Our goal
To create a comprehensive report on the facilitation profession and build a resource for facilitators everywhere.
How do facilitators work? How is facilitation evolving? What tools and resources do expert facilitators use?
Facilitation is workplace superskill, essential to unlocking collaboration and effective teamwork. Effective facilitators are increasingly in demand, but who are they? What are their challenges? How has facilitation changed in 2023 and what might it look like in the future?
Time to reveal the real State of Facilitation!
In late 2023, we asked facilitators everywhere to contribute to the second edition of The State of Facilitation Report. We received more than 975 responses and collected insights from 12 experts. Our intention is to continue hold up this mirror to the facilitation community, sparking reflections and conversations about where we are at and where we want to go next. We hope you will join us.
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WHO IS BEHIND THE SURVEY and the Report?
The State of Facilitation is an initiative from SessionLab – A better way to design workshops.
Our main goal with this project is to better understand the profession of facilitation, share insights, and promote discussions in and beyond the global facilitation community.
Contributors
Special thanks to the following people for helping us creating this report.
You!
Pollster
Filip Kis
Editor-in-Chief, Founder & CTO @ SessionLab
Deborah Rim Moiso
Report Editor, Content Writer @ SessionLab
Irene Maweu
Expert Insight, Founder @ The Heart of African Facilitation
John Kingsley Cornwel
Expert Insight, IAF Social Inclusion Special Interest Group
Marie Dubost
Expert Insight,Trainer and Accessibility geek.
Kirsty Lewis
Expert Insight, Founder @ School of Facilitation
Hector Villarreal Lozoya
Expert Insight, Trainer, Facilitator, Founder @ Facilitación Virtual
Nathy Ravez
Expert Insight, Founder @ La Workshoppeuse
Leanne Hughes
Expert Insight, Author and Host @ First Time Facilitator
Robert Kienzle
Expert insight, Senior Consultant @ Knowmium
Myriam Hadnes
Expert Insight, Founder @ NeverDoneBefore
Gwyn Wansbrough
Expert Insight, Author @ The Quest
Douglas Ferguson
Expert Insight, President @ Voltage Control
Alexandre Eisenchteter
Expert Insight, Founder @ Stormz and AI Tinkerers' Club
Laura Vidal
Design, UX Designer @ SessionLab
PREVIOUS REPORTS
State of Facilitation 2023
Last year the global facilitation community was generous enough to provide over 1100 responses to the first-ever survey on the state of facilitation.
Check out the 2023 report to find aggregated results from the survey, divided into 7 sections covering everything from demographics and employment, to challenges and tools.
You’ll also find a collection of key takeaways, information and insightful commentary by workshop design and delivery experts from around the world and see why they think that facilitation is everywhere and yet it hasn’t reached the recognition it needs.
The State of Facilitation Survey and Report is an initiative of SessionLab — a better way to design workshops.
