IN-PERSON TRAINING PROGRAM

IN-PERSON TRAINING PROGRAM

Full-Stack Facilitator

Full-Stack Facilitator

Full-Stack

Facilitator

Our transformational 5-day training bootcamp where you’ll learn the fundamentals of facilitation, group dynamics, and workshop design.

It’s immersive, it’s practical, it’s fun!

Our transformational 5-day training bootcamp where you’ll learn the fundamentals of facilitation, group dynamics, and workshop design.

It’s immersive, it’s practical, it’s fun!

Our transformational 5-day training bootcamp where you’ll learn the fundamentals of facilitation, group dynamics, and workshop design.

It’s immersive, it’s practical, it’s fun!

In-Person

In-Person

+

Online Coaching

Online Coaching

+

Video Course

Video Course

Duration

Duration

5 days in-person

5 days in-person

5 days in-person

Locations

Locations

Palo Alto, USA

Berlin, Germany

Palo Alto, USA

Berlin, Germany

Palo Alto, USA

Berlin, Germany

Price

Price

$14,300 (Palo Alto)

€13,300 (Berlin)

$14,300 (Palo Alto)

€13,300 (Berlin)

$14,300 (Palo Alto)

€13,300 (Berlin)

Certification

Certification

Signed certificate of completion

Signed certificate of completion

Signed certificate of completion

What’s included in

Full-Stack Facilitator?

What’s included in

Full-Stack Facilitator?

What’s included in

Full-Stack Facilitator?

In-Person Training

5 days of immersive, hands-on training in a beautiful, creative environment.

Digital Course Access

Unlimited access to our digital companion course, covering the training’s content.

Continued Online Coaching

6-month access to high-level group coaching calls with our trainers.

Private Community Access

6-month access to our private community for ambitious facilitators.

Printed Materials

Workbook and printed resources covering everything you learned in the training.

Certification

Our official signed certificate of completion, to you can promote your new skills!

In-Person —

In-Person —

Incredible!

Incredible!

Zoom fatigue? Us too! We believe there’s a unique magic when people come together to learn in-person. We’re excited to offer Full-Stack Facilitator in Palo Alto, the heart of tech in the US, and in Berlin, the heart of creativity in Europe.

Zoom fatigue? Us too! We believe there’s a unique magic when people come together to learn in-person. We’re excited to offer Full-Stack Facilitator in Palo Alto, the heart of tech in the US, and in Berlin, the heart of creativity in Europe.

A Decade of Experience,
Turned into Days of Learning

A Decade of Experience,
Turned into Days of Learning

A Decade of Experience,
Turned into Days of Learning

Full-Stack Facilitator compresses over 14 years of practical facilitation and collaboration experience into 5 days of hands-on learning!

Full-Stack Facilitator compresses over 14 years of practical facilitation and collaboration experience into 5 days of hands-on learning!

DAY 1 OF 5 • 3pm – 6pm

Orientation Day

Day one is all about arriving, settling in and getting to know the new friends you’re going to be spending the week with.

CORE ACTIVITIES

Introductions

Training Overview

Materials

What to expect:

Arrival and familiarizing yourself with the training location

Meeting the AJ&Smart team and your fellow participants

Collecting your training materials and nametag

A chance to network and get to know everybody in a more relaxed environment before the training starts

A short presentation giving an overview of the week ahead

DAY 2 OF 5 • 10am – 6pm

Collaboration & Decision Making

Learn and deeply understand the fundamental reason why teams struggle to collaborate on complex challenges (and how Facilitation can help).

CORE TOPICS

Group Dynamics

Decision Making

Problem-Solving

What you’ll learn:

A simple but powerful framework for understanding group dynamics: How groups make decisions, solve problems and come up with innovative solutions

​Why collaboration breaks down within most groups, including common pitfalls and challenges

How our brains didn't develop for decision-making and problem-solving in modern, complex work settings

​​How facilitation and workshops can improve collaboration without disrupting established patterns of work

DAY 3 OF 5 • 10am – 6pm

Facilitation Fundamentals

Understand the foundational theory, skills and techniques designed to enable facilitators to help groups to collaborate better and make better decisions, faster. 

CORE TOPICS

Facilitation Theory

Facilitation Core Skills

What you’ll learn:

The foundations of facilitation: Understand what facilitation is, what a facilitator does and why facilitation is essential for a team’s success

​When and why we need facilitation: Learn where a skilled facilitator is crucial, and why facilitation is becoming THE skill of the future

​​The facilitator’s toolbox: Learn the core skills and techniques every facilitator needs to manage group dynamics and make teamwork smoother and more effective

DAY 4 OF 5 • 10am – 6pm

Workshop Design 101

Workshop Design 101

Learn the practical tools every facilitator needs to be familiar with to design, modify, and run successful purpose-built, custom workshops.

CORE TOPICS

Workshop Principles

The Anatomy of a Workshop

Core Materials and Activities

What you’ll learn:

A blueprint for understanding the structure of a successful workshop through out famous "4Cs Framework"

How to design, modify, and run workshops from scratch, and understanding what to do before, during and after a workshop

​The core materials and activities we recommend for running successful workshops

DAY 5 OF 5 • 10am – 6pm

Live Practice & Graduation Ceremony

Live Practice & Graduation Ceremony

You'll put your new skills to the test in a low-risk, fun, live practice session, and then receive your certification!

CORE TOPICS

Practical Application

Graduation

What you’ll learn:

Put everything you’ve learned into practice: you’ll facilitate a workshop, practice your facilitation skills, and deal with troublemaker participants

Graduation ceremony where you’ll receive your signed certificate and celebrate with your peers 

Closing Circle where we’ll recap and reflect on the week

Join the Top 1%

Join the Top 1%

Full-Stack Facilitator is limited to 50 attendees per year, making it our most exclusive program and certification to-date. 

Full-Stack Facilitator is limited to 50 attendees per year, making it our most exclusive program and certification to-date. 

Palo Alto Class of 2024

Palo Alto Class of 2024

Palo Alto Class of 2024

Powered by

ECS®

This training program is based on ECS® – our Emergent Collaboration System®. It enables you to fluidly and confidently facilitate any process, for any group, at any company, for any challenge – in any situation.

Learn more about ECS®

Powered by ECS®

This training program is based on ECS® – our Emergent Collaboration System®. It enables you to fluidly and confidently facilitate any process, for any group, at any company, for any challenge – in any situation.

Learn more about ECS®

Powered by

ECS®

This training program is based on ECS® – our Emergent Collaboration System®. It enables you to fluidly and confidently facilitate any process, for any group, at any company, for any challenge – in any situation.

Learn more about ECS®

Powered by ECS®

This training program is based on ECS® – our Emergent Collaboration System®. It enables you to fluidly and confidently facilitate any process, for any group, at any company, for any challenge – in any situation.

Learn more about ECS®

We’ve trained over 35,000 people from 100s of companies.

For over a decade, we design and run facilitation training programs for companies of all shapes and sizes. They all have one thing in common: They want to make working together more efficient and valuable!

We’ve trained over 35,000 people from 100s of companies.

For over a decade, we design and run facilitation training programs for companies of all shapes and sizes. They all have one thing in common: They want to make working together more efficient and valuable!

We’ve trained over 35,000 people from 100s of companies.

For over a decade, we design and run facilitation training programs for companies of all shapes and sizes. They all have one thing in common: They want to make working together more efficient and valuable!

Who's This Training For?

Who's This Training For?

Who's This Training For?

Whether you're a total newbie or seasoned-pro, Full-Stack Facilitator has something for you! 

Whether you're a total newbie or seasoned-pro, Full-Stack Facilitator has something for you! 

Beginner

Beginner

Interested in learning Facilitation and Collaboration from the ground up? We'll teach you all the fundamentals you need to start your facilitation journey. 

Interested in learning Facilitation and Collaboration from the ground up? We'll teach you all the fundamentals you need to start your facilitation journey. 

Intermediate

Intermediate

Have some experience but want to build a more robust foundation for your skills? We'll teach you a framework that will carry you through your entire facilitation career.

Have some experience but want to build a more robust foundation for your skills? We'll teach you a framework that will carry you through your entire facilitation career.

Advanced

Advanced

Interested in learning how AJ&Smart approaches facilitation and collaboration? We'll show you our 'secret sauce' that powers all of AJ&Smart's workshops.

Interested in learning how AJ&Smart approaches facilitation and collaboration? We'll show you our 'secret sauce' that powers all of AJ&Smart's workshops.

Why facilitation?

Because helping people work better together is

more important than ever before!

$100
Million

is the yearly cost for big companies for staff being in pointless meetings. 

Bloomberg 2022

65%

of senior managers say that meetings keep them from completing their own work.

Harvard Business Review 2017

58%

of Americans would rather go to a doctor’s appointment than attend a work meeting.

Deputy 2022

75%

of decision-makers feel that collaboration needs to be improved in their companies. 

Forrester Research 2021

The Fix?

Facilitators!

A facilitator can help teams

make better decisions.

Facilitated meetings have

less conflict.

A facilitator can help teams

solve problems faster.

A facilitator ensures

actionable outcomes.

Why facilitation?

Because helping people work better together is

more important than ever before!

$100
Million

is the yearly cost for big companies for staff being in pointless meetings. 

Bloomberg 2022

65%

of senior managers say that meetings keep them from completing their own work.

Harvard Business Review 2017

58%

of Americans would rather go to a doctor’s appointment than attend a work meeting.

Deputy 2022

75%

of decision-makers feel that collaboration needs to be improved in their companies. 

Forrester Research 2021

The Fix?

Facilitators!

A facilitator can help teams

make better decisions.

Facilitated meetings have

less conflict.

A facilitator can help teams

solve problems faster.

A facilitator ensures

actionable outcomes.

Why facilitation?

Because helping people work better together is more important than ever before!

$100 Million

is the yearly cost for big companies for staff being in pointless meetings. 

Bloomberg 2022

65%

of senior managers say that meetings keep them from completing their own work.

Harvard Business Review 2017

58%

of Americans would rather go to a doctor’s appointment than attend a work meeting.

Deputy 2022

75%

of decision-makers feel that collaboration needs to be improved in their companies. 

Forrester Research 2021

The Fix?

Facilitators!

A facilitator can help teams

make better decisions.

Facilitated meetings have

less conflict.

A facilitator can help teams

solve problems faster.

A facilitator ensures

actionable outcomes.

Learn through

Edu-Tainment!

Learn through

Edu-Tainment!

Facilitation training has a reputation of being pretty boring and old-school. Not ours! We believe what you learn “sticks” when you’re having fun. We’ll never host our training in a badly-lit conference room, ever!

Facilitation training has a reputation of being pretty boring and old-school. Not ours! We believe what you learn “sticks” when you’re having fun. We’ll never host our training in a badly-lit conference room, ever!

Meet Your Trainers:

Meet Your Trainers:

Meet Your Trainers:

Jonathan is founder and CEO of facilitator.com. He loves to help people work better together.

Rebecca is Facilitation Coach and has trained thousands of people from all over the world

Upcoming training dates

Upcoming training dates

We run a very limited number of in-person bootcamps, and spots are filled quickly.
Secure your ticket to one of our next trainings now!

We run a very limited number of in-person bootcamps, and spots are filled quickly.
Secure your ticket to one of our next trainings now!

Full-Stack Facilitator California

Full-Stack Facilitator California

Full-Stack Facilitator California

Palo Alto, CA 🇺🇸

July 28 - August 1, 2025

$14,300.00

Buy your ticket

3 tickets remaining!

Full-Stack Facilitator Berlin

Full-Stack Facilitator Berlin

Full-Stack Facilitator Berlin

AJ&Smart HQ, Berlin, Germany 🇩🇪

October 14 - 18, 2024

€13,300.00

SOLD OUT

Full-Stack Facilitator California

Full-Stack Facilitator California

Full-Stack Facilitator California

Hotel Citrine, Palo Alto, CA 🇺🇸

July 30 - August 2, 2024

$14,300.00

SOLD OUT

Full-Stack Facilitator Berlin

Full-Stack Facilitator Berlin

Full-Stack Facilitator Berlin

AJ&Smart HQ, Berlin, Germany 🇩🇪

May 21 - 24, 2024

€13,300.00

SOLD OUT

Have questions?
Speak with our Admissions Team!

Our Admissions Team is happy to help you with any questions relating to our Full Stack Facilitator training, just schedule a call and let's chat!

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Satisfaction guaranteed!

Satisfaction guaranteed!

We’re so confident you'll love Full-Stack Facilitator that we offer a full refund if you aren’t satisfied by the end of your training. No questions asked!

Cancellation & Refund Policy

Cancellation & Refund Policy

If you buy a ticket and realize you can’t attend the training, You can get a full refund if you let us know at least 30 days before the training begins, and a 50% refund if you let us know at least 14 days before the training begins.


Cancellation requests that happen less than 14-days before the training do not qualify for a refund. If the event needs to be cancelled by us because of unforeseen circumstances, we'll issue you a full refund.

Still have questions?

Still have questions?

Still have questions?

Is the training 100% in person?

Do I get a certificate at the end?

How long is the training?

Is facilitation a secure career choice?

What sort of job opportunities would this training unlock for me?

What is the level of this training? Can I take it if I’m a total beginner?

What if I already know a lot about facilitation?

How is Full Stack Facilitator different from the other facilitator.com training programs?

Why should I learn from facilitator.com instead of other training providers?

How often is Full Stack Facilitator available to join?

How many people does the training accomodate?

Does the price include accommodation? What about food?

Are there payment plans available?

Can I get my company to pay for this for me?

What if I want to train my whole team?

What is the refund policy if I change my mind?

Is the training 100% in person?

Do I get a certificate at the end?

How long is the training?

Is facilitation a secure career choice?

What sort of job opportunities would this training unlock for me?

What is the level of this training? Can I take it if I’m a total beginner?

What if I already know a lot about facilitation?

How is Full Stack Facilitator different from the other facilitator.com training programs?

Why should I learn from facilitator.com instead of other training providers?

How often is Full Stack Facilitator available to join?

How many people does the training accomodate?

Does the price include accommodation? What about food?

Are there payment plans available?

Can I get my company to pay for this for me?

What if I want to train my whole team?

What is the refund policy if I change my mind?