LEADING GROUPS

PART TIME 8-WEEK COURSE

Learn how to confidently lead any group, anywhere. Gain the tools, techniques and mindset to manage engaging meetings, design interactive workshops and host events - online, offline & hybrid.

  • 8 live sessions
  • Certification Upon Completion
  • Online / Offline / Hybrid

Lead the change

Unlock potential in people and projects, engage conversations and drive true impact.

With this training and community, you'll be ahead of the game and fully equipped for the era of remote, hybrid and flex-workforce.

Learn by doing

Learn by directly trying out and experiencing hybrid facilitation in each session. There is a dynamic mix of live sessions, theory, feedback and reflection - with tools you can directly apply in your own work.

Last but not least you put all your learnings into practice within the final delivery for a real client brief.

Grow confidence

Build your toolkit of exercises and techniques for leading groups with confidence and embrace/develop your unique facilitation style.

Develop your own authentic hosting style, and how to adapt and react confidently to any scenario or group dynamic.

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What you will learn

Gain the skills to lead any group with confidence. From hosting, to guiding team collaboration or designing interactive and participatory sessions - you will level up your facilitation skills through deliberate practice and hands on application. As well as expert feedback, and personal reflection you get the benefit of peer learning and joining a passionate community of practice, with fellow professional facilitators.

Some of the key learnings include:

  • Group dynamic models

  • Design workshops, meetings and conversations

  • Engagement hacks

  • Challenging participants & scenarios

  • 60+ tools and templates for leading engaging meetings, workshops and events

LEADING GROUPS IS AN 8 WEEKS COURSE.

Week 1

KICK OFF - ONLINE
Launching your learning experience. Laying the foundation for the why, how and what of group leadership.

Week 2

FIRST FACILITATION - HYBRID
Baptism of fire into experiential learning, facilitate in front of a group and uncover where you’re at now and how you want to grow.

Week 3

SESSION DESIGN - ONLINE
How to design, plan and craft sessions that achieve tangible goals. From intentions and desired outcomes to seamless flows across different platforms and set-ups.

Week 4

HOST LIKE A PRO - HYBRID
How to lead smooth conversations, host interactive activities and keep all participants engaged. How to cope with any situation that pops up in your own style.

Week 5 - 8

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Course structure

This is an 8-week course with one live session per week.

Where

Join from anywhere! Our hybrid set up offers participation remotely as well as in-person. Each cohort offers an engaging, hands-on experience, no matter where you’re joining from.In-person participation is available in Amsterdam and London (depending on cohort).

Find all the details on locations, dates and formats below to see which cohort suits you best.

How

  • 6 Evening Classes

  • Weekly challenges & reflection tasks
    (individual time investment)

  • Group workshop challenge

  • 1 Coaching Call

  • 1 Workshop Facilitation

  • Ø Time investment per week: 3 - 4 h

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Prices and Sign up

  • Freelancers

    € 1875

  • Company Employees

    € 2800

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Need help with fees? We offer scholarships.
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Winter Cohort ’25: 26. February - 28. February (3-day hybrid course)

Online from anywhere; in-person participation in Amsterdam.

Every day from 10-4:30pm CET incl. 1h break

Day 1: Your Facilitation Style: 26. February 2025
Day 2: Prep & Session Design: 27. February 2025
Day 3: Leading Different Groups & Scenarios: 28. February 2025

Spring Cohort ’25: 29. April - 17.June (8-week hybrid course)

Online from anywhere; in-person participation in London.

Session 1-6 always from 6.30 - 9:00pm CET

Session 1 (online): Kick-Off: 29.April 2025
Session 2 (hybrid): First Facilitation: 6.May 2025
Session 3 (online): Session Design: 13.May 2025
Session 4 (hybrid): Host like a Pro: 20.May 2025
Session 5 (hybrid): Group Dynamics: 27.May 2025
Session 6 (online): Project Mgmt & Client Brief: 3.June 2025
Session 7 (online): Group Coaching Call: 10.June 2025 (6:30-8:00pm CET)
Session 8 (hybrid): Client Workshop & Wrap-up: 17.June 2025 (5:30-9:30pm CET)

Summer Cohort ’25: 20.August -22.August (3-day in-person course)

Hosted fully in-person in Amsterdam.

Every day from 10-4:30pm CET incl. 1h break

Day 1: Your Facilitation Style: 20.August 2025
Day 2: Prep & Session Design: 21.August 2025
Day 3: Leading Different Groups & Scenarios: 22.August 2025

Fall Cohort ’25: 7.October -25. November (8-week hybrid course)

Online from anywhere; in-person participation in Amsterdam.

Session 1-6 always from 6.30 - 9:00pm CET

Session 1 (online): Kick-Off: 7.October 2025
Session 2 (hybrid): First Facilitation: 14.October 2025
Session 3 (online): Session Design: 21.October 2025
Session 4 (hybrid): Host like a Pro: 28.October 2025
Session 5 (hybrid): Group Dynamics: 4.November 2025
Session 6 (online): Project Mgmt & Client Brief: 11.November 2025
Session 7 (online): Group Coaching Call: 18.November 2025 (6:30-8:00pm CET)
Session 8 (hybrid): Client Workshop & Wrap-up: 25.November 2025 (5:30-9:30pm CET)

Is this for me?

Who should take this course

Designed for Team Leaders, Project Managers, Service Designers, Educators or anyone who must help a group to work collaboratively.

Facilitation skills empower every role within a team, enhancing your ability to collaborate, communicate and to achieve specific outcomes.

Some of our alumni

I am over-expectations-satisfied with the course and the awesome course leaders at Mischief Makers B.V. , and would like to recommend it to anyone who feels the need to grow in their facilitation skills. You get access to a lot of knowledge, templates and a network of facilitators. You will learn together with others, practice, experience, reflect and you will receive constructive feedback, coaching and finish with a real assignment. It’s learning by doing, and the energy you put in is the energy you get back

Armin PendekDesign & Innovation Lead Helsingborgs Stad

It was very enriching getting to know such a diverse group of people with very different backgrounds and professions but with the same interest for facilitation. The course really showed me what a powerful thing facilitation can be, especially given how dynamic, adaptable and cross-cutting it is.

Giordano MargaglioDisaster Risk Management & Climate Resilience Specialist

I actually start my new job today and being part of this course was a big factor in why I got it - High fives!

Dan Spain

I loved it! The time somehow flies and I don't feel like we are missing anything in terms of the content. AMAZING! I am receiving exactly what I signed up for. I feel like this course will be a kick for my confidence as a facilitator. I have already started applying what I have been learning and I cannot wait to design a workshop from scratch with all the things I have learned.

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    • How we do it

    Experience based learning

    Experiential Learning

    We facilitate learning journeys where practical examples, first-hand experience, application and reflection are all part of the process. Part of the course experience is applying all learnings to a real client case, and design and host a live session.

    Asynchronous Working & Learning

    Do things on on your own schedule. Aside from the fixed live sessions, you choose when and how deep you'd like to dive into the provided contents.

    Blended Learning

    We provide you with a mix of different materials and formats. Each session is accompanied with an extensive Learning Kit including a range of contents from articles, videos and podcasts to exercises...

    Expert Coaching

    There’s continuous support througout the course and group coaching on session design and the final workshop delivery

    Meet your facilitators

    The course is led by the Mischief Makers dream team, sharing their facilitation experience from a broad range of client meetings, workshops, and events.

    Curious to find out more?

    Jump on a call with our training lead.

    Katharina Jacobi

    Program Lead / Facilitator

    She’s a curious mind combining creativity with structure; always inviting people in, taking care that they’re included and bringing warm friendly vibes.

    Mischief Expert Facilitators

    Co-facilitators

    To experience different facilitation styles you’ll be trained by a diverse range of facilitation experts throughout the program.

    Frequently asked questions

    How many spots are there?

    The course is open to a max. of 18 bright minds.

    Who will be leading the course?

    The course will be led by the Mischief Makers core team as well as other expert facilitators from the Mischief Makers Network. Like this you'll experience a diverse range of facilitation styles.

    Who can sign-up?

    All bright and mischievous minds may join! This course is open to all of you out there who are working (or are about to be working) in roles, which require leadership and people management. Whether you’re an educator, a project manager or team lead, and L&D manager,... if you're in positions where a group of people is looking to you for guidance or support: this one’s for you.

    Can I join with my team / a group of people?

    Absolutely! Joining this course with your colleague(s) will be a great asset; it can help you to reflect on facilitation within your specific context and support in implementing and introducing learnings. We do offer special deals for groups joining with 3+ people. Please reach out directly to hey@mischiefmakers.co or schedule a call below.

    Can I request a course like this for my company?

    You can indeed! We offer tailor-made in-house facilitation training. Please reach out directly to hey@mischiefmakers.co and we'll be happy to explore how we can bring this training to you and your team.

    I need help with fees. How can I apply for a scholarship or payment plan?

    One of our core values is and always has been accessibility, we believe that this new way of working (hybrid!) should be available to everybody. With that in mind, we have two scholarship spaces available so if you are out there and would like to take the course, all you need to do is send a motivational letter to hey@mischiefmakers.co

    To make the course fee more accessible, we offer to set up a payment plan, which splits the total amount into smaller instalments. You can choose to split those over a max. of found months. Please contact us to set things up.

    Do I need any previous experience?

    Not necessarily. If you're new to the game but you've got a knack for it our door is open! However, this course is for people with an aptitude and passion for facilitation so previous experience is a plus (also, as a reference point for content within the course).

    How can I mess this up?

    By not applying for this course.

    Once again though, what do you mean by facilitation?

    The dry definition: "Facilitation is a process that trainers, team builders, meeting leaders, managers and communicators use to add content, process and structure to meet the needs of an individual, group or team. In an overall description, facilitation is used to help a group of people to achieve their goal, their reason for holding the meeting."
    The Mischief definition: "Empowering."

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