Facilitation with Intention Series 🌀 Design for Connection

Date and Time: November 12, 2025 at 12pm-1pmET
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Location: Virtual via Zoom

Cost:

• Non-members

  • Full Sponsorship $50

  • Suggested Financial Contribution $25

  • Suggested Partial Financial Contribution $10

  • I’d like to attend with no financial contribution $0

• Members: Free (registration required)

Program Description:
🌾 Facilitation with Intention: Practices for Purposeful Gathering
A 3-part series for anyone who brings people together and wants more ease, connection, and impact.

Coming together live is a gift—and a choice point. We can default to old patterns: talking at people instead of with them, checking boxes, skimming the surface, avoiding what’s real.  Or—we can gather with intention.

This series is for anyone who holds space—whether it’s a staff meeting, retreat, community gathering, or strategy session—and wants to do it with more clarity, presence, and care.

There’s no one “right” way to facilitate. But we’ve found some practices that work—consistently, meaningfully, and across contexts. We’re here to share what we’ve learned—humbly and honestly—as an invitation to explore new ways of showing up.

Together, we’ll explore how to design and lead spaces where people feel alive, connected to purpose, and ready to move—not just sit and listen.

✨ Come to one, or join us for the full series.
Each session stands on its own—with practical tools and grounded takeaways.
Together, they build a fuller practice of facilitation with intention.

🌀 Part 2:  Design for Connection

This session is about designing gatherings that people actually want to be part of. We’ll share simple approaches to creating flow, encouraging participation, and weaving in structure that supports (but doesn’t stifle) real connection.

If you have a meeting coming up that you’ve designed and want feedback on, feel free to bring it! We’ll try to use an example during the session.

You’ll leave with:

• A flexible framework for designing any meeting or gathering

• Ideas for opening, transitioning, and closing with intention

• A handful of great questions and tools to foster group insight