The Art of Facilitation – Mastering Group Leadership | online (Australasian and North American Time Zones)

19 August - 07 October 2026  (8 am - 12 pm  AEST)

Stage 1 of the Zenergy Diploma: The Art of Facilitation (40 hours) will run over eight weekly 4-hour sessions starting Wednesday, 19 August and ending Wednesday, 7 October 2026.   Online session times are 8 am - 12 pm (AEST - Australia, Melbourne).  The training will include 4 hours of essential offline content and practical work to be completed between sessions.  This experiential facilitation training is based on The Art of Facilitation (Hunter, 2007).

The need for ongoing effective online facilitation has become increasingly apparent over the past few years.  We need new ways of working together,  bringing our humanity and whole-person presence to this online world.  Participants will gain an embodied understanding of whole-person facilitation, developing skills in building relationships and accessing collective intelligence for the greater good of the teams, groups and communities in which they work.  A central focus of the training is to allow participants to build confidence by practising their facilitation in the safety of a supportive group without being exhausted or overwhelmed.

Course outline and dates

Online Format:  eight 4-hour sessions over eight weeks (mornings/afternoons/evenings depending on your time zone) plus practical work

The course is delivered over eight weeks, consisting of one 4-hour online session per week (32 hours in total) and 30-minutes per week of independent practical work (4 hours in total).  This format enhances online facilitation capabilities while also increasing accessibility for participants across different time zones. Our delivery approach maximises online engagement and minimises 'zoom fatigue'.

The online course covers the same content as the in-person course: Creating the Programme, Facilitating Self and Others, Making Interventions, Facilitating Challenges, Integration and Assessment.

Session Dates

  • 19 Aug       Session 1:  Creating the programme
  • 26 Aug       Session 2:  Programme Frames
  • 02 Sep      Session 3:  Facilitating Self and Others
  • 09 Sep    Session 4:   Making Interventions (Halfway review)
  • 16 Sep      Session 5:  Making Interventions 2
  • 23 Sep     Session 6:   Facilitating Challenges
  • 30 Sep     Session 7:  Personal Facilitation Practice
  • 07 Oct     Session 8:  Reflection, Integration and Assessment

Session Times

  • 8:00 am - 12:00 pm   (Melbourne, Australia)
  • 10:00 am - 2:00 pm  (New Zealand)
  • Tuesday 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm   (Los Angeles, Vancouver)
  • Tuesday 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm  (Montreal, New York)

Online platform

The course will be delivered via Zoom Videoconferencing (participants do not require a paid account). We will use online collaboration tools, including Google Drive, Miro Boards, and WhatsApp, to connect as a group between sessions. We may also explore other collaboration platforms of interest to participants.

Learning outcomes

  • Understand whole-person online facilitation (including barriers and opportunities)
  • Understand the role of a facilitator and group development cycles
  • Create an empowering group purpose and safe group culture
  • Explore aspects of whole personhood and being present to self, others and the group
  • Recognise and work with different energy levels in self, others and the group
  • Practise facilitation processes, techniques and interventions in a group
  • Become comfortable with a range of behaviours and effectively manage conflict
  • Practice online facilitation and work with online collaboration platforms
  • Learning together with other facilitation professionals
  • Create meaningful connections online
  • Learning to work with Miro

Who is it for?

The Art of Facilitation has been developed for facilitators with varying levels of facilitation experience working in government, community and/or business sectors as it meets people at their own level of expertise. It is also suitable for team leaders, community facilitators, consultants and emerging facilitators and will be adapted to meet the specific needs of the group.

The group will have a maximum of 12 participants.

Additional information on Zenergy Stage 1: The Art of Facilitation

Trainers

Simone is our Zenergy Trainer in Melbourne, Australia, and has been a trainer with Zenergy Global since 2013. She was born in Leipzig, Germany, in the land of the Saxon people. In 2015, she relocated from New Zealand to Australia and brought the Zenergy work to Australia. Simone is active with the Victorian Facilitators Network (VFN) and delivers Zenergy programs in Australia, Europe, Asia, the USA and the UK. Since its establishment in Australia, Zenergy Global Australia has been growing and had several programs delivered worldwide. Simone is an experienced facilitator, coach and trainer working in government, corporate business and community sectors. She is passionate about helping leaders embed the spirit of collaborative leadership and sees whole-person facilitation skills as essential to effective collaboration.

 

Costs

Full Price*: 2,450 AUD ex. GST / 1,350GBP / 1,500 EUR / 1,750 USD 

For Reviewers, people who have done the course before: 50% discount: 1,225 AUD

Cost includes:

  • Soft copy of Participant Course Manual
  • 40 hours of experiential training, including weekly coaching
  • Certificate of Attendance

Super Early Bird Discount 20%, if paid in full by 12 June 2026

Early Bird Discount 10%, if paid in full by 19 July 2026

*Payment Plans are available. We want to help; if money is a barrier, please talk to us.

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