The Path to Facilitation
A Community Building facilitator is not a coach, not a therapist, not a moderator. A facilitator is a guide of the group.
This work requires a particular kind of readiness — the capacity to observe a group without needing to steer it, to hold what arises within it, and to trust the process even in moments of uncertainty. These skills cannot be conveyed through lectures. They develop through practice, feedback, and gradually deepening experience in the facilitator role.
The path to facilitation does not run through completing a course. It runs through experience.
Facilitator Training Seminar
Autumn 2027 — Prague, 5 days with FCE facilitators
In autumn 2027, we are hosting a five-day educational seminar for those interested in facilitating Community Building. It will be led by experienced facilitators from the Foundation for Community Encouragement (FCE), the organisation at the origin of the method, which M. Scott Peck founded.
This is the gateway to facilitation — not its destination.
What happens during these five days:
The seminar is focused primarily on practice, not theory. You will be training specific interventions, learning to recognise the stages of the group process in real time, and working with what is actually happening in the group. The content includes:
- recognising the four stages of the CB process as they unfold in a live group
- understanding group dynamics and your own role within them
- practising recommended and optional interventions for each stage
- your own presence in the facilitator role — becoming aware of personal obstacles and patterns
- understanding the relationship between co-facilitators
- ethical dimensions of facilitation
- an overview of the different contexts in which CB is applied — social services, intentional communities, organisations, team building
- orientation in how to plan, lead, and close a CB seminar
The working language of the seminar will be English with Czech translation.
What you will receive:
Upon completing the five days, you will receive a certificate of completion of this educational seminar and a facilitator’s manual.
The certificate confirms your attendance and the foundation you have gained. It is not a facilitator certification — and intentionally so. The standing to facilitate cannot be carried home from five days. It grows from practice, reflection, and gradual experience under skilled guidance.
What comes next:
For those who wish to continue their development, the seminar is followed by individual mentoring in practice — your own facilitation experience with the ongoing accompaniment of a senior facilitator. This part unfolds over a longer timeframe and is shaped to fit each person’s pace and circumstances.
Further details about the development pathway will be shared in 2026.
Who the training is for
The seminar is suitable for facilitators, coaches, managers and team leaders, social workers, psychologists, educators and trainers, consultants working with team development and organisational change, members of intentional communities, clergy and community organisers, and for anyone drawn to personal, professional or spiritual growth who feels called toward working with groups.
The essential prerequisite is not a profession or a qualification. It is a readiness to pay attention to yourself and to the group — and a willingness to work with what shows up.
Registration and information
Registration and full details of the seminar will be published in 2026.
If you would like to be among the first to hear about the dates and conditions, write to us at info@communitybuilding.live. We will be in touch directly.
