Facilitate Systems Change
Be a catalyst for change.
The Art of Participatory Leadership +
Community Engagement Training
3 DAY FACILITATION TRAINING IN SEBASTOPOL CALIFORNIA
also known as the Art of Hosting and Harvesting Conversations that Matter
SEPTEMBER 29-OCTOBER 1, 2024
Designed for change leaders, social entrepreneurs, innovators, intrapreneurs, organizational leaders, philanthropists, educators, and anyone committed to shaping a brighter future.
In the face of worldwide intricacies and uncertainties, encompassing issues like climate change and social unrest, how can we assume the role of leaders and facilitators of systemic change? How can we effectively tap into collective wisdom to tackle complex challenges and promote resilient communities during periods of swift transformation?
A participatory leadership training that sets you up to guide change, leverage systemic approaches and tap into the collective wisdom of diverse groups to find solutions to complex challenges + opportunities in people's lives and in teams, communities and organizations.
Elevate your Participatory Leadership...
--Cultivate environments of inclusion + belonging.
--Surface diverse perspectives in the communities, organizations and teams you serve.
--Harness common ground amongst unlikely collaborators – even where the stakes are high and polarization is palpable.
--Develop value based solutions.
--Imagine a future where everyone flourishes.
--Cultivate cultures of meaningful connection, where individuals bring their full authentic selves.
This training is for leaders driven to make a meaningful contribution. These 3-days will equip you with skills to facilitate impactful conversations alongside fellow change leaders, also eager to create a brighter future.
Unlock a Dynamic Toolkit:
Methodologies that maximize participation in the groups you lead and leverages what people care about, while tapping into the collective wisdom and organizing capacity of any group of any size.
Frameworks that help you make sense of a complex world, where you are dealing with uncertainty within yourself and those you serve. These frameworks help you shift your mindset and offer deeper understanding to your participants so that you can navigate the way forward.
Practices + Principles that build a culture of care and belonging while embracing growth and metabolizing challenges.
Being at the forefront of change presents unparalleled opportunities. To succeed, having access to the right tools, skills, community, mentors, and support is indispensable. This training aims to amplify your impact and position you to truly make a difference. If you aspire to expand your capacity for change leadership we are cultivating a supportive community to reinforce your endeavors.
The journey of catalyzing change inherently presents hurdles.
Whether you're new to facilitating change programs or a seasoned facilitator seeking the next level of your practice, navigating complexity within rapidly evolving landscapes demands continuous growth and adaptation.
Our academy provides proven methodologies that establish connections within the systems you operate, uncover potential solutions guided by those most affected in the system, leading to scalable actions crafted by individuals living within the system.
Through our trainings, we offer you the support you've longed for within a community of change leaders that understand what it is you are trying to achieve, and support you in your ability to thrive amidst constant change.
You will receive training that challenges existing paradigms, fosters essential skill acquisition, and nurtures deep connections among fellow change leaders.
Phase 1:
Art of Participatory Leadership + Community Engagement (AoPL+CE): is a foundational course for Designing and Facilitating Systems Change
This is the first Phase in a multi-phase training pathway.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR SEPTEMBER 29TH TO OCTOBER 1ST, 2024 , FOR THIS IMMERSIVE TRAINING EXPERIENCE IN SEBASTOPOL, SONOMA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.
During these three days, you will:
--Embark on the first phase of training toward certification in Facilitating Long Term Systemic Change.
--Acquire practical, replicable tools.
--Develop confidence and proficiency in participatory leadership methods, frameworks, and principles applicable to your community.
--Expand your collaborative capacity and amplify your impact.
--Master the art of creating inclusive spaces and honoring diverse perspectives.
--Forge deeper connections within the communities you serve.
--Apply systems thinking approaches to tackle complex challenges while seeking solutions from those most affected.
The magic unfolds in the training as you receive personalized coaching, engage in hands-on learning, and step into the role of facilitator during the training sessions so that you return home confident to replicate your newfound skills that you practiced during the training.
In addition to the three days in person, we are including 2 additional learning opportunities that will set you up for continued success:
1. Design Accelerator: The remote workshop "Designing for Transformation Accelerator," is happening shortly after the in-person training and empowers you to:
--Design transformational learning programs.
--Apply AoH principles and tools effectively.
--Foster collaboration and camaraderie with fellow change leaders in the cohort.
--Enhance your knowledge and readiness for community engagement.
2. Purpose Accelerator: A call to support you in honing your purpose so that you can step more boldly into your change work with Anamaria Aristizabal, Master Coach specialized in Purpose Work
Testimonials
I can't thank you enough for such a wonderful experience! I'm so enjoying finding ways to bring back to my corporate life many of the wonderful things I was fortunate enough to share with and learn from all of you. So grateful for the time to be together, to be focused on doing great work inside and out, and in such an amazing space of open curiosity and support.
- K. Curley
I didn’t expect the training to be so powerful for me, but I was moved by it deeply. The rich and thoughtful experiences at the training let the tools/methods/tips that we learned really sink in. It really drove home the idea that facilitation and leadership are both dependent on connecting with others on a human level, rather than with an agenda, product, or program. It was truly eye-opening and life-changing for me.
Peter Kobak, Project Manager,
Innovation Team - City of Peoria
I had a fantastic experience. The tools and processes of the training are just that, tools. The weekend was a powerful manifestation of what is possible when a group of people comes together, each answering their own sense of calling, each committed to their own self-mastery in service to a world where all can thrive. The positive co-creative energy of the learning environment kept building throughout the whole weekend. The facilitators demonstrated what it is to
practice, increasingly embodying the essence of the concepts, principles, and ways of being they were teaching. Through their authentic practice, they invited others to do the same.
Elizabeth WalshVisiting Professor,
School of Architecture and Planning, University at Buffalo
“My experience felt alive, relevant, and meaningful. It also felt very unique to me, and I appreciated our diversity and everyone’s unique contributions, as well as the support and encouragement to bring my own unique contributions.”
“I anticipated that this training would help me find a graceful way to transition out of my current work setting. Instead, I found renewed reasons to stay at it and ways to engage others around me, with similar frustrations, to start working toward meaningful change.”
TRANSFORM YOUR ROLE AS A CHANGE LEADER:
Gain confidence. Access proven methodologies. Embrace transformative learning. Foster camaraderie within a supportive community.
This training isn't just about transforming your role—it's about directly impacting your work and its ripple effect on others. Gain the confidence to explore and implement possibilities for a brighter future for all.
Dana Pearlman
With a focus on transforming outdated, ineffective, or oppressive systems, Dana works with leaders, teams, and groups to tap into their deepest values and transform them into a desired vision for the future. As a seasoned professional who specializes in systems thinking, course design, training, facilitation, and coaching across various sectors, Dana designs and facilitates diverse, multi-stakeholder engagements and action learning experiences that lead to transformational learning and social innovation. She utilizes many methodologies, frameworks, practices, principles, and systems thinking, backed by graduate degrees in clinical psychology and strategic leadership toward sustainability.
Dana has contributed her insights to numerous publications and holds an extensive client list that reflects her commitment to enacting meaningful change across a diverse landscape. She has designed and facilitated sessions for the Hawaii Leadership Forum, Butte County Office of Education, U of Washington CoLab, California Department of Food and Agriculture, State of Vermont, The Ministry of Education of Tanzania, California Accountable Communities for Health, City of Long Beach, Casey Family Programs, and many other organizations. Dana is an introverted facilitator, with a former fear of public speaking, Dana found the Art of Hosting + Harvesting Conversations that Matter in Denmark in 2010 and it transformed her - she has been a coach to others in finding the transformative magic of this practice.
Dana leads intensives in The Art of Hosting Conversations that Matter and founded Synergy: a Facilitators Academy. Through this work, she encourages changemakers in their journey of facilitating and designing systemic change initiatives. She also leads workshops in Authentic Leadership. Dana has been an Advisor to the SelfDesign Institute, a Curriculum Advisor to Dalai Lama Fellows, a Founding Board Member for Base Camp, and a mentor for the HIVE Global Leaders Program. Dana is catalyzing and accelerating the world-changing leadership necessary to meet the profound challenges of the 21st century.
Dana uses powerful questions to unearth wisdom at the individual, team, organizational, community, and systemic levels. Her intention is to steward a world that is more whole, interconnected, and in alignment with our true selves for wiser and conscious impact. Her sweet spot is at the intersection of leadership, tapping into a group's collective wisdom, and cultivating communities of practice to become a system of influence and transform failing systems in our world.
“Dana is a tremendous force who excels in connecting others more deeply to themselves and to others. She has been an invaluable advisor, mentor and colleague over the past few years. Her insights into and support with the Dalai Lama Fellows' Ethical Leadership curriculum have been deeply meaningful. Dana can distill her wisdom nonverbally and briefly, and also in great detail--we are lucky to be working with her.”B. Banerjee, Program Director at Dalai Lama Fellows
Anamaria Aristizabal
Anamaria listens, inspires, and empowers you to awaken more of your potential, show up, take action, and lead in a way that transforms and responds to what the world needs.
She is a Master Certified Coach (MCC), leadership trainer, coach trainer, facilitator, and culture transformation consultant. Anamaria is the founder of Re-Vision Academy, which offers learning journeys in purpose discovery and leadership, and is the author of “Life Re-Vision: A Journey to Rediscover your Core, Reinvent Yourself, and Renew your Future Vision,” available in Spanish and English. A biologist by training, her work is full of metaphors from nature to remind us of our place in the great web of life. She is a founding member of the Aldeafeliz Ecovillage, where she currently lives with her husband.
“The team coaching experience led by Anamaria and team created a safe, vulnerable, and reflective space to explore my role as both a leader and a teammate. The team coaching provided the compass for my team to begin mapping out the next stages of our work together; this deeper sense of alignment and trust will help us achieve more impact together – and have more fun doing it! The journey helped me add frameworks to my toolkit that I was able to practice in sessions and then apply to my role so I can be a more effective collaborator. I appreciated being challenged by Anamaria and team in a way that was direct and also caring – while sometimes I was pushed outside my comfort zone, it was in service of expanding my comfort zone, so I can now lean into more honest conversations with my teammates and feel grounded in doing this. I was able to reflect on my own leadership style, both strengths and my inner saboteurs, in a way where I now feel like I am leading more authentically. I truly appreciated this multi-month experience and believe Anamaria and team went above and beyond to help us thrive as individuals and as a collective.”Scott Earl, Global Talent Co-Director, Ashoka.
I found the training to be an excellent experience, both personally and professionally. The training was a wonderfully-blended experience of practical skills-building and deep personal growth. Through the workshop, I came to better understand my perspective and personal motivations, as well as build a deeper confidence in my skills and the value of my work. The visioning exercises we learned have already been useful in both conversations with colleagues, as well as within current work projects. I was also able to add more interactive and participatory elements to large community event, the Indianapolis Sustainability Summit, which allowed for it to be more fruitful for everyone involved – a direct benefit of the facilitation training!
We made the Summit more participatory by using some of the techniques learned during the training. The summit would have likely followed a more typical speaker/panel style for all sessions. Over 300 people attended the event, with approximately half participating specifically in the workshops that were participatory/cafe style activities. The workshops were also the launch of our public input period for the City’s first Sustainability and Resilience Action Plan, and helped set a positive and engaging tone as we continue to gather input over the next few months. The input from summit attendees will help critically shape our sustainability plan by ensuring it is based on community needs and priorities. Given how well it went we plan to continue to use participatory engagement in future events.
Jeffrey MeekProject Manager,
Indianapolis Office of Sustainability
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