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Master Facilitation Certification
Elevate Your Leadership and Facilitation Mastery
Facilitation Certification Overview
Become a World-Class Collaborative Leader
Designed exclusively for our distinguished alumni, the Master Facilitation Certification is an invitation to elevate your facilitation and leadership skills to the highest level. This elite program, limited to a select group of our Facilitation Certification Program Alums, ensures customized guidance and deep learning engagement.
Our immersive approach will allow you to:
- Develop unparalleled leadership capabilities by mastering advanced facilitation techniques that drive innovation and strategic thinking, equipping you to lead in the most complex environments.
- Optimize organizational efficiency through facilitation skills that streamline processes, enhance team alignment, and improve productivity, enabling you to tackle intricate challenges with confidence.
- Cultivate a high-impact culture by creating inclusive and participatory environments where every team member feels empowered and valued, fostering engagement and collaboration.
- Strengthen your strategic influence by employing facilitation techniques that build trust and drive business impact, positioning you as a leader capable of navigating critical situations.
- Access an elite professional network of forward-thinking leaders and changemakers, providing a powerful resource for collaboration, innovation, and mutual support.
Program Structure and Highlights
Advanced Facilitation Dynamics
In the first month, you’ll start immediately with advanced topics, diving deep into facilitating systems change, navigating high-stakes conversations, and enhancing your resilience and presence as a grounded leader. This prepares you to tackle complex challenges and better lead with confidence and agility.
Coaching and Mentoring Excellence
In the second month, you’ll shift focus to guiding others. Each participant will mentor a Facilitation Certification Program Student, applying and honing advanced coaching techniques. This practical experience is designed to refine your ability to develop emerging leaders and facilitators, enhancing your influence and effectiveness.
Capstone Leadership
The final month is dedicated to finishing a significant leadership project of your choice—whether launching a new initiative, starting a business, or undertaking a major transformation within your organization. This capstone project goes beyond the professional facilitation portfolio developed in the Facilitation Certification Program, allowing you to further apply your skills in real-world contexts that highlight your strategic vision and innovation and advance your career.
What You Will Gain
- Exclusive Access and Personalized Guidance: Benefit from tailored feedback and strategies from committed peers and mentors in an intimate cohort setting, fostering significant personal and professional growth.
- Advanced Skill Application: Leverage cutting-edge facilitation techniques and leadership strategies to drive successful outcomes in diverse and challenging environments.
- Enhanced Coaching Expertise: Gain invaluable experience as a mentor to a Facilitation Certification Program Student, refining your coaching and teaching abilities. This unique aspect of the Master Certification not only enhances your facilitation skills but also deepens your capacity to develop talent, inspire change, and foster leadership in others—key qualities that are highly sought after in any professional setting.
- Leadership and Legacy: Through your coaching and capstone project, leave a lasting impact on your organization or community, showcasing your ability to lead transformative initiatives.
- Robust Professional Network: Expand your professional network through exclusive access to a community of high-caliber professionals. This network acts as a powerful resource for collaboration, innovation, and mutual support, connecting you with leaders and changemakers across industries.
Upon successful completion, you will receive a prestigious Master Facilitation Certification, underscoring your advanced skills and dedication to excellence. This credential not only enhances your professional profile but also sets you apart as a visionary leader capable of shaping the future.
Master Facilitation Certification
Schedule
Our 3-month master facilitation certification program includes foundations, electives, and a capstone experience.
Advanced Facilitation Dynamics
Month 1
Live sessions will be held on Fridays 9a – 12p US Pacific Time.
Individual office hours will be available by appointment.
Coaching and Mentoring Excellence
Month 2
This portion of the certification will be asynchronous but you should expect to devote approximately 3-5 hours per week to coursework and coaching.
Individual office hours will be available by appointment.
Capstone Leadership
Month 3
Live sessions will be held on Fridays 9a – 12p US Pacific Time. Individual office hours will be available after class TBD.
Individual office hours will be available by appointment.
Upcoming Cohorts
Cohort
Fall 2025
Dates
September 5-November 21, 2025
Application Deadline
August 22, 2025
“This program helped me go beyond building good agendas to hosting deeper, more meaningful conversations. I gained the confidence to eliminate static in the room and foster deeper connection.”
Trudy TownsendTraining & Facilitation Program Manager, PacificSource Community Solutions 
“My work with Voltage Control is part of the reason I was offered a full-time consulting role. The skills I developed helped me design a workshop series that opened nonprofit leaders’ eyes to what meetings could be. It’s now being used as a business development tool for my firm.”
Robin Neidorf Senior Consultant, Tangelo Tree Consulting 
“This class pushed me to finally write a book—something I’d been sitting on for five years. It helped me quiet my saboteur voice and reminded me of my purpose as a facilitator. It gave me the confidence to step into thought leadership with a lens I hadn’t explored before.”
Reshma KhanChief Catalyst and Founder, Kenso Consulting 
"This program was a genuine step up from the foundation certification, focusing less on techniques and more on the ways of “being,” giving me the theory and practices to handle complex projects and relationships. I completed the program with greater confidence in my skills and a rich toolkit of resources, and now I'm truly ready to leap into independent facilitation work."
Chris LunneyDirector, Lead Facilitator, Collaboration Designers 
“This journey was transformative, both personally and professionally. I came to reconnect with the parts of facilitation that bring me joy—and ended up building a website that finally expresses my purpose and approach. It helped me articulate how the ceremonial and corporate sides of my work enrich each other.”
Shannon HartSenior Performance Consultant, Shell 
Apply for Master Facilitation Certification Today
Master future-proof facilitation skills and become an effective leader, delivered through a flexible online learning format.
Admission Requirements
Certification Fee: $7500
Applications are due August 22nd, 2025 5p CT.
Applicants will be notified of a decision no later than August 29th, 2025.
Take your facilitation to the next level.**
*Price includes all coursework, office hours with course instructor(s), and master facilitation project evaluation.
**The Master Facilitation Certification is meant for leaders who have completed our Core Facilitation Certification Program. If you haven’t completed this program yet, we’d love to see you in one of our upcoming Core Facilitation Certification Cohorts.
***Please note that all payments made towards our certification program are non-refundable.
Professional Development Reimbursement Template
Your Master Facilitation Certification from Voltage Control is an important professional investment. You may be able to get these costs covered by your company’s professional development reimbursement policy, and even if your company doesn’t have a formal policy, they may still approve partial or complete tuition reimbursement.
We created the below template to help you submit your request.
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Have questions? Contact us at hello@voltagecontrol.com
Scholarship
Apply for a Diversity Scholarship
A key part of our mission is to support diverse leaders from different methodologies, backgrounds, races, genders, sexual orientations, cultures, and ages. If you are a part of, or serve, a traditionally underrepresented group and feel that this scholarship would allow you to amplify this mission, please apply now and select the option to Apply for Diversity Scholarship. This scholarship covers a portion of the tuition cost.
