Berrick Abramson
@berrickabramson.bsky.social
Facilitator, Negotiator, Strategist & Executive Coach.
President Confluence Policy & Strategy Group.
Skydiver, Adventure Racer & Open H20 Paddler.
Not letting #Crohns slow me.
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President Confluence Policy & Strategy Group.
Skydiver, Adventure Racer & Open H20 Paddler.
Not letting #Crohns slow me.
https://bsky.app/profile/confluencepsg.bsky.social
Keeping a process on track takes more than good intentions. From regular check-ins to recalibrating priorities, this post gives leaders the tools to sustain engagement and keep progress moving. Read more in the latest piece in our CDMP series
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Maintaining Momentum
Without a clear plan to sustain engagement, even the most promising CDMPs risk losing credibility or collapsing into dysfunction.Here’s how to keep your process moving forward after the excitement of ...
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February 12, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Keeping a process on track takes more than good intentions. From regular check-ins to recalibrating priorities, this post gives leaders the tools to sustain engagement and keep progress moving. Read more in the latest piece in our CDMP series
🔗 confluencepsg.com/maintaining-...
🔗 confluencepsg.com/maintaining-...
Who you invite shapes what you decide. In collaborative design making processes, choosing participants is as strategic as the decisions they’ll make.
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Details here 👉 confluencepsg.com/choosing-the...
Choosing the Right Participants For A Task Force or Work Group
The success of a collaborative decision making process (CDMP) is shaped not just by what’s discussed but by who’s in the room. And while it’s tempting to start with a stakeholder checklist or a list o...
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February 9, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Who you invite shapes what you decide. In collaborative design making processes, choosing participants is as strategic as the decisions they’ll make.
Details here 👉 confluencepsg.com/choosing-the...
Details here 👉 confluencepsg.com/choosing-the...
Facilitators aren’t just neutral voices. They're strategists, navigators, negotiators and bridge builders. In high-stakes, high-conflict environments, the right facilitator makes all the difference.
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Selecting the Right Facilitator
Facilitation has become a catch-all term. Today, nearly anyone who hosts a meeting or runs a retreat might call themselves a facilitator. But CDMPs aren’t about hosting meetings. They’re about solving...
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January 28, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Facilitators aren’t just neutral voices. They're strategists, navigators, negotiators and bridge builders. In high-stakes, high-conflict environments, the right facilitator makes all the difference.
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Things or memories?
Titles & accolades or smiles & lives changed?
We're surrounded by messages that we need to be more, do more, earn more, have more.
What if we put as much attention on seeing more, feeling more, giving more & living more?
Titles & accolades or smiles & lives changed?
We're surrounded by messages that we need to be more, do more, earn more, have more.
What if we put as much attention on seeing more, feeling more, giving more & living more?
October 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Things or memories?
Titles & accolades or smiles & lives changed?
We're surrounded by messages that we need to be more, do more, earn more, have more.
What if we put as much attention on seeing more, feeling more, giving more & living more?
Titles & accolades or smiles & lives changed?
We're surrounded by messages that we need to be more, do more, earn more, have more.
What if we put as much attention on seeing more, feeling more, giving more & living more?
The #1 task force mistake? Trying to solve too much.
If your scope is too wide, your process won’t go anywhere.
Clear scope = clear outcomes.
#TaskForceTips #Leadership #CDMP #EffectiveGovernance #ConsensusBuilding #PublicPolicy #CollaborativeDecisionMaking
If your scope is too wide, your process won’t go anywhere.
Clear scope = clear outcomes.
#TaskForceTips #Leadership #CDMP #EffectiveGovernance #ConsensusBuilding #PublicPolicy #CollaborativeDecisionMaking
October 21, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The #1 task force mistake? Trying to solve too much.
If your scope is too wide, your process won’t go anywhere.
Clear scope = clear outcomes.
#TaskForceTips #Leadership #CDMP #EffectiveGovernance #ConsensusBuilding #PublicPolicy #CollaborativeDecisionMaking
If your scope is too wide, your process won’t go anywhere.
Clear scope = clear outcomes.
#TaskForceTips #Leadership #CDMP #EffectiveGovernance #ConsensusBuilding #PublicPolicy #CollaborativeDecisionMaking
**Gridlock isn’t a dead end—it’s a sign to change course.**
Here’s how CDMPs help state leaders break through and build real consensus.
Need a process that works across divides? We’d love to talk!
#ConsensusBuilding #CDMP
#TaskForce #WorkGroup #Gridlock #CollaborativeDecisionMaking
Here’s how CDMPs help state leaders break through and build real consensus.
Need a process that works across divides? We’d love to talk!
#ConsensusBuilding #CDMP
#TaskForce #WorkGroup #Gridlock #CollaborativeDecisionMaking
October 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
**Gridlock isn’t a dead end—it’s a sign to change course.**
Here’s how CDMPs help state leaders break through and build real consensus.
Need a process that works across divides? We’d love to talk!
#ConsensusBuilding #CDMP
#TaskForce #WorkGroup #Gridlock #CollaborativeDecisionMaking
Here’s how CDMPs help state leaders break through and build real consensus.
Need a process that works across divides? We’d love to talk!
#ConsensusBuilding #CDMP
#TaskForce #WorkGroup #Gridlock #CollaborativeDecisionMaking
Collaborative Decision Making Processes (CDMPs) like a work group or task force have incredible potential to get to the core of the challenge and develop actionable, consensus-based solutions. Today we continue our series with a look at managing these processes. confluencepsg.com/the-engine-b...
The Engine Behind the Process: Managing an Effective CDMP
On some of the most challenging issues facing communities, agencies, and governments, the way a Collaborative Decision Making Process (CDMP) is managed can make or break its outcomes.
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September 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Collaborative Decision Making Processes (CDMPs) like a work group or task force have incredible potential to get to the core of the challenge and develop actionable, consensus-based solutions. Today we continue our series with a look at managing these processes. confluencepsg.com/the-engine-b...
Thank you Melanie Asmar for elevating voices of educators & the thoughtful reporting in @chalkbeat.org on the work of the CO Educator Safety Task Force. Though a CO task force, the issue is nationwide #educatorsafety #schoolviolence #coleg #edcolo bit.ly/46VoFPj
Teachers hurt on the job: Colorado task force makes recommendations for change
"School violence is often just seen as student to student. We need to expand that definition to include student to staff,” one former principal said.
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July 22, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Thank you Melanie Asmar for elevating voices of educators & the thoughtful reporting in @chalkbeat.org on the work of the CO Educator Safety Task Force. Though a CO task force, the issue is nationwide #educatorsafety #schoolviolence #coleg #edcolo bit.ly/46VoFPj
Colorado now the home of @sundance.org Film Festival. Congrats @govofco.bsky.social, @aaronbrockett12.bsky.social, Boulder Chamber, CO OEDIT, Visit Boulder, bipartisan legislators & all involved on a huge creative & economic win for the Mile High! #SundanceFilm bit.ly/3FH8YQh
Sundance Institute Announces Boulder, Colorado, as the New Home for the Sundance Film Festival Beginning in 2027 - sundance.org
Boulder's Vibrant Community of Artists, Enthusiastic Audiences, and Breathtaking Rocky Mountains Will Provide the Setting for the Future of Independent Film Thursday, March 27, 2025 — After a thoughtf...
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March 27, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Colorado now the home of @sundance.org Film Festival. Congrats @govofco.bsky.social, @aaronbrockett12.bsky.social, Boulder Chamber, CO OEDIT, Visit Boulder, bipartisan legislators & all involved on a huge creative & economic win for the Mile High! #SundanceFilm bit.ly/3FH8YQh
It is a privilege to support the professionals of the WRCB on this work. It is inspiring to work with this Board as they work through complex, at times contentious issues in balancing local control with the role of the state, mitigation with cost considerations.
Today, the Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code Board (WRCB) met in Golden, CO to continue their work developing a statewide code. It’s no small lift for the Board to tackle such complex & critical issues & their work is strengthened by the active engagement of the public.
February 14, 2025 at 5:11 PM
It is a privilege to support the professionals of the WRCB on this work. It is inspiring to work with this Board as they work through complex, at times contentious issues in balancing local control with the role of the state, mitigation with cost considerations.
Appreciated opportunity to update RTD Board on collaborative work of CDOT, FRPRD, RTD & @govofco.bsky.social exploring Joint Service for passenger rail on CO's front range. Honored to support & work w/an amazing team. Great discussion & feedback #passengerrail #coloradorail
January 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Appreciated opportunity to update RTD Board on collaborative work of CDOT, FRPRD, RTD & @govofco.bsky.social exploring Joint Service for passenger rail on CO's front range. Honored to support & work w/an amazing team. Great discussion & feedback #passengerrail #coloradorail
Mele Kalikimaka me ka Hau’oli Makahiki Hou! May this season of beauty and light fill your heart and home with happiness. Warm wishes to all for joy in your life, love in your heart and peace in our world.
December 23, 2024 at 3:46 PM
Mele Kalikimaka me ka Hau’oli Makahiki Hou! May this season of beauty and light fill your heart and home with happiness. Warm wishes to all for joy in your life, love in your heart and peace in our world.
#USMC Major Megan Malia Leilani McClung, KIA 6 Dec 06, Ramadi, Iraq.
18 years. Still feels like just yesterday. Every day, I miss you, I love you & think of how many lives you touched, how many you continue to inspire.
#SemperFi, Marine.You are loved, you are missed & you will never be forgotten!
18 years. Still feels like just yesterday. Every day, I miss you, I love you & think of how many lives you touched, how many you continue to inspire.
#SemperFi, Marine.You are loved, you are missed & you will never be forgotten!
December 6, 2024 at 9:24 PM
It looks like another perfect day to have a good day, to try to make the world around you a better place & to find a way to make someone else have a good day too!
#MementoVivere #EmbraceTheMoment
#MementoVivere #EmbraceTheMoment
November 19, 2024 at 2:54 PM
It looks like another perfect day to have a good day, to try to make the world around you a better place & to find a way to make someone else have a good day too!
#MementoVivere #EmbraceTheMoment
#MementoVivere #EmbraceTheMoment
Congratulations to CO Senator's @ColemanforCO & @Paul_Lundeen on your election as Senate President & Senate Minority Leader. Appreciate both of your leadership. Look forward to the opportunity to support & collaborate as you build common ground & advance the public good. #coleg
November 16, 2024 at 8:51 AM
Congratulations to CO Senator's @ColemanforCO & @Paul_Lundeen on your election as Senate President & Senate Minority Leader. Appreciate both of your leadership. Look forward to the opportunity to support & collaborate as you build common ground & advance the public good. #coleg
CO’s Task Force Related to the Rights of Coloradans with Disabilities is soliciting input to inform their recommendations. Ideas are being considered on issues from housing & outdoor recreation to government services & changes to state anti-discrimination laws. Public input open...
November 16, 2024 at 8:51 AM
CO’s Task Force Related to the Rights of Coloradans with Disabilities is soliciting input to inform their recommendations. Ideas are being considered on issues from housing & outdoor recreation to government services & changes to state anti-discrimination laws. Public input open...
I remember. Even when I wish I didn’t, it lives in me & I feel it in every piece of me. Some days – today – it still overwhelms me & brings me to tears I cannot stop. As I celebrate, laugh & live so many moments in life, it is impossible to not think of those lost on this day 23...
November 16, 2024 at 8:59 AM
I remember. Even when I wish I didn’t, it lives in me & I feel it in every piece of me. Some days – today – it still overwhelms me & brings me to tears I cannot stop. As I celebrate, laugh & live so many moments in life, it is impossible to not think of those lost on this day 23...
Truly blessed by the work & remarkable people we have privilege of supporting as they develop solutions to some of the most complex & critical issues. Doing so in so many beautiful places makes that exponentially true & I had to pause to appreciate it all en route home!
November 16, 2024 at 9:07 AM
Truly blessed by the work & remarkable people we have privilege of supporting as they develop solutions to some of the most complex & critical issues. Doing so in so many beautiful places makes that exponentially true & I had to pause to appreciate it all en route home!
Time to spend a few days talking about the future of higher ed, blurring lines between K12 & Higher Ed, skills to thrive in an evolving workforce & ensuring credit transfer is smooth & transparent. But first, a little early morning trail time to clear & focus the mind.
November 16, 2024 at 9:14 AM
Time to spend a few days talking about the future of higher ed, blurring lines between K12 & Higher Ed, skills to thrive in an evolving workforce & ensuring credit transfer is smooth & transparent. But first, a little early morning trail time to clear & focus the mind.
Work that makes a difference. Smart people engaging thoughtfully to find common ground that serves the public good. Waking up in some beautiful places to do that work with those people. #IAmBlessed
November 16, 2024 at 9:22 AM
Work that makes a difference. Smart people engaging thoughtfully to find common ground that serves the public good. Waking up in some beautiful places to do that work with those people. #IAmBlessed
Yes, it would be our honor. That’s the answer we’re excited to offer when invited to help those serving the public good. Facilitate a work group or task force to get this right? We’re in. Develop our next strategic plan? Let’s do it together. Help navigate a conflict between
November 16, 2024 at 9:22 AM
Yes, it would be our honor. That’s the answer we’re excited to offer when invited to help those serving the public good. Facilitate a work group or task force to get this right? We’re in. Develop our next strategic plan? Let’s do it together. Help navigate a conflict between
Hundreds of peaches, grapes by the pound, raspberries, apples, lilies, two dozen different roses & hundreds of happy bees in this #pollinatorfriendlygarden. And that doesn’t include the raised beds loaded with herbs, veggies, squash & melons! #nourishedbynature #alohaaina
November 16, 2024 at 9:30 AM
Hundreds of peaches, grapes by the pound, raspberries, apples, lilies, two dozen different roses & hundreds of happy bees in this #pollinatorfriendlygarden. And that doesn’t include the raised beds loaded with herbs, veggies, squash & melons! #nourishedbynature #alohaaina
6hr mtg today so up early to get in 6miles & 1,600' of elevation gain to be at the summit at 6am as sun broke through the darkness.
I hope I never stop being awed by every sunrise & the power of nature... to humble, to heal, to shape, to inspire, to ground the mind, to bring new per
I hope I never stop being awed by every sunrise & the power of nature... to humble, to heal, to shape, to inspire, to ground the mind, to bring new per
November 16, 2024 at 9:30 AM
6hr mtg today so up early to get in 6miles & 1,600' of elevation gain to be at the summit at 6am as sun broke through the darkness.
I hope I never stop being awed by every sunrise & the power of nature... to humble, to heal, to shape, to inspire, to ground the mind, to bring new per
I hope I never stop being awed by every sunrise & the power of nature... to humble, to heal, to shape, to inspire, to ground the mind, to bring new per
“Stop the killing, stop the dying, start the healing.” AJ DeAndrea in a powerful keynote at Keeping Students Safe seminar + Leveraging AI & is there a profile of school shooter? @COEmergency Director Kevin Klein says no, but there are warning signs.
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#Schref="/hashtag/SchoolSafety" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#SchoolSafety #Sc
November 16, 2024 at 9:38 AM
“Stop the killing, stop the dying, start the healing.” AJ DeAndrea in a powerful keynote at Keeping Students Safe seminar + Leveraging AI & is there a profile of school shooter? @COEmergency Director Kevin Klein says no, but there are warning signs.
#Schref="/hashtag/SchoolSafety" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#SchoolSafety #Sc
#Schref="/hashtag/SchoolSafety" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#SchoolSafety #Sc
Another tough day at the office…. Honored to work supporting some amazing clients. Blessed to be able to do so in some beautiful places. Lunch by the river before diving back into some strategic planning.
November 16, 2024 at 9:38 AM
Another tough day at the office…. Honored to work supporting some amazing clients. Blessed to be able to do so in some beautiful places. Lunch by the river before diving back into some strategic planning.