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We’re bringing the MAFN community together in person this spring - Join us!
What You will Experience
Expect a day filled with fresh ideas, meaningful conversations, and the energy of being in community. Attendees will direct their own agenda around the content themes through interactive workshops and meaningful opportunities to connect and network before and after the conference.
CONTENT Themes:
- Business development in dynamic times
- Technology shifts in facilitation
- Facilitating amid polarization and conflict
Who Should Attend and Why
If you lead groups, facilitate change, or guide learning, New Frontiers in Facilitation is designed for you. This one-day, in-person conference brings together facilitators, trainers, educators, coaches, mediators, and organizational leaders to explore cutting-edge practices in business development, technology in facilitation, and working across divided contexts. Beyond the sessions, the conference emphasizes intentional networking to help you build meaningful connections that last well beyond the event. Join us and leave inspired, equipped, and connected for the future of facilitation.
At-a-Glance Schedule
- Registration & Coffee Networking from 8:30
- Plenary
- Rae Ringel - Rupture & Renewal, How Facilitation Evolves in a Polarized AI-Driven World
- Six workshops in three parallel sessions (the opportunity to join three in the program)
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- Bola Audena - Scaling with Purpose: Building a Thriving Facilitation Brand in the Age of AI
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- Carly Chomer & Kim Fredrich - Make Your Business Development Meaningful Not Mechanical
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- Christine Gerson & Eboney Dixon-Crump - Clarity, Curiosity and Connection: Coaching Through Polarization & Communicating Across Differences
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- Jennie Toner-Algin - Find the Beat: Using Musical Techniques to Reduce Polarization and Navigate Group Conflict
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- Mike Burns - AI and Facilitation: Asking Not What It Can Do, But What It Should Do
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- Nikki Frias - Building Bridges in Conflict and Uncertainty with Applied Improv
- Parallel sessions
- Knowledge Cafe: Join table hosts for skills-based learning
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- Open Space: Join fellow participants to reflect on key learnings, collaboratively explore emerging questions, and engage in self-directed dialogue with peers.
- Happy Hour & Networking from 4:00
Sponsorships available
- Interested in reaching 100+ facilitators and organizational leaders?
- Contact us today to ask about being the sole presenting sponsor!
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Rates
Members:
- Early-Bird (until 11:59 pm on 2/15/26): $99.00
- Regular Rate starting 2/16/26: $129.00
- Membership Bundle (Member & Registration): $199.00
Non-Members:
- Non-Member Early Bird (until 11:59 pm on 2/15/26): $129.00
Students:
- Current/Active Student: $79.00
Register Now!
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