Facilitation Skills

Facilitator:
Rebecca Sutherns

Dates:
October 26-27, 2026 (Monday & Tuesday)

Time:
8:30 am - 4:30 pm

Location
Grebel, Waterloo

Cost: 
$715 + HST  (See registration form for applicable discounts)

REGISTRATION

How many times have you sat through a poorly run meeting, knowing that if the session were being better facilitated, you would be accomplishing twice as much in half the time? 

Past participants have identified facilitation as "the skill they’ve used most often in the widest variety of settings.” It is the ability to help a group meet its goals and use its collaborative time exceptionally well.

This two-day (14-hour) workshop will help you be a more nimble facilitator. Strengthen the competencies that will help you facilitate effectively  in a wide range of situations.
 

Participants will leave the workshop having:

Learned what a facilitator is and does;

• Identified skills, mindsets and behaviours of a successful facilitator;
• Linked those competencies to their own strengths and style;
• Practiced several facilitation techniques, including strategies for coping when things threaten to go off the rails;
• Filled their toolbox of facilitation activities;
• Applied their insights to a case study from their own experience; and
• Built their professional network and resource library.

Led by Dr. Rebecca Sutherns, a Certified Professional Facilitator Master and trusted advisor to hundreds of organizations across Canada and internationally, this workshop reflects more than theory — it draws on decades of real-world practice. Rebecca brings deep expertise in strategy, adaptability, and collaborative leadership, modelling the very competencies she teaches. Participants benefit not only from practical tools and techniques, but from the insight of a facilitator who has helped mission-driven organizations navigate complexity, strengthen alignment, and achieve meaningful results.