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2026 Facilitating Creatively Training cohorts

Applications are open to join these in-person training intensive peer cohorts! Strengthen your foundational facilitation practices with creative, embodied, and visual tools to support meeting and group processes and decision-making; and, join an engaged cohort of fellow facilitators for ongoing connection and development!

In these times of increasing uncertainty, we invite you to join us for a two-part facilitation training designed to offer tools for facilitating adaptable, connective and creative spaces. Facilitating Creatively is a training designed to offer meaningful facilitation tools and frameworks that help us to accomplish our goals while also creating space to honor our humanity. 

This unique two-part training blends foundational facilitation practices with creative, somatic, and visual frameworks to support leaders and community members with tools to guide and design meetings, group processes, and coalitions—especially in times of complexity and change. In this training, participants will:

  • Grow in relationship with your own creativity as a facilitator. 

  • Explore somatic practices, visual frameworks, and creative methods to increase engagement and collaboration.

  • Receive a handbook of tools, templates, and frameworks for real-world application

  • Have the option to participate in a personalized 1:1 coaching session between the two trainings.

  • Grow their confidence in leading conversations and navigating challenging group dynamics.

  • Build a supportive peer learning community committed to equity and action.

Who Should Apply: This opportunity is open to 12 participants (max 2 per organization). Ideal candidates:

  • Are staff or members of partnerships, organizations or community groups within King County working to build community power and organize for change.

  • Can commit to attend both training dates! 

  • Have a current facilitation challenge or growth area they are ready to explore.

  • Are eager to apply what they learn and share insights with their organizations and networks.

  • Are interested in co-creating an ongoing peer learning community.

Note: This training is for individuals who are responsible for facilitating groups - peer groups, staff teams, workgroups, community groups, etc. 

Facilitators:

  • Mari Shibuya – Visual strategist, somatic facilitator, and creative process designer known for her work with collective visioning, equity-centered facilitation, and participatory strategy.

  • Rose Waterstone – Nonprofit founder, racial and gender equity leader, and community facilitator with deep expertise in building inclusive, intergenerational communities of belonging.

Space is limited, please only apply if you can confirm attendance at BOTH in-person trainings. We will add to a waitlist when we reach attendance max. Deadline to submit application is March 9th. Apply here!

We will confirm attendance by March 16th. 

Questions? Email us at info@coopartnerships.org

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