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Master the skills to create magnetic experiences that bring people together, deepen relationships, and ignite personal growth

The Authentic Facilitator is a series of journeys that will transform you into a master of human connection. You'll learn to design and facilitate engaging, transformative events for any setting — from corporate workshops to intimate gatherings. 

Dive deep into the art and science of Authentic Relating as you hone your facilitation skills through hands-on practice and learn from industry experts.

TAF: Master Facilitation Skills

Who it’s for

  • Experienced Authentic Relating facilitators who want to translate your skills into professional or other focus areas
  • Moderately experienced AR facilitators who want to improve your leadership to objective standards of excellence
  • Connection and community leaders who want to get paid for your work
  • Therapists, managers, coaches, or consultants who want to enhance your group practice and client-focused skills

What We’ll Cover

This course is our advanced training, including more than 110 videos by 11 master teachers on the ART of leadership, plus 15 live classes taught by a range of experts.

Over 15 weeks, you'll learn from a variety of facilitators in various fields who have created lives and careers around their practices. Discover how to bring connection design into schools, boardrooms, communities, and more - all while learning the skills you need to start or grow your own practice.    

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Whether you’re an Authentic Relating leader, a coach, a therapist, or a team manager, this course will help you bring authenticity and empathy into your leadership, and get inspired to a whole new level of how you can create connection in the world.

Prerequisites

  • TAF: Designing for Connection and/or experience leading at least 10 events, in any focus area 
  • Attendance at 1 or more Games Nights (which you can do on our online platform, or in your local community).

This 15-Week Course Includes...

100+ Video Lessons

Our 10 master facilitators will share knowledge, experience, and top tips that you can't find anywhere else.

Every week, you'll have 30-60 minutes of recommended watching - and, hours of extra content to peruse before, during, or after your training. The content will be available indefinitely!

You'll also get reflection questions and assignments for every module.

Weekly Practice Calls

 

Join your fellow students for weekly 120-minute coaching calls where you will learn, connect, and receive feedback from your coaches to level up your skills.

You also get access to a bi-weekly 1-hour Facilitation Fight Lab, for customized practice of the toughest leadership situations.

And, you'll join a triad of other students to practice in small community.

Leadership Opportunities

Over the course of 15 weeks, We'll support you to create and lead multiple public and private events. You'll get:

  • Tens of sample plans and successful pitches we've used, from community events to corporate facilitation
  • Methods to assess and research potential audiences
  • Custom templates to plan your events

Upcoming Cohorts

Fall 2026 Online

US/EU Tuesdays, Sep 8 - Dec 15, 12-2pm CT / 19-21:00 CET
AS/US Fridays, Sep 11 - Dec 18, 7-9pm CT / 10-12:00 AEST

Interested in joining?

Tell us about yourself! We'll reach out to you directly to book your complimentary discovery call.

Pay from the Heart Model

 This course is actually priced at $2500.

Our pay from the heart model allows you to take the course at a lower cost and add to your contribution after—based on what YOU feel you got from the material.

MFS Single Payment

Select your Cohort at checkout

$750.00 USD

MFS Five Payments

Select your Cohort at checkout

5 monthly payments of $150.00 USD

Prefer to Learn on Your Own?

The Authentic Facilitator - Self-Paced

Whether you're leading a workshop, facilitating a team, or building community from scratch, this course will cover all you need to know for expert facilitation. Get 110+ video lessons from 11 field-leading facilitators, as well as tons of resources and practice opportunities!

$395.00 USD
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Dealing with Difficult Participants

A Sampler of Master Facilitation Skills

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Can't make it live? RSVP and we'll send you a recording!

A live, interactive session on handling the participants who derail, dominate, or shut down your groups. Experience practical tools from MFS for staying grounded and effective when things get hard.

Every facilitator eventually meets the participant who talks too much, shuts down entirely, challenges your authority, or quietly checks out and takes the group's energy with them.

This webinar tackles those moments head-on.

We'll break down the most common "difficult participant" archetypes and what's actually happening underneath the behavior, then practice real-time responses you can use immediately.

We'll Cover

  • how to name what's happening without shaming anyone
  • how to protect the group's container while still including the individual
  • how to use your own presence and authority skillfully instead of either freezing or overpowering.

Expect live demonstration, a few practice rounds, and real scenarios pulled from participants' own facilitation experience.

Trauma, Triggers and Holding Safer Space

A Sampler of Master Facilitation Skills

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Can't make it live? RSVP and we'll send you a recording!

A live webinar on facilitating trauma and triggers with skill, so your groups can go deep and share honestly, safely.

Deep sharing and emotional intensity go hand in hand. The more real a group gets, the more likely someone touches something tender. Facilitating that well is a skill, and it's one most facilitators pick up by accident rather than on purpose.

This webinar covers the full picture:

  • how to think about trauma and triggers as a facilitator in general
  • how to build containers (through agreements, pacing, and consent) that let people share deeply and safely
  • how to respond skillfully in the moment when something does surface.

We'll talk through recognizing activation, staying grounded and regulated yourself, and knowing the difference between your role as a facilitator and the role of a therapist.

Expect practical frameworks, live discussion, and tools for both the setup and the in-the-moment response.

"One of the top 3 training programs I've done in my whole career."

—Joe Dellicarpini, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

 “This training helped connect me with the authenticity, aliveness, playfulness and depth that I’m wanting to infuse into my communities and in my personal life. And it allowed me to practice the skills of confidently creating all of that.”

—Ashley

"I took this course this fall/winter and loved it! It’s great for beginning facilitators but actually also a really helpful refresher for seasoned facilitators."

- Kaela

“I’m grateful for all the resources, but what was most important was learning that this is art - about letting go and trusting myself. I felt that was really modeled. I really can fuck things up, and it can be such a beautiful gift.”

- Summer

“I got so much out of the homework and videos. To me, that’s going to be an invaluable resource going forwards, to have those to refer to and go over and over.”

—Fiver

"Signing up for this course, in this moment, feels like the best choice I ever made for my life. I am standing at the door of possibility and alignment, and I actually have something concrete to fall back on. No dollar amount could ever compare to this course's power in my life, as it supported me to begin unlocking my passion and potential."

- Erin Root

"I really appreciated seeing the call recording, hearing the shares and the willingness to co- create, co empower, be flexible and democratic, letting the space be alive and grow to what's meeting needs and feelings. Being in this course is a massive learning journey and finding it beautiful to be part of, not always easy. -taking steps to show up to what shows up."

- Gaja

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