Training & Workshops
Practical, participatory sessions that build real capability — in facilitation, leadership, collaboration, and change — grounded in theory, demonstration, and hands-on practice.
How we train
Circles of Change workshops are built on participatory methods — including the Institute of Cultural Affairs' Technology of Participation™ (ToP) — so people learn by doing, reflecting, and applying, not by sitting through slides. Every session is designed backward from the change you want to see in how your people work together.
Formats range from a half-day skills lab to a multi-day intensive, delivered on-site or virtually, and tailored to your team's context. We keep groups engaged, honor every voice in the room, and leave participants with tools and language they'll actually use.
Signature intensive
A three-day immersion in facilitating for just and inclusive systems — four practices that spiral from critical consciousness and care to participatory design and collective action. Grounded in Robert Quintana Hopkins' doctoral research, it's for facilitators, organizers, and leaders who want their group work to move real change.
Cohort dates and enrollment are announced periodically. Reach out to be notified or to arrange a private cohort for your organization.
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Each is customized to your goals and group. A conversation is the best way to scope the right fit.
Help new and experienced leaders set direction, build alignment, and share commitment — leading with and through their teams.
Co-create norms and practices where every member can participate fully and do their best work.
Move a group from guardedness to candor with structured, practical trust-building they can sustain.
Close the gap between what we mean and what's heard — tools for clearer, braver, more useful conversations.
Turn a room full of perspectives into a shared, actionable plan the group owns and follows through on.
Equip your own people to design and lead participatory meetings that get to real outcomes.
Let's begin
Tell us your goals, your group, and your timeline — and we'll shape a session that fits.
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