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• Technology COP: Play with StreamAlive

  • When
    05/20/2025
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    5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
  • Location
    Online using Zoom
  • Spaces left
    12

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  Duration: 60-Minutes

  
  Tuesday, May 20th, 2025, 5:00-6:00 PM EDT

  
  

  This month we will play with the app StreamAlive: an application that pulls responses from the chat directly into interactive visuals: maps, word clouds, polls and much more. https://www.streamalive.com/

  We are still new to this app ourselves, but wanted to test it out after having heard great things about it. Join us to discover all the options StreamAlive has to easily make our sessions more engaged.

  If you have a lot of experience with StreamAlive already and would like to show us how you use it, please reach out to us before the COP (anneclairefrank@gmail.com).

  
  

  Please note that this is for MAFN members only and there is limited space, so please register early.

  
  

  Our guiding principles are:

  • Come open to learning (growth mindset)
  • Not expert-led – will be hosted by peers with space to learn from all
  • Bring your questions, share your expertise

  
  

  ONLINE CoP Discussion REMINDERS

  • If you register and cannot attend, please cancel to allow someone else to come.
  • Registration closes at midnight the day before the discussion group.
  • Registered participants will receive instructions for joining the live session and any additional details 1 day in advance and on the morning of the event. Please be sure to look for the link in your email.
  • MAFN CoP discussions will not be recorded to support space for learning.
  • For registration or membership questions contact info@mafn.org.

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• (Members Only) MAFN Community of Practice: Conversations about Facilitation in Training

  • Start
    05/27/2025
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  • End
    11/25/2025
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  • Schedule
    4 sessions
  • Location
    Online using Zoom

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  Duration: Each session is 1 hour (60-minutes)

  
  

  • March 25th, 2025
  • May 27th, 2025
  • July 22nd, 2025
  • September 23rd, 2025
  • November 25th, 2025

  
  

  Core facilitation skills and values inform not only facilitation practice but aligned professions such as training (where trainers often describe themselves as “facilitators!”). In this bi-monthly peer-led COP, we discuss how facilitation expertise enhances training delivery, sharing best practices from our experience as facilitators and/or trainers. These online facilitated conversations are standalone topic-based forums, with discussion groups limited to encourage maximum participation from all attendees. Topic suggestions and volunteer leaders are always welcome. Come with curiosity; participate with passion; leave with new learning.

  
  

  You are welcome to attend as many meetings in the series as your schedule allows. They will not build on each other. Once you register for the series, you will receive a notification for each meeting.

  Please note that this is for MAFN members only. These sessions will NOT be recorded.

  
  

  
  

  Recipient of the inaugural 2024 NYS Justice Peer Initiative Impact Award in Training & Development, Ruth Riddick, CARC-RCP/f, is a coach and trainer with a specialization in addiction recovery and a 20-year practice at Sobriety Together.  She is co-founder and program manager of the New York Certification Board Trainer Registry, an organization of professional trainers enhancing standards in non-clinical role training.  As a curriculum developer, she has contributed to role training for Veteran Supported Recovery, CRPA-Family and CRPA-Youth trainings for professional certifications.  She serves on the Board of the New York Association of Treatment Court Professionals.  She has been widely honored for her work.

  
  

  Our guiding principles are:

  • Come open to learning

  • Bring your questions, share your expertise

  • Don’t expect closure - our shared learning is a process!

  
  

  ONLINE CoP Discussion REMINDERS

  • If you register and cannot attend, please cancel to allow someone else to come. 

  • Registration closes at midnight the day before the discussion group.

  • Registered participants will receive instructions for joining the live session and any additional details 1 day in advance and the morning of the event. Please be sure to look for the link in your email.

  • MAFN CoP discussions will not be recorded in order to support space for learning.

  • For registration or membership questions contact info@mafn.org

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• MAFN's June 13th Online Workshop - Power of the Debrief: Fueling Innovation Through Reflection

  • When
    06/13/2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
  • Location
    Online using Zoom

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  Duration:  90 minutes

  About the workshop: 

  Join Tes Cohen from Transformative Gatherings for a dynamic, participatory workshop where we will explore the often overlooked power of the debrief. Discover how creating space for post-gathering/engagement discussion, to reflect on successes and lessons learned, can pave the way for continuous improvement and innovation.

  Learning Objectives 

  In this session, participants will:

  • Explore the importance and tremendous value of debriefing
  • Gain a deeper understanding of potential debrief components
  • Be inspired to debrief more often and with more intention, ultimately resulting in increased impact

  NOTE: This workshop will be recorded for distribution to all who register (breakout rooms will not be recorded).

  This is a 90-minute workshop. It will take place starting at 12pm EDT.

  
  

  Speakers: 
  

  Tes Cohen’s life purpose is to create meaningful opportunities that foster curiosity and community in order to cultivate interconnectedness and continuous learning. She delights in doing that in her consulting practice by co-creating transformative workplace gatherings. Her career began as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Costa Rica and includes nonprofit program management and CSR at Gap Inc. Tes is also cofounder of Radical Reset, creating a movement of rested leaders and a world in which rest is normalized, democratized, and celebrated.

  
  

  ONLINE WORKSHOP REMINDERS
  

  • No refunds or credits for registration cancellations.
  • Registered participants will receive instructions for joining the live session and any additional details 1 day in advance and the morning of the event. Please be sure to look for the link in your email.
    
  • Workshops begin promptly at 12:00PM Eastern.  Please log on at least 15 minutes in advance to ensure your internet connections, audio and other settings are functioning properly.
  • MAFN Members have access to all online workshop recordings via the MAFN website.
  • For registration or membership questions contact info@mafn.org.

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• (Member's Only) 2025 MAFN Annual Meeting & Networking

  • When
    06/20/2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
  • Location
    Online using Zoom

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  Duration:  90 minutes

  About the workshop: 

  Come join your fellow MAFN members for our Annual Meeting. We will have networking, a review of our FY25 accomplishments, along with a preview of our updated strategic plan and FY26 goals. 

  This is an opportunity for you to share your ideas about MAFN's future activities and growth.

  We will also introduce our newly elected Board members! 

  See you there! 

  
  

  NOTE: This meeting will NOT be recorded, so please join us live!

  Please note that this is for MAFN members only.

  
  

  For registration or membership questions contact info@mafn.org.

  
  

  
  

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• (Members Only) MAFN Small Business CoP - Small Business Community of Practice

  • Start
    06/23/2025
  •  
  • End
    12/22/2025
  •  
  • Schedule
    7 sessions
  • Location
    Online using Zoom

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  Duration: 60-Minutes 

  4th Monday each month at noon

  (Note: We are not meeting on May 26, 2025, due the Memorial Day Holiday.)

  
  

  The MAFN Small Business Community of Practice (CoP) is a group of MAFN members with small facilitation businesses who work together to improve their business knowledge and skills through support, innovation, and shared resources.  This CoP will be a co-creation space for MAFN members to host, bring topics to the table and use this space to support one another, innovate and share resources. We are seeking volunteers to join as co-facilitators and tech hosts.

  
  

  Responsibilities include:
  

  • Ability to work with other leaders to identify a topic each month.
  • Ensure there are a minimum of two facilitators each month.  
  • Commit to shared responsibility for 6 months (you do not need to facilitate, host or attend each CoP) to help strategize the future of the SB CoP.
  • For those interested in volunteering, please contact christine@swangnomy.com.

  Mission:

  To foster a learning environment where members can exchange knowledge, tools, and resources to manage and grow successful facilitation businesses.

  Benefits:

  • Collaboration: Connect with like-minded professionals to co-create and innovate.
  • Business Expansion: Gain insights into marketing, client engagement, and scaling small facilitation businesses.

  If you're passionate about facilitation and looking to enhance your small business, this community will provide the resources, inspiration, and support to help you thrive.

  
  

  Please note that this is for MAFN members only and there is limited space, so please register early. 

  
  

  Our guiding principles are:

  • Come open to learning

  • Bring your questions, share your expertise

  • Don’t expect closure - our shared learning is a process!

  
  

  Please note that this is for MAFN members only and there is limited space, so please register early. 

  
  

  ONLINE CoP Discussion REMINDERS

  • If you register and cannot attend, please cancel to allow someone else to come. 

  • Registration closes at midnight the day before the discussion group.

  • Registered participants will receive instructions for joining the live session and any additional details 1 day in advance and the morning of the event. Please be sure to look for the link in your email.

  • MAFN CoP discussions will not be recorded in order to support space for learning.

  • For registration or membership questions contact info@mafn.org.

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