Training and workshops
The (he)art of community training
A 4-Session Training on Community Building, Self-Organization & Collective Culture
How do we move from simply showing up to shaping spaces we truly belong to? How do we co-create cultures and structures that feel alive, shared, and meaningful?
In this hands-on, experiential training, we’ll explore the art and practice of community-building across different contexts, from eco-villages and activist circles to creative collectives and care networks. This series is an invitation to slow down, reflect, and learn practical ways to strengthen community life in times of disconnection and fragmentation.
Over three sessions, we’ll explore key frameworks, embodied practices, and facilitation tools that support deeper connection, shared purpose, and self-organization.
Throughout our journey, we will explore
Session 1: From Participation to Belonging
What makes a group feel like a real community?
We’ll explore the difference between being present and feeling at home. Through reflection and group practice, we’ll uncover what builds trust, safety, and shared ownership.
Session 2: From Belonging to Co-Creation
We’ll explore how to move from connection to collaboration.
Learn frameworks for shared power, distributed leadership, and participatory culture — and how to bring them to life in your context.
Session 3: Facilitating a community
In this session, we will dive deeper into facilitation and conversational techniques that can support the community.
Session 4: From Co-creation to tending to the Community’s Potential
This final session is where vision meets practice.
You’ll map needs and roles in your own group, explore collective governance tools, and begin prototyping practices that support long-term thriving.
What can you expect from this course?
- 4 online Interactive and collaborative Group Sessions lasting 2.5 hours.
- Personalized Individual Session (if you are among the first 4 buyers): benefit from a 30-minute one-on-one session, offering personalized guidance and feedback.
- Rich Facilitation Resources: Gain access to an extensive list of facilitation resources, meticulously curated to support your growth as a facilitator.
- Practical Assignments: Engage with practical "homework" assignments designed to prepare you for the sessions, ensuring a rich, hands-on learning experience.
- Access to our community of practitioners: You will join the Moving Mindsets community, a a space that allows you to continue growing alongside fellow facilitators after the course has concluded.
Is this course for me?
This facilitation training course is more than just a learning opportunity; it’s an invitation to join a community of facilitators committed to making a difference.
This training is for anyone holding or dreaming of community: facilitators, organizers, collective members, or simply the community-curious. No prior experience is needed. All you need is a real or imagined group to reflect on throughout the process.
Come as you are, with your questions, your hopes, and your community hat.
Your Host
Marco Minoni is a facilitator and social activists passionate about building cultures rooted in care, justice, and authentic connection.
With over five years of experience in grassroots organizing, political education, and experiential facilitation, he creates spaces where people can:
Practice compassionate and courageous communication
Explore power and privilege
Navigate complexity and difference
His work is grounded in embodiment, nonviolent communication, and anti-oppressive practice—supporting individuals and groups to show up more fully, and work towards collective liberation.
Next cohort
Starts Monday 1st December
⏰ 18.00-20.30 CET
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If you can, choose this to support others' access.FAQ
Cultivate a sense of belonging and psychological safety
Co-create shared values, visions, and responsibility
Practice participatory decision-making and self-organization
Understand group dynamics, roles, and cultural patterns
Align purpose and process for long-term resilience
The course blends non-formal education, experiential learning, somatics, and trauma-informed practices to create an interactive and reflective experience. Expect group exercises, discussions, case studies, and embodied learning practices.
It’s highly practical and experiential—you’ll not only learn about facilitation but practice it in real time, with feedback and reflection.
You will receive a recording to catch up any missed session
Active engagement, curiosity, and self-responsibility for learning. This means showing up on time, participating in exercises, and bringing an open mindset to practice and feedback
Yes, participants who complete the course and actively engage in the learning process will receive a certificate.