Facilitating Engaging Meetings
A live, practical training for people who lead meetings that need to result in clear decisions and forward movement.
Learn repeatable methods to design meetings with purpose, guide participation in real time, and navigate group dynamics with confidence.
At a Glance
- Format: Live online, interactive (practice + real-time feedback)
- Time: 3 sessions (90 minutes each)
- Schedule: Offered in Winter (Feb), Summer (June), and Fall (Oct)
- Cost: $325 early bird / $350 regular
- Next training: June 9th, 11th, 16th
Best for you if you…
- Lead internal or external meetings and want clearer outcomes, decisions, and forward movement
- Want practical tools and structured practice you can use immediately
Not the best fit if you…
- Need fully self-paced learning (choose Build Better Meetings)
- Are looking for sector content rather than facilitation skill-building
Are you struggling with getting folks to participate in meetings?
Do you wonder how to prevent or manage difficult group dynamics in meetings?
Join this live, online training to increase your understanding of meeting facilitation and your confidence as a facilitator. Together, we’ll learn and practice skills through guided, highly interactive sessions. You will learn from ICL’s expertise facilitating hundreds of collaborations focused on protecting our air, land, water, and communities.
This training series emphasizes skill-building through engagement with the content and your peers in the environmental, conservation, and community health sectors.
Who is this training for?
This live, online training is for anyone who has to lead or design meetings—and wants to make every one count. You will learn and practice skills that you can use during:
- externally facing meetings (for community members, other organizations, etc.)
- internal meetings such as team check-ins
- a series of meetings, or iterative meetings
- times a group is working through conflicts or decisions
See below for more information and register today!
2026 Training Dates
WINTER (Feb)
February 19th, February 24th, February 26th
SUMMER (June)
June 9th, June 11th, June 16th
FALL (Oct)
October 20th, October 22nd, October 27th
*All Sessions 1:00-2:30 pm ET*
Cost
$325 early bird
$350 regular
Outcomes
by the end of the training series, you will:
1
Be oriented to your role and stance as a facilitator who supports productive and engaging conversations
2
Build the core skills for planning an engaging meeting, which include how to:
- set clear meeting outcomes
- listen, summarize, and redirect in a meeting
- apply an understanding of group dynamics to inform your facilitation choices
- develop clear and practical agendas
3
Explore approaches that address key facilitation challenges to become more confident in your unique facilitation style
4
Learn from ICL’s expertise in facilitating meetings through real-world examples, strategies, and guidance
What is the focus of each session?
What's Included
- Three 90-minute interactive sessions emphasizing skill building + practicing facilitation tools and approaches
- Opportunities for peer learning through breakout rooms and group engagement in sessions
- Assignments between sessions to deepen your learning
- Slides and ICL handouts/worksheets from each session
- Recordings available for 60 days after the training ends
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes — the program covers tools and approaches for leading both virtual and in-person meetings.
That’s ok! Each session is recorded and sent to participants in a follow-up email so you can view it on your own time.
Our trainings are designed as a series of interactive sessions. Please come prepared to interact and contribute.
A series of calendar invitations and Zoom links for the training sessions will be shared with you after registering and before the training begins. You will also receive a welcome email to help you get oriented before we begin.
There is a no refund policy for our trainings. Registration transfers will be accepted on a case by case basis. Reach out to info@icl.org with questions or to request a transfer once registered.
Please send us an email to info@icl.org with your questions and we will get back to you within 1-2 business days.