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Registration for the 2027 Emergent Learning Open Enrollment Program is Now Open!

We are very excited to announce that registration is open for the 2027 Emergent Learning Program. This will be the only open enrollment program to be offered this year.

This highly interactive program is not a series of passive webinars. It’s a chance to learn and apply the core principles and tools of Emergent Learning in both large and small groups, directly connected to your own work. Each session introduces one or more tools and principles, helping you build a strong foundation for creating social change.

Who Should Join
This program is meant for individuals and teams who are addressing social change. Past participants with roles such as learning and evaluation, program, strategy, operations consulting, and communications. We’ve had people apply EL to everything from strategy refreshes and evaluation to family vacation planning.  

If you want to learn more about the program, we invite you to attend a one-hour Program Preface session with the co-hosts. We’ll introduce you to the principle ‘Keeping Work at the Center’, illustrate some of the structure that you will experience throughout the program, and answer your questions about the program. Although these sessions are not mandatory prior to enrollment, they are highly encouraged. Program Preface sessions are listed below and you can register by clicking on one of the dates and times, that will create an email invite that you can add to your personal calendar.  
 
Wed, Sept 16 2 14:00 pm ET/12:00 MT/9:00 PT 
Thurs, Oct 8 13:00 ET/11:00 MT/10:00 PT
Tues, Oct 27 12:00 pm ET/10:00 MT/9:00 PT
Tues, Nov 17 12:00 pm ET/10:00 MT/9:00 PT.

Registration will be open until November 23 or until we reach program capacity.

To learn more about what the program includes, click “More Information” to view the 2027 program outline.

More information

The EL Community Project conducts an open enrollment program each year beginning in January.  In this program, you will learn to improve your results by using the Principles and practices of Emergent Learning with others in a collaborative setting. The program begins virtually over five months and culminates with a three-day in-person meeting in June.  

Participants include early- to late-career professionals from foundations, nonprofits, and consulting organizations who are seeking to strengthen internal learning cultures, drive social change initiatives, and enhance consulting practices.

The program consists of four interactive cohort sessions, each focused on applying Emergent Learning (EL) directly to your real-world work. Approximately two to three weeks later, participants engage in small-group coaching sessions (five people per group) to bring EL practices into their ongoing projects.

This is a highly participatory program. Participants will learn EL by applying it to their current work goals and challenges and reflecting on their experiences with their peers.

Customized training programs for EL community member organizations

To deepen the use of Emergent Learning within organizations, the EL Community Project offers customized in-house training programs to assist EL Community members to expand the EL Community Member’s own reach within their organization. Please contact Jim Stiles to learn more.

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