Facilitation Fundamentals

2-Day in-person immersive training for leaders ready to transform their meetings, planning sessions, and workshops.

December 3-4, 2025
Austin, TX

Lead amazing meetings, workshops, & trainings.

In this immersive 2-day workshop you’ll learn the fundamentals of collaborative decision-making and how to build engaging sessions that harness creativity and end with clear action.

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Who is this training for?

Leaders responsible for organizing and hosting groups, like weekly team meetings, leadership retreats, and all-staff gatherings.

Consultants ready to support clients in a deeper and more productive direction based in creativity and collaboration.

Organizers, advocates, & policy professionals who lead coaltions & other kinds of collaborative work.

Anyone ready to stop dreading meetings and start leading collaboration with clarity, ease, and creativity.

Why should I attend?

Build Confidence and Credibility.

You’ll gain practical facilitation skills that make you feel calm, grounded, and confident in front of any group, even in tough conversations.

Spark Creativity and Collaboration.

You’ll practice techniques that help draw out voices, surface hidden wisdom, and generate solutions that feel exciting and doable.

Turn Group Chaos into Clarity.

You’ll learn simple, repeatable tools to redirect conversations, keep people focused, and move groups toward action.

Connect with Amazing Leaders.

You’ll join a community of change-makers, nonprofit leaders, and movement builders who are just as committed to leading with clarity and collaboration as you are.

Hi, I’m Mimi.

For more than two decades I’ve been leading community, policy, and organizational change work in some of the toughest environments.

And what I’ve learned is that effective facilitation rooted in collaboration, inclusion, connection, and creativity is key to building impactful campaigns and projects.

I’m excited to be able to share this two-day workshop with you. I can’t wait to work together!

"Mimi Garcia is, quite simply, a brilliant facilitator and an exceptional person! Her talent, warmth, and commitment create an environment where transformation feels effortless and success feels inevitable."
- Monica Krol
“Mimi is a phenomenal facilitator, who allowed space for tension, and helped us to make some decisions so we weren’t just all talk."
- Michelle Trupiano
“If you want every voice in your group to be heard, but you don't know how you will ever have time or bandwidth to actually hear every voice, Mimi can help you bridge that gap!”
- Emily Eby French
“Mimi is an adept coach, with a knack for helping people discern their goals and clarify actionable next steps to better themselves personally and professionally.”
- Matthew Mellon

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Registration Includes:

2 Day in-person training ($5,200 value)
Catered lunch, snacks, and coffee throughout the day ($100 value)
Printed Workbook & Excercise Reference Guide($150 value)
12-months free access to online Skool Community ($600 value)
1 post training 45 minute coaching session ($250)
Certificate of Completion
Total Value: $6,300

Register by Oct. 17 and get the Facilitation Starter Kit for free

$1,035 value

Set of Neuland markers — the premier odor freel, no-smear, permanant marker facilitators drool over ($30 value)
Visual timer ($30 value)
We Connect Cards deck ($30 value)
A copy of Facilitator's Guide to Participatory Decision-Making, the essential handguide to group dynamics and decision-making ($45 value)
Access to AJ & Smart’s Facilitation Fundamentals Online Digital Course ($900 value)

Early Bird Rate:

$1,145

$845

Ends Nov. 1st