The Facilitation Skills Intensive

iThis program is designed for professionals interested in acquiring group facilitation skills and gaining creative techniques for working with teams and groups. If you are a manager, coach, leader, trainer who is looking to enhance create more powerful learning experiences through enhanced facilitation skills, this program is for you. This is a "train the trainer" program geared to help professionals develop and practice group facilitation skills. Both new and group facilitators with some experience will benefit from this program which includes practice and feedback.
"What worked well for learning – Pace of course, interaction with group members. Jenn’s Wealth of knowledge" – Sarah Owen
"We covered so much ground in the two days. I am leaving with a lot more confidence and a lot of great tools I can't wait to try out!"
During this intensive two day program you will learn:
Your Registration includes
The Group Facilitation Intensive manual (100 plus pages) which includes:
The program includes two days of instruction plus a group follow-up call one month after the in-person intensive to check in on your facilitation skills practice. Each intensive usually involves 4-8 participants
“Useful for skills with coaching and facilitation. For all levels of experience. Well done, greatly executed” – Sarah Owen
Program Details:
Program Hours: Day 1 runs from 8:30 - 4:30 pm, Day 2 runs from 8:30 - 4:30 pm
Program Cost: $1450 Canadian plus HST for public programs (includes 2 days of instruction, manual and a group follow up call)
Reserve your spot in an upcoming public program here ($1450 plus HST) - you will be taken to our registration page.
If you'd like to arrange an in-house delivery of the program, please contact Jennifer directly at 416-996-8326.
Upcoming 2025 Dates include:
First Week of May 2025 - Bracebridge, Muskoka, CANADA (In person)
Corporate Offerings for In-House Teams Can are also available. Reach out to discuss your needs.
We have worked with a wide range of organizations across financial services, health care, manufacturing, environmental services, education and
The Virtual offering of this program is made available through a five week program (8.75 hours of content) or a 10 week program (15 hours). These start regularly throughout the year.
You may also be interested in the Virtual Facilitation Essentials geared for those leading webinars, and virtual meetings. More here about this virtual offering. Programs start quarterly.
"What worked well for learning – Pace of course, interaction with group members. Jenn’s Wealth of knowledge" – Sarah Owen
"We covered so much ground in the two days. I am leaving with a lot more confidence and a lot of great tools I can't wait to try out!"
During this intensive two day program you will learn:
- The skills, competencies and best practices of successful facilitators,
- How your skills compare through a Facilitator Self-Assessment,
- How to identify participant learning styles and preferences,and implement facilitation techniques to accommodate them
- How to be sensitive to different phases of group formation and how to adapt your facilitation style to meet the different needs,
- How to create a positive climate for learning,
- Specific techniques on how to deal with difficult participants,
- A variety of approaches to boost engagement of group members
- Specific techniques to conduct and debrief learning activities,
- More than 2 dozen techniques and facilitation tools for working with a range of topics including strategic planning, making decisions, gaining consensus, goal setting, openers, energizers, closing an engagement
- How to manage the logistics and finer details of a learning event (in-person or virtually/by phone)
- Receive opportunities for practice and feedback throughout the program. Each participant will lead us through a 20-25 minute group facilitation process of their choice
- Prepare a personal Action Plan including strategies to further practice your new facilitation skills in your work.
Your Registration includes
The Group Facilitation Intensive manual (100 plus pages) which includes:
- a comprehensive resource guide of web-based and printed material
- selected facilitation exercises and tools you can implement into your next team development and facilitation work
- templates for you to adapt and use in your work
The program includes two days of instruction plus a group follow-up call one month after the in-person intensive to check in on your facilitation skills practice. Each intensive usually involves 4-8 participants
“Useful for skills with coaching and facilitation. For all levels of experience. Well done, greatly executed” – Sarah Owen
Program Details:
Program Hours: Day 1 runs from 8:30 - 4:30 pm, Day 2 runs from 8:30 - 4:30 pm
Program Cost: $1450 Canadian plus HST for public programs (includes 2 days of instruction, manual and a group follow up call)
Reserve your spot in an upcoming public program here ($1450 plus HST) - you will be taken to our registration page.
If you'd like to arrange an in-house delivery of the program, please contact Jennifer directly at 416-996-8326.
Upcoming 2025 Dates include:
First Week of May 2025 - Bracebridge, Muskoka, CANADA (In person)
Corporate Offerings for In-House Teams Can are also available. Reach out to discuss your needs.
We have worked with a wide range of organizations across financial services, health care, manufacturing, environmental services, education and
The Virtual offering of this program is made available through a five week program (8.75 hours of content) or a 10 week program (15 hours). These start regularly throughout the year.
You may also be interested in the Virtual Facilitation Essentials geared for those leading webinars, and virtual meetings. More here about this virtual offering. Programs start quarterly.

Here's what past participants have said about the program:
"The pace of learning was excellent."
"Comprehensive, tailored experience, that allows you to shine!"
"Excellent facilitation and very good content"
"The pace of learning was excellent."
"Comprehensive, tailored experience, that allows you to shine!"
"Excellent facilitation and very good content"