Spiral Facilitation is the work of Emily Courtney, Sustainable Enterprise Facilitator and Director of Green Programs at Laney College. My guiding purpose is to stimulate the transition to a just and sustainable economy.
The root of facilitation is to make easy. My work is to make it easier for inspired, triple bottom line entrepreneurs to make their vision a reality by removing barriers and creating pathways to opportunity.
Entrepreneurship requires a diverse skill set, and the demands of balancing the ecological, social and financial bottom lines require an extraordinary generalist. I help to fill in skill set gaps, to create structures for success, and to empower entrepreneurs to be highly effective business managers. I work with sustainable enterprises to provide:

• Financial forecast modeling,


• Business management training,


• Business & marketing plans,


• Investor presentations,


• Green & social marketing, and


• Strategic planning.

I often provide an affordable bridge from the start up to rapid growth phase, before an organization is prepared to hire a full-time business manager. I also work with conventional businesses to make the transition to sustainability and with earned income non-profit initiatives.