Purpose
The purpose of the Ascent is to promote and support experienced facilitators as they seek the summit of professional certification from the International Association of Facilitators.

Learn from Your Guide
The IAF CPF accreditation process is a rigorous examination of your skills and experience as a facilitator. The process includes a comprehensive application, synopsis describing and demonstrating your competencies, interviews and a practical session in front of a highly skilled and certified team of assessors. Your guides are part of only a handful of facilitators in the Mid-Atlantic region recognized by IAF as Certified Professional Facilitators. They have successfully completed the certification process and are enjoying the benefits of this professional designation. There are never enough true professionals so they are ready to guide and support you in your quest for professional certification. Facilitators are just now receiving the professional recognition they deserve. Through education and outreach the MAFN hopes to expand the awareness and value of professional facilitators.

The Route to Success
The Ascent Group is a service provided by the Mid-Atlantic Facilitators Network to support certification candidates in preparation for their assessment. As a member of the MAFN Ascent Group you will be guided and mentored by Certified Professional Facilitators who have successfully completed the IAF CPF Accreditation Process.

 Benefits of Professional Certification

• Easily communicate your qualifications to current and potential customers.
• Independent assessment of your skills and areas of improvement.
• Stand out from the crowd – CPF is the differentiator in a crowd of vanilla facilitators.
• Be recognized by your peers as a true professional
• Inclusion in the IAF and MAFN list of CPFs.
• Be in demand as organizations and agencies start requiring CPFs in contracts.
• Be included with other facilitation companies that only use CPFs to serve their clients.

New Group Forming for the Ascent
Join the Team and climb to the summit together. For more information about the IAF Facilitator Certification go to www.iaf-world.org and click on "Certification".

Attend the September workshop to learn more about the ASCENT program.  If you cannot join us on September 23, 2011, send an e-mail to John.Lesko@verizon.net or call 571.229.3246 to have your name added to the list of members ‘assembling in the base camp’ and preparing for their ASCENT up to the peak of facilitation mastery.