Facilitation Training: Leading Productive Community Conversations (Summer Training)
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Tue, Jun 23, 2026
1:30 PM – 11:55 PM EDT (GMT-4)
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Join us for this 3-day Virtual Facilitation Training designed to gain practical tools for bringing diverse groups together, strengthening relationships, and turn differences into opportunities for collaboration and impact.
Training will take place June 24–26, from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. each day.
Register on Luma.com/sustaineddialogue
Training is free for CWRU community members with code:
FREE4SDCNDEEPMEMBER
Certificate of completion awarded to all participants who finish the training. Please email ocee@case.edu for any questions!
Wednesday, June 24th, 2026 - Workshop 1: What is Dialogue & Sustained Dialogue? When does it work?
- Turning Groups Into Coalitions: Using a Relational Lens for Facilitation and Understanding Conflict
- Four Lenses for Identity and Backgrounds for Facilitators
Thursday, June 25th, 2026 - Workshop 2: How to do Stage 1 (how to recruit people and build space for successful dialogue)
- Active Listening
- Asking Strong Questions that Open Conversations and Generate Deeper Understanding
Friday, June 26th, 2026 - Workshop 3: Planning a One-time Dialogue Session
- Equitable Facilitation Tool and Strategies
- Analyzing Root Causes and Planning Action (Stage 3, 4 & 5)