Do I need experience facilitating groups?

No. The program is designed as a solid foundation. Experience working with people, for example as a coach, manager or HR professional, does help.

How is this different from Facilitation Master?

Essentials is the foundation: five days in which you learn to design, contract and hold a group. Facilitation Master is the in-depth program of about six months for experienced facilitators who want to develop mastery.

What does the beta edition mean?

This is the first edition of the program. That's why you pay a one-time € 1.850,- excl. VAT instead of € 2.500,-. After this edition the regular fee applies.

What time do the days start and end?

Each day runs from 10:00 to 17:00.

Where does the program take place?

Fully online, via Zoom. So there are no venue or catering costs.

What language is the program in?

The program is taught in English.

Do I get a certificate?

Yes, you receive a certificate on completion of the program.

Liberation of Facilitation Essentials

Facilitation Essentials

Stand in front of a leadership team with confidence

Five days for coaches, starting facilitators and corporate professionals who want to learn this work: the standard process for helping leadership teams shift their mindset and behaviour, so change and business results become possible.

Duration

5 days

Hours

10:00 - 17:00

Beta fee

€ 1.850,-

Location

Online via Zoom

Language

English

Dates

Coming soon

BetaFirst edition: € 1.850,- instead of € 2.500,- excl. VAT

See if this is a fit See the five days

Facilitator walking through the session design on the flipchart

Facilitator at the day agenda on the flipchart

You will learn from a depth of experience

1000+

teams facilitated by our team

500+

facilitators trained by our team

20.000+

facilitation hours (incl. Aberkyn)

Facilitation that actually changes teams

A leadership team doesn't change because of a nice workshop. It changes when people start to see differently and act differently, and that shows up in business results. That is what we mean by transformational facilitation.

In Facilitation Essentials you get the standard process for this work: from the first client conversation to the design, the session itself and what comes after. You practise that process with real designs, in a group, with feedback from experienced facilitators. It's a foundation you can then use in your own sessions, and build on from there. You can use this process for any question your client has, to help them get results.

Facilitator in conversation with the group

Who is Essentials for?

For anyone at the start of their facilitator journey. You recognise yourself in one of these profiles:

The coach stepping into groups

You're strong one-to-one and want to bring that quality to a team or a whole leadership group, even if you've never done it before.

The starting facilitator

You're running your first sessions, or about to, and want a solid foundation: a process that works, and the confidence to stand in front of the group.

The corporate professional

You work in HR, L&D, change or as a manager. You're considering this path, or want to use these skills inside your own organisation.

Five days, from first conversation to lasting change

A client wants to learn, solve, change. Whatever the content, you learn how to approach this, and how to make it last.

Every day from 10:00 - 17:00. You move through the full cycle of an assignment, and practise it straight away in the group. Day by day, this is what you take with you as a facilitator.

Day 1
1
Know your ground
- Positioning: what do you stand for?
- Your story and your purpose
- Your proposition: why a client chooses you
Day 2
2
Win the work
- Contracting and ownership: getting the client on board
- The client conversation
- Designing a session with the 5R framework: Reason, Roam, Reframe, Rehearse, Root
- Designing transformation: the from-to of change
Day 3
3
Run the room
- Facilitating your own design, with the group as your practice room
- Taking your place as a facilitator
- Creating safety in the group
- Putting the from-to of change on the table in the session
Day 4
4
Make it real
- Working with conflict
- Getting to the real conversation
- Your body as an instrument
- Tools you can use straight away
Day 5
5
Get it to stick
- Your next steps as a facilitator
- From a single session to lasting transformation for the company

Participant taking his place in front of the group

Participant listening closely in the circle

Our approach: being, knowing, doing

Everything you do in Essentials touches these three. You don't learn them as separate theory, but as one whole: who you are, what you know and what you do.

Being

Yourself as the instrument: presence, essence and the calm to hold the room.

Knowing

The knowledge behind your intervention: design, group dynamics and business relevance.

Doing

The skill in the room: dialogue, conflict, questions, your voice and your posture.

The Facilitator Self-Assessment measures you on exactly these three. In about 7 minutes you see where you are and what baggage you already bring. Take the assessment

What you also get

Everything you need to get started right after the five days, and to not have to go on alone.

A standard design process: the 5R's

One process to design all your sessions, from a single meeting to a whole journey: Reason, Roam, Reframe, Rehearse, Root.

Turnkey proposal material

Ready-made material to put a proposal in front of a client straight away.

Session designs

Designs you can use as they are, plus the skill to creatively build your own.

A development buddy

A fellow participant to practise with, reflect with and keep each other sharp.

A reflective intake

You start with an intake, and we use it to support your development throughout the program.

An alumni network of facilitators

Facilitators who keep adding value and working together, long after the program.

Faculty

Earlier in their careers, Beatrijs and Françoise developed and led the training of new facilitators at Aberkyn. Together with Zeeger, a facilitator and designer of leadership experiences, they now bring that experience to their own work, and to the foundation you build in Essentials.

Beatrijs Verploeg

Experienced facilitator, trainer and entrepreneur

Françoise Gielen

Experienced facilitator, trainer and leader

Zeeger Scholten

Facilitator and designer of transformational experiences

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