Running Great Meetings: dealing with disagreements
Glasgow | Thursday 3rd and Friday 4th September 2026
Time: 9:30 AM – 5:00 PM each day

About this event

Running Great Meetings is a two-day, hands-on training for anyone facilitating meetings or holding space in social justice movements. We’ll explore participatory tools, and how to run effective meetings including a particular focus on how to deal with disagreements as they arise in meetings. This training is open to anyone who wants to take their facilitation skills to the next level, particularly those engaged in social change work - including NGO staff, community organisers, campaigners, and more.

Join us to transform your facilitation approach and contribute to building a just and equitable world.

Training Dates

Thursday 3rd September (9:30–17:00)
Friday 4th September (9:30–17:00)

Please note that this training consists of two parts, and we ask that you commit to attending both days. This ensures a consistent learning environment, as each section builds on the previous one, tailored to meet the evolving needs of the participants.

When you register, we’ll ask you a few questions to help us tailor the training and better understand who will be in the room. We’ll also ask about access needs so we can make the training as accessible as possible. The questions may take around 10–15 minutes to complete. If that’s a barrier, please email us at info@tripodtraining.org and we can figure out an alternative together.

Location

Byres Community Hub, Clarice Pears Building, University of Glasgow

What to Expect

Experience a participatory and engaging learning journey informed by Tripod's intersectional values and direct education approach. Be ready to actively engage in activities and learn not only from our facilitation team but also from fellow participants. We firmly believe in learning-by-doing and will support you in reflecting on your facilitation experiences, identifying your learning goals, and exploring popular education methodologies to put into practice. You'll have plenty of opportunities for practice and feedback and to address specific questions and challenges.

We will cover:

Principles and tools for designing effective meetings
Orientation & qualities of engaging facilitation
Skills-practice for managing disagreements
Navigating power dynamics in workshops
Creating supportive and inclusive environments

Accessibility

Tripod is committed to ensuring our trainings are accessible to a wide range of participants. The venue will be wheelchair accessible. We will use a mixture of written and verbal content, and share resources and notes in written form after the sessions. We can share some content beforehand on request. Please let us know about any access requests when registering.

On the Day:

We will provide lunch, tea and coffee with access to cold water taps.
Please bring your own snacks or plan to purchase food in the local area.

Contribution/Exchange

At Tripod, we believe that access to training and capacity-building is essential to building powerful groups and movements. We use a sliding scale pricing model to reflect our values of solidarity, collective care, and redistribution. This model is designed to make our open trainings available to a wide range of people while resourcing the work needed to sustain and grow our movements.

Fees are set based on the total cost of running each training, taking into account who it’s for, how long it runs, and how many people we expect. You’ll find the specific scale for each offering on its registration page.

The actual cost of running this training is £4000, which covers facilitator fees, venue hire, materials, and access support. The cost per person is approximately £220.

If the ticket that best fits your situation is sold out, please email us at info@tripodtraining.org, we'd love to hear from you and will do our best to find a solution, whether that’s adding you to a waiting list or working out another arrangement.

We can also invoice you or your organisation if you are sponsored by one, just let us know.

We use a sliding scale so that the training is available to all:

For Individuals/Self-Funded:

Tier	Rate	Intended For
Solidarity	Free	You are experiencing financial hardship, have no income, or access to public funds.
Subsidised	£20	You have low or irregular income, rely on benefits, or struggle to cover essentials.
Supporter	£60	You can meet your basic needs and have some stability. You’d like to contribute a bit more to support wider access.
Contributor	£100	You have stable income but no savings, and can help sustain the work beyond your own place.
Sustainer	£220	You have stable income and savings, and can contribute more. This covers the actual cost of your place
Redistributor	£275	You have financial stability, class privilege, and/or access to generational wealth. This tier helps subsidise free/low-cost places.

For Organisations/Workplaces Funded:

Tier	Rate	Suggested For
Solidarity Org	£70	Volunteer-run groups or collectives with no core funding and income under £50k
Supported Org	£150	Grassroots orgs or small charities with £50k–100k annual budget
Sustainer Org	£220	Charities or collectives with £100k–300k budget
Nurturer Org	£340	Organisations with £300k–600k annual budget
Redistributor Org	£425	Larger NGOs or well-resourced orgs with £600k+ budgets or unrestricted funds

How to Choose Your Tier

We trust you to choose the tier that feels right. The more of the following statements you answer YES to, the more appropriate it may be to choose a lower tier. The fewer you answer YES to, the more appropriate it may be to choose a higher tier.

For Individuals:

This sliding scale assessment is for you if you are paying for the training or program without financial support from an organization.

I am struggling to meet basic needs (housing, food, etc).
I have little or no income or savings.
I do not have inheritance or financial support from my family.
I am responsible for financially supporting others.

If you answered YES to most or all, please consider the Solidarity or Subsidised tiers.

If you answered YES to some and NO to others, consider the Supporter or Contributor tiers.

If you answered NO to most, the Sustainer or Redistributor tiers are likely the right fit.

For Organisations:

Consider a lower tier if:

You are grassroots, volunteer-run, or underfunded
You're attending in a volunteer or unpaid capacity
Your organisation has an annual budget under £100k
You rely primarily on short-term or unstable grants

Consider a higher tier if:

Your organisation has a budget of over £300k
You're attending in a paid capacity with a professional development budget
You are a larger or well-resourced NGO or for-profit organisation

By choosing a higher tier, you directly support others to attend, especially those most affected by the issues we’re addressing.

About Tripod: Training for Creative Social Action

Tripod builds the power of social movements, tackling the root causes of injustice in Scotland and beyond. As a collective of facilitators and educators, we connect people and develop skills to embody the liberated futures we’re fighting for. We seed active solidarity and strengthen strategic collaboration within and across movements.We offer training, meeting facilitation and conflict mediation to support groups to work in better alignment with their visions and values.

For more info about our approaches and other work visit our website tripodtraining.org

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