Affiliate Facilitation Training Intensive

Is your community struggling to embrace these chaotic and unprecedented times?
Do you feel called to help people connect and talk about the state of the world?
Do you want to work with others to reimagine meaningful activism?

This training is for you.

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The 10-Step Program

Good Grief Network’s 10-Step Program is a peer-to-peer support group where people come together to process their heavy feelings about the state of the world, build resilient communities, and co-vision new futures. This program has helped thousands of people around the globe navigate heavy emotions, deconstruct cultural narratives, and redefine what meaningful action they can take for themselves and the collective.

 

Affiliate Facilitator Training Intensive

GGN's Affiliate Facilitator Training Intensive is a 12-hour training for the representatives of organizations that want to run a 10-Step Program within their communities. 

This training will take place on Zoom on two consecutive Saturdays with a Wednesday meeting on the week between:

September 24, 2022 from 9am to 2:30pm Pacific Time (U.S. & Canada)
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September 28, 2022 from 5pm to 7pm Pacific Time (U.S. & Canada)
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October 1st, 2022 from 9am to 2:30pm Pacific Time (U.S. & Canada)
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Who is this training for?

If you work with a for-profit company or corporation that wants to run a 10-Step Program, this training is for you!

You may send between 1 and 5 representatives from your team to train with us as affiliate facilitators. 

 

Who is this training not for?

* This training is not for individuals without a corporate affiliation

• Important note: If you want to run 10-Step Programs but you have no corporate affiliation, you can still train with us! GGN is offering an intensive, 12-week GGN FLOW Facilitation Training in early 2023  for individuals who want to become Certified GGN 10-Step FLOW Facilitators.

* This training is not for companies seeking to train more than 5 people

• Important note:  Companies that want to train 6 or more of their team members may contact hello@goodgriefnetwork.org  to book a private training designed to support your specific needs.

 

The Curriculum

In this training, facilitators will:

• Learn the philosophy and process of the 10-Step Program
• Discuss the value of collective emotional processing
• Practice techniques for building brave and emergent containers
• Discuss best practices for setting group expectations
• Practice how to manage tension, conflicting perspectives, and overwhelming emotions
• Learn techniques for checking in with and caring for themselves as facilitators
• Practice deep listening, compassion, and non-judgment
• Have opportunities to share their feelings in small groups
• Explore creative ways to personalize the 10-Step Program to meet their community’s needs
• Practice grounding exercises for individual regulation and collective co-regulation
• Discuss best practices for setting up and promoting 10-Step meetings

 

After you train as an affiliate facilitator, you will receive:

• A training certificate  to establish your role as an affiliate facilitator
• An opportunity to  partner with GGN as an affiliate organization
• An affiliate organization agreement  
• GGN's affiliate 10-Step Program logos to include in promotional materials
• A copy of GGN's Facilitation Package which includes over 75 pages of:
  • Facilitation guidelines
  • Best practices for setting up meetings
  • Sample expectations and norms
  • The 10-Step Participation Packet to be shared with meeting participants
  • Recommended resources for each step
  • Suggested talking points and check-in/check-out questions
  • Poetry recommendations
  • Journaling prompts
  • Sample grounding exercises
  • ...as well as a few surprises!

* Please note that the above-listed certificate and materials will only be available to individuals who attend the full 12-hour training. These materials are copyright protected and cannot be shared with individuals who have not attended the full GGN Affiliate Facilitation Training Intensive.

Payment Scale

GGN is offering a sliding scale payment structure for this training. Our suggested offering for companies is $1,250 - $2,000 USD. 

This amount covers training costs for up to two representatives; additional representatives may be trained at a cost of $100 per person, up to 5 people. Groups of 6 or more representatives are encouraged to book a private training with Good Grief Network by contacting hello@goodgriefnetwork.org.

Notes about payment:

Only one representative per organization needs to complete this form and submit payment. Please share the names and email addresses of the other organizational representatives who will be joining you (above) so that we can contact them with important training information. 

**Full and partial sholarship are available for small businesses whose annual earnings are under $100,000 USD.**

When deciding what payment amount is right for you, please consider:

• Your organization's annual budget and resources
• That you will receive a certification as a GGN Affiliate Facilitator
• How much you value a  75-page GGN Facilitation Package that contains all the information from the training, as well the full 10-Step Participation Packet, additional facilitation guidelines, tips, and more
• That you will be invited into a private community with other affiliate facilitators who can support you on your facilitation journey
• That GGN's team dedicated  over 200 hours of time and labor to developing this training and its materials
• How your payment can subsidize the attendance   of under-resourced organizations  who cannot otherwise afford this training

A note on refunds: We are unable to offer refunds for GGN's Affiliate Training after September 22, 2022. 

If you withdraw your registration by September 12, GGN will offer the following refunds:

• Full refund if you withdraw before September 12
• 50% refund if you withdraw between September 13 and September 22

Thank you for understanding that we are a very small team with limited capacity to process refunds. We ask you to please practice discernment and mutual care by being intentional with your registration.