Next Stage Facilitation™ Intensive
Freedom and Flow in front of the room
3 Day IN-PERSON Experiential Immersion and Practice for Developing Facilitators
At The Global Centre for Pluralism, OTTAWA, CANADA
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 Ottawa will take place in-person at the Global Centre for Pluralism!
Balancing teaching with practice, large and small group interaction, and individualized coaching, this intensive takes place over three consecutive days.
Supplementary resources, recordings, slides and graphics will be provided to support your learning before, during, and after the training.
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.
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Your Instructors
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.
Lauren Tenney
principal
Lauren is a principal at Ten Directions, where she guides program design and communications. 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.
Rebecca Ejo Colwell
Founder
Rebecca is a master integral facilitator, strategist and coach, co-creator of Integral Facilitator®, and the Founder and CEO of Ten Directions.
