Navigating Triggers & Activations: Facilitating For the Future Session 3
This session is about staying centered, grounded, and able to remain choice-ful in moments that would otherwise throw us off. Whether it be an ignorant or divisive comment that was made, body language that felt rude or offensive, or even just a use of language that we found challenging, there are countless possibilities that we face when facilitating a group that might activate us.
It’s imperative in those moments that we know how to regulate ourselves in such a way that we can remain present and available for the group and for what we are leading. That is the unique responsibility we have as leaders and therefore we must be uniquely resourced for it.
We have all had moments that have triggered us or activated us and while those moments are inevitable our response doesn’t have to be.
This training is all about how you can navigate your triggers and be ready to handle those activating moments.
This is the third workshop in the Facilitating for the Future series, each workshop works at a standalone session AND taking the full series will give you the most well rounded experience and variety of skills to compliment each other.
WHAT THIS SESSION IS ABOUT
This session will cover the psychological aspects of triggers as well as methods for how we can navigate those moments successfully when leading groups.
We will cover:
A step-by-step breakdown of what happens when you get triggered
Mindsets you can prepare before you get in the room to help avoid potential triggers
Strategies to use when you are triggered to help you return to a centered space
Meg will present two models, one for understanding triggers and one detailing strategies for navigating our triggers.
Then the group will work through the strategy model identifying dozens of specific tactics for navigating triggers.
EXPECTATIONS OF THE SESSION
Participants will be invited to do:
Journaling exercises
Live polling
Large group discussions
Small group breakout room discussions
Be ready to participate! Participation in this event does not require your camera to be on (but we love it if you want to!). However, it does require participation in small group and pair breakout room conversations - so it’s not a good session to multitask during!
No late arrivals. Because this is a participatory session that builds on itself quickly, doors will close after 10 minutes and those who have not joined yet will not be allowed in.
The session will be recorded and shared. The recording will be focused in the main room, no breakout conversations will be recorded.
WHEN YOU SIGN UP YOU’LL RECEIVE
After signing up for Navigating Triggers you’ll receive an email with a link to add it to your calendar and details reminding you about what you can expect in the session.
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WHO’S LEADING THE SESSION
Meg Bolger! An expert facilitator, social justice educator, and participatory educator.
Meg has been facilitating for over a decade and is currently the head of Facilitator Cards and POP Facilitation. Meg co-founded numerous projects and businesses including The Safe Zone Project, FacilitatingXYZ, Unlocking the Magic of Facilitation, and Facilitator Cards and spent much of the last decade training trainers from around the country (and world) on the art of facilitation.
Meg’s roots in facilitation came from her work in social justice education and gender and sexuality workshops. She believes that facilitation is one of the key skills of educators, leaders, organizers, and facilitators who are trying to bring about meaningful change in the world. Her work in social justice spaces also gave her years of navigating hot topics, challenging conversations, and loaded disagreements in group settings.
Meg is passionate about the subtleties of what helps groups work, learn, collaborate, and connect with each other. She loves to break down the art of facilitation into skills that people can use to help humans collaborate, communicate, and connect better together.
Meg believes that as leaders, educators, trainers, and facilitators, we can make our spaces places that people feel good and want to be in. Her mission is to share everything she knows about facilitation to support everyone who is doing meaningful change work in the world.
WHAT WILL IT BE LIKE?
This workshop is a highly participatory session. It is a real “show” over “tell” type session where you’ll get to experience our recommendations of how to facilitate first hand. Other than a mid-point break you’ll be actively engaging and participating throughout the entire workshop.
We’ll use a variety of methods including journaling, pair shares, live-polling, chat, small group work, large-group discussions, and more.
This session is limited to 100 participants. We cap at 100 so that we can still do pair-breakout rooms (Zoom limits to 50 breakout rooms) and have lots of meaningful small-group conversations.
The workshop will start right at the hour and we will close the door to the workshop after 10 minutes to ensure that the group has a cohesive learning experience.
WHO’S IT FOR?
People who want to be able to lead groups towards important and necessary social change work. Whether you’re a teacher working with students to teach critical thinking through examination of important topics, a facilitator/trainer who hosts workshops and conversations, a leader/organizer who wants to be able to host better collaborative and conversation meetings about hard topics, this session is for all of you.
It’s for those of us who do (and want to) be able to stay present in the face of the unexpected.
WHEN YOU SIGN UP YOU’LL RECEIVE
After signing up you’ll receive an email with a link to add it to your calendar and details reminding you about what you can expect in the session.
EXPECTATIONS OF THE SESSION
Be ready to participate! This session is participatory! We will use a variety of methods including the chat, live polling, breakout rooms, journaling, and large group conversation.
Participation in this event does not require your camera to be on (but we love it if you want to!). However, it does require participation in small group and pair breakout room conversations - so it’s not a good session to multitask during!
No late arrivals. Because this is a participatory session that builds on itself quickly, doors will close after 10 minutes and those who have not joined yet will not be allowed in.
The session will be recorded and shared. The recording will be focused in the main room, no breakout conversations will be recorded.
After the session you will also receive access to a resource hub that will contain:
A recording of the event that you can access anytime, carefully chaptered to help you jump to key parts
A curated resource of additional material to explore the key concepts and topics (for all types of learners—podcasts, articles, videos, and more!)
A follow-up Q&A video to get to questions we didn’t address during the session (also available to listen to as a private podcast)
You will receive all of these resources regardless if you attend the live session, so if you can’t make the time but want all the things, sign up!
WHAT DOES IT COST?
The cost is $199.
This session is the first in our 3-part series — register for the whole series and save $100!
INDIVIDUAL ACCESS DISCOUNTS
If you cannot afford the price of the training, we do not want that to be a barrier to accessing the material.
Discounts are available to those who need financial assistance in order to join the training. To pay a discounted rate drop us an email (hello@facilitator.cards) and let us know what amount of scholarship you need. We offer up to full-scholarships for people in particular fields of work!
GRITTY DETAILS
No refunds after September 15th
Each registration is for one person only, if there are multiple people at your organization who would like to attend please contact us for group rates, special discounts, or exceptions.
You will receive the follow-up resources, recording, etc. regardless of whether you attend the training and are welcome to sign up specifically for the recording and resources.
STILL NOT SURE IF IT’S FOR YOU?
Feeling a bit wishy-washy? Sign up for our email list to be in touch!
FAQ
Can I come late?
Not really. We close the doors after 10 minutes (so in that sense you can be up to 10 minutes late!) to ensure that the group has a cohesive learning experience.
We get it, life happens, which is why we make each session available via recording as quickly as possible for those who have unexpected delays/hindrances day of.