Facilitation First Inc

For over thirty years, Facilitation First has been top of mind for companies requiring Facilitation Skills Training and Professional Facilitation Services. We specialize in helping leaders and subject matter experts transition to the role of meeting facilitator, where a structured process guides discussions ensuring better decisions, outcomes and highly inclusive participant engagement. We offer our workshops both onsite and in-person or in live, online instructor-led classrooms.

Our highly successful Facilitating Meetings with Ease workshop was developed by our founder, Michael Goldman and Ingrid Bens, master facilitator and author of the national bestselling books ‘Facilitating with Ease and ‘Facilitation at a Glance!’. With thousands of satisfied participants having taken our programs, we provide a proven, experiential workshop process that provides attendees with simple yet powerful tools that they can apply in their very next meeting. We also offer a wide array of advanced facilitation workshops as well as programs that support a more collaborative and facilitative approach to training, presenting, consulting and chairing meetings.


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Why choose Facilitation First?

Facilitation First has been developing great meeting leaders since 1991

Over 10,000 satisfied learners indicate they would recommend our workshops to their colleagues

Facilitation First Trainers are Master Meeting Facilitators

Services

Facilitation First is dedicated to setting the standard of excellence in the provision of ‘process’ facilitation. Our experienced facilitators have successful, proven processes and tools for running collaborative sessions geared to any kind of meeting including strategic planning, problem-solving, decision-making and team alignment.

We also specialize in helping leaders and subject matter experts transition to the role of meeting facilitator, where a detailed process guides discussions ensuring better decisions, outcomes and optimum participant engagement.

Our core service offering includes:

  • Virtual & In-Person Professional Meeting Facilitation, Moderation and Production Services
  • Virtual & In-Room Training Solutions
  • Virtual and In-Person Meeting Coaching & Consulting
  • Facilitation First Certificate Program

Courses

Professional Course
Business and Management
Virtual Teams Length Price Location Reviews
Facilitating Inclusive Hybrid Meetings 3.5 hours Online
5.0 (6)
Communication Skills
Facilitation
Facilitating Meetings with Ease 14 hours Online
5.0 (14)
The Facilitative Chair 7 hours Online
5.0 (1)
The Virtual Facilitative Trainer 7 hours Online
Human Resources
Conflict Management
Facilitating Through Conflict & Challenging Meeting Behaviours 7 hours Online
Diversity
Facilitating Brave DEI Conversations 2.5 hours Online
5.0 (4)
IT
Unified Communications
Leading Hybrid Teams 7 hours Online
Corporate / Group Training
Business and Management
Team Building
Facilitating Teams to Higher Performance 14 hours Multiple (2)
Virtual Teams
Facilitating Inclusive Hybrid Meetings 3.5 hours Multiple (2)
5.0 (6)
The Virtual Facilitator Micro-Workshop Series 1.5 hours Multiple (2)
Updating Your Zoom Toolbox 1.5 hours Multiple (2)
Communication Skills
Facilitation
Facilitating Meetings That Work 7 hours Multiple (2)
5.0 (18)
Facilitating Meetings with Ease 14 hours Multiple (2)
5.0 (14)
Facilitating Strategic Planning 14 hours Multiple (2)
Facilitative Leadership Certificate Program Multiple (2)
Facilitator’s Design Symposium 7 hours Multiple (2)
5.0 (3)
The Facilitative Chair 7 hours Multiple (2)
5.0 (1)
The Facilitative Trainer 7 hours Multiple (2)
5.0 (3)
The Virtual Facilitative Designer 7 hours Multiple (2)
The Virtual Facilitative Trainer 7 hours Multiple (2)
Presentation Skills
Presenting to Senior Leaders 7 hours Multiple (2)
5.0 (4)
Human Resources
Conflict Management
Facilitating Through Conflict & Challenging Meeting Behaviours 7 hours Multiple (2)
5.0 (3)
Diversity
Facilitating Brave DEI Conversations 2.5 hours Multiple (2)
5.0 (4)
IT
Unified Communications
Leading Hybrid Teams 7 hours Multiple (2)
Mastering Zoom Breakout Rooms & Polling 2 hours Multiple (2)
MURAL For Facilitators: Incorporating Online Collaboration 3.5 hours Multiple (2)
Learning Management
Making Meetings Work 3.5 hours Multiple (2)
Project Management
Project Management For Non-Project Managers 7 hours Multiple (2)
Training Delivery
Training Consulting
Internal Consulting Skills 7 hours Multiple (2)
4.7 (3)

Industries Served

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Chemical & Natural Resources

Finance & Real Estate

Retail & Consumer Services

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Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals

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Awards and Accreditation

IAF Endorsed Focused Programme: Facilitating Meetings With Ease

Human Resources Professional Association

Endorsed for Professional Development Units

The Canadian Association of Management Consultants

Endorsed for Professional Development Units

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Facilitation First Inc

PO 3051, Danforth PO
M4J 0A1 Toronto Ontario

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Reviews

Average rating 5

Based on 84 reviews.

Kathy A.

An excellent course – appreciated the great training + the abundant resources provided. Many strong learnings. I would highly recommend this course

Debbie C.

I think this training is relevant to anyone who attends meetings in general, not just facilitators. An attendee can use these techniques to re-route a meeting that has gone off the rails even if the "official" facilitator does/can not.

Dr. Shane T.

Thought this was an excellent course that I wish I had done 10 years ago, and it would have helped me be better overall. Dr. Shane Taylor

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