Facilitating Collaborative Innovation, Virtual Course, 2025

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Virtual Course:

Facilitating Collaborative Innovation

May 14, 21, 28 and June 4

Pacific US: 11:00 am - 2:30 pm
Eastern US: 2:00 - 5:30 pm

What It Is

Step into the process of collaborative innovation with our immersive and highly experiential facilitation-focused workshop. Designed for leaders eager to implement and facilitate powerful collaborative processes within their own networks, this course goes beyond theory, providing you with practical tools and hands-on experience. You will learn essential meeting planning, facilitation, and leadership practices that help diverse groups move from goal setting to achieving tangible outcomes together. Whether you’re working virtually or in-person, our methods are adaptable to any environment and emphasize navigating conflicts, confusion, and uncertainties that arise during collaboration.

Who Should Enroll

This course is ideal for leaders ready to drive progress and foster a culture of innovation within their collaborations. If you’re determined to overcome challenges like analysis paralysis and unproductive group dynamics, and want to build momentum towards impactful solutions, this course is for you.

Duration

Four virtual sessions, 3.5 hours each.

Registration Cost
$775 USD per person | Registration includes digital copies of all course materials and resources.

What You’ll Gain

Join us in this workshop exploring an integrative approach to leading and facilitating collaboration. Through a blend of mini-lectures and applied facilitation, you will engage in meeting facilitation scenarios, addressing actual challenges faced by participants. You’ll learn practices to navigate conflicts, work across diverse perspectives, and build trust within your collaboration. We emphasize creating a space where every voice is heard, fostering a culture of accountability, and moving from insightful discussions to actionable steps.

The course centers around the six stages of the meeting cycle and will support you in:

Setting an intentional meeting agenda
Creating a conducive meeting environment
Building and maintaining a culture of accountability
Guiding conversations and providing direction during and between meetings
Crafting a compelling narrative that builds group momentum

You will leave this workshop with enhanced skills in:

Combining the best of leadership and collaboration to lead change more effectively
Navigating confusion and avoid circular conversations
Establishing and maintaining a clear shared intent with your collaboration
Thoughtfully addressing issues of power and hierarchy within a group

Practical applications:

Participants will leave the workshop with practical strategies and tools, ready to apply them within their own teams and networks. The course encourages ongoing reflection and adaptation, ensuring you continue growing as a collaborative leader.
Join us to build momentum, facilitate collaboration, and achieve groundbreaking solutions together.

Trainers

Heather Equinoss, Issac M. Carter, and Russ Gaskin

Join us to build momentum, facilitate collaboration, and achieve groundbreaking solutions together.