The Art of Process Facilitation | hybrid (Potsdam or online)
Convening Stakeholder Conversations for Consensus Building
10 November 9:00 am — 13 November 2026 4:00 pm

Registration status: OPEN
Registration deadline: 2 November 2026

Duration: 4 days of training
Methodology: 
CLI Dialogic Change Model
Tution fee: 
€ 2,000 in-person, € 1,500 online
Registration status: 
OPEN
Registration deadline:
2 November 2026

The quality of collaboration and shared leadership depends on how we design the spaces where dialogue, reflection, and decision-making take place

When individuals and teams gather — across organisations, sectors, or levels of hierarchy — each brings unique experiences, assumptions, and expectations to the table. This diversity can spark innovation and ownership, but without thoughtful facilitation it may also lead to  misunderstandings, disconnection, or loss of shared direction.

This advanced course builds on the foundations learned in Art of Leading Collectively and Art of Stakeholder Collaboration. It is designed for participants who want to move from designing collaboration to facilitating it in real time. Ideal for project leaders, coordinators, facilitators, and cross-sector teams, the course focuses on creating meaningful spaces where co-creation and shared ownership can truly emerge.

While Art of Leading Collectively focuses on the mindset and application of collective leadership, and Art of Stakeholder Collaboration provides tools to design and structure collaborative processes with diverse actors, Art of Process Facilitation goes one step further — into the live dynamics of group interaction. Using the Dialogic Change Model and the Collective Leadership Compass, you will learn how to turn meetings into moments of leadership — where responsibility is shared, every voice is heard, and complexity becomes a space for possibility rather than paralysis.

So, Come with your (cross-sector) team and enhance the quality of your team communication.

Registration (in-person)

The Art of Process Facilitation
Potsdam (Berlin area), Germany - EUR 2,000
10 - 13 September 2026

Register

Download and fill in the registration form at page 2 of the flyer. Send it back as a signed PDF or photo to Cholpon Aitakhunova. You accept CLI’s general terms and conditions for the certification programme.

Your key takeaways
  • Develop the competence to facilitate spaces where collective leadership can emerge and thrive.
  • Embed dialogic practices in stakeholder engagement and decision-making processes at all levels.
  • Strengthen your presence and communication skills – stay calm, clear and effective in complex dynamics — supported by self-reflection, peer feedback, and professional guidance.
  •  design and guide conversations and sessions that embrace diversity, build trust, and connect participants to shared purpose, innovation, and collective potential.
  • Apply the Dialogic Change Model and Collective Leadership Compass into your facilitation practice.

By the end of this course, you will be able to lead and facilitate processes where individuals co-create shared leadership, navigate complexity with confience, and generate outcomes that are innovative, human-centered, and sustainable.

Meet your facilitator Cholpon
Project Manager at CLI

You can rely on the deep expertise of CLI facilitators when participating an open course module. This course will be facilitated by Cholpon Aitakhunova.

Learn more about Cholpon
Meet your facilitator Guillem
Project Manager at CLI

You can rely on the deep expertise of CLI facilitators when participating an open course module. This course will be facilitated by Guillem Vallbona.

Learn more about Guillem
The training schedule for online presence days is:

DAY ONE:
The Principles of Dialogic Facilitation

DAY TWO:
The Power of Listening and Inquiry

DAY THREE:
The Power of Process and Structure to Prepare Meetings and Workshops

DAY FOUR:
Practicing Facilitation for Consensus Building

Registration (in-person)

The Art of Process Facilitation
Potsdam (Berlin area), Germany - EUR 2,000
10 - 13 September 2026

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Important information

This training is planned as a hybrid event – both in-person participation in Potsdam, Germany, and online participation at Central European Time (CET) are possible. Please choose your format when you register.

CLI reserves the right to change an in-person participation into an online participation if you do not get your visa on time or other short-term notice reasons prevent you from coming to the course venue. Furthermore, the same applies if new pandemic situations occur that do not allow your participation on-site. Registrations remain valid in any of the cases given. We will come back to you individually in such situations and find the best possible solutions together.

Participant's feedback

“Very valuable and insightful to developing skills needed to improve and generate meaningful conversations that lead to concrete changes.” – Technical Advisor, Namibia

“Models and tools that I find very helpful and fitting for the work in which I’m engaged.” – Senior Lecturer, USA

“CLI provides excellent concepts and material and professional facilitators.” – Freelance Consultant, Germany

“It awakens our sense of humanity and enables to see impediments that we normally place before ourselves thereby inhibiting quality of our communication.” – Deputy Programme Manager, Kenya

“Holistic and practical.” – Strategist, Netherlands

Course impressions:
Registration (in-person)

The Art of Process Facilitation
Potsdam (Berlin area), Germany - EUR 2,000
10 - 13 September 2026

Register

Download and fill in the registration form at page 2 of the flyer. Send it back as a signed PDF or photo to Cholpon Aitakhunova. You accept CLI’s general terms and conditions for the certification programme.

Open questions?

Do you still have questions on this course? Feel free to contact Cholpon Aitakhunova directly, or join our upcoming free information session:

Free information session Collective Leadership Specialist Programme

Online
29 January 2026
12:00pm - 2:00pm Central European Time (CET)

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