Please note: This course takes place over six sessions. Each session runs from 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM on these dates: 2/24, 3/10, 3/24, 4/7, 4/21, 5/5

NOTE: You only need to purchase ONE ticket per person for the entire six-session series!

All registrants will receive a digital coupon for a free e-book of "Thrive: The Facilitator’s Guide to Radically Inclusive Meetings" 2nd ed

https://emeraldlakebooks.com/amzthrive

Whether you are an experienced meeting facilitator or a newbie, Principles and Practices for Facilitating Inclusive and Engaging Meetings will equip you with the theory and practical tools for facilitating more inclusive meetings and building an inclusive organization. Learn techniques for building a culture of respect, engagement and belonging. Your nonprofit will experience greater engagement, energy, productivity, and mission success. You will also build a network of support and innovation with other nonprofit leaders.

In this webinar series you will:

• Build relationships and a support network with other nonprofit leaders, sharing challenges and ideas for strengthening inclusion and engagement.

• Understand the central role inclusion, belonging and engagement play in building strong nonprofits.

• Assess your inclusive meeting leadership skills, identify strengths and develop a roadmap for improvement.

• Recognize the ways cultural assumptions about power and privilege, leadership, hierarchy, and communication shape the way meetings unfold, and how to adapt accordingly with tools and techniques that are respectful of differences.

• Use centering exercises, codes of conduct, and icebreakers to build a culture of inclusion.

• Design meetings that engage everyone and stimulate creativity using Liberating Structures, World Café, and other whole group planning methods.

• Learn how to design a diversity, equity, and inclusion retreat as an essential step in crafting a DEI strategic plan.

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About the presenter:

Dr. Mark Smutny is a nonprofit consultant, professional facilitator, educator, author and founder of Civic Reinventions, Inc. He is known for helping organizations uncover the wisdom hidden in their diversity, build cohesion and achieve their goals. For four decades he has worked and consulted with faith-based groups, human service agencies, business and resident associations, and nonprofits dedicated to civic engagement.