SKILL YOURSELF UP

Leading Groups Course

Learn how to confidently lead any group, anywhere. Gain the tools, techniques and mindset to manage engaging meetings, design interactive workshops and host events - online, offline & hybrid.

  • 8 live sessions
  • 8 weeks
  • Certification Upon Completion
  • Online / Offline / Hybrid

Lead the change

Unlock potential in people and projects, engage conversations and drive true impact.

With this training and community, you'll be ahead of the game and fully equipped for the era of remote, hybrid and flex-workforce.

Learn by doing

Learn by directly trying out and experiencing hybrid facilitation in each session. There is a dynamic mix of live sessions, theory, feedback and reflection - with tools you can directly apply in your own work.

Last but not least you put all your learnings into practice within the final delivery for a real client brief.

Grow confidence

Build your toolkit of exercises and techniques for leading groups with confidence and embrace/develop your unique facilitation style.

Develop your own authentic hosting style, and how to adapt and react confidently to any scenario or group dynamic.

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What you will learn

Gain the skills to lead any group with confidence. From hosting, to guiding team collaboration or designing interactive and participatory sessions - you will level up your facilitation skills through deliberate practice and hands on application. As well as expert feedback, and personal reflection you get the benefit of peer learning and joining a passionate community of practice, with fellow professional facilitators.

Some of the key learnings include:

  • Group dynamic models

  • Design workshops, meetings and conversations

  • Engagement hacks

  • Challenging participants & scenarios

  • 60+ tools and templates for leading engaging meetings, workshops and events

LEADING GROUPS IS AN 8 WEEKS COURSE.

Week 1

KICK OFF - ONLINE
Launching your learning experience. Laying the foundation for the why, how and what of group leadership.

Week 2

FIRST FACILITATION - HYBRID
Baptism of fire into experiential learning, facilitate in front of a group and uncover where you’re at now and how you want to grow.

Week 3

SESSION DESIGN - ONLINE
How to design, plan and craft sessions that achieve tangible goals. From intentions and desired outcomes to seamless flows across different platforms and set-ups.

Week 4

HOST LIKE A PRO - HYBRID
How to lead smooth conversations, host interactive activities and keep all participants engaged. How to cope with any situation that pops up in your own style.

Week 5 - 8

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Course structure

This is an 8-week course with one live session per week.

Where

You can join from all over the world.

If you're based in Montreal, you can join three to four of the course sessions at our mischievous workshop space in Downtown Montreal, Quebec.

How

  • 7 evening classes (2,5hrs), Tuesdays 6:30-9:00pm EST

  • Weekly challenges & reflection tasks (individual time investment)

  • Group workshop challenge (+/- 4hrs) + client workshop (2hrs)

  • 1 Group Coaching Call (1.5 h)

  • Final course day (2.5h)

6. February - 26. March, 24

Session 1-6 always from 6.30 - 9:00pm EST

Session 1 (online): Kick-Off: February 6

Session 2 (hybrid): First Facilitation: February 13

Session 3 (online): Session Design: February 20

Session 4 (hybrid): Host like a Pro: February 27

Session 5 (hybrid): Group dynamics & virtual Collabs: March 5

Session 6 (online): Project Mgmt & Client brief: March 12

Session 7 (online): Group coaching calls: March 19 from 6:00 - 9:00pm (3 time slots)

Session 8: Client workshop and feedback: March 22, 9:30am - 1:00pm (Client Delivery Sessions from 9:30am - 11:30am / Feedback from 11:45 - 1:00pm)

Session 9 (online): Closure: March 26 from 6:30 - 8:00pm

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Is this for me?

Who should take this course

Designed for Team Leaders, Project Managers, Service Designers, Educators or anyone who must help a group to work collaboratively.

Facilitation skills empower every role within a team, enhancing your ability to collaborate, communicate and to achieve specific outcomes.

Some of our alumni

I am over-expectations-satisfied with the course and the awesome course leaders at Mischief Makers B.V. , and would like to recommend it to anyone who feels the need to grow in their facilitation skills. You get access to a lot of knowledge, templates and a network of facilitators. You will learn together with others, practice, experience, reflect and you will receive constructive feedback, coaching and finish with a real assignment. It’s learning by doing, and the energy you put in is the energy you get back

Armin PendekDesign & Innovation Lead Helsingborgs Stad

It was very enriching getting to know such a diverse group of people with very different backgrounds and professions but with the same interest for facilitation. The course really showed me what a powerful thing facilitation can be, especially given how dynamic, adaptable and cross-cutting it is.

Giordano MargaglioDisaster Risk Management & Climate Resilience Specialist

I actually start my new job today and being part of this course was a big factor in why I got it - High fives!

Dan Spain

I loved it! The time somehow flies and I don't feel like we are missing anything in terms of the content. AMAZING! I am receiving exactly what I signed up for. I feel like this course will be a kick for my confidence as a facilitator. I have already started applying what I have been learning and I cannot wait to design a workshop from scratch with all the things I have learned.

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    • How we do it

    Experience based learning

    Experiential Learning

    We facilitate learning journeys where practical examples, first-hand experience, application and reflection are all part of the process.

    Asynchronous Working & Learning

    Do things on on your own schedule. Aside from the fixed live sessions, you choose when and how deep you'd like to dive into the provided contents.

    Blended Learning

    We provide you with a mix of different materials and formats. Each session is accompanied with an extensive Learning Kit including a range of contents from articles, videos and podcasts to exercises...

    Expert Coaching

    There’s continuous support througout the course and group coaching on session design and the final workshop delivery

    Frequently asked questions

    How many spots are there?

    The course is open to a max. of 18 bright minds.

    Who will be leading the course?

    The course will be led by the Mischief Makers core team as well as other expert facilitators from the Mischief Makers Network. Like this you'll experience a diverse range of facilitation styles.

    Do I need any previous experience?

    Not necessarily. If you're new to the game but you've got a knack for it our door is open! However, this course is for people with an aptitude and passion for facilitation so previous experience is a plus (also, as a reference point for content within the course).

    Who can sign-up?

    All bright and mischievous minds may join! This course is open to all of you out there who are working (or are about to be working) in roles, which require leadership and people management. Whether you’re an educator, a project manager or team lead, and L&D manager,... if you're in positions where a group of people is looking to you for guidance or support: this one’s for you.

    Can I join with my team / a group of people?

    Absolutely! Joining this course with your colleague(s) will be a great asset; it can help you to reflect on facilitation within your specific context and support in implementing and introducing learnings. We do offer special deals for groups joining with 3+ people. Please reach out directly to hey@mischiefmakers.co or schedule a call below.

    Can I request a course like this for my company?

    You can indeed! We offer tailor-made in-house facilitation training. Please reach out directly to hey@mischiefmakers.co and we'll be happy to explore how we can bring this training to you and your team.

    I need help with fees. How can I apply for a scholarship or payment plan?

    One of our core values is and always has been accessibility, we believe that this new way of working (hybrid!) should be available to everybody. With that in mind, we have two scholarship spaces available so if you are out there and would like to take the course, all you need to do is send a motivational letter to hey@mischiefmakers.co

    To make the course fee more accessible, we offer to set up a payment plan, which splits the total amount into smaller instalments. You can choose to split those over a max. of found months. Please contact us to set things up.

    Once again though, what do you mean by facilitation?

    The dry definition: "Facilitation is a process that trainers, team builders, meeting leaders, managers and communicators use to add content, process and structure to meet the needs of an individual, group or team. In an overall description, facilitation is used to help a group of people to achieve their goal, their reason for holding the meeting."
    The Mischief definition: "Empowering."

    How can I mess this up?

    By not applying for this course.

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    • Meet your facilitators

    The course is led by the Mischief Makers dream team, sharing their facilitation experience from a broad range of client meetings, workshops, and events.

    JESS MALZ

    Program Lead / Facilitator

    Jess is a creative powerhouse with the ability to transform vision into clear actions. They are able to constantly adapt to the moment and have a deep emotional intelligence and authenticity that makes them a great facilitator.

    EZ BRIDGEMAN

    Co-facilitator

    He believes that groups hold transformative potential for both depth and vivacity. Ez brings out the sparkle and possibility with a dash of improvisation and creativity.

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