2026 Facilitation Meet-Ups

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2026 Facilitation Meet-Ups *

Facilitation Meet Ups 2026.

ashley sparks and Great Leap’s Alison De La Cruz co-host informal facilitation meet-ups. These 90-minute sessions are a chance for experienced facilitators to talk “inside baseball” with peers. Bring your curiosity and favorite pro-tips on the best post-its. These sessions are not recorded.

Virtual Meet Ups: All sessions are from 10:30-12:00 pm PST / 1:30-3:00 pm EST

March 17, 2026 - Facilitating in Uncertain Times - register here.

June 16, 2026 - Facilitation as Mentorship - register here.

August 18, 2026 - Facilitation as Organizing - register here.

In-Person in Los Angeles: Happy Hour at 5:30. Kick-off convo at 6 pm.

Thursday, April 9, 2026 - Facilitating in Uncertain Times - RSVP HERE

We will be in Little Tokyo. The address will be provided upon registration.

Training

Our professional development workshops encourage participants from all kinds of organizations, non and for-profits, foundations, city councils, to share knowledge, ask questions, and practice facilitation and problem-solving. We model diverse facilitation styles and strategies to help organizations and people reconnect with their values and strengthen their processes and community outcomes.

Training and Development services include:

  • The future is coming, and it will require excellent facilitation skills to create something beautiful.

    We offer a 4-part professional development series for folks with an active facilitation practice.

    Participants learn creative facilitation skills, try-on new facilitation tools in a “no-stakes” environment, and receive feedback on their facilitation.

  • Build creative facilitation skills to create more dynamic, engaging, and transformative meetings. Explore your facilitation superpowers, and learn how to co-develop creative agendas, clarify a meeting’s purpose and outcomes, and ensure equity and accessibility.

  • Strengthen your team’s ‘imagination muscles’ and discover new solutions within a safe, “no-stakes” environment. Great for mapping out policy pathways and exploring technical topics.

  • What happens when we recall that statistics can represent people and that data can become poetry? Find ways to powerfully convey your data to your audience.

  • What’s possible at the intersection of health and housing? Working across multiple sectors can create pathways for collaborations to meet human/community needs, now and into the future.

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