Facilitation Fundamentals
Discover how to lead groups effectively through the art and science of authentic facilitation
An Essential Pocket Guide
Invest in yourself ONLY $59 (USD)
Come and discover some of the best secrets to successfully lead groups
Original, interactive, intensive self-reflection course
After completing 5 modules, you will gain:
- Heightened self-awareness and practical discoveries
- Fresh understanding about how adults learn and develop
- Unique insights into group dynamics
- Concrete tools, examples and exercises to supercharge your delivery
5 Fundamentals to Facilitate Learning & Development
Module #1: CONNECT TO AUTHENTICITY
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
- Understand the core principles of facilitation
- Describe the power of using symbols
- Explain the ingredients of effective facilitation
- Apply recruitment of a Learning Buddy
Module #2: ACTIVATE COLLABORATIVE LEARNING
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
- Understand the learning process
- Describe the role of feelings, caring and discovering for embodied learning
- Explain how adults learn differently
- Apply a habit of Highly Effective People
Module #3: NURTURE HUMAN POTENTIAL
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
- Understand the role of care signals in your facilitation
- Describe the difference between Community- and Self-Actualisation
- Explain the Experiential Learning Cycle
- Apply your understanding through a Learning Needs Analysis
Module #4: EMBRACE DIVERSITY
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
- Understand different ways to engage diverse learners
- Describe your personality type using Myers Briggs
- Explain the importance of self-awareness on your journey towards your vision of facilitation
- Apply through undertaking right-brain engagement exercises
Module #5: DECODE GROUP DYNAMICS
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
- Understand the group development process
- Describe the Group Iceberg and what’s going on below the surface
- Explain how to manage group dynamics
- Apply through identifying the 3 most important tools from this course that will help you proceed on your facilitator journey
Module #1: JOURNEY ESSENTIALS
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
- Understand the core principles of facilitation
- Describe the power of using symbols
- Explain the ingredients of effective facilitation
- Apply recruitment of a Learning Buddy
Module #2: THE SECRETS OF LEARNING
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
- Understand the learning process
- Describe the role of feelings, caring and discovering for embodied learning
- Explain how adults learn differently
- Apply a habit of Highly Effective People
Module #3: THE ACTUALIZATION OF LEARNING
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
- Understand the role of care signals in your facilitation
- Describe the difference between Community- and Self-Actualisation
- Explain the Experiential Learning Cycle
- Apply your understanding through a Learning Needs Analysis
Module #4: THE DIVERSITY OF LEARNING
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
- Understand different ways to engage diverse learners
- Describe your personality type using Myers Briggs
- Explain the importance of self-awareness on your journey towards your vision of facilitation
- Apply through undertaking right-brain engagement exercises
Module #5: THE ICEBERG OF LEARNING
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
- Understand the group development process
- Describe the Group Iceberg and what’s going on below the surface
- Explain how to manage group dynamics
- Apply through identifying the 3 most important tools from this course that will help you proceed on your facilitator journey
AUTHENTICITY
Module #1: JOURNEY ESSENTIALS
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
- Understand the core principles of facilitation
- Describe the power of using symbols
- Explain the ingredients of effective facilitation
- Apply recruitment of a Learning Buddy
ANDRAGOGY
Module #2: THE SECRETS OF LEARNING
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
- Understand the learning process
- Describe the role of feelings, caring and discovering for embodied learning
- Explain how adults learn differently
- Apply a habit of Highly Effective People
ACTUALIZATION
Module #3: THE ACTUALIZATION OF LEARNING
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
- Understand the role of care signals in your facilitation
- Describe the difference between Community- and Self-Actualisation
- Explain the Experiential Learning Cycle
- Apply your understanding through a Learning Needs Analysis
DIVERSITY
Module #4: THE DIVERSITY OF LEARNING
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
- Understand different ways to engage diverse learners
- Describe your personality type using Myers Briggs
- Explain the importance of self-awareness on your journey towards your vision of facilitation
- Apply through undertaking right-brain engagement exercises
DYNAMICS
Module #5: THE ICEBERG OF LEARNING
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
- Understand the group development process
- Describe the Group Iceberg and what’s going on below the surface
- Explain how to manage group dynamics
- Apply through identifying the 3 most important tools from this course that will help you proceed on your facilitator journey
We intentionally designed each module to call forth your own wisdom and experiences, because when you’re on the front lines, note-flipping won’t help. Each module includes practical theories, real stories, exercises and more to increase your awareness and ability.
5 Fundamentals to Facilitate Learning & Development
Module #1: JOURNEY ESSENTIALS
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
- Understand the core principles of facilitation
- Describe the power of using symbols
- Explain the ingredients of effective facilitation
- Apply recruitment of a Learning Buddy
Module #2: THE SECRETS OF LEARNING
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
- Understand the learning process
- Describe the role of feelings, caring and discovering for embodied learning
- Explain how adults learn differently
- Apply a habit of Highly Effective People
Module #3: THE ACTUALIZATION OF LEARNING
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
- Understand the role of care signals in your facilitation
- Describe the difference between Community- and Self-Actualisation
- Explain the Experiential Learning Cycle
- Apply your understanding through a Learning Needs Analysis
Module #4: THE DIVERSITY OF LEARNING
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
- Understand different ways to engage diverse learners
- Describe your personality type using Myers Briggs
- Explain the importance of self-awareness on your journey towards your vision of facilitation
- Apply through undertaking right-brain engagement exercises
Module #5: THE ICEBERG OF LEARNING
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
- Understand the group development process
- Describe the Group Iceberg and what’s going on below the surface
- Explain how to manage group dynamics
- Apply through identifying the 3 most important tools from this course that will help you proceed on your facilitator journey
We intentionally designed each module to call forth your own wisdom and experiences, because when you’re on the front lines, note-flipping won’t help. Each module includes practical theories, real stories, exercises and more to increase your awareness and ability.
Impactful learning journey
Videos revealing hidden
principles of success
Recordings of real-life facilitation sessions to show you how an experienced facilitator builds trust and transforms tension
Lifetime access to
all course materials
All videos as well as your personal Reflexivity Journals remain for your continued revision and insight integration
Additional learning support, plus coaching potentials
Valuable comment-based feedback on all modules, from experienced practitioners and opportunities for 1-1 coaching sessions
Who is this course for?
Whether you’re bringing people together for a business goal or a humanitarian one, or both, this course helps you harness group dynamics to support learning and development. Based on established scientific studies, FACILITATION FUNDAMENTALS gives you tools to move beyond self-actualization to community-actualization.
If you’re looking for a guide to up your game, come and explore these fundamentals to strengthen your art of facilitating clients to achieve goals. If you are wanting to move from working with individual clients to working with groups, you will find in this course practical, step-by-step guidelines for designing spaces that enable both personal and shared transformation.
FACILITATION FUNDAMENTALS has been shown to create lifelong shifts in perspectives, where learners and participants discover latent potentials within themselves, and gain trust in others. This course is ideal for reconnecting with the roots of leadership and team development, while adapting to the virtual world.
Special Offers For Teams
We offer the following discounts for group purchases:
- 3 people - 5%
- 10 people - 10%
- 20 people - 20%
- 30 people or more - 30%
Our instructors
This dedicated duo will guide you through this course
Siobhan and Khang share their knowledge, theoretical understanding, and practical experience in each module with both enthusiasm and passion.
Siobhan Riordan
She has been an Adult Educator for over thirty years and is a trained Psychotherapist.
Khang Nguyen
She has been facilitating workshops and youth leadership programmes in Vietnam since 2012.
Global Collaboration
Brooke Summers-Perry is the co-founder of We Practice Life – a community run partnership that offers tools and practices for wellness, empowerment, and authentic connection. Brooke earned a B.S. in Psychology, with a minor in Sociology, a Masters in Architecture, and certification as a Spiritual Director. In the video below, Brooke shares how the knowledge gained from Facilitation Fundamentals has supported her business and community.
With Khang in Vietnam, Brooke in the USA and Siobhan in the UK, this has been a truly global collaboration to bring you this course.
Step-by-step guide to joining the course
This is how easy it is to get access to the course. When you click LEARN NOW, it will take you to the We Practice Life (WPL) website. The site will ask you to join WPL first. Then it will take you to the page for you to enter payment information. Once complete, the site will take you straight to the course. We recommend you bookmark the page, so you will have immediate access in the future. We look forward to welcoming you into our course.
Frequently asked questions
We estimate that you would complete this course in 25 hours, including reading all materials and doing assignments.
You own a lifetime access to all learning materials on We Practice Life Platform.
This course is designed as your essential pocket guides. Here you would find the most efficient principles which are beneficial both to newbies and professionals. You are highly recommended to reflect on your own experiences while learning theories or observing case studies.
For additional investment, we can provide written feedback on submission of Reflective Journals. Or we can offer 1-2-1 module coaching with one of our experienced practitioners. Simply reach out to us directly at learningcommunitiesnetwork@gmail.com.
Currently, this course does not offer refunds (as of 2023 year).
The course is hosted on We Practice Life’s platform. In addition to gaining access to Facilitation Fundamentals, it also gives you access to the amazing course run by WPL.
Currently, only the course Facilitation Fundamentals is hosted on We Practice Life platform.
At its core, WPL operates as a social media platform where you may read updates on newsfeed, chat with one or multiple learners and comment on each module.
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