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IAF 2026 Americas Conference

Pre-Conference Training Workshops| April 30, 2026
​Jornadas de Capacitación Pre-Conferencia | 30 de abril de 2026

NOTE: All pre-conference are 1 Full Day workshops are optional and have an extra cost.
NOTA: Todos los talleres de preconferencias son opcionales y de 1 día completo de duración con una inversión adicional.

Elevate Your Practice in Monterrey

Before the main conference begins, join us for a day of deep-dive learning and professional mastery. We have curated five exclusive, full-day workshops led by world-class facilitators to help you sharpen your skills and bring fresh perspectives to your practice.
  • Simultaneous Sessions: All workshops take place concurrently on April 30, 2026. Please register for only one (1) session.
  • Standalone Registration: These intensives are available as add-ons to your conference pass or as standalone tickets if you are only attending the pre-conference day.
  • Limited Capacity: To ensure an intimate and high-impact learning environment, spaces for each workshop might be limited.
Eleva tus capacidades en Monterrey

Antes de que comience la conferencia, participa en un día de aprendizaje profundo y desarrollo profesional intensivo. Hemos seleccionado cinco talleres exclusivos de día completo, impartidos por facilitadores de clase mundial, para ayudarte a perfeccionar tus habilidades y aportar nuevas perspectivas a tu forma de facilitar.
  • Sesiones Simultáneas: Los cinco talleres se llevarán a cabo simultáneamente el 30 de abril de 2026. Por favor, regístrese en solo una (1) sesión.
  • Registro Independiente: Estas jornadas intensivas están disponibles como complementos de su pase de conferencia o como boletos individuales si solo asistirá al día de pre-conferencia.
  • Cupo Limitado: Para garantizar un entorno de aprendizaje íntimo y de alto impacto, los espacios para cada taller son estrictamente limitados.
Ignite Your Facilitation Practice with Hand-Drawn Visuals​

bikablo® Basic Day 1 Training

Jill Greenbaum

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The Seven Separators of Facilitation Excellence

Michael Wilkinson

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Introduction to Codevelopment Action Learning 

A first step to the CAL Implementation Certification™ 

Nathalie Sabourin, 

Ron Cheshire

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 Beyond the Comfort Zone

Nature and Challenge as Catalysts for Learning

Más allá de tu zona de confort

La Naturaleza y el Reto como catalizadores del aprendizaje

Eduardo Treviño - Warika Retreat Center


BILINGUE - BILINGUAL WORKSHOP

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IWhat does it really take to create change in complex systems where people disagree, power is uneven, and the path forward isn’t clear?

Adam Kahane

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bikablo® Basic Training

​​Ignite Your Facilitation Practice with Hand-Drawn Visuals
Join the bikablo® Basic Day 1 Training!

As a facilitator, you design experiences that bring people together, inspire exploration, shape group dynamics, and nurture decision-making.

The bikablo method of visualization draws people in, accentuates your processes, and enriches opportunities for interactions, harvesting, and reflection. 

In this one day training, you will:

  • Learn to hold the marker for different effects and structure your space on charts to gain confidence in your abilities to convey and capture information
  • Create graphics and text containers/geometric shapes, objects and symbols that represent ideas, questions, and processes
  • Discover the easy ways the bikablo® method provides to draw people, roles, groups, and situations enabling you to highlight relationships and interactions
  • Use simple and fast options for using color to support the graphic structure of the charts to ensure a focus on key elements of the experience
  • combine all the elements–graphics, writing, symbols, figures, and color–to create visual representations of content and meaningful posters.

    • Group and individualized feedback are integral to the training, in support of everyone’s learning. You will come to the realization that, “I can visualize–and use it in my work tomorrow!”

    Meet Your Facilitator

    Jill Greenbaum, Ed.D. is an international graphic facilitator, trainer, author, and speaker who designs transformative learning experiences for her clients and audiences. With over a dozen years in the field of visualization, she integrates her deep knowledge into all the areas of her practice—facilitation, coaching, and training. She specializes in the area of conscious communication for clients in corporate, government, nonprofit, and education settings around the world, leveraging her years of academic study, experience in education, and nonprofit leadership.

     

    Jill is the US member of the bikablo certified global trainer team, an Appreciative Inquiry facilitator, a contemplative chaplain and death literacy advocate, specialist in end-of-life care planning.

     

    She holds a doctorate from Teachers College, Columbia University in curriculum development, a Master of Science in bilingual special education from Bank Street College of Education, and a Bachelor of Science degree from Clark University in psychology and education.

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    Michael “The Facilitator” Wilkinson

    ​​The Seven Separators of Facilitation Excellence

    Are there a set of skills that seem to distinguish the best facilitators from the rest of the pack? We say, “Yes!”


    As facilitator trainers and practitioners, we have had the opportunity to train and work with over 35,000 facilitators since releasing The Effective Facilitator training workshopin 1993. Through this work we have identified what we believe are the seven key skills that seem to separate the “great” facilitators from the “good” ones.


    You won’t want to miss this one-day version of our highly acclaimed four-day workshop where the author of <i>The Secrets of Facilitation </i>will share the “Seven Separators of Facilitation Excellence” and over 20 techniques that you can begin using immediately to improve your facilitation, including: four keys to an engaging opening, the secret to asking questions that ignite a bonfire of responses, how to prevent and manage dysfunctional behavior, and how to effectively maximize energy.

    The Seven Separators of Facilitation Excellence – Michael Wilkinson

    A. Opening

      • Workshop objectives
      • Key facilitation skills
      • The principles of facilitation – A methodology for facilitation


    B. The Seven Separators of Facilitation Excellence
      • Establish and maintain a high energy level
      • Ask starting questions that draw a vivid image
      • Have a full toolkit of follow-up question types
      • Respect the “power of the pen”
      • Carry the group through the process
      • Prevent, detect and resolve dysfunction

    Meet Your Facilitator

    Here’s a quote from the former CEO of the United Way Worldwide.

    “He is hands down the most talented and
    effective facilitator with whom I have ever worked.”

    How about this one:

    “Best facilitator I’ve ever seen.”

     That was spoken by the CEO of Shell Oil, the CEO of UPS, and Maynard Jackson, the former Mayor of Atlanta.

     

    They were all talking about Michael “The Facilitator” Wilkinson.

    • The founder of Leadership Strategies, the largest professional facilitation company in the US
    • The author of seven facilitation books, including industry best seller, The Secrets of Facilitation
    • The creator of the Facilitation Impact Awards and FindaFacilitator.com
    • A member of the International Facilitation Hall of Fame

     He has helped organizations around the globe use facilitation to achieve amazing results, including the largest construction company in Australia, a UK car auction company, and the government of Jamaica to create their 10-year strategic plan. 

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    Codevelopment Action Learning (CAL)

    ​​Introduction to Codevelopment Action Learning (CAL)
    ​Co-create | Accelerate | Grow

    As our work is increasingly shaped by automation and algorithms, the need for genuine human connection and collective leadership has never been more critical. This intensive pre-conference session introduces you to Codevelopment Action Learning (CAL), an internationally acclaimed method designed to elevate your facilitation practice beyond the reach of AI.

    CAL brings small groups together with a singular, powerful intention: to co-create solutions for real-work challenges, accelerate project objectives, and build the human capabilities necessary to thrive in a digital age. By participating, you will learn how to enable leaders and teams to reach higher levels of potential and performance during times of significant transformation.

    Meet Your Facilitators

    Nathalie Sabourin
    M.Sc., CHRP

    Nathalie is the co-founder of The Co-Leadership Group, a certified and experienced strength-based team/leadership coach and dynamic trainer & facilitator. She brings decades of experience to accelerate innovation, teamwork & learning aligned to business success with impactful leadership coaching journeys & action-learning interventions. Nathalie is a recognized expert & author in Codevelopment Action Learning & Co-Leadership. She actively shares her knowledge and experience by participating in podcasts, writing books/articles; creating coaching tools as well as contributing to teaching/speaking engagements in universities and businesses around the world. www.coleadershipgroup.com
    • •Gallup Certified Strengths Coach (2008). CoachingOurselves Partner (2016). Certified trainer in Quebec. 
    • •Co-author : Codevelopment Action Learning for Business : Co-create. Accelerate. Grow (2024 - Routledge Taylor Francis) www.coleadershipgroup.com 
    • •Co-author of the best-selling book: Le guide pratique pour implanter des groupes de codéveloppement - Collaborer et agir, mieux et autrement (2017)
    • •Author of the CoachingOurselves Guide FlashCodev:  Co-create. Accelerate. Grow  coachingourselves.com/topics/
    Ron Cheshire
    MBA, PCC

    Ron is the co-founder of The Co-Leadership Group and an experienced certified Executive Leadership coach, author and Codevelopment Action Learning (CAL) facilitator & trainer.

    His purpose: Elevate leaders and unite teams. Through personalized coaching, cohort-based leadership development programs, and team coaching journeys, he helps co-create solutions, accelerate progress, and drive growth—individually and collectively. 

     He partners with his clients to build thriving businesses and unleash leadership & team potential. Ron has more than 30 years’ experience in financial investment management, marketing as well as strategic partnership creation. 

    He is the co-author of the recently published book: Codevelopment Action Learning for Business : Co-create. Accelerate. Grow (2024 - Routledge Taylor Francis)  www.coleadershipgroup.com 



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      Beyond the Comfort Zone

      ​​​Beyond the Comfort Zone
      Nature and Challenge as Learning Catalysts

      This immersive, high-impact workshop takes place at Warica, an integration center nestled within the stunning mountains of La Huasteca Ecological Park. Designed for facilitators ready to push their boundaries, the program utilizes nature’s resources and high-altitude challenges—including rope courses, rappelling, and bungee jumps—to act as triggers for deep reflection and group openness. Participants will learn to design experiential learning journeys with clear intentions, using physical challenge and discomfort to bring a group’s full attention to the present moment and translate those powerful experiences back into organizational contexts.

      The session is led by Eduardo Treviño, affectionately known as "El Abuelo," the founder of Warica and a master facilitator with over 30 years of experience in outdoor group management. As both an Engineer and an Ontological Coach, Eduardo specializes in high-impact team building and holds numerous certifications in mountaineering and rope course facilitation. Under his expert guidance, you will move through a dynamic itinerary ranging from a hike to Guitarritas to intensive integration dynamics and high-altitude circuits, all designed to facilitate learning "on the edge". Session includes lunch and snacks.

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      Creating Change in Complex Systems

      ​​​​What does it really take to create change in complex systems where people disagree, power is uneven, and the path forward isn’t clear?

      Join world-renowned facilitator Adam Kahane for a provocative three-hour masterclass on the practice of facilitating transformation in complex social systems.

      Drawing from the ideas and experiences behind his six influential books, Solving Tough Problems, Power and Love, Transformative Scenario Planning, Collaborating with the Enemy, Facilitating Breakthrough, and Everyday Habits for Transforming Systems, Adam will share insights from decades of work helping leaders collaborate across sectors, institutions, and deeply divided perspectives.

      This session is designed for facilitators, change leaders, and systems practitioners who are working at the intersections of organizations, communities, and sectors, and who want to strengthen their ability to guide meaningful change where there are no simple answers.

      If your work involves navigating complexity, working with unlikely partners, or holding space for transformation across boundaries, this masterclass will offer both challenge and inspiration.


      What to Expect

      A candid conversation about real systems change
      Explore what it actually takes to work in complex, messy systems where collaboration is necessary—but not always easy.

      Learning from decades of global practice
      Hear stories and insights from Adam’s work facilitating transformation across government, business, and civil society in some of the world’s most difficult contexts.

      Interactive reflection with fellow practitioners
      Engage in dialogue and peer exchange with facilitators who are also working to shift systems beyond the limits of individual organizations.

      Practical ideas you can bring into your work immediately
      Leave with perspectives and practices that can deepen your ability to convene, facilitate, and lead collaborative change.

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      Meet Your Facilitator

      Adam Kahane is a Co-Founder of Reos Partners, an international social impact organisation that helps people move forward together on their most important and intractable issues. Reos designs, facilitates, and guides processes that enable teams of stakeholders—even those who don’t understand or agree with or trust one another—to make progress on their toughest challenges. It partners with governments, corporations, and civil society organizations on challenges such as education, health, food, energy, environment, development, justice, security, and peace. Reos operates both globally and locally, with offices in Cambridge (Massachusetts), Geneva, Johannesburg, London, Montreal, and São Paulo.
      Adam is a leading organizer, designer and facilitator of processes through which business, government, and civil society leaders can work together to address such challenges. He has worked in more than fifty countries, in every part of the world, with executives and politicians, generals and guerrillas, civil servants and trade unionists, community activists and United Nations officials, clergy and artists. 
      Adam is a Member of the Order of Canada. In 2022 he was named a Schwab Foundation Social Innovation Thought Leader of the Year at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
      During the early 1990s, Adam was head of Social, Political, Economic and Technological Scenarios for Royal Dutch Shell in London. He has held strategy and research positions with Pacific Gas and Electric Company (San Francisco), the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (Paris), the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (Vienna), the Institute for Energy Economics (Tokyo), and the Universities of Oxford, Toronto, British Columbia, California, and the Western Cape. 
      Adam has a B.Sc. in Physics from McGill University (Montreal), an M.A. in Energy and Resource Economics from the University of California (Berkeley), and an M.A. in Applied Behavioural Science from Bastyr University (Seattle). He has also studied negotiation at Harvard Law School and cello performance at Institut Marguerite-Bourgeoys. 

      Adam is the author of Solving Tough Problems: An Open Way of Talking, Listening, and Creating New Realities, about which Nelson Mandela said: “This breakthrough book addresses the central challenge of our time: finding a way to work together to solve the problems we have created.” He is also the author of Power and Love: A Theory and Practice of Social Change, Transformative Scenario Planning: Working Together to Change the Future, Collaborating with the Enemy: How to Work with People You Don’t Agree with or Like or Trust, Facilitating Breakthrough: How to Remove Obstacles, Bridge Differences, and Move Forward Together, and Everyday Habits for Transforming Systems: The Catalytic Power of Radical Engagement. His books have been translated into more than twenty languages.

       

      Adam is the editor of <i>Possible Canadas: Perspectives on Our Pasts, Presents, and Futures</i> and <i>Radical Collaboration to Accelerate Climate Action: A Guidebook for Working Together with Speed, Scale, and Justice</i>.

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      ​​Skipping the Conference?

      Yes, you can purchase only a pre-conference workshop ticket without registering for the full conference. Please note that workshops have limited capacity, so early registration is recommended to guarantee your participation.

      All 5 workshops run at the same time. You may only register for one!

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