Expand your reach by teaching others how to be trainers for your program, system or service. Here are our tips and a planning template to get you started.

As part of a team meeting, leadership retreat or board meeting, use this activity to help your people get unstuck.

Systems change and capacity building is messy, tangled and challenging. Sometimes clients feel that—and that’s a good thing.

You are a changemaker. Get a short preview of my upcoming book and add your insights!

Welcoming is the first step to building collective belonging. This facilitator script can support you in starting your sessions with an inclusive welcome.

A Guest Post by MMSA. When facilitating learning with very small groups, remember structures and facilitation methods that can keep you on track in either in-person or virtual settings.

A potential investment scenario allowed our team to dream big. Rather than focusing on curriculum and instructional materials or even online courses, we honed in on supporting and skilling people– leaders and essential advisors in our field. Why?

How do consultants and clients work together to support the broader mission of our field? This piece outlines five things we as consultants won’t do and sets a call for a new way to invite consultants, funders and clients into dialogue to support youth centered work.

As a leader-facilitator of capacity building efforts, you are constantly coaching. You are supporting and learning from others just all the time. Be a guide by the side, not a sage on the stage. Here are some tips to embrace that role.

As leader-facilitators who work to change the world for the better, you are often focused on developing others' capacity. But what about your own? Here are six capacities, innate abilities you already have and can strengthen to better support your work in the world.

You may be new to facilitating groups or ready for a refresh. As a leader, as a facilitator, you want to create a space that allows for participants to bring their sense of possibility. This starts with your own preparation. Ideally, begin preparing for a workshop or meeting several weeks in advance. This gives you time to read through the workshop materials, practice, and prepare materials and supplies.  Here are some key tips to get you on track.

Connecting with others is one way to open yourself to possibility. Not sure where to begin when you meet new people at in-person conferences, meetings or networking events? Here are some starting points.