Facilitating with Purpose: Effective Internal and External Meetings

Wednesday, July 16, 2025, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

SAVE THE DATE with Early Bird deadline of June 18. Registration will be open later on this week. 

Whether you're leading internal team check-ins, grantee meetings, stakeholder strategy sessions or multi-partner collaborations, strong facilitation skills can transform meetings from routine to results-driven. This interactive training will equip participants with practical tools and strategies, for use in person and online, to plan, lead and follow up on meetings that foster clarity, engagement and accountability.

We’ll discuss principles of effective facilitation and how to set a standard of facilitation for your organization before learning and practicing a range of facilitation methods for meetings of various sizes, members and purposes.  

Ideal for professionals at any level who lead or support meetings as part of their role, this session blends instruction, peer learning and hands-on practice to build confidence and effectiveness.

The training is led by partners MDC, a catalytic organization that accelerates equitable change through research, convenings and strategic support. MDC works in four key areas of: Leadership & Philanthropy; Educational Equity; Economic Security & Mobility; Rural Prosperity & Investment.  They have specific work experience with place-based funder strategies in Colorado.

Register by Wednesday, June 18 at the Early Bird Rate of $599Space is limited to only 30 participants. 

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