Foundational Facilitation

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Foundational Facilitation

October 29-30, 2025

Transform your ability to lead impactful meetings and guide collaborative decision-making with this intensive two-day facilitation skills workshop. Whether you're navigating complex stakeholder discussions, leading project teams, or facilitating public engagement sessions, this training will equip you with immediately applicable tools and techniques. Led by Maggie Chumbley, founder of Lead Groups Better Inc. and expert in public sector facilitation, participants will master essential facilitation skills while building confidence to handle all kinds of group dynamics. Leave with a robust toolkit of proven strategies ready to elevate your next meeting and gain a reputation for productivity, engagement and navigating tough challenges.

Recent Participant Testimonials:

• "Maggie's facilitation training left each of our diverse team members with things to try right away to improve their meetings." – WDFW
• "Our team immediately began using some of the facilitation structures to build our regular quarterly meeting and improve its focus and effectiveness. There's a renewed sense of energy around solving problems together." – WDFW
• "This training increased my confidence and provided me with a new approach to structuring meetings. We are getting more active participation from meeting participants, and our meetings transformed from one-way conversations to purpose-driven, structured agenda topics that result in better outcomes faster." – King County

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Coffee and introductions begin at 8:30am. Instruction time will be 9am - 4pm.

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