The Transformative Facilitator

Dynamic facilitation for complex times

Where: Amsterdam

Launch (Virtual): September 3

Intensive (In-Person): September 15-16-17

Accompaniment (Virtual): September 30, October 14, October 28

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Deepen your facilitation practice, so that you can better support groups to find new pathways through complex challenges.

This program is for you if you have experience leading or facilitating groups and are ready to bring new intentionality and depth to your facilitation practice. You’ll grow as a facilitator and cultivate new practices that will enable you to engage in more transformative ways when guiding group processes.

You’ll leave this program with:

An expansive understanding of yourself as a facilitator and new possibilities for growth. Learn to honor your strengths while moving beyond your habitual responses as you expand your awareness and practice, and step into your next chapter as a facilitator.
A greater capacity to hold complexity and work creatively with challenging dynamics. Explore new ways of untangling group dynamics, and bring more clarity and groundedness as you support others to work through conflict, tension, ambiguity, and decision-making.
More openness, presence, and subtle awareness in your engagement with others. Cultivate your presence and attention as a facilitator, as you expand your ability to sense and respond to what a moment needs while staying open, grounded, and attuned to both yourself and the group.

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Program Overview

The Transformative Facilitator is a two-month developmental program comprising a three-day in-person intensive and a six-week virtual accompaniment process.

Live sessions are highly participatory, led by experienced Spring facilitators with a fun and dynamic mix of content exploration, cross-learning, practice exercises, and reflection.

31 hours of live, facilitated learning sessions
Digital portfolio of resources, tools, and practices
Supportive and collaborative learning community
Optional 1:1 coaching session for personalized support

Virtual Launch

1 hour session

Meet your cohort and start playing with new practices as you prepare for the program.

Intensive (In-Person)

3 full days

Explore core content, frameworks, and practices with your cohort.

Day 1: Perspective-taking as facilitators
Day 2: Working with conflict and tension
Day 3: Embracing complexity

Self-Directed Learning

6 weeks

Building on your own unique learning goal, start applying new practices in your daily work and reinforce your learning with Spring’s e-learning platform.

Study materials at your own pace
Practice with additional tools
Integrate learning with weekly reflection questions

Virtual Accompaniment Sessions

3 biweekly sessions, 2 hours each

Meet every other week to deepen your understanding of the tools and concepts through practice and cross-learning.

Session 1: Managing creative tensions
Session 2: Convergence and decision-making rules
Session 3: Cultivating presence & sustaining change

Optional 1:1 Coaching

45-minute session

For even more customized support, sign up for an optional 1:1 coaching session. This can support you to:

Refine your learning goal
Identify opportunities to practice and develop new muscles in your daily work
Reflect on or strategize around a specific facilitation question or challenge

Schedule

The program dates and session times are as follows:

Launch

SEPTEMBER 3

(Wed)

Zoom

13:00 - 14:00 UTC
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Day 1-3

Intensive

SEPTEMBER 15

SEPTEMBER 16

SEPTEMBER 17

Amsterdam

9:00 - 17:00 CEST

Day 4-6

Accompaniment

SEPTEMBER 30

OCTOBER 14

OCTOBER 28

(Tue)

Zoom

13:00 - 15:00 UTC
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Cost (Sliding Scale)

We work to make our programs as accessible as we can and offer a sliding scale with three tiers of program payment rates. When you register below, please choose the fee based on your circumstances.

Please note that the program fee covers registration, all program materials, and lunch and snacks during the three-day Intensive. All other travel expenses, accommodations, and meals are the responsibility of the participant.

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1. Redistribution Rate: US $2,500

This is for organizations based in the Global North or with an annual budget above US$2 million. It’s also designed for individuals with access to wealth or with an annual income over US$70,000. Payment at this rate covers the costs of the program and allows for a contribution to support the participation of organizations and individuals with less access to wealth.

2. Full Cost Rate: US $2,000

This is for organizations with an annual budget above US$1-2 million. It’s also designed for individuals with an annual income of US$50,000 - US$70,000.

3. Solidarity Rate: US $1,500

This is for organizations with an annual budget of under US$1 million. It’s also designed for individuals with an annual income of under US$50,000. Payment at this rate covers 50% of total costs.

Can’t find an affordable rate?

If none of the above rates are accessible to you, contact us at facilitation@springstrategies.org.

Have more questions?

Click on our most frequently asked questions to learn more about whether this program is for you.

Is this program offered online or in-person?

The Transformative Facilitator is in-person (for a 3-day Intensive) with a virtual accompaniment process. High Impact Meetings is offered exclusively online.

Does this program focus on facilitating in-person or virtual processes?

Both! The learning in this program can be applied in-person and online. You will get a firsthand experience of in-person facilitation during the Intensive and of virtual facilitation during the accompaniment sessions.

I’m not sure what program is best for me. What are the differences?

High Impact Meetings

A virtual training for teams or individuals who want to revitalize their meetings and make collaborative work more impactful. Regardless of your role in an organization or group, this is for you if you are looking for new approaches to leading or designing meetings, are curious about your own role in teams and want to learn new strategies for building alignment in groups.

The Transformative Facilitator

An in-person training for individuals who want to deepen their own facilitation practice and are ready to explore their growth and development. This is for you if you are leading or guiding groups already, and you want to stretch beyond your habitual ways of being to embody new practices for working with tension, strong emotions, and multiple perspectives.

Looking for something different?

You might also be interested in The Leadership Kitchen Series, a low-barrier global personal growth and practice space. This program might be for you if your time or budget are limited, but you’re curious about a variety of topics, excited about experimenting with new strategies, and keen to cook up your own recipes for personal leadership.

The Transformative Facilitator

Dynamic facilitation for complex times

Deepen your facilitation practice, so that you can better support groups to find new pathways through complex challenges.

You’ll leave this program with:

Program Overview

Virtual Launch

Intensive (In-Person)

Self-Directed Learning

Virtual Accompaniment Sessions

Optional 1:1 Coaching

Schedule

Launch

SEPTEMBER 3

(Wed)

Intensive

SEPTEMBER 15

SEPTEMBER 16

SEPTEMBER 17

Accompaniment

SEPTEMBER 30

OCTOBER 14

OCTOBER 28

(Tue)

Cost (Sliding Scale)

1. Redistribution Rate: US $2,500

2. Full Cost Rate: US $2,000

3. Solidarity Rate: US $1,500

Can’t find an affordable rate?

Have more questions?

Is this program offered online or in-person?

Does this program focus on facilitating in-person or virtual processes?

I’m not sure what program is best for me. What are the differences?

High Impact Meetings

The Transformative Facilitator

Looking for something different?

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