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• Virtual MAFN Salon - August 2025

  • When
    08/22/2025
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    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Online using Zoom
  • Spaces left
    17

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  Topic will be determined after the July Salon meeting.

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

  
  

  Our guiding principles are:

  • Connection + Conversation + Community = Salon

  • Come open to listening and sharing

  
  

  Salon REMINDERS

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

  • Registration closes at midnight 2 days before the event.

  • Registered participants will receive instructions with any additional details 5 day in advance of the event. Please be sure to check your email.

  • Salon discussions are live events and are not recorded.

  • For membership questions contact info@mafn.org

  
  

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

  • Start
    08/25/2025
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  • End
    12/22/2025
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  • Schedule
    5 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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• (Sponsor Event) BarometerXP: Sample Game Session

  • When
    08/28/2025
  •  
    2:00 PM
  • Location
    Online Event via Zoom
  • Spaces left
    14

  

  
  

  Sample Game Session

  Aug 28th, 2025 02:00 PM EDT

  Online Event via Zoom

  Click here for more information and to register. 

  
  

  Seeking fresh approaches to team development? Experience our innovative game-based learning method that drives real culture transformation—boosting engagement, leadership, and accountability. Join our 30-minute sample session with an expert facilitator to see how our play-based approach sparks meaningful insights and conversations. No cringeworthy icebreakers or trust falls—this is next-generation team development. Curious?

  Connect with us at info@barometerxp.com.

  
  

  
  

  Register here

  
  

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• Technology COP: Zoom Updates

  • When
    09/08/2025
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    5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
  • Location
    Online using Zoom
  • Spaces left
    35

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  Duration: 60-Minutes

  
  Monday, September 9th, 2025, 5:00-6:00 PM EDT

  
  

  It has been a while since we checked out those Zoom Updates. Join us for a very hands-on Tech COP, where we will see what’s new, what works, and what new features we would rather not use in our online facilitation.

  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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• (Sponsor Event) BarometerXP: Game Exhibition – Snake Oil

  • When
    09/23/2025
  •  
    12:00 PM
  • Location
    Online Event via Zoom
  • Spaces left
    14

  

  
  

  Game Exhibition – Snake Oil

  Sept 23rd, 2025 12:00 PM EDT

  Online Event via Zoom

  Click here for more information and to register. 

  
  

  Who says work can't be fun? Barometer XP leads demo sessions for leaders and facilitators who want to add new games to their repertoire. This is next-generation team development. Curious? 

  Connect with us at info@barometerxp.com.

  
  

  
  

  Register here

  
  

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• Virtual MAFN Salon - September 2025

  • When
    09/26/2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Online using Zoom
  • Spaces left
    29

  Register

  We will determine a list of topics/themes in our July Salon, and will update this document afterwards.

  
  

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

  
  

  Our guiding principles are:

  • Connection + Conversation + Community = Salon

  • Come open to listening and sharing

  
  

  Salon REMINDERS

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

  • Registration closes at midnight 2 days before the event.

  • Registered participants will receive instructions with any additional details 5 day in advance of the event. Please be sure to check your email.

  • Salon discussions are live events and are not recorded.

  • For membership questions contact info@mafn.org

  
  

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

  • Start
    09/30/2025
  •  
  • End
    07/28/2026
  •  
  • Schedule
    6 sessions
  • Location
    Online using Zoom

  Register

  Duration: Each session is 75 minutes (5:00 - 6:15 pm EST).

  
  

  • July 22nd, 2025: Topic - "How does spontaneity show up in your practice?" 
  • September 30th, 2025: Topic - "How do you manage 'stuck' individuals or groups?"
  • November 25th, 2025: Topic - "Working with vulnerability."

  Interested in participating in lively conversations with your peers about where our professional practices intersect?  What can we learn from each other's professional experience, knowledge, skills and abilities?  The MAFN Conversations About Facilitation in Training community of practice explores intersections of three separate but compatible practices of MAFN members: facilitation, coaching, training.  In small-group topic-based breakout-room conversations led by rotating volunteer practitioners, we share best practices, challenges and strategies to stimulate new insight and expand our individual practices.  Topic suggestions and volunteers are always welcome. Come with curiosity; participate with passion; leave with new learning.  MAFN CoPs are member-only forums, a benefit of MAFN membership.

  
  

  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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• (Sponsor Event) BarometerXP: Sample Game Session

  • When
    10/31/2025
  •  
    12:00 PM
  • Location
    Online Event via Zoom
  • Spaces left
    14

  

  
  

  Sample Game Session

  Oct 31st, 2025 12:00 PM EDT

  Online Event via Zoom

  Click here for more information and to register. 

  
  

  Seeking fresh approaches to team development? Experience our innovative game-based learning method that drives real culture transformation—boosting engagement, leadership, and accountability. Join our 30-minute sample session with an expert facilitator to see how our play-based approach sparks meaningful insights and conversations. No cringeworthy icebreakers or trust falls—this is next-generation team development. Curious?

  Connect with us at info@barometerxp.com.

  
  

  
  

  Register here

  
  

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• (Sponsor Event) BarometerXP: Sample Game Session

  • When
    12/12/2025
  •  
    2:00 PM
  • Location
    Online Event via Zoom
  • Spaces left
    14

  

  
  

  Sample Game Session

  Dec 12th, 2025 2:00 PM EDT

  Online Event via Zoom

  Click here for more information and to register. 

  
  

  Seeking fresh approaches to team development? Experience our innovative game-based learning method that drives real culture transformation—boosting engagement, leadership, and accountability. Join our 30-minute sample session with an expert facilitator to see how our play-based approach sparks meaningful insights and conversations. No cringeworthy icebreakers or trust falls—this is next-generation team development. Curious?

  Connect with us at info@barometerxp.com.

  
  

  
  

  Register here

  
  

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