MFN offers two levels of membership. Memberships are for one calendar year, January through December. But sign up now for a 2012 membership and receive member benefits through December 31, 2012, including the last face-to-face meeting and the last virtual meeting of 2011.

Standard Membership: $50.00

The Standard MFN Membership entitles the member entry to all MFN Regular Meetings at the pre-registration member rate of $15 or $20 at-the-door. Non-members may pre-register for $25 or pay $30 at the door.

MFN holds 5 - 6 regular meetings per year, which feature an important topic on facilitation, a speaker, networking opportunities with colleagues and a light supper. We meet at the St. Paul Area Council of Churches in St. Paul, MN. A typical meeting follows this agenda:

5:30 p.m. Supper & Networking

6:00 p.m. Introductions & MFN News/Business

6:30 p.m. Program Topic on Facilitation & Guest Speaker

8:30 p.m. End of Program, Networking & Cleanup

As an additional benefit, Standard Members also have access to all MFN Virtual Meetings and other MFN events. MFN members may attend meetings of partner organizations at their member meeting fee. Partners include MN Council on Quality, MN ODNetwork, Project Management Institute, etc.

2011 Regular Meeting Schedule: 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. Central Time (Subject to change)

Thursday, February 10 - The Shoemaker's Children: the Power of Inquiry (ToP Personal Inquiry Projects)
Thursday, April 14 - IAF Report Outs: Reports from the IAF Conferenece in Denver
Thursday, June 9 - Tom Esch: "Twelve Tools for Working with Conflict"
Thursday, August 11 - MFN Board: "Strategy & Ideation" - Free Input Event
Thursday, September 8 - Rachel Hefte: "Values Discernment & Concensus Decision Making"
Thursday, October 6 - Mary Jacobs: "Capability Statements - Marketing for Facilitators"
Thursday, November 10 - BethMarie Ward: "Experiencing the Social Triangle"

2012 Regular Meeting Schedule:

The full 2012 meeting schedule will be publicized soon.

Virtual Membership: $25.00

The Virtual MFN Membership differs from the Standard Membership and entitles the member to join four virtual meetings (conference calls, webinars, etc.) per year. This type of membership is valuable to people who live outside the Twin Cities at a distance that prohibits them from attending Regular Meetings. Virtual Meetings occur about once per quarter. They feature a topic of interest on facilitation as presented by a respected expert in the field. Virtual Meetings last one hour 15 minutes, usually from 12:00 to 1:15 p.m. Central Time in the USA on a weekday. Participation in virtual events is either by long distance conference call or in the case of a webinar over the web with a computer. Virtual Membership does NOT include entry to regular meetings at the Standard Member meeting rate.

2011 Virtual Meeting Schedule: 12:00 - 1:15 p.m. Central Time

Thursday, March 17 - Bill Staples: "Facilitating Change in Whole Systems"
Thursday, May 12 - Sheila LeGeros: "Demystifying Virtual Tool Selection
Thursday, October 20 - Darleen DeRosa: "Leading Virtual Teams from a Distance"
Thursday, December 15 - Heather Williams & Nora Herting: "Graphics Recording Goes Virtual"

2012 Virtual Meeting Schedule:

The full 2012 meeting schedule will be publicized soon.

This Membership Enrollment Period will end at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, December 15, 2011 (which is the date of the last 2011 MFN Virtual Meeting) because Eventbrite limits the amount of time a registration period can be open. We will create a new enrollment period after December 15 for future membership registrations.