COLABATATION FACILITATOR CERTIFICATION TRAINING AGENDA
Title: Certified Collabatation Facilitator Training Program
Duration: 3 Days (18 hours total)
Target Audience: Consultants, trainers, facilitators, and OD professionals seeking to blend consultation with elicitation and co-creation
09:00 – 09:30 | Welcome & Orientation
Introductions and expectations
Overview of the Collabatation framework
What makes this different from traditional facilitation or consulting
09:30 – 10:30 | Theory: From Consultation to Collabatation
Why traditional consulting and facilitation models fail in complex systems
Introduction to the Collabatation philosophy: Trust, Transparency, Co-Ownership
10:30 – 11:00 | Break
11:00 – 12:30 | Framework Deep Dive
5 Phases of Collabatation
Modes of engagement: Elicitation, Consultation, Collaboration
Key outcomes and success signals at each phase
12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch
13:30 – 15:00 | Core Tool 1: The Collabatation Canvas
Use in Phase 1: Context Framing
Mapping participant roles, stakes, blind spots, and motivations
Live walkthrough + peer simulation
15:00 – 15:15 | Break
15:15 – 17:00 | Core Skill: Elicitation Essentials for Consultants
Moving from extractive to generative questions
Elicitation techniques: Reflective inquiry, guided mapping, storytelling prompts, option reframing
Practice: “Co-sensing Interviews” + Feedback
09:00 – 09:30 | Day 1 Reflections & Dialogue Circle
Insights, questions, key moments
09:30 – 11:00 | Elicitation Tools for Each Phase
Phase 1: Context Framing
Stakeholder Landscape Map
Prompt clusters: "What’s invisible but shaping outcomes?"
Phase 2: Shared Sense-Making
Tension Mapping
Agreement Spectrum Exercises
Phase 3: Insight Injection
Framed models as discussion starters, not conclusions
Use of metaphors, visuals, and "what if" scenarios
Phase 4: Co-Design
Option Mapping Board (Prioritize with purpose-fit metrics)
Trade-off dialogue facilitation (Scaffolded group negotiation)
Phase 5: Commitment Structuring
Trust Contracting Template
Commitment Circle Check-Ins
11:00 – 11:15 | Break
11:15 – 12:30 | Skill Lab: Designing Elicitation Sequences
Sequencing elicitation tools for different engagement types
Practice: Design your own elicitation arc for a real or simulated case
12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch
13:30 – 15:00 | Core Tool 2: Living Mirrors & Insight Logs
Designing collaborative documents
Capturing shifts in awareness, alignment, energy
Hands-on: Notion/Google Docs template building
15:00 – 15:15 | Break
15:15 – 17:00 | Practice Round 1: Collabatation Simulation
Team-based challenge: Design and deliver a 30-min Phase 1-2 engagement using elicitation tools
Peer feedback + facilitator coaching
09:00 – 09:30 | Reconnection & Energizer
09:30 – 11:00 | Practice Round 2: Full Cycle Simulation
Teams facilitate a full 45-minute Collabatation engagement through all 5 phases
Observed by peers and trainers
11:00 – 11:15 | Break
11:15 – 12:30 | Debrief & Feedback Loops
What worked? What surprised you? Where did alignment happen?
Feedback using the Collaboration Health Rubric
12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch
13:30 – 15:00 | Building Your Collabatation Identity
Reflection: How will you use this in your context?
Designing your Collabatation Service Offering
Pair coaching on business integration
15:00 – 15:15 | Break
15:15 – 16:30 | Certification Showcase
Final review of core tools and skills
Participants present a short summary of their approach
16:30 – 17:00 | Closing Ceremony
Certification issued
Peer appreciations and Collabatant circle commitment
Post-Training Support:
Optional coaching hours with master Collabatants
Access to the Collabatant community forum
Listing in the Collabatation Certified Facilitator Directory