Internal facilitator program: your own workshop team
Train a group of your own people to design and run workshops that end in decisions – and support them until they do it with ease. Our internal facilitator program combines training, The Workshop Playbook, coaching on real workshops and monthly live calls with Joern Steinz.
The program at a glance
Kick-off trainingHands-on facilitation training at your offices.
The Workshop Playbook200+ pages and 60+ activities for every participant.
Coaching on real workshopsJoern reviews the plans for the first workshops your people run.
Monthly live callsQuestions, practice and exchange – for as long as the program runs.
A team that runs workshops your company can count on
Your facilitators leave the training with a method, a toolkit and a real workshop already planned. Coaching and the monthly calls make sure they keep going.
Design any workshop
From strategy day to retrospective: they plan the path from challenge to outcome on one page.
Lead any group to an outcome
They get every voice into the room, keep energy high and handle difficult moments calmly.
Grow the standard
They share one language and coach colleagues – so good workshops spread across the company.
Train internal facilitators who keep going after the training
A training day sparks the skill. Practice on real workshops makes it stick. That is why the program continues after the training.
Built for the people who move your company forward
The program works best with a mixed group: people who run workshops already and people who are about to.
HR & L&D
Make development scalable
Your team designs offsites, onboarding days and team workshops itself.
- Workshops as a standard format
- Less dependence on external facilitators
- Content that fits your culture
Team & project leads
Lead workshops that decide
Kick-offs, retrospectives and planning sessions that end with owners and dates.
- Shorter, sharper meetings
- Every voice in the room
- Clear next steps
Change agents
Carry change into the teams
Internal consultants and transformation teams who need groups to move.
- Workshops for change projects
- Alignment across teams
- Pairs well with the facilitation toolkit for teams
Training, toolkit, coaching and community
Every program starts with a briefing: which workshops should your people run, and what does success look like a few months from now? From there we design the program around your goals.
The training is hands-on: little input, a lot of practice. Each participant leaves with a workshop of their own already designed on the Workshop Canvas.
Kick-off training
Inhouse, in English or German, with exercises from your daily work.
The Workshop Playbook
The full toolkit for every participant, with templates to reuse.
Coaching on real workshops
Joern reviews workshop plans before they go live and gives feedback.
Monthly live calls
A regular place for questions, practice and exchange.
From briefing to a team that runs workshops alone
A suggested flow – we adapt it to your organisation in the briefing.
Briefing
We agree which workshops your people will run and what success means after the program.
Kick-off training
Two days of hands-on practice: the six stages, core activities and the facilitator role.
First real workshops
Participants run their first workshops; Joern coaches the design beforehand.
Monthly live calls
Questions, new activities and exchange with fellow facilitators.
Review
We look back at the workshops run and agree how your facilitator team continues.
Everything they need to keep going
Teams Joern has worked with
Questions about the internal facilitator program
How many people can join?
We agree the group size in the briefing. A group that can practise together in one room works best for the kick-off training.
How long does the program run?
You decide. We set the length in the briefing, depending on how many workshops your people will run and how much coaching they want.
Which language is it in?
Training and coaching run in English or German. The playbook and the monthly live calls are in English.
Is it online or in person?
The kick-off training runs in person at your offices. Coaching and the monthly live calls run online.
Do participants get a certificate?
Yes. Everyone who completes the training receives a facilitator certificate.
Can individuals join without a company program?
Yes. Individuals can join an open facilitation training or start with The Workshop Playbook.
Joern Steinz
Joern has facilitated workshops since 2014: strategy days, leadership offsites, innovation sprints and team workshops for companies across Europe. Before that he was a consultant at Accenture and worked in corporate development at XING and the freenet Group; he holds an MBA from EADA Business School Barcelona.
He founded SkillDay, a network of trainers for corporate teams, and wrote The Workshop Playbook so that every team can run workshops that end in decisions.
Build your own facilitator team
Tell us which workshops your people should run. We suggest a program that fits.
Joern Steinz · jsteinz@skillday.com · 0049 175 566 4329