Mastering Convening
Coaching and Mentoring in the Art of Convening™
Are you ready to create more safe and generative spaces for collaboration, learning and growth?
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What is Mastering Convening?
A Group Coaching and Mentoring Forum offering a profound, thoughtful practice setting, for the development of professionals engaged in mastering team and group convening & coaching skills. In partnership, we will explore the application of the Convening Wheel within your specific leadership, team, work, and life settings.
This 11-session course enables leaders and teams to create powerful connections with purposeful individuals, and teams seeking to strengthen clarity and alignment.
Why a Coaching Master Class for “Mastering Convening”?
What do current Mastering Convening participants say about the program?
Who is the Mastering Convening for?
Those who are passionate about making a significant difference in their personal and professional engagements.
People with certificates of completion in The Art of Convening training, who are seeking fuller mastery.
ICF-certified coaches seeking continued mastery of core competencies, in group settings as well as one-on-one engagements.
The Art of Convening is required reading, prior to our first session. Space is limited to (12) participants.
Your Coach and Mentor
Join two CPL Certified Convening Leaders:
Craig Neal, originator of the Art of Convening Trainings & co-author of The Art of Convening: Authentic Engagement in Meetings, Gatherings, and Conversations, will guide as Mentor of the course.
Kim Kristenson-Lee, CPL’s Director of Coaching, ICF Certified Coach, and founder of Labyrinth Leadership Group, for this exceptional new program to enhance and expand your convening skills.
Will ICF Continuing Coach Educational Units (CCEUs) Be Offered?
YES! We are pleased to announce that a total of 21 Continuing Coach Education Units (CCEUs), 19 of which are Core Competency, and 2 are Resource Development, can be earned through your participation in Mastering Convening. To receive a certificate of completion for your CCEUS, you must attend no less than 80% of class time, share a case study, and receive coaching on that case study. You will also complete a reflective essay on your learning.
When & Where
Cohort 2 begins February 16, 2022 and runs through July 6, 2022. There are 2 Sessions options which run for 120 Minutes from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. US CST or 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. US CST.
All sessions will be held on the Zoom video platform.
Time Commitment
Each of the 10 every-other-week 120-minute Zoom sessions are highly participatory in a collaborative setting. "Signing Up" means committing to attending each session for five months.
*Registration for 2022 Mastering Convening Is Closed*
AM REGISTRATION 9 - 11 a.m. US CT
Single Payment: $1750
Payment Plan: $250/Month for 7 Months
PM REGISTRATION 6 - 8 p.m. US CT
Single Payment: $1750
Payment Plan: $250/Month for 7 Months
We offer payment plans intended to maximize accessibility.
Please reach out to us if you have a unique situation.
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When your registration is complete, you will receive
1- Free pass to the companion course: the Art of Convening Self-Paced Leadership Journey.
What is the AoC Self-Paced Leadership Course?
You will go step-by-step through the 9-chapter The Art of Convening book, a field guide to learn and experience how to create authentic engagement through meetings, gatherings and conversations, a core competency of purposeful leadership.
2- Free copy of The Art of Convening: Authentic Engagement in Meetings, Gatherings, and Conversations e-book.
The convening Wheel
Frequently Asked Questions
+ What is “Convening”?
Craig Neal, Originator and Lead Author of The Art of Convening book, believes Convening is different from facilitation. By definition, facilitation is “the process of making things easy or easier.” Conveners invite participants to co-create the highest possible outcome for a meeting or gathering.
This program offers exciting updates from life and professional experiences over the past 10 years since publication of the book in 2011, and 17 years since founding the Art of Convening trainings.
+ What is the opportunity or goal? What is working well? What barriers must be removed?
We will deepen our convening insights, with an inquiry into personal and cultural patterns, beliefs, and relationship dynamics. This program benefits the convenor, their clients or collaborators, and the groups or organizations they serve.
+ What are the outcomes?
Provide a safe space for convenors to get to their own “heart of the matter” as it relates to convening, by reflecting on their convening goals, abilities and impact.
Increase self-awareness of one’s identity as a convenor, including the ability to identify blind spots.
Deepen insights into the dynamics among the convener, the participants in groups, and organizational or community systems.
Expand the capacity for experimentation with alternative convening strategies.
For coaches, we will enhance the ability to demonstrate Core Competencies such as Embodies a Coaching Mindset, Cultivates Trust and Safety, and Maintains Presence.
We will work with these challenges and opportunities. Are you ever…
Uncertain of how to express “the heart of the matter”-- the core value of meeting together and involving others.
Blocked around how to truly align your group on what is most critical to tackle.
Blocked in establishing or sustaining a common purpose for your group.
Challenged to set and keep agreements or maintain a safe setting for participation.
Impatient with the time and energy required to involve others, and to listen without judgment.
Unable to fully tap into the talent and energy of the team or group.
Distracted and overwhelmed, rather than present and committed.
Dissatisfied with the level of commitment to action toward important objectives for your group or team.
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Registration for Mastering Convening
Single Payment: $1750
*Registration for 2022 Mastering Convening is Closed*
PM REGISTRATION 6 - 8 p.m. US CT
AM REGISTRATION 9 - 11 a.m. US CT
Payment Plan: $250/Month for 7 Months
Payment Plan: $250/Month for 7 Months
When your registration is complete, you will receive
1- Free pass to the companion course: the Art of Convening Self-Paced Leadership Journey.
What is the AoC Self-Paced Leadership Course?
You will go step-by-step through the 9-chapter The Art of Convening book, a field guide to learn and experience how to create authentic engagement through meetings, gatherings and conversations, a core competency of purposeful leadership.
2- Free copy of The Art of Convening: Authentic Engagement in Meetings, Gatherings, and Conversations e-book.
Individualized coaching is available upon request
“Craig’s coaching was invaluable for establishing an ongoing collaborative of health care CEOs from Minnesota dedicated to working together to improve health care. Using “art of convening” principles, Craig helped to plan the first few meetings and establish a safe and trusted environment. By the 2nd meeting, the participants signed a pledge “to collaborate on specific and persistent problems that cannot be solved by any individual entity or solely through competition.””
“(Kim) is a very inspiring coach with the experience I felt I lacked, and she encouraged me to go deeper each time to uncover my true values and motivations to move forward. It was so helpful to be coached by Kim as she enabled me to get a real grasp of my goals and throughout the sessions and helped me focus on the more important aspects of building my practice. It’s been an amazing experience and I thank Kim for her patience and gently prodding when necessary.
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“Working with Craig, I had a transformative experience: In a period of my life filled with transition, fear and doubt, he helped me see that I had all the answers inside of me to take the critical, decisive steps forward and claim the life that I wanted. I appreciate his attentiveness, thoughtfulness and simple, straightforward knowledge and wisdom. ”
