Crafting solutions, one piece at a time.
With expertise in facilitation, mediation, and process design, Mosaic helps people collaborate to resolve complex challenges and forge a shared path forward.
About Us
Mosaic guides people through collaborative dialogue using facilitation and mediation techniques. We use a tailored approach – We ask questions, seek to understand the political, legal and cultural landscape, and assess a client’s needs and resources to design a unique process for any given project or challenge.
Our approach helps people piece together a common vision by guiding disparate parties to collectively explore and co-create viable solutions.
By weaving together diverse perspectives, Mosaic transforms adversarial dynamics into collaborative partnerships, ultimately crafting comprehensive and sustainable resolutions. Our commitment to collective understanding and cooperative problem-solving paves the way for positive change.
Meet Sylvia
Sylvia Ciborowski has been a facilitator and mediator for over 15 years, working on projects from statewide climate change planning efforts, to building plans to manage forests and protect habitat, to paving the way for major transportation projects. She has a knack for quickly understanding complex topics, building trust, and bringing calm to chaotic situations. She works mostly in the Pacific Northwest. Sylvia is a certified court-connected mediator and earned her J.D. from Lewis & Clark School of Law with a Certificate in Natural Resources and Environmental Law.
Who we work with
Proudly based in Portland, Oregon, Mosaic serves government agencies in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. We gladly partner with firms and technical companies to jointly deliver complex, multi-disciplinary projects.
Mosaic is a certified Oregon Women Business Enterprise (WBE) and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE).
Issues we work on
If your project or issue involves more than two people looking for a joint solution, Mosaic can help. Some of the sectors and issue areas that we specialize in are:
- Climate Change
- Natural Resource Management
- Environment
- Land Use
- Community Planning
- Transportation
Get in touch
Drop me a line at sylvia@mosaicresolutions.com or
give me a call at (832) 877-5249.
What we do
We work with clients to design collaborative processes focused on getting to outcomes. We implement those processes, primarily by providing facilitation, mediation, and summarization services. Core services include:
- Process design
- Development of engagement and process plans
- Convening
- Stakeholder assessment and mapping
- Facilitation: workgroups, committees, and many meeting types
- Mediation
- Conflict resolution
- Documentation of outcomes and agreements
Spotlight on services
Facilitation
We facilitate all kinds of meetings to get you to your goals, including:
- Ongoing committee meetings
- Workgroups, large and small
- Public meetings
- Public hearings and town halls
- Strategic planning sessions
- Workshops
Mediation
Sometimes two or more parties need a deep-listening mediator to delve into an embroiled conflict and seek resolution and agreement. Sylvia is a certified mediator and can help you through your most critical conversations. We conduct informal mediations as part of larger public processes, as well as formal mediation in a confidential setting.
Situation assessment and process design
Need a collaborative process, but not sure what it looks like? We can help. We advise on who should be part of the process, what kinds of meetings or forums are most effective to achieve desired outcomes, how to align meetings and stakeholder conversations with technical timelines, and how to keep your process flexible and nimble if unexpected issues arise.
We often conduct a stakeholder, situation, or conflict assessment early on to help with this process design. Through informal interviews or small group discussions with parties, we learn about the people and issues involved, the willingness to find a joint solution, and what outcomes are desired. This assessment reveals key information that is helpful to designing a process that includes the right people, the right topics, and the right discussion forums.