Next Stage Facilitation™
Freedom and Flow in front of the room
Experiential Immersion and Practice for Developing Facilitative Leaders
ONLINE - 5 Weeks
Next Stage Facilitation™ develops facilitative leaders, facilitators, hosts and leaders of groups into more naturally spontaneous, confident and insightful guides.
Through a balanced exploration of inner and outer dynamics, with ample experimentation, advanced facilitation practice, and personalized feedback, participants learn how to go off script, guide the energy of any group, and handle more complexity with ease.
An integrative, whole-person approach to becoming more masterful
When we are learning at our best, we are developing who we are inside, which changes how we engage outside. This puts us in the optimal zone of experimentation, risk taking, and reward. Who we are, how we think, what we do, and what we care about are brought together in a seamless and satisfying experience. We are not just learning, we are becoming more self-aware, more connected to others, and more alive with purpose and possibility.
Become more masterful
The Next Stage addresses three key dimensions that define an excellent facilitator:
CONFIDENCE & EASE
To build our confidence and feel more ease, we have to look inside. Increasing self-knowledge and uncovering our blind spots enables us to grow.
SENSING & RESPONDING
The ability to sense and respond to the group in real time comes from a facilitator’s sensitivity, openness, and attention. When we are aware of the many small, invisible and subtle sources of information in the room, we can adapt and respond in the moment.
FACILITATOR MOVES
Having a rich repertoire of tools, activities and interventions happens through exposure to facilitative mastery, through practice, and through experimentation. When we are engaged in repeated practice and feedback cycles with others, we just get better—period.
Who is it for?
This program is right for facilitative leaders and guides at all stages of their career and practice.
You are a facilitative leader if you:
- Facilitate groups, formally or informally
- Convene and guide gatherings of any kind
- Work behind the scenes as a network influencer
- Are a leader in your organization
- Formally lead or weave initiatives, groups, and organizations
Our style of facilitator training will appeal to you if you:
- Actively participate in your own lifelong learning
- Are willing to venture into the unknown in order to grow
- Seek out diversity and input that expands your perspective
- Meet people where they are, inviting greater vision and growth
- Value mindfulness practice and meditation as a pathway for becoming more awake
- Enjoy experiential learning and spontaneity
Your participation in Next Stage Facilitation Intensive will:
- Bring you more confidence and ease in front of the room
- Deepen your in-the-moment sensing of what a group needs
- Help you respond when you don’t know what to do
- Show you how to keep things fresh and dynamic
- Give you a space to let go of inner pressure to “get it right”
- Deepen your presence and awareness
- Offer tools and approaches for supporting challenging conversations
During the Next Stage you will learn:
- Clarifying Intention & purpose—yours, and the groups
- Using an integral approach to advanced facilitation skills
- The three primary perspectives that are always happening in any group
- Enhancing your skills for flow and connection
- Identifying and working on your personal learning edge
- Developing targeted practices that improve your presence and facilitation
- Expanding your awareness and identity in front of the room
- Using the primary polarity of sameness and difference to increase engagement and respond to difficulty
Hear from a Next Stage grad, Maryam Nabavi, Academic Leadership Development Program at UBC, as she shares her powerful take aways about where the change happens in her groups after the Next Stage.
How it Works
Next Stage Facilitation Online will take place using the Zoom meeting platform for enabling interactive learning and practice from the convenience and comfort of your home and or office.
BALANCING TEACHING AND FACILITATOR PRACTICE
Through large and small group interaction, and individualized coaching, this course will deepen your awareness and skills.
SUPPLEMENTARY RESOURCES
Recordings, slides, and graphics will be provided to support your learning before, during, and after the training.
PRIVATE ONLINE HUB
You'll have the opportunity to connect with other learners from around the world through our dedicated online hub, and have access to recordings of the sessions, conversation and useful resources.
BALANCING TEACHING AND FACILITATOR PRACITCE
Through large and small group interaction, and individualized coaching, this course will deepen your awareness and skills.
SUPPLEMENTARY RESOURCES
Recordings, slides, and graphics will be provided to support your learning before, during, and after the training.
PRIVATE ONLINE HUB
You'll have the opportunity to connect with other learners from around the world through our dedicated online hub.
Every Next Stage Intensive includes:
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Support for your development
Supporting you to identify what matters most to you, what’s what the next horizon of your learning is, and what pathway and practice will get you there. -
Connection to community
A safe learning culture in a peer-group of like-minded professionals accelerates what we learn, how we learn, and where we can go next. -
Depth and insight
Developing who we are and how we show up in the world is a human calling. When we discover our clear purpose and connect that to how we impact others, our sense of belonging and a purpose-driven motivation send ripples into every area of our lives. -
Practice & Feedback
Sensitive feedback that supports and challenges with compassion is one of the most valuable gifts leaders can receive. -
Facilitative Mastery
Being in the room with a team of confident, adaptive, and insightful facilitators provides a rich and immersive container for experiential learning. In every moment, there is something we can learn from.
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This training is officially accredited by the ICF to provide 23.5 CCEU's.
Your Instructors
Rebecca Colwell
founder, principal
Rebecca is the Founder of Ten Directions, co-founder of Integral Facilitator®, an Integral Coach, and a master facilitator of transformation at scale and depth. Rebecca facilitates in-person Next Stage trainings.
Lauren Tenney
principal
Lauren is a Principal and senior consultant at Ten Directions. Her background includes immersion in Integral Theory, Adult Development, and transformative learning. She has trained as a mediator and is a Certified Integral Facilitator and Presence Based Coach.
Cléo Burke
principal
Cléo Burke is a principal and senior consultant at Ten Directions, a Certified Integral Facilitator, Master Integral Coach, Licenced Counseling Therapist, and Educator.
FAQ
The Next Stage program is designed on the assumption that participants will be fully present for all live online sessions. When extenuating circumstances happen it is possible to review a session recording to become familiar with what was missed. However, the live experience includes practices and interactivity that cannot be replicated and will not be featured in recordings.
The Next Stage is designed for a wide variety of participant experience levels, and is focused on learning how to work in an integral way with groups and practice self-as-instrument approaches to Facilitative Leadership. Participants who gain the most from the training are those who already have some lived experience facilitating groups. If you are completely new to facilitation or guiding groups of any kind and are seeking to be introduced to facilitation method and tools, Next Stage is not the appropriate program.
Yes, you can expect about 60 minutes per week. For example, during the first few weeks of the training, participants are asked to watch a facilitation demo video. The Next Stage includes a private course website that offers supplementary materials as well as copies of all slides, graphics, and video recordings of the live training sessions. These materials are available to you to peruse at your convenience throughout and following the conclusion of the training.
You will be assigned to a small practice group that will meet several times throughout the duration of the Next Stage training. Your group will be guided by a faculty coach, who will provide feedback to you on your practice facilitation, and be available to answer questions and support additional discussion and integration in your practice group. There is no 1-1 coaching provided during the Next Stage.
We’ve compiled our most practical wisdom and experience into this new ebook - our top 3 facilitative leadership dilemmas - to give you valuable insights and new options to incorporate into your life and practice 🙂
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