How do we gather better?
Lead with Play. Facilitate with Heart.
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Facilitation isn’t about being the loudest voice in the room — it’s about being the clearest. It’s about guiding moments of connection so people feel seen, heard, and inspired to grow.
At Authentic Revolution, we believe great facilitators don’t just lead events — they create experiences that stay with people long after the room clears.
Our facilitation trainings and resources will transform how you lead. We’ll teach you to craft magnetic spaces where people feel safe to be real, challenge themselves, and connect with others on a whole new level.
Whether you’re hosting a team workshop, a community circle, or a gathering of friends, you’ll walk away with the skills to make every moment count.
If you’re ready to lead with clarity, creativity, and a little playful magic, you’re in the right place.
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Welcome to authentic facilitation.
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Authentic Relating Games Manual
Playful exercises for awareness & connection. The Games Manual contains over 200 authentic relating games and variations that can help you lead groups with grace.
$25.00 USD
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The #1 Best-Selling Resource on Authentic Relating Games
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Good leaders are not born. They are made.
(After being born, of course, but let's stick with the pithy part.)
All the best leaders you know have made a LOT of mistakes. The difference between "productive mistakes" and "trauma" is acceptance, feedback, and getting to try again.
The ALT (Authentic Leadership Training) is a program on how to lead YOUR way. How to try new things, make productive mistakes, and find your style. You'll get tons of practice in leading from responsiveness, creativity, and connection. With a 1:1 staff-to-participant ratio, you'll be held in a decades-old lineage of leaders from around the world.Â
Come practice being the facilitator you've always wanted to be, in a community that wants exactly who you are.
In the ALT, you'll learn:
- How to construct powerful experiencesÂ
- How, when and why to express your truth in leadership
- How to enroll others in your vision (and engage their own desires)
- What you, uniquely, bring to leadership -Â your superpowers and shadows
- How to lead when you feel lost
- The ART of Facilitative Leadership: Authenticity, Responsiveness, and Transparency
- Why over 1,000 leaders have given a 98%Â "I would recommend this training" score
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Master Human Connection
Ready to craft experiences that truly matter? The Authentic Facilitator (TAF) training empowers you to create magnetic spaces where people connect, grow, and transform. Whether you’re designing corporate workshops, leading intimate gatherings, or leveling up your own leadership, TAF offers a pathway to mastery in facilitation.
If you’re ready to transform ordinary gatherings into extraordinary moments of connection, explore how TAF can help you become a catalyst for authentic leadership.
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Start Your Journey...
Level 1: Practice & Play
Discover the magic of Authentic Relating Games. Play, experiment, and gain insight into what makes events feel impactful and transformative. No prerequisites are required—just bring your curiosity and desire to connect.
Level 2: Designing for Connection
Elevate your facilitation skills with the art of event design. Learn to create dynamic, engaging, and transformative experiences that foster genuine connection in any setting.
Level 3: Creating a Profession
Transform your facilitation expertise into a career or a calling. Gain insight from expert leaders on how to bring connection practices into schools, boardrooms, and communities while learning the essentials of leadership and professional development.
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Self-Paced Courses
The Authentic Facilitator (Self-Paced)
Gain the skills, tools, and confidence to bring people together — whether you're leading a workshop, facilitating a team, or building community from scratch. With 110+ video lessons, expert guidance, and practical exercises, you’ll build mastery at your own pace.
$495.00 USD
AR Games Video Manual
LIFETIME ACCESS to our catalogue of professionally-filmed Authentic Relating Games to practice and play. Includes the AR Games Manual PDF download.
$250.00 USD
Downloads to Read
Authentic Relating Games Manual
Playful exercises for awareness & connection. The Games Manual contains over 200 authentic relating games and variations that can help you lead groups with grace.
$25.00 USD
Online Connection Games Manual
Includes 14 Authentic Relating Games specifically re-written for an online format, including instructions on what to put in chat and how to divide up breakout rooms. It also includes a bonus guide to technology and troubleshooting on Zoom.
$10.00 USD
Social Technology for the Workplace
This mini-manual covers how to build trust, psychological safety, and a shared sense of purpose – without sacrificing your mission.
$3.00 USD
Creating Authentic Community Manual
This guide will take you through the preparation and planning to the creation and facilitation of events to find and create community.
$15.00 USD
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This article is for all the people like me, who are prone to taking it personally when people don’t respond to our events. We’re all like...
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The best event I ever ran was called The Living Room.
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