Facilitation with Intention Series 🔥 Facilitating in the Fire
Date and Time: November 12, 2025 at 12pm-1pmET
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Location: Virtual via Zoom
Cost:
Non-members
Full Sponsorship $50
Suggested Financial Contribution $25
Suggested Partial Financial Contribution $10
I’d like to attend with no financial contribution $0
Members: Free (registration required)
Program Description:
🌾 Facilitation with Intention: Practices for Purposeful Gathering
A 3-part series for anyone who brings people together and wants more ease, connection, and impact.
Coming together live is a gift—and a choice point. We can default to old patterns: talking at people instead of with them, checking boxes, skimming the surface, avoiding what’s real. Or—we can gather with intention.
This series is for anyone who holds space—whether it’s a staff meeting, retreat, community gathering, or strategy session—and wants to do it with more clarity, presence, and care.
There’s no one “right” way to facilitate. But we’ve found some practices that work—consistently, meaningfully, and across contexts. We’re here to share what we’ve learned—humbly and honestly—as an invitation to explore new ways of showing up.
Together, we’ll explore how to design and lead spaces where people feel alive, connected to purpose, and ready to move—not just sit and listen.
✨ Come to one, or join us for the full series.
Each session stands on its own—with practical tools and grounded takeaways.
Together, they build a fuller practice of facilitation with intention.
🔥 Part 3: Facilitating in the Fire
Even short meetings can stir up resistance or discomfort. In this session, we’ll offer quick tools for staying grounded when things get tense and simple ways to respond with care and clarity—even when you’re caught off guard.
You’ll leave with:
A few go-to practices for grounding yourself in the moment
Tips for naming tension or conflict without escalating it
Mindsets to help you stay present, even when things feel messy
🌿 Part 1: The Art of Holding Space
Holding space begins with how we show up. In this session, we’ll explore simple but powerful ways to bring presence, calm, and intention into any room. Together, we’ll reflect on what it means to facilitate from a posture of service, and how our energy shapes the space we hold.
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🌀 Part 2: Design for Connection
This session is about designing gatherings that people actually want to be part of. We’ll share simple approaches to creating flow, encouraging participation, and weaving in structure that supports (but doesn’t stifle) real connection.
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Facilitators
Margot Fine (she/her) Partner Consultant, & Conscious Leadership Community Lead​
I’m Margot, a community weaver, advocate for radical transformation, and lifelong learner. My roots stretch from a third-generation New York lineage with Russian and Polish ancestry to the place we now call Portland, Maine—where I’ve spent over 20 years building connections and nurturing community. I find joy in walking by the ocean with my partner, learning alongside my kids, playing in the garden, creating art, and making soup without recipes.
I’m shaped by my work as a co-founder and Co-Executive Director of Maine Inside Out, an organization I helped bring to life that uses theater as a tool for social change, centering people most directly impacted by incarceration. In my role as Co-Executive Director, I worked collaboratively across different identities, guiding the organization’s vision, strategic planning, and operational growth. I also nurtured MIO’s sustainability framework, focusing on non-traditional governance and shared decision-making processes. Throughout my career, I’ve worked within organizations and systems, fostering change on issues such as food sovereignty, incarceration, youth resiliency, and alternatives to exclusionary practices. My experience includes working on large-scale political campaigns and alongside government systems, advocating for inclusivity and responsiveness at every level.
In addition to my organizational work, I am passionate about facilitating groups and curating transformative experiences that empower individuals and communities. I aim to bring people together in meaningful ways, creating spaces where people can learn, be heard, be held, and grow—whether in a workshop, a retreat, or a collective action.
While my journey has been shaped by hands-on, organizational experience, I also graduated from Bates College, received a Master of Social Work (MSW) from the University of Southern Maine and have a Clinical Social Work License. These academic experiences have provided me with useful tools that complement my practical work and deepen my understanding of collective healing and change.
I approach leadership with a focus on trust, collaboration, and growth, and I am committed to fostering spaces where people can evolve individually and collectively. My work continues to be driven by a desire to support lasting change and ongoing evolution, whether that’s with individuals, organizations, communities, or systems.
When I’m not working, you can find me outside, connecting with the natural world and finding joy in the simple acts of creating, collaborating, and being as present as possible in the moment.