My Clients

What They Say

Bruce is great at helping disparate groups find common ground. He skillfully gets parties to say what’s most important to them.

Kathy Abbott, President and CEO, Boston Harbor Now

Bruce’s thorough preparation and his ability to listen, summarize, and allow all participants the opportunity to be heard has been an essential component of our group’s successes.

Jim Vekasi, Building Planning Committee Chair, Southwest Harbor (Maine) Public Library

I want to compliment Bruce on being an excellent listener on top of being an excellent speaker. I find it fascinating that that man can sit and listen to the comments, arguments, and so on, and most of the time from the arguments he goes right to the charts and puts it all down in order and it makes sense.

Claude “Blackie” Cyr, Member, Maine Acadian Culture Preservation Commission (former)

Parks/Historic Sites

Through my facilitation and planning consultancy I’ve helped groups get results for parks and historic sites.

• Acadia National Park –
  • Facilitated 1-1/2-day senior management planning retreat.
  • Facilitated multi-day senior management team staffing workshop.
  • Evaluated coastal landscape for conservation values.
• Allagash Wilderness Waterway Foundation–
  • Conceived of and edited interpretive pocket guide for Allagash Wilderness Waterway (AWW).
  • Created long-range interpretive plan for AWW.
  • Assessed cultural resources of AWW and published results.
• Boston Harbor Island Alliance – Facilitated strategic planning retreat.
• Cape Cod National Seashore –
  • Facilitated 2nd multi-day senior management team planning retreat.
  • Facilitated 1st multi-day senior management team planning retreat.
• Conservation Study Institute – Drafted National Park Service Urban Agenda framework.
• Cultural Resource Directorate, Northeast Region, National Park Service – Facilitated multi-day collaboration workshop.
• Boston Harbor Island Alliance – Facilitated strategic planning retreat.
• Ethan Allen Homestead Museum – Recommended interpretive and public programming.
• Gateway National Recreation Area – Facilitated strategic partners roundtable.
• Lowell National Historical Park – Facilitated community arts workshop.
• Maine Acadian Culture Project –
  • Revised National Park Service visitor brochure.
  • Facilitated Maine Acadian Heritage Council workshop.
• National Park Administrative Staff in Northeast – Facilitated year-long administrative community-of-practice (73 parks).
• National Park Superintendents of New England – Moderated 3 multi-day park managers’ meetings (20 parks)
• National Parks of Western Pennsylvania – Facilitated multi-day resource management workshop (5 parks).
• New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park –
  • Facilitated 2 youth leadership planning sessions.
  • Edited New Bedford whaling ethno-history.
• Saint Croix Island International Historic Site  – Composed interpretive panel text.
• Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park – Planned public winter programming.
• Springfield Armory National Historic Site – Facilitated multi-day staff strategic planning session.

Other Clients

Through my facilitation and planning consultancy I’ve helped the following other groups get results.

• Town of Bar Harbor, Maine – Facilitated public forum on municipal budgeting.
• Boston Facilitators Roundtable – Supported year-long facilitators’ community-of-practice.
• College of the Atlantic –
  • Conducted community outreach about the health of trees on Mount Desert Island.
  • Taught semester course, Saving America’s Special Places: The National Park Service
• Ducks Unlimited – Analyzed national land conservation program potential.
• The History Trust –
  • Facilitated visioning session with governing body of the nonprofit collaborative.
  • Conceived of and curated online exhibit, ” Ours Again—Remembering Winter, 1920-2020.”
  • Coordinated the collective work of 12 nonprofit organizations with historical collections, and established operational and administrative systems for the new regional collaborative.
• Lavender Country & Folk Dancers –Facilitated board of directors strategic planning weekend retreat.
• Maine Watch Institute – Researched innovative land conservation techniques in New England.
• Museum of Science, Boston –
  • Facilitated Climate Intervention citizen forum.
  • Facilitated World Wide Views on Climate and Energy citizen group.
  • Facilitated Climate Change Resilience Planning public workshop.
• Puppet Showplace Theater – Facilitated staff retreat.
• Southwest Harbor Library  – Facilitated community facilities workshop.
• Summer Festival of the Arts – Facilitated board of directors strategic planning retreat.