LIVING FACILITATION
Registration for our Spring 2024 retreat is CLOSED.
Join us for our next Living Facilitation retreat in November!
Holding Space for Transformative Experiences
November 14th-17th, 2024
La Foret Conference and Retreat Center, Colorado Springs, CO
Are you frustrated with the poor quality of facilitation in groups you’re a part of?
Do you dream of leading powerful group experiences, but feel too intimidated to get started?
Have you been muddling through your facilitation and want the tools to take it to the next level?
Join Regenerate Change for the Living Facilitation Retreat and leave with a whole new approach to group leadership.
ABOUT LIVING FACILITATION
From educational workshops to work meetings, most changemakers participate in facilitated groups on a regular basis. Yet leading these groups can seem so mysterious. How do I fit everything into the schedule? What’s the best way to keep people engaged? How do I handle difficult personalities?
Claiming the role of “confident facilitator” may sound like a distant dream. But in our work at Regenerate Change, we’ve witnessed changemakers of all kinds blossom as facilitators with the thoughtful application of regenerative design and the right community of support.
That’s why we’re offering Living Facilitation, an in-depth training that will give you the confidence, tools and community of practice you need to take your facilitation practice to new heights.
Through a series of short online exercises and a three-day retreat in scenic rural Colorado, experienced facilitators Adam Brock and Asia Dorsey will give you the practical skills and intangible insights to plan and lead transformative groups of all sizes and purposes.
LEARN HOW TO...
- Identify your authentic voice and unique style of facilitation
- Overcome impostor syndrome
- Design spaces for equity and liberation
- Keep groups engaged through a polyculture of facilitation techniques
- Develop powerful, dynamic curricula and lesson plans
- Plan agendas (and improvise when necessary)
- Run virtual and online experiences that don’t suck
- Incorporate ritual into group spaces
- Confront and address conflict in groups
- Facilitate groups that build community
WHAT TO EXPECT
Four hours of online self-paced prep work on our online platform
Three days of in-person training
Body- and nature-based practices to engage your spirit and heart
Practice facilitating in real-world situations
A support network designed to last long after the course ends
YOUR FACILITATORS
Living Facilitation will be hosted by Regenerate Change co-director Adam Brock (he/him), a changemaker with over a decade of experience leading transformative experiences for groups of all sizes and backgrounds. Since 2009, Adam has facilitated over a thousand changemakers through Permaculture and Social Permaculture design courses, as well as leading hundreds of board retreats, strategic planning sessions, community gatherings, collective house meetings, and more.
Living Facilitation will be hosted by Regenerate Change co-director Adam Brock (he/him), a changemaker with over a decade of experience leading transformative experiences for groups of all sizes and backgrounds. Since 2009, Adam has facilitated over a thousand changemakers through Permaculture and Social Permaculture design courses, as well as leading hundreds of board retreats, strategic planning sessions, community gatherings, collective house meetings, and more.
The Living Facilitation retreat will be co-facilitated by Asia Dorsey, a regenerative educator and facilitator based in Denver, Colorado. Asia is trained Kingian Nonviolence and Permaculture Design, and has been an organizer, trainer and consultant for over a decade around issues as varied as youth empowerment, food and environmental justice, prison abolition, reparations, and Afrofuturism.
The Living Facilitation retreat will be co-facilitated by Asia Dorsey, a regenerative educator and facilitator based in Denver, Colorado. Asia is trained Kingian Nonviolence and Permaculture Design, and has been an organizer, trainer and consultant for over a decade around issues as varied as youth empowerment, food and environmental justice, prison abolition, reparations, and Afrofuturism.
The online self-paced prep work will be led by Abrah Dresdale, M.A., (she/her), a visionary educator, curriculum designer, and culture-shift consultant specializing in regenerative design, social permaculture, and prison food justice. For the last 10 years, she has been Faculty at University of Massachusetts and has taught at Omega Institute for Holistic Studies since 2015. She is Co-Founding Director of Regenerate Change and author of Regenerative Design for Changemakers.
The pre-retreat training will be led by Abrah Dresdale, M.A., (she/her), a visionary educator, curriculum designer, and culture-shift consultant specializing in regenerative design, social permaculture, and prison food justice. For the last 10 years, she has been Faculty at University of Massachusetts and has taught at Omega Institute for Holistic Studies since 2015. She is Co-Founding Director of Regenerate Change and author of Regenerative Design for Changemakers.
WHEN + WHERE
Before the retreat, you’ll be asked to complete four hours of self-paced prep work on our online platform to gain a grounding in the fundamentals of regenerative facilitation and identify your facilitation style.
The retreat itself will be held at the historic La Foret Conference and Retreat Center, nestled in the beautiful Black Forest 60 minutes south of Denver. Our time together will begin at 5:30 pm on Thursday 11/14, and end at 3pm on Sunday 11/17. Shared-room accomodations and meals are included in your registration cost.
INVESTMENT
All our educational offerings at Regenerate Change are run on a sliding-scale model, with three tiers to allow for participation from changemakers of a wide variety of backgrounds. Before you sign up, please review the options below and pick the tier that feels most appropriate for your circumstances.
SCHOLARSHIP RATE
$475 upfront, OR
$158/month for 3 months
Five scholarship seats are reserved at this rate solely for participants who identify as low-income BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color). Register here by self-selection – no application necessary.
SUSTAINER RATE
$1425 upfront, OR
$475/month for 3 months
Register at this rate if you do not land in either the Scholarship or Sponsor descriptions. This rate reflects the true cost for Regenerate Change to deliver this course.
SPONSOR RATE
$2150 upfront, OR
$717/month for 3 months
For participants who have access to intergenerational wealth, self-generated surplus income, or professional development funds through your employer, please consider paying the Sponsor rate. This rate directly supports scholarships and other forms of financial accessibility at Regenerate Change.
