How to apply?
The Train the Trainer program will select 12–24 participants who have experience in facilitation and group leadership and a desire to further develop their skills. The application process ensures that the group consists of motivated and committed participants. The application period will begin in early April.
Fill out the application and tell us about your educational and professional background, as well as why you want to join! Those who meet the basic criteria—i.e., have experience in group facilitation—will be invited for an interview. Selections will be made based on applications and interviews by the end of May.
Who is this training for?
This training is aimed at those who already have a foundation in facilitation and group leadership and wish to deepen their skills. However, the most important qualities are a willingness to learn, curiosity, and the readiness to grow together with others.
Application Criteria:
- Experience in facilitation, group leadership, teaching, or coaching
- Ability to reflect on your own learning and actions
- Willingness to learn and try new things
- Commitment to the program (min. 80% attendance)
- Good communication and collaboration skills
The application period opens in April 2025. Stay tuned for announcements and apply as soon as registration opens.
Outcomes
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Creating Connection and Psychological Safety – Learn to create an atmosphere where every participant feels safe to engage.
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Workshop Opening and Warm-up – Effective techniques to get the group involved right from the start.
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Managing Group Dynamics and Systemic Facilitation – Deepen your understanding of group behavior and facilitate like a pro.
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Experiential and Body-Based Methods – Increase interaction and community through bodily techniques.
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Visual Arts, Improvisation, and Drama – Discover new ways to facilitate and create meaningful experiences for participants.
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Facilitating Disagreement and Conflict – Learn to guide a group towards constructive discussion even in conflict situations.
Don’t miss this unique opportunity! Join us to update your skills and gain new inspiration under the guidance of the industry’s top experts!
Fasilitators, Trainers and all Teachers
Are you looking for new ways to inspire and engage your students? This year-long Train the Trainer program is designed for anyone working in education, including facilitators, trainers, teachers, and coaches.
The training offers practical and creative ways to enrich your skills with art-based and experiential methods that support interdisciplinary learning and activate learners in new ways.
Join us and update your pedagogical skills using interactive and cross-disciplinary methods! This training is a perfect opportunity to enhance your teaching in creative and impactful ways – and provide your learners with unforgettable learning experiences!
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Tell your boss about this!
We recommend suggesting the "Respectful Interaction in the Workplace" training to your supervisor – many employers are willing to support employees' well-being by funding such training. If you're feeling brave, ask your supervisor to join you! This training not only benefits the individual but has far-reaching effects on the entire work community: it strengthens teamwork, promotes trust, and increases job satisfaction. A positive organizational culture is built through creative facilitation and this training provides the practical tools needed for that.
Your coaches
Päivi Rautiainen is a team coach, inspiring motivator, and creativity coach who has passionately trained teams and organizations with art-based and experiential methods for over 30 years.
Simo Routarinne is an interaction designer and applied improvisation coach. He is an internationally recognized expert in status expression and power communication, a wise and humorous lecturer, facilitator, moderator, and trainer.
1.Creating Connection - How to Start a Session
Tuning in, group cohesion (tuning oneself, the space, and the group). Setting goals and taking responsibility for guiding the group toward them. Who sets what goals – the facilitator, the group, or together? There are certain permanent goals for the facilitator, such as psychosocial safety, diversifying expression, and fostering a tolerant, encouraging, hopeful, and appreciative environment. We make agreements with both ourselves and the group. Task: Set your own values as a facilitator.
2. Systemic coaching approach
Staying attuned to the group’s dynamics, understanding both their emotional and cognitive states, and responding accordingly to maintain a productive and safe environment. Observations about the group's mood, energy, and engagement inform how you lead them through the process and when to adjust your approach to optimize learning and interaction. Closing the day in an engaging way using creative methods helps solidify the experiences and insights gained.
3. Excercises and Debrief
4. Art-Based Methods
5. Embodied & Movement Methods
We explore embodiment through multiple methods. We familiarize ourselves with techniques such as statue techniques, intelligent clay techniques, authentic movement, different movement qualities, and dance expression, using them as sources of knowledge, for processing information, and for making knowledge visible. We recognize the stimulating and thought- and emotion-expanding effects of embodiment and work on increasing courage in using these methods as facilitators and coaches.
6. Applied Improvisation
We explore the basics of improvisation and pedagogy. We review the framework of constructive vs. competitive interaction and connect the exercises we’ve already done to this theoretical framework. We also delve into status behavior through the "Spheres of Influence" framework. Additionally, we deepen our understanding of the pedagogy of functional methods and their connection to the coach's values.
7. Facilitating Disagreement and Conflict
Every group leader has experiences with "difficult groups" or at least "challenging participants." We go through methods and exercises that allow us to address challenges constructively and turn them into strengths. We explore how we can guide the group systemically in ways that increase "fire safety" (psychological safety). We also work on case studies.
8. Session Design
Invisible architecture, personal attire, coach's "branding," selection of exercises, tools, slides, etc. The arcs of the day, week, and the entire process. Plans and goals are drawn in the sand, not carved in stone. Productization and marketing. Schiuma and its application areas. SessionLab and other design tools.
9. Demo Sessions
Participants present the workshop they have designed and led to the group. The workshop can be conducted either with a client or with the Totem group.
10. Graduation
The graduation, reflection on the journey, and conclusion, along with collegial feedback. Certification certificates will be distributed on the Howspace platform during the last week of May.