The word facilitation comes from the french word Facile, which means to make things easy for others. The role of the facilitator is to enable, empower and inspire a group to meet its goals. Dominant culture thrives on individualism, an urgent pace driven by paternalistic assignment of tasks, and the stifling of conflict, so transformative culture rests on collaboration, big picture context setting, authentic grapplic and debate to arrive at collectively held decisions, and transparent implementation plans that allow for accountability. Inclusive facilitation is the key to this type of power-sharing for collective impact.

In this session, participants will:

• Explore the art of facilitation as a tool to shift a groups’ experience of themselves, lift their belief of their capacity to act, and leverage group dynamics to reinforce the idea that two are better than one, and 10 are better than two!
• Learn strategies to deepen relational trust amongst your team members
• Visibilize how to support various learning styles, and design meeting agreements that will allow for more transparency and inclusion