Pathways to Professional Growth

Are you looking for top notch facilitation courses for minimal investment?  Does your organization need more productive meetings and teams?  Are you involved in change management - and challenged by it?

The annual IAF North America Conference connects experienced facilitators and seasoned trainers with conference participants who are seeking skills to help people, organizations, businesses and communities adapt, prosper and grow.  Participants benefit from sessions that focus on the best facilitation practices and models.  They are eager to learn about emerging trends and methodologies  that help facilitators tackle challenges and embrace opportunities.

Who are we? 

IAF's Conference is a unique gathering of people from around the world who represent private sector businesses, educational institutions, government agencies, nonprofit organizations and others looking to share, learn, and expand their abilities to facilitate positive change.

About 600 facilitators attend - primarily from the United States and Canada, but as well as from Europe, Asia, and Latin America.  Participants' skill levels range from beginner to master.

What can you expect?

IAF's annual North America Conference is designed by facilitators for people who recognize the benefits of honing their facilitation skills.  The conference is regarded as a premiere annual networking and professional development experience.

Conference participants gain insights and skills from challenging sessions, participatory events and dialogue with facilitation masters.  The conference provides significant global networking opportunities and participants are inspired to start using their new knowledge and techniques right away.  Surveys from ten years of global conferences show participants win by learning how to:

• build on existing skills, tools, and applications
• avoid and solve problems to reach goals during times of change
• connect with and engage communities (customers, supporters, boards, media contacts, partners, employees, investors, suppliers and legislators/policy-makers)
• improve communications, teamwork, participation  and capacity to manage daily work pressures
• integrate organizational goals and diverse behavioral styles
• expand abilities and skills to reach collaborative solutions and settle disputes.