Facilitating Meetings with Ease
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION
A well-run meeting creates alignment, clarity and motivates a group to action. Ineffective meetings lead to frustration, wasted resources and disengaged staff. With so many organizations recognizing the prohibitive cost of unproductive meetings, it is no wonder that meeting facilitation has become a core competency for anyone who must help groups to work collaboratively to achieve critical outcomes.
Facilitating Meetings with Ease is by far our most popular and comprehensive workshop. In this highly interactive workshop, we equip learners with the tools, techniques and templates needed to lead any outcomes-driven conversation. Whether you’re new to facilitation or have years of experience, this workshop provides a unique opportunity to enhance your mastery of any group situation.
Facilitating Meetings with Ease - Feb 24, 25, Mar 3 & 4, 2026 - B
I thoroughly enjoyed this facilitation class, which created an environment where participants stayed engaged from start to finish. The activities were well structured, and the facilitator actively encouraged participation, discussion, and idea sharing. I left the class with practical techniques…
Facilitating Meetings with Ease - Feb 24, 25, Mar 3 & 4, 2026 - A
Great training and excellent delivery. Thank you for sharing such valuable knowledge!
Facilitating Meetings with Ease - August 6 & 7, 2025 - A
This workshop was great - engaging and informative! I would happily recommend this training to anyone who could benefit. The topics were great and we spent an appropriate amount of time of them
Facilitating Meetings with Ease - Sept 15, 16, 17 & 18, 2025
The program far exceeded my expectations!
Facilitating Meetings with Ease - August 6 & 7, 2025 - B
This was a great workshop! I had a lot of fun and feel so much more confident in my facilitation skills after the two days
WORKSHOP DELIVERY OPTIONS
Manage Yourself
- Learn the role and beliefs of the facilitator in the context of creating powerful meetings that engage, inspire and achieve outcomes
- Embrace the 5 core facilitation practices to foster highly collaborative group dynamic
Manage the Process
- Recognize the importance of meeting structure by making your meetings POP – Define the meeting ‘purpose’, ‘outcomes’ and ‘process’
- Learn how to effectively prepare for, design, start, manage and end a meeting
- Learn the four-step consensus building process, including creative brainstorming and prioritization techniques
- Understand how to test for agreement and what ‘consensus’ really means
Manage the Group
- Learn inclusive techniques and best practices that keep participants engaged and allow for a diversity of opinions to be heard
- Understand how to proactively establish and referee group norms to minimize conflict
- Gain clarity as to when and how to intervene when challenging behaviors threaten meeting outcomes
- Practice new tools in a safe learning environment and receive personal tips and coaching
- Project Managers – earn 14 PDUs
- Human Resources Professionals – earn CPD hours
- Managers or Team Leaders at any level
- Professionals who need to increase buy-in and decrease resistance in group settings
- Six Sigma and Lean Professionals
- Internal or external Consultants
- Business Analysts
- Anyone who leads groups or collaborative meetings to achieve critical outcomes
- A Participant Workbook filled with templates, reminders and methods you can refer to when applying new skills to any meeting (digital manual provided for Virtual Delivery)
- Certificate of Completion that can also be applied to our Facilitative Leadership Certificate Program
- 14 PDU’s through PMI
- 14 CPD hours through HRPA
- 14 Continuing Professional Development Points, through CMC
- A bestselling facilitation manual, ‘Facilitating with Ease!’ by Ingrid Bens (available for an additional fee)
I thoroughly enjoyed this facilitation class, which created an environment where participants stayed engaged from start to finish. The activities were well structured, and the facilitator actively encouraged participation, discussion, and idea sharing. I left the class with practical techniques I can apply right away in my own meetings and workshops. This was a valuable learning experience, and I would recommend the class to anyone who wants to strengthen their facilitation skills.
Rachel Kadros, Public Participant, March 2026
Great training and excellent delivery. Thank you for sharing such valuable knowledge!
Nathaniel Barnes, Public Participant, March 2026
This workshop was great - engaging and informative! I would happily recommend this training to anyone who could benefit. The topics were great and we spent an appropriate amount of time of them
Breni, Sixsense Strategy Group, August 2025
The program far exceeded my expectations!
Katherine Gimon-Valencia, Farm Credit Canada, September 2025
This was a great workshop! I had a lot of fun and feel so much more confident in my facilitation skills after the two days
Emma, Sixsense Strategy Group, August 2025
