Facilitation as Performance - Cambridge 2026

Event Details

A Creative Facilitation Workshop
Newnham College, Cambridge
Monday and Tuesday
10th & 11th September 2026

Two days exploring ways to bring more presence, spontaneity and playfulness to your role working with groups. We’ll focus on your performance as a facilitator including activities inspired by improv theatre.

Guiding Principles

1. Training not as usual

There is no manual or set agenda, no boring presentations. We do provide notes, links, and references for you to follow up afterwards.

2. Pulsation

We’ll explore knowing when to step forward, and when to step back and let the group do the work.

3. Practice eats theory for breakfast

Anyone can run a process, but how we do it can count more than the specifics of a technique..

4. Improvising

Activities drawn from improv theatre and other group work traditions help to focus on the subtle gestures that make up your performance.

5. Being Playful

We play, metaphorically and figuratively – with ideas and processes. We learn about, and from, being playful – even with serious topics.

6. Learning Together

A big part of what makes this workshop work is the learning that happens between participants.

7. It's Not About Making It Easy

We’ll explore and experience the art of being comfortable with discomfort. and playing with ways to hold difficult conversations.

8. Being Unhurried

Setting the right pace is the secret sauce of working in teams.

Your Host

Johnnie Moore has been facilitating around the world for over 20 years. He helps people connect and have the difficult conversations that make a difference. He's the co-founder of Creative Facilitation and co-author of our 75 page book of the same name.

Testimonial

"Our training experience with Johnnie was a game changer. The team's idea of what effective facilitation is, got turned on its head. We walked away from two very valuable days with tools and a perspective that has changed the way we approach meetings and facilitation workshops. This was the best training session we've had in a long time."
— Cheryl Ader-Dunne, Executive Director of Strategy, Leopard, Denver Colorado

Venue and Logistics

The workshop will be in the Pavilion room at Newnham College. Refreshments and lunch are included in the price.

Some parking spots are available, let me know if that would be useful.

Bookings

Standard rate: £950 plus VAT

Early Bird rate - until 30th June £775 plus VAT

Cancel before June 30th for a full refund, less £75 admin fee. From July 1st bookings are non-refundable but you can transfer your place to someone else.

If you'd like ideas about overnight accommodation in Cambridge, let me know and I can offer some tips. Email me about this or anything else: johnnie@johnniemoore.com