A 5-Day Experiential Workshop at UW-Madison
Jan 12th to 16th, 2009 | 8:30 am - 4:30 pm daily

Are you wondering what it takes to lead in today's team-based, flattened, multidisciplinary organization? Join us for a powerful journey into the complex world of facilitation and collaboration and learn the vital skills you need to become a confident and effective facilitative leader in the modern workplace.

In this workshop , you will be introduced to a comprehensive model for facilitation, one that balances “hard” and “soft” skills. Using hands-on, multi-modal approaches, we’ll take you beyond theory to walk the path of mastery using a holistic set of 20 facilitation competencies. These competencies are based on a new model encompassing twenty archetypes of the integral facilitator, informed by the "integral" philosophy of Ken Wilber.

Upon completion of the workshop, each “sojourner” will be awarded a professional certificate in Integral Facilitation and Collaboration from UW-Madison.

Group collaboration is an art and science whose time has come…

Overall, 36% of a company’s profitability, innovation, quality, and growth
are due to its Collaboration Index.
—Frost and Sullivan White Paper Sponsored by Verizon and Microsoft—

Over the past two years 80% of participants who attended
the Journey of Facilitation and Collaboration Workshop last year
said that they would use
what they learned on a daily or regular basis.

Who should attend?

This workshop with serve you best if you have at least some basic facilitation and leadership experience. It will offer you the attitudes and hands-on practice you need to serve in the role of facilitator with increased confidence, and will help expand your self-knowledge and ability to self-manage, skills critical to your success as a leader. If you are an experienced facilitator, this is your chance to take your existing practice of facilitation into some new terrain with a fresh new model that offers increasing depth and breadth of practice. We look forward to taking this journey with you!

Attending this course helped me to understand the importance of facilitation skills in everything that I do,from leadership, to supervision, to participation. I have thought about things I learned in the course every day since the course ended.
--2007 Workshop Participant--

What past participants have to say about their experience in this workshop

This is the best workshop I have ever attended, and I have attended
a lot of workshops! Everything about the experience was positive.
I not only learned more than I thought I would, but I also use what I learn.
--2008 Workshop Participant--

Click here for testimonials and comments made by those who've attended this workshop in the past.

Instructors: Darin Harris, Harry Webne-Behrman, Steve Davis, and special guests.

Sponsored by: A partnership between FacilitatorU.com and the UW-Madison Offices of Human Resource Development and Quality Improvement

Registration: Register early, as space is limited to 25 participants. Click here to register or contact Bev Meyer at (608) 262-7107.

Price: The price for the 5-day workshop and Learning Community Calls is $750.

Register before Dec 12th for only $600!

Lodging: Meals and lodging are available to participants adjacent to the workshop site at the Lowell Center on campus. Click here to learn more about this facility.

On Wednesday night, I went to bed knowing that there wasn't enough time left in my lifetime to learn how to facilitate. On Thursday morning, I woke up with a plan for my next meeting. Good work fellas!
--2007 Workshop Participant--

Note to Integral Thinkers

Integral fans interested in new applications of integral theory are welcome to attend. With that said, please be forewarned that this is not a course on integral theory. The primary focus of this course is on the skills and practice of facilitation and collaboration; though it is informed by integral theory, we do not adhere to every letter of integral law.

QUESTIONS ABOUT THE WORKSHOP?
CONTACT DARIN HARRIS, OR CALL (608) 262-1289