The Facilitation School

Why should you (& your team) go?

When we think about facilitation, we know the right facilitator can make all the difference. You know this to be true if you remember the last bad facilitator you had. So, we have created content to help you deliver the best for your audience.

First, as your guides, we have scoured through Mike's Ph.D. research and are sharing the top 12 things participants need from facilitators and the results are fascinating! Erin has been teaching Program Design School for more than 10 years so she is a master at designing curriculum.

Join us if you want to practice your facilitative skills, increase your audience’s evaluations score on your work, learn how to flex your style to meet your audience, figure out how to make your work more interactive using the 70/30 rule, practice your pace and pitch, and learn where facilitators can often go wrong.

Finally, we will teach you how to read your audience when they make a face that stresses you out.

As we share, you never went to camp to watch videos about canoeing, horseback riding, and the ropes course.

Why would your participants come to your course to watch you read the PowerPoints when they could be trying something themselves?

Let us help you get better—fast.

It’s time to attend The Facilitation School if you:

Want to get better and improve your facilitation.
Struggle with confidence in front of a group.
Have a hard time getting folks to participate.
Overthink your guide and your PowerPoint but always talk too much.
Can’t manage your time – you have too much time left over to fill or you feel like you can’t fit everything in – either way your participants get cheated.
Struggle with silence in your programs.
Don’t know how to get to your main point or go on too many tangents.
Worry about your evaluation scores, but don’t change your style to meet your audience.
Don’t know how to make your work memorable or sticky.

Who has already attended?

597

Graduates
117

Institutions/Organizations

Would our graduates recommend Facilitation School to others?

We ask our participants directly. 97.5% of all of our graduates said, “Yes!”

“This was a great experience.

It changed how I facilitate.”

Sedric Scott, University of Mississippi

Upcoming programs.

March 24-25

FEA
Indianapolis, IN

April 22-23

Rhodes College
Memphis, TN

May 12-13

Mississippi State University
Starkville, MS

May 18-19

Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH

June 8

Kappa Delta Sorority
Memphis, TN

July 21-22

University of Idaho
Moscow, ID

June 2-3

Indiana University - Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN

June 9-10

ACPA
Virtual

February 19-20, 2027

Sigma Kappa Sorority
Chicago, IL

June 5

East Carolina University
Greenville, NC

June 24-26

University of Nevada-Reno
Reno, NV

FAQs

2024
- October - Our first session!
- December - SEC & friends FSL Advisors
- December - Texas Tech University
2025
- February - Boise State University
- March - FEA (Fraternity Executives Association)/ISAE (Indiana Society of Association Executives)
- June - Kappa Delta, ACPA (College Student Educators International) - Virtual, BIG10 FSL Advisors & the University of Illinois, Alpha Tau Omega/Delta Tau Delta
- July - Beta Theta Pi/Delta Gamma/Delta Sigma Pi/Phi Delta Theta/Phi Gamma Delta/Phi Kappa Tau, Alpha Omicron Pi/Alpha Sigma Tau/Phi Sigma Sigma/Sigma Delta Tau/Sigma Kappa
- Sept/Oct - ACPA (College Student Educators International) - Virtual
- October - Phi Mu/Alpha Delta Pi
- December - NACA (National Association of Campus Activities) - Virtual, Bowling Green State University, Case Western Reserve University
2026
- January - East Carolina University, Louisiana State University, Complete College America
- February - SGLA (Southeast Greek Leadership Association)/Georgia Tech University
- March - NACA (National Association of Campus Activities) - Virtual

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Need more information or want to make the case to bring Facilitation School to your institution or organization? Get the rationale, outcomes, reasoning, and logic.

What participants can expect and why attend.

Don’t just take our word for it.

I am going to be telling my entire department, especially our committees that oversee trainings that they NEED to attend this and maybe even the program design school. I feel like this could CHANGE THE GAME for my department.

March 2026 Participant
In a very trite way -- get your head out of your ass. We think that we are expert presenters and think that the world revolves around us, but these sessions have taught me that I need to put the people I am teaching first and stop worrying about myself. Facilitating is a skill that we all need to work on -- I especially saw this in the video that we watched about the presentation and the awkwardness and crowd engagement. I resonated so hard with that I have been thinking over how I have presented for everything!!!

March 2026 Participant
I have been facilitating for a long time, but have always felt like an imposter. This experience makes me realize that I have it in me to be excellent.

March 2026 Participant
I feel so much more excited to facilitate now! I feel more confident and also more capable of facilitating sessions in the future. I can't wait to put it into practice. I'm excited to become a kickass facilitator. Also, I want to eventually transition into a Learning and Development role and this was really helpful.

March 2026 Participant
As a relatively experienced facilitator, I still learned so much and drew a lot of inspiration from the content of Facilitation School. Whether you're new or experienced, there are concepts that you'll learn or hear iterated in new ways that will inspire you to adapt your content moving forward!

March 2026 Participant
First, Mike and Erin are so great. As someone who is more introverted and processes things internally, I never felt pressured or scared that I was going to be called on (even when there was a possibility to be called on, I felt ready to share!). Even in the breakout rooms, I always felt ready to speak with the group/partner because of the way Mike and Erin prepared us before the breakouts. Additionally, there are so many tangible skills to improve/add/learn about at Facilitation School! I love all of the handouts/PDFs shared with us that I know will be helpful for me to refer to in the future. I truly feel like I have the skills and knowledge to be a better facilitator and be better at my job. I'm so glad I attended and I know I will refer back to this experience throughout my career!

March 2026 Participant
Learnings that you can immediately put into action to improve your work. One of the best Professional Development [experiences] I have participated in.

February 2026 Participant
It is the experience. Erin and Mike do not just tell you what excellent facilitation is, they model it in a way that helps the participant see applicability in their own facilitation style.

February 2026 Participant
I would say that Facilitation School allowed me to be really self-reflective about my process as a teacher, facilitator. This was so valuable and really helped me be the best version of myself and in the work that I do. I am grateful.

February 2026 Participant
Facilitation School is good not only for how we effectively support workshops, meetings, etc.; it's also beneficial as a resource for being an empathic, thoughtful, and intentional leader more generally. So much of what they teach could be repackaged to other organizational development issues and needs.

February 2026 Participant
It'll change not only how you facilitate and present, it will change and challenge you in how you interact with people.

February 2026 Participant
You need it. This is beneficial in work and personal life...Facilitation is more than a 9-5 skillset.

February 2026 Participant
You won't learn facilitation, you'll live it for two straight days.

February 2026 Participant
It is highly interactive, highly engaging, and very effective at showing through doing. It's a meta experience on how to facilitate and how to think about facilitation from a new lens. It's a good way to level up and be more intentional about your facilitation approach. I expect to use what I learned often in my work.

February 2026 Participant
This training felt like a master class of how to transition your boring presentation that no one pays attention to, into a highly engaging learning facilitation experience. What your audience can leverage KSAB based on the topic covered.

February 2026 Participant
It’s for professionals who want tools to empower their programs, education, and relationships. It builds confidence in what you’re already doing well, while also encouraging continued growth. Rather than focusing on weaknesses or “fixes,” it challenges complacency and supports the kind of facilitation that feels most rewarding when the audience walks away with something new.

February 2026 Participant
The material is great and can be applied to anyone at any level and it’s a treat to watch, listen and learn from Erin and Mike. I believe there is a lot to learn simply by watching both facilitate.

February 2026 Participant
No matter how long you have been at your current role, there is always room for improvement and though I have been doing this for a few years and thought this may be just a check mark on my professional development, I am taking things away to engage my students better in all areas of my work whether that be 1:1, a group, or a workshop/presentation.

February 2026 Participant
Facilitation school truly gave me tools, tips and tricks to take away that I can actually use in my role as an advisor. We were able to pinpoint what areas we as an individual needed improvement on through self-assessment and then discussed ways to improve or enhance our performances overall when facilitating, as well as how to focus on catering to our true audience when facilitating - the attendees!

February 2026 Participant
As a young professional in my first year, this would be great for my peers in the same boat. It was not too in depth that I ever felt lost, but it felt like such a clear structure to follow and left me with lots good concepts that I can apply to pre written facilitations, as well as building from scratch facilitations.

February 2026 Participant
It's engaging in a meaningful way while also teaching you skills you can realistically employ. It literally SHOWS you the skills it teaches.

February 2026 Participant
Facilitation school is relevant and no matter how Experienced someone is, it’s an ever evolving practice and always good to hear different framing and perspectives.

February 2026 Participant
It was honestly the most impactful training I’ve had during my professional career journey. I, like many others, learned from watching speakers, TED talks, and other programs, then attempting to parrot styles that didn’t feel genuine. The visual aids for each section, as well as the knowledge in applying these has allowed me to already begin thinking of ways I can immediately implement this into my upcoming programming.

January 2026 Participant
This is one the first professional development programs where I got practical, realistic takeaways that I can implement in any program, meeting, workshop, etc. I had fun with my peers, connected to the material, and because it was so engaging I didn’t mentally check out.

January 2026 Participant
Develop confidence. Everything shared can help in one on one conversations to large groups. Not only with students, but your boss, colleagues, and even family and friends. Very very valuable experience!

January 2026 Participant
This is the most empowering professional development I’ve been part of. In higher Ed it can be hard to feel empowered but this did a great job making me see the impact I could be having even though right now I’m not feeling that way in this role.

January 2026 Participant
This experience is amazing for professional development. If someone does not use the skill of facilitation often in their role, there are still great benefits such as improving critical thinking and pushing yourself to think 'outside of the box.'

January 2026 Participant
The facilitators do an amazing job of role modeling effective facilitation techniques that help you learn the material both through what they say and how they do and do it. There could be an entire debrief on all the ways the facilitators role modeled effective methods of facilitation. This was a very engaging and enjoyable two day training.

January 2026 Participant
Attending Facilitation School helped to give me the necessary skills to confidently guide student-centered sessions and to leave a lasting impact on each participant.

January 2026 Participant
Facilitation school is going to change the way you view presentations and conduct presentations. In a way, it breaks down the stagnant constructs of what presentations should look like and empowers participants to take ownership over the information they’re learning.

January 2026 Participant
EVERYONE and I mean EVERYONE will learn a new tip, trick, or technique. Even if you’ve been facilitating for 30+ years. This program has something for all levels, ages, and places of employment.

January 2026 Participant
It is such an incredible place to reflect on my facilitation experience and assess where I can improve. Facilitation is such a huge part of my job, I can often over look it, become stagnant, or take it for granted. However, I plan to be more intentional with how I facilitate because it is critical in how I serve my students.

January 2026 Participant
Highly recommend, one of the best trainings, Provides skills training information and via experiential learning, facilitators are effective and knowledgeable.

January 2026 Participant
How many programs/retreats/workshops have you walked away feeling they weren’t worthwhile? THIS IS THE OPPOSITE! You’ll gain so many tangible and valuable tips and info to rethink what it means to facilitate. This is wonderful for facilitators and presenters at all levels - everyone will walk away with a new bag o tricks!

January 2026 Participant
This experience really had me rethink the way I do my trainings. I realized that my stuff was boring, and that is why I would lose the interest in my students. I would tell them that this will help you re-evaluate themselves and their training process in a good way.

January 2026 Participant
Attending Facilitation School gives you a clear play book on being effective Facilitator. The tools and knowledge are practical.

January 2026 Participant
It helped reframe how I approach my audience & how I want to share my content with them. It was an insightful experience to equally evaluate myself and the work I do separately then together.

January 2026 Participant
That was an invaluable experience that is applicable in many areas of one’s life. I gained so much new knowledge backed up by loads of data from two highly intelligent professionals who made this experience both engaging and enjoyable.

January 2026 Participant
Take this course if you want to take your impact and reception of presentations and trainings to a different level. Change is necessary and this was an excellent eye opener of doing so.

January 2026 Participant
You should attend no matter the level you are on! There are so many new tricks and tips to learn from Erin, Mike and the cohort you experience it with. These last two days have given me the opportunity to connect with peers across departments and learn different methods to connect with a variety audiences for my upcoming facilitations.

January 2026 Participant
Mike and Erin are the best of the best. So personable, intelligent, funny, and overall great people to learn from. You will learn so much about yourself and how you can translate your learnings to your work/home life. Class Acts.

December 2025 Participant
This will make you standout and lead with confidence and understand how to communicate content to groups that can learn the material, not just listen to it. They can then help others understand in a way that guides them not taking dominance in the situation. You’ll learn how to adjust to people’s needs and be a varsity facilitator.

December 2025 Participant
The presenters are beyond engaging. Their insight, antidotes, experiences, and skills made the content absorbable, understandable and made me want to be better. Do better. Excel.

December 2025 Participant
This experience is great for both experienced facilitators and someone new to facilitation. For more experienced facilitators, you can gain some new techniques and concepts, and for someone new it helps create foundational competency.

December 2025 Participant
The facilitators bring a fresh and balances approach to the work! Their energy is not only phenomenal they truly practice what they preach.

December 2025 Participant
There is a TON of employable ideas and actionable exercises. Very worthwhile! You will not regret the time spent and you’ll reflect a great deal on your work and how to improve it.

December 2025 Participant
It has been the first professional development in a long time that I have actually attended where I feel like I have gained actionable next steps and points of improvement.

December 2025 Participant
My experience has been an impactful two days. I learned so much that I started sharing what I learned to my colleagues after day one. I am extremely grateful for this opportunity and allowing me to be in a space that is about practice and how I can be a better facilitator.

December 2025 Participant
This was the most engaging virtual learning opportunity I have participated in.

December 2025 Participant
You will learn very tangible takeaways and end up with a plethora of resources that will be helpful for your role. Not an overwhelming amount, but enough to be easy to pull on when needed and you barely have to do any work to gain those resources.

December 2025 Participant
Whether you’re facilitating once a week or once a year, it has great benefits to public speaking, group dynamics, presenting information, and communication in general for work and personal settings.

October 2025 Participant
I would say that I feel fully confident being able to host an event and I think it would honestly be something I’m INCREDIBLY interested as a profession! I love this and soaked it all up would love to connect more!

October 2025 Participant
This gives more insight into facilitation then many would think about. There are a bunch of small things that I would have never thought about that were taught in this!

October 2025 Participant
This course gave me more confidence in the way I can facilitate and gave me tips, tricks and lessons to utilize moving forward to grow as a better facilitator.

October 2025 Participant
In two short days, I feel so much more confident in my ability to prepare to facilitate! I feel like I'm equipped with more than enough tools to use and practice. I'm honestly excited for the opportunity to dive in and use the skills I've learned (and this is coming from a perpetually 'doesn't like to speak in front of large crowds' participant).

September 2025 Participant
You get great tips and feedback, and it really helps you think about how you facilitate in a supportive environment.

September 2025 Participant
Facilitation School is great for a new Student Affairs professional that is in a workshop or programming heavy functional area. For seasoned Student Affairs professionals, this is a great refresher on how to capture the attention of the audience and to update the engagement tools that are being currently used.

September 2025 Participant
You should attend facilitation school because it helps you relate to peers in the field who have shared experiences and increases your knowledge and tool box for the work you do.

September 2025 Participant
It gives you some practical tips and advice to build confidence to take into your next facilitation. Also gives you some inspiration on program design and how to build community within a group.

September 2025 Participant
It’s a fantastic way to look critically at your current facilitation skill level and find ways to improve, without starting at square one.

September 2025 Participant
Attend Facilitation School if you really want to learn new skills and think about facilitating in ways you may not have before! Also, be prepared to participate and stay engaged for the entire class. You will get the most out of this class if you are an active participant.

September 2025 Participant
They give so many tips that can be applied to your work. The skills they each also give you the opportunity to practice empathy, even though that is not the direct goal, and understand everyone's perspective. This is so helpful to everything you are going to do in your work.

September 2025 Participant
Everything that they told us to do they did themselves during the training. Sometimes without us even realizing it, but then they would acknowledge it and we now know exactly what it looks like to be a good facilitator. Both Erin and Mike seemed to truly enjoy getting to share the research and the knowledge that they have and I love that they are so passionate about passing it on to make others better.

July 2025 Participant
It helped me not only with facilitation techniques but I also left with so much more knowledge of myself and things I need to improve upon! I feel so much more self aware and aware of others as well. I genuinely feel like this experience is one I will never forget and I will encourage facilitation school every chance I get!

July 2025 Participant
This teaches you that leadership isn’t about being the loudest voice or the one with all the answers. it’s about creating space for others to think, share, and grow. You learn how to manage energy in a room, handle moments of tension with confidence, and keep people engaged in a way that feels natural and inclusive.

July 2025 Participant
I know I enjoyed the presentation or workshop when I walked away saying that the time went by fast. That is how I felt after leaving Facilitation School. It felt collaborative instead of being talked at.

July 2025 Participant
I would 110% attend Facilitation school. These skills that are taught today will have such an impact on the way i carry myself as a consultant and later on in life.

July 2025 Participant
What sets it apart is how practical and hands-on it is. You don’t just learn theory, you practice the skills, get feedback, and walk away with tools you can use immediately in your work, chapter, or personal life. It’s the kind of training that sticks with you because it changes how you show up in every room you walk into.

July 2025 Participant
You don’t know you need it until you’re there doing the work.

July 2025 Participant
Facilitation School is by far the best facilitation training I've received. It's engaging and gets to the point without all the annoying fluff. 10/10 would recommend.

July 2025 Participant
You’ll leave equipped with loads of new tips, tools, and strategies.

July 2025 Participant
This program helped me understand how to get the most out of programming and stop putting on boring presentations. It made me more confident in my role.

July 2025 Participant
This is such a great experience for those who are new or experienced professionals! For me, these strategies and experiences translated more than in just the facilitation space. I felt there were ways to connect this in supervision, professional and personal experiences.

July 2025 Participant
It prepares you in every single way possible to be a better presenter and facilitator.

July 2025 Participant
Even as an experienced facilitator (20 years), I still learned some fresh techniques and ideas to improve what I’ve been doing. There aren’t any courses in Higher Education that teach this skill, tools, etc. so I wish I had this decades ago!

July 2025 Participant
You'll get to both witness and practice all of the different facilitation tactics and meet like-minded people who also are hoping to learn!

July 2025 Participant
You should attend to get fresh insights on how to actually engage your crowd which in turn will help you become more passionate about your work as well.

July 2025 Participant
Regardless of career field or expertise, Facilitation School promotes public speaking skills and the ability to connect with people of all backgrounds and interests.

July 2025 Participant
I would 110% attend Facilitation school. These skills that are taught today will have such an impact on the way i carry myself as a consultant and later on in life.

July 2025 Participant
I know I enjoyed the presentation or workshop when I walked away saying that the time went by fast. That is how I felt after leaving Facilitation School. It felt collaborative instead of being talked at.

July 2025 Participant
This teaches you that leadership isn’t about being the loudest voice or the one with all the answers. it’s about creating space for others to think, share, and grow. You learn how to manage energy in a room, handle moments of tension with confidence, and keep people engaged in a way that feels natural and inclusive.

July 2025 Participant
What sets it apart is how practical and hands-on it is. You don’t just learn theory, you practice the skills, get feedback, and walk away with tools you can use immediately in your work, chapter, or personal life. It’s the kind of training that sticks with you because it changes how you show up in every room you walk into.

July 2025 Participant
It gives you a lot of different ideas for how to engage your audience.

July 2025 Participant
This is a great stepping stone program for program design and discovering more about yourself. I felt I learned more about my strengths and weaknesses in facilitating and I am excited to bring back my new knowledge to my job.

July 2025 Participant
It teaches you how to generate buy in and be prepared to inspire your audience while staying true to your own style and building confidence in your abilities!

July 2025 Participant
It helped me not only with facilitation techniques but I also left with so much more knowledge of myself and things I need to improve upon! I feel so much more self aware and aware of others as well. I genuinely feel like this experience is one I will never forget and I will encourage facilitation school every chance I get!

July 2025 Participant
Facilitation School has given me so much confidence to start my position. I’ve learned many skills today and would recommend many people to do Facilitation School because of this.

July 2025 Participant
Attending Facilitation School makes you realize everything you thought you knew and more. It takes the more complex topics and makes them digestible for you to practice in your role.

July 2025 Participant
It is a great experience to work with other individuals in your field and to flex your muscles of facilitation. There is always more to learn or new ways to adapt.

July 2025 Participant
Facilitation School helps you learn how to lean on your leadership to better support others and I would use the great point that this program isn’t to change you but to enhance what you already have and flex!

July 2025 Participant
It has allowed me to think differently about how I approach facilitating and how seamless it can be to connect the ideas to real life examples.

July 2025 Participant
Everything that they told us to do they did themselves during the training. Sometimes without us even realizing it, but then they would acknowledge it and we now know exactly what it looks like to be a good facilitator. Both Erin and Mike seemed to truly enjoy getting to share the research and the knowledge that they have and I love that they are so passionate about passing it on to make others better.

July 2025 Participant
It changed my perspective of speaking in front of people and taught me how to capture an audience’s attention for a prolonged period. It also taught me a lot about myself and where I can improve in my self confidence when it comes to social situations.

July 2025 Participant
I think these skills apply to any industry and any level so I’d share that professional development. Sometimes it’s easy to think hard or technical skills are the most important for jobs, but soft skills like communication and facilitation can be so valuable.

July 2025 Participant
Facilitation School helped me realize the potential I have as a facilitator and unlock new skills with plenty of a-ha moments! Helped me understand the purpose and power of audience connection and personability during facilitation experiences! 10/10 experience.

July 2025 Participant
Facilitation School provides you with wonderful tools and tactics for your facilitation approach. As a new facilitator, concepts were easy to understand and impactful. Erin and Mike do a wonderful job of relating concepts to your audience/organization. It’s a great balance between presentations and participation.

July 2025 Participant
There are skills and techniques I learned today that have never been taught prior, so if you are feeling uneasy about facilitating or just want to hone in on skills you already have I would HIGHLY recommend.

July 2025 Participant
It’s a great way to expand teaching skills and learn the differences between facilitating and simply presenting. If you question yourself in appealing to your audience and driving a point home to make an impact on your audience, Facilitation School can help you do exactly that.

July 2025 Participant
It is a way to strengthen your own leadership and speaking skills that are necessary in a multitude of professional fields.

July 2025 Participant
No matter your prior facilitation experience you will walk away with thoughts, tips and tricks to help you improve your facilitation style and provide clarity in your program’s learning outcomes. You will be challenged to think about yourself, your participants and your content in new and engaging ways bringing new perspectives to the way you not only facilitate but interact with others.

July 2025 Participant
It is worth their time because you learn a variety of topics and not just “how to stand in front of a room and talk”. I had that misconception coming into today and I am SO happy that it was different!

July 2025 Participant
Facilitation is good for every person and in every organization. It helps your teams grow stronger and learn strategies to implement effective change. Learning about facilitation helps you recognize the art and importance of effective communication.

July 2025 Participant
I would say that it is an applicable and beneficial resource to anyone in the field of education. It is a good way to learn about conversations and guiding thought processes, not organization specific as well which adds more the professional and personal growth than organization specific trainings.

July 2025 Participant
It helps to put things into perspective not only as a facilitator, but also as a listener or a guide. I would also tell them that it helps them to feel more prepared and well equipped to handle multiple perspectives and conversations while facilitating.

July 2025 Participant
It is a fun and engaging experience. I was so engaged that the day flew by. Even as an experienced facilitator, I took many things away from it to improve my craft.

July 2025 Participant
You will strengthen you facilitator abilities as well as your personal presence anywhere you go! You know how to gain attention in a confident and personal way and how to teach it to others.

July 2025 Participant
Facilitation School gives you practical tools, powerful strategies, and the confidence to lead with impact. It’s not just about learning what to do—it’s about experiencing it in action. You walk away feeling empowered, prepared, and inspired.

July 2025 Participant
I think it is easy to say "oh I'm good at presenting and training folks," but to attend this conference and either learn that the tactics I'm using are scientifically backed or a trick that can elevate my students' experience even a little is extremely worth it. A bonus is all of the group work and conversations -- you get to speak with people outside your network, and that can be huge when trying to find new solutions or ideas.

June 2025 Participant
You should attend because Erin and Mike walk you through how to think about facilitation differently. I took this course as someone afraid of public speaking, and I feel more confident now for future facilitations/presentations.

June 2025 Participant
We all think we are great communicators and know all facilitation techniques until you get into this workshop. The ideas, the confidence, and the knowledge that you gain from a few hours are enough to make a huge impact on our organization and every person that we meet.

June 2025 Participant
You are learning about the concepts that you are watching and experiencing in real time which makes for a really unique experience.

July 2025 Participant
I would say that this is a great experience for people who have never lead or facilitated a workshop AND people who have facilitated several times. Mike and Erin have such a wealth of knowledge in this scope and it was so amazing to see them practice what they preach. Thank you both for this experience!!

June 2025 Participant
As someone who wants to continue to build my facilitation skills, Erin and Mike brought a perspective that I had not heard or thought of. They were funny, relatable, personable, intelligent, and overall very entertaining!

June 2025 Participant
You’ll get to see strong facilitators put their tips and tricks into practice. Never do they attempt to change your style, or encourage you to emulate theirs, but instead equip you through factual information and practical application.

June 2025 Participant
The plethora of knowledge these two individuals have on facilitating is worth every dollar. They are able to connect with all audiences and get across the importance of facilitation.

June 2025 Participant
You will actually get a lot of engagement and learning out of participating in the Facilitation School. Valuable skills that one would not think of or consider unless they participate in this interactive two day program.

June 2025 Participant
Facilitation School gives you the opportunity to think about the way you approach facilitation, learn new strategies and resources....a great way to pause and intentionally reflect on the way you can enhance the programs that you are delivering.

June 2025 Participant
Redefined how I will approach programming and learning. The examples and connections through analogies and metaphors really allowed me to connect topics and thoughts.

June 2025 Participant
Even if you think you’re great at presenting or facilitating others, I guarantee there is a wealth of knowledge to intake from both presenters.

June 2025 Participant
It will change your perspective on how to do the work.

June 2025 Participant
The content is clear, the skills are attainable, and it lends confidence!

June 2025 Participant
This is A MUST HAVE!!!

June 2025 Participant
It’s worth it alone for the resources you get! All of the extras and practice you learn while attending are the best bonus!

June 2025 Participant
This experience opened my mind to different techniques and strategies on how to approach different crowds when facilitating. I would also say that the facilitators make it worth while as various strategies are exhibiting throughout.

June 2025 Participant
There are very few trainings out there that can dive deep into facilitation AND actually know and understand the great work we do.

June 2025 Participant
Exciting and extremely engaging. These skills can be adapted to almost any “people” career and it’s impossible to leave without being excited to lead conversation.

June 2025 Participant
Valuable resources and interesting ideas are shared. I enjoyed thinking about new activities to use in facilitation and that they are just as important as the content being shared.

October 2025 Participant
Facilitation School is such a great experience! You really build your confidence, learn how to engage a group, and leave with practical tools you can use in so many settings.

October 2025 Participant
I got a lot of nuggets of wisdom and walked away feeling like I understood what good facilitation could look like even if you aren’t an expert on a subject.

October 2025 Participant
It was the perfect crash course in facilitating efficiently and accurately. Would love to attend anything Erin and Mike facilitate in the future :)

October 2025 Participant

The Facilitation School

Why should you (& your team) go?

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It changed how I facilitate.”

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I am going to be telling my entire department, especially our committees that oversee trainings that they NEED to attend this and maybe even the program design school. I feel like this could CHANGE THE GAME for my department.

I have been facilitating for a long time, but have always felt like an imposter. This experience makes me realize that I have it in me to be excellent.

As a relatively experienced facilitator, I still learned so much and drew a lot of inspiration from the content of Facilitation School. Whether you're new or experienced, there are concepts that you'll learn or hear iterated in new ways that will inspire you to adapt your content moving forward!

Learnings that you can immediately put into action to improve your work. One of the best Professional Development [experiences] I have participated in.

It is the experience. Erin and Mike do not just tell you what excellent facilitation is, they model it in a way that helps the participant see applicability in their own facilitation style.

I would say that Facilitation School allowed me to be really self-reflective about my process as a teacher, facilitator. This was so valuable and really helped me be the best version of myself and in the work that I do. I am grateful.

It'll change not only how you facilitate and present, it will change and challenge you in how you interact with people.

You need it. This is beneficial in work and personal life...Facilitation is more than a 9-5 skillset.

You won't learn facilitation, you'll live it for two straight days.

This training felt like a master class of how to transition your boring presentation that no one pays attention to, into a highly engaging learning facilitation experience. What your audience can leverage KSAB based on the topic covered.

The material is great and can be applied to anyone at any level and it’s a treat to watch, listen and learn from Erin and Mike. I believe there is a lot to learn simply by watching both facilitate.

It's engaging in a meaningful way while also teaching you skills you can realistically employ. It literally SHOWS you the skills it teaches.

Facilitation school is relevant and no matter how Experienced someone is, it’s an ever evolving practice and always good to hear different framing and perspectives.

This is one the first professional development programs where I got practical, realistic takeaways that I can implement in any program, meeting, workshop, etc. I had fun with my peers, connected to the material, and because it was so engaging I didn’t mentally check out.

Develop confidence. Everything shared can help in one on one conversations to large groups. Not only with students, but your boss, colleagues, and even family and friends. Very very valuable experience!

This is the most empowering professional development I’ve been part of. In higher Ed it can be hard to feel empowered but this did a great job making me see the impact I could be having even though right now I’m not feeling that way in this role.

This experience is amazing for professional development. If someone does not use the skill of facilitation often in their role, there are still great benefits such as improving critical thinking and pushing yourself to think 'outside of the box.'

Attending Facilitation School helped to give me the necessary skills to confidently guide student-centered sessions and to leave a lasting impact on each participant.

Facilitation school is going to change the way you view presentations and conduct presentations. In a way, it breaks down the stagnant constructs of what presentations should look like and empowers participants to take ownership over the information they’re learning.

EVERYONE and I mean EVERYONE will learn a new tip, trick, or technique. Even if you’ve been facilitating for 30+ years. This program has something for all levels, ages, and places of employment.

Highly recommend, one of the best trainings, Provides skills training information and via experiential learning, facilitators are effective and knowledgeable.

This experience really had me rethink the way I do my trainings. I realized that my stuff was boring, and that is why I would lose the interest in my students. I would tell them that this will help you re-evaluate themselves and their training process in a good way.

Attending Facilitation School gives you a clear play book on being effective Facilitator. The tools and knowledge are practical.

It helped reframe how I approach my audience & how I want to share my content with them. It was an insightful experience to equally evaluate myself and the work I do separately then together.

That was an invaluable experience that is applicable in many areas of one’s life. I gained so much new knowledge backed up by loads of data from two highly intelligent professionals who made this experience both engaging and enjoyable.

Take this course if you want to take your impact and reception of presentations and trainings to a different level. Change is necessary and this was an excellent eye opener of doing so.

Mike and Erin are the best of the best. So personable, intelligent, funny, and overall great people to learn from. You will learn so much about yourself and how you can translate your learnings to your work/home life. Class Acts.

The presenters are beyond engaging. Their insight, antidotes, experiences, and skills made the content absorbable, understandable and made me want to be better. Do better. Excel.

This experience is great for both experienced facilitators and someone new to facilitation. For more experienced facilitators, you can gain some new techniques and concepts, and for someone new it helps create foundational competency.

The facilitators bring a fresh and balances approach to the work! Their energy is not only phenomenal they truly practice what they preach.

There is a TON of employable ideas and actionable exercises. Very worthwhile! You will not regret the time spent and you’ll reflect a great deal on your work and how to improve it.

It has been the first professional development in a long time that I have actually attended where I feel like I have gained actionable next steps and points of improvement.

My experience has been an impactful two days. I learned so much that I started sharing what I learned to my colleagues after day one. I am extremely grateful for this opportunity and allowing me to be in a space that is about practice and how I can be a better facilitator.

This was the most engaging virtual learning opportunity I have participated in.

You will learn very tangible takeaways and end up with a plethora of resources that will be helpful for your role. Not an overwhelming amount, but enough to be easy to pull on when needed and you barely have to do any work to gain those resources.

Whether you’re facilitating once a week or once a year, it has great benefits to public speaking, group dynamics, presenting information, and communication in general for work and personal settings.

I would say that I feel fully confident being able to host an event and I think it would honestly be something I’m INCREDIBLY interested as a profession! I love this and soaked it all up would love to connect more!

This gives more insight into facilitation then many would think about. There are a bunch of small things that I would have never thought about that were taught in this!

This course gave me more confidence in the way I can facilitate and gave me tips, tricks and lessons to utilize moving forward to grow as a better facilitator.

You get great tips and feedback, and it really helps you think about how you facilitate in a supportive environment.

You should attend facilitation school because it helps you relate to peers in the field who have shared experiences and increases your knowledge and tool box for the work you do.

It gives you some practical tips and advice to build confidence to take into your next facilitation. Also gives you some inspiration on program design and how to build community within a group.

It’s a fantastic way to look critically at your current facilitation skill level and find ways to improve, without starting at square one.

Attend Facilitation School if you really want to learn new skills and think about facilitating in ways you may not have before! Also, be prepared to participate and stay engaged for the entire class. You will get the most out of this class if you are an active participant.

They give so many tips that can be applied to your work. The skills they each also give you the opportunity to practice empathy, even though that is not the direct goal, and understand everyone's perspective. This is so helpful to everything you are going to do in your work.

I know I enjoyed the presentation or workshop when I walked away saying that the time went by fast. That is how I felt after leaving Facilitation School. It felt collaborative instead of being talked at.

I would 110% attend Facilitation school. These skills that are taught today will have such an impact on the way i carry myself as a consultant and later on in life.

You don’t know you need it until you’re there doing the work.

Facilitation School is by far the best facilitation training I've received. It's engaging and gets to the point without all the annoying fluff. 10/10 would recommend.

You’ll leave equipped with loads of new tips, tools, and strategies.

This program helped me understand how to get the most out of programming and stop putting on boring presentations. It made me more confident in my role.

This is such a great experience for those who are new or experienced professionals! For me, these strategies and experiences translated more than in just the facilitation space. I felt there were ways to connect this in supervision, professional and personal experiences.

It prepares you in every single way possible to be a better presenter and facilitator.

Even as an experienced facilitator (20 years), I still learned some fresh techniques and ideas to improve what I’ve been doing. There aren’t any courses in Higher Education that teach this skill, tools, etc. so I wish I had this decades ago!

You'll get to both witness and practice all of the different facilitation tactics and meet like-minded people who also are hoping to learn!

You should attend to get fresh insights on how to actually engage your crowd which in turn will help you become more passionate about your work as well.

Regardless of career field or expertise, Facilitation School promotes public speaking skills and the ability to connect with people of all backgrounds and interests.

I would 110% attend Facilitation school. These skills that are taught today will have such an impact on the way i carry myself as a consultant and later on in life.

I know I enjoyed the presentation or workshop when I walked away saying that the time went by fast. That is how I felt after leaving Facilitation School. It felt collaborative instead of being talked at.

It gives you a lot of different ideas for how to engage your audience.

This is a great stepping stone program for program design and discovering more about yourself. I felt I learned more about my strengths and weaknesses in facilitating and I am excited to bring back my new knowledge to my job.

It teaches you how to generate buy in and be prepared to inspire your audience while staying true to your own style and building confidence in your abilities!

Facilitation School has given me so much confidence to start my position. I’ve learned many skills today and would recommend many people to do Facilitation School because of this.

Attending Facilitation School makes you realize everything you thought you knew and more. It takes the more complex topics and makes them digestible for you to practice in your role.

It is a great experience to work with other individuals in your field and to flex your muscles of facilitation. There is always more to learn or new ways to adapt.

Facilitation School helps you learn how to lean on your leadership to better support others and I would use the great point that this program isn’t to change you but to enhance what you already have and flex!

It has allowed me to think differently about how I approach facilitating and how seamless it can be to connect the ideas to real life examples.

It changed my perspective of speaking in front of people and taught me how to capture an audience’s attention for a prolonged period. It also taught me a lot about myself and where I can improve in my self confidence when it comes to social situations.