Certified Agile Facilitator™

Skilled Facilitation enables lasting decision-making, breaking down communication barriers, aligning to goals, and more.

Being a trained facilitator goes beyond simply managing meetings; it empowers individuals to drive meaningful organizational change. With the skills to foster open dialogue and encourage diverse perspectives, facilitators unlock team innovation and creativity. This transformative approach creates a sustainable framework for lasting impact, ensuring organizations can navigate challenges and seize opportunities effectively. Embracing facilitation training equips you to become a catalyst for progress and collaboration in any environment.

If you're ready to learn how to be a true facilitator in an engaging, hands-on way, learning easy-to-apply practices you can apply immediately, this course is for you. From deep experience in facilitation and learning by doing, we've learned what it takes to be effective in a virtual environment and avoid "Zoom fatigue."

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Learn the principles and practices of facilitation. 

A great facilitator can: 

• Help groups achieve desired outcomes that lead to actionable results.

• Guide collaborative decision-making with deep democracy.

• Create a safe environment through open dialogues.

• Foster engagement, keeping conversations focused and on track. 

• Recognize and respond to the unique needs and behaviors of the group.

You can’t learn these skills from a book, and death by PowerPoint is no way to learn complex facilitation skills. You will learn facilitation by doing facilitation. Short presentations cover concepts, and immersive exercises let you practice the skills in powerful group dynamics. 

Workshop Hours

• Mon-Thur: 11 am to 3 pm Eastern (8 am to 12 am Pacific)

Regular breaks! A key to good facilitation is taking breaks. Attendees need mental space to stay engaged and collaborate. We know this applies to learning as well. Each hour, we will take a ten-minute refresher break. These times are fixed, and you can count on them. 

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Here's what students say about Kaizen Gorilla’s workshops:

"Shout out to Joel Bancroft-Connors and Teddy Carroll for being excellent instructors!"- Christine Lange

"Lots of gratitude to Joel Bancroft-Connors and Teddy Carroll for the amazing training and support they provided this week. Being part of their class was such an experience." - Elise Nolan

"I had the pleasure of taking the Certified Agile Facilitator course from two amazing instructors; Joel Bancroft-Connors and Teddy Carroll. They led a great two day class with a ton of content and lots of great exercises to practice what we were learning real time." - Chris Beaudoin

"I really appreciated the opportunities to facilitate small groups using different modalities. I'm also grateful for some question and answer time with Joel Bancroft-Connors and Teddy Carroll." - Gina Stout

“Joel Bancroft and Teddy Carroll set the bar for Agile Coaching Skills - Certified Facilitator training!” - Crystal McKnight

“I loved the way the class was designed. Both the instructors (Joel and Teddy) were excellent and kept us engaged throughout the sessions. I learned what to remember when facilitating unknown members. Getting instant feedback was so helpful in improving my facilitation skills. I also learned a few new techniques which I can use in my daily life. Overall, it was an excellent experience.”Kumkum

“Joel and Teddy = Great! Joel and Teddy were thoughtful, enthusiastic, and knowledgeable teachers. Their belief in what they teach and their connection to each other really shone through each component of the course." Emily Johnson

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In This Course, You Will: 

• Discover what a facilitator is and what they do
• Define and practice the three orientations of a facilitator
• Understand the importance of maintaining neutrality, inclusion, and safety
• Examine team dynamics and development
• Learn how to facilitate through conflict
• Apply your facilitation skills 

The Certified Agile Facilitator workshop is a comprehensive program designed to equip you with the necessary skills and knowledge to become an effective facilitator in various professional settings.  

Throughout this training course, you will develop a deep understanding of facilitation principles, techniques, and best practices. You will learn how to create and maintain a positive and inclusive environment for group discussions, workshops, and meetings.

Our interactive and engaging course will provide you with practical skills and knowledge that you can apply immediately.

Facilitation is part skill, part art, and part mindset. Facilitators lead teams through collective decision-making sessions where the goal is to leave with actionable plans. Whether a brainstorming session, Scrum retrospective, or large room quarterly planning, a facilitator must create a positive and engaging environment that fosters creativity, innovation, and collaboration.

What You’ll Get from This Course

• Scrum Alliance Certification in Agile Facilitation (CAF)
• Automatically renew any existing Scrum Alliance certifications you currently possess
• 14 PMI professional development units for attending a qualified training program
• Two-year membership with Scrum Alliance, including exclusive members-only content, programs, and events
• Digital copies of training materials
• Confidence to apply new skills in new situations

Whether your goal is to enhance your facilitation skills within your current profession or embark on a new career path, this program will provide you with the foundation to excel as a facilitator and help teams become more effective and productive.

Two for the price of one

This course is co-taught by Teddy Carroll, CEC, ORSC, and Joel Bancroft-Connors, CST, CTC, PMP. Both are accomplished coaches, consultants, and trainers in their own rights. As the enterprise Agile coach for the Scrum Alliance, Teddy was instrumental in designing the Certified Agile Facilitator workshop. Together, they are an unbeatable team ready to help you tackle any problem. Joel has been a leading voice in professionalizing Agile coaching through his work on the Agile Coaching Growth Wheel project. 

More about your instructors

Teddy is a certified enterprise agile and professional systems coach whose mission is to help people not hate going to work. He helps teams and organizations unlock cohesion, performance, and resistance in the face of change. he believes that only delightful organizations can create delighted customers. Away from work, Teddy shoots a lot of pictures, bangs on his drums, and puts words in such an order that they sometimes become stories. 

Joel is a certified scrum trainer and agile team coach whose mission is creating more sustainable companies for a better world. He is known as the Gorilla Coach for his reputation for helping teams and organizations deal with the uncomfortable problem that no one wants to deal with and is harming the organization, the gorilla in the room. Joel's passionate about creating a better world for everyone to live in and creating that world, one student, one client, one person at a time. When not working, Joel lives on several acres in the Pacific Northwest where some project always needs his attention.