them clearly, realizing potential that otherwise may be overlooked. She draws on a personal tool kit of adaptable meeting solutions which help each group achieve ownership of its particular meeting. Lynda, and all the MeetingSolution associates, adhere to the highest ethical standards and are committed to the International Association of Facilitator’s Code of Ethics.

Lynda also employs a wide variety of engaging facilitation tools. She trains clients to use work and personal styles assessments to help teams work together most effectively. Graphics and accelerated learning principles get participants of all learning styles involved in the process. And fast-paced idea generation techniques engage participation and produce higher quality results.

Lynda contributes to the professional community. She has served on the board of directors of the International Association of Facilitators and on the editorial board of the association's journal, Group Facilitation: A Research and Applications Journal. She is a Past President of the Austin Chapter of the ASTD (American Society for Training and Development).

She has been a featured presenter at local, regional, national and international professional conferences, including the International Association of Facilitators, United Nations Development Program, Southwest Facilitators Network, Meeting Professionals International, the International Society for Performance Improvement, and Leadership Austin.

Credentials
Lynda has successfully completed the International Association of Facilitators (IAF) accreditation as a Certified Professional Facilitator (CPF) and subsequently became an assessor for the certification program,. She is currently one of 50 assessors world-wide. Qualified by the Institute of Cultural Affairs as a Technology of Participation™ mentor trainer and accredited as a practitioner of the Insights Discovery System™ Lynda is highly qualified to work with a wide variety of organizational challenges.

She has completed the 40-hour mediation training conducted by the Public Policy Dispute Resolution Center at the University of Texas School of Law, the Human Resource Development Instructor Certificate Program at The University of Texas at Austin and the Strategic Visioning Graphic Facilitation Training offered by Grove Consultants International. She received her BA from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, her MEd at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and has completed substantial doctoral coursework in Educational Psychology also at the University of Illinois.

Affiliations
International Association of Facilitators, Life Member
AAGP (American Association of Grant Professionals)
ASTD (American Society for Training and Development)
Southwest Facilitators Network
Institute for Cultural Affairs
Insights Learning and Development

The Competent Facilitator
The consummate competent facilitator, Lynda has been a regular contributor to the 3M Meeting Network web site where she wrote the feature, "Be a Competent Facilitator." The tips and techniques she offers are based on the International Association of Facilitators (IAF) Certified Professional Facilitator competencies.