Do you lead online or in-person meetings on a regular basis? Are you planning an upcoming workshop or event? Do you manage or support a community of practice?
Building on combined decades of experience facilitating and community organizing, Annika Erickson-Pearson and Bhav Patel are teaming up to offer online trainings in the second half of 2026. Their expertise spans participatory facilitation methods, innovative design for meetings and events, community organizing for global movements, and more.
You have the chance to shape that training today by filling out the below brief survey on what kind of training might be of most interest to you (length, cost, timing, content). There are 5 questions, which should take you about 3 minutes.
This webpage will be updated with more information in the coming weeks.
Information on the trainer:
Annika Erickson-Pearson is a facilitator and creator of participatory spaces. In her nearly five years as Community Manager with the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform, she hosted more than 100 hundred online meetings, MC’d several in-person briefings, and facilitated numerous half-to-multi-day workshops. She has trained with the ICA:UK’s GFM, the Art of Hosting, Liberating Structures, and a 3-month course on complexity-based facilitation. Her facilitation style is rooted the creation of participatory spaces and structures, emphasizing shared humanity.
Bhavesh Patel designs and facilitates learning and development for people, organizations and networks. He believes that in an increasingly uncertain world, there are no off-the-shelf ideal pre-defined solutions. Instead organizations can find their evolutionary capacity through engaging the hearts and minds of their own people. This leads to a variety of work from strategic development to helping community groups discover their shared vision. He also works as a trainer, delivering workshops that explore skills in self-management, communication, training and facilitation. Bhav has a Master’s in Management Psychology and has worked in over 30 countries for a mix of social and corporate clients.
Feel free to contact Annika at [email protected] with any questions.