The Art and Practice
of Facilitating Online
The unconference for people who facilitate online. You propose the sessions; the schedule fills up live.
November 5–7, 2026 · fully online · three main blocks
From $59 — or 25–75% less on the geo-fair rate.
The schedule
Three main blocks over the course of three days. Pick one — three hours — and you have had the whole unconference. Stick around for longer, if you can. Or just drop in for an individual session here and there — whatever works best for you! The new OFU event portal updates the schedule in real time.
Add all three blocks to your calendar — or add just one from its row below.
Thu 5 Nov
- 16:00–19:00 Americas + Europe/Africa · optional until 21:00 add to calendar
Fri 6 Nov
- 08:00–11:00 Europe/Africa + Asia-Pacific · optional until 13:00 add to calendar
Sat 7 Nov
- 00:00–03:00 Asia-Pacific + Americas · optional until 05:00 add to calendar
You are welcome to run a session between the blocks as well. Fewer people will be awake, so use at your own risk — but nobody will stop you.
Last year at OFU 2025
- participants
- 130
- countries
- 29
- continents
- 6
- participant-led sessions
- 30+
Why come
Six things you get from this that you do not get from a conference.
Bring one problem, leave with several answers
You propose the session. A room of practitioners who chose to be there works on your actual question — not a version of it someone guessed at six months ago.
Nobody is selling you anything
No keynotes, no sponsored talks, no vendor pitches. Our sponsors agree to that in writing before they sign.
Practitioners from dozens of countries
Last year, 130 people from 29 countries and six continents. Geo-fair pricing is why — the room is global because the price moves with where you live.
Three hours is the whole commitment
One block: a plenary and a round of sessions. Everything after it is optional, and if three hours is too much, come for one session.
You keep what happened
Session notes go up quickly, so the sessions you miss are not lost to you — and the grid is built so that you have to miss some.
The people, not the program
Thirteen years of the same community turning up. You will meet people you would never meet at a conference in your own country, and you will still be talking to some of them in March.
Who it is for, and what actually happens
Practitioners, not panels. Everyone arrives with expertise, experience and a perspective the rest of the room can use — newcomers included.
- Facilitators
- Trainers
- Teachers and educators
- Instructional designers
- Community managers
- Coaches
- Consultants
- OD practitioners
- HR and L&D
- Agile coaches and Scrum masters
- Project and product managers
- Public participation practitioners
- Mediators
- Researchers
- Librarians
- Nonprofit leaders
- Team leads
- Meeting and event designers
- UX and design researchers
- Civic organizers
- Newcomers
Everyone in one room
A block opens together. People pitch sessions in about thirty seconds each and the schedule fills up live — no program committee, no submission deadline, no slides required.
Bring a question, not a keynote
A problem you’re stuck on, a tool you want to put through its paces, or a story worth telling. That’s a session.
Sessions run in parallel
With real breaks between them and a lounge that stays open throughout. If a session isn’t for you, leave and join another — that’s the rule, not a faux pas.
Accessible by Design
Facilitation is global; salaries are not. Take 25%, 50% or 75% off depending on where you live — honor system, no questions asked, no partner code needed.
Super early bird
$59
On sale now!
Geo-fair
- −25%
- <$45
- −50%
- <$30
- −75%
- <$15
Early bird
$99
Geo-fair
- −25%
- <$75
- −50%
- <$50
- −75%
- <$25
Late bird
$129
Geo-fair
- −25%
- <$97
- −50%
- <$65
- −75%
- <$33
Full price
$149
Geo-fair
- −25%
- <$112
- −50%
- <$75
- −75%
- <$38
Have a partner or sponsor code? It takes another 30% off whichever level you choose — including the geo-fair price. OFU runs on a cost-recovery basis, as it has since 2017: the organizing team covers costs, nothing more.
Partners and Sponsors: Bring Your Community!
Share OFU with your network and your members get 30% off — stacking with the geo discount, so a ticket can come to as little as $26. You get your logo on this page, free tickets, and a say in where the program goes.
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A short email when the schedule, the session pitches and the block times are confirmed. Nothing else.
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