„The facilitator cannot
make choices for people
but can give everyone
the opportunity to choose.“
Harrison Owen
I support you, your team, your network, and your organization in clarifying and structuring your approach, as well as in vision-setting and change processes.
Offer
Facilitation
and
Consultancy
Training
and
Workshops
Individual Counselling
and
Systemic Coaching
Mediation
Supervision
Conflict Management
About Me
I have been working as a process facilitator since 2006. For me, this means creating and maintaining spaces that enable the people I work with to do things for which they lack a supportive structure in their everyday lives.
My Journey and My Approach
From 2003 to 2014, I worked as a researcher and lecturer in ethnology at a wide range of universities. During extended stays abroad (in Israel, Russia, Poland, and France), I engaged intensively with everyday human culture and practices across diverse social milieus and sectors. I was both challenged and enchanted by the diverse perspectives on the world, encountering both global and local differences and similarities. I observed a wide variety of approaches to work and life, concepts of gender and family, and leadership and working styles.
In parallel with my academic engagement with everyday human and organizational culture, I developed links between theory and practice through practical work with people, in workshops, and in consultancy sessions.
I began a reciprocal learning process between working with and working on organizations and people, which found its way into a wide range of publications, and helped me further develop my training and support methods.
My learning process continues through constant exchange in collegial consultancy groups, regular professional development, and a wide range of experiences in my varied support contexts.
The common thread running through all my training and professional development is human interaction and a multi-perspective approach – from conflict to dialogue, from guided individual reflection to interactive large-group processes. Both as a systemic coach and process facilitator, and as a European ethnologist and cross-cultural consultant, my approach has always been one of attentive, interested observation and benevolent, empowering support. My toolkit is multi-sensory and integrates mind, heart, and body.
My Trainings And Professional Development
10/2024: Fortbildung: P-10 Principles for leading meetings that matter, Sandra Janoff, future search academy.
06/2020 – 06/2022: Training: Systemic coach. GST Berlin. DGSF certified.
01/2021: Further training: Digital Leadership, Activating and Holding Transformative Change Online. U-Academy, Otto Scharmer presencing institute / USA.
04/2020: Advanced training: Improtoolbox online / Impro techniques: Provocative Coaching (ProCo). German Institute for Provocative Therapy (DIP), Munich.
03/2019: Advanced training: Design Thinking: Methods and forms of multidisciplinary collaboration. Szenum Berlin.
01/2019: Advanced training: Deepening Liberating Structures. Facilitation Akademie Berlin.
07/2018: Training: Leading on equal terms in the digital transformation. Gunther Fürstberger & Tanja Ineichen, Metaforum / Italy.
08/2018: Training: Improvisation and Provocative System Work. Dr E. Noni Höfner & Dr Charlotte Cordes, Metaforum / Italy.
03/2018 – 06/2018: Training: Sustainable Stand-Up Communication course. Belina Raffy, Berlin.
09/ 2017 Training: Creative Consulting Methods in Mediation and Counselling. Klären und Lösen, Agency for Mediation and Communication, Berlin.
08/2015 Fortbildung: Managing a future search. A leadership Workshop with Sandra Janoff. Future search Network & boscop eG. Berlin.
08/2015 – 11/2015: Further training: Managing a Future Search: A leadership workshop with Sandra Janoff. Future Search Network and boscop eG. Berlin.
2007: PhD in Philosophy.
2006 – 2007: Advanced training in Open Space Technology. Lernwerkstätten Vlotho & Berlin, boscop eG.
01/2006 – 12/2006: Training in Cross-Cultural Consultation. MBA from the European University Viadrina.
04/2003 – 09/2004: Training as a mediator. Mediation Centre Frankfurt (Oder).
2003: MA in European Ethnology, Polish Studies, and Slavic Studies
Since 2006, I have been working as a process facilitator for associations and clubs, foundations and NGOs, administrative and cultural organizations, research and educational institutions, small businesses, and executives across a wide range of sectors. During my academic career, I have also taught at eight different universities in Germany and Switzerland, and I conducted research and taught at four of them.
A selection of my clients:
Companies:
Maingau Energie, Obertshausen
Cooperative Mensch eG, Berlin
Baupiloten, Berlin
European Film Market, Berlin
Berliner Feuerwehr
Fürstenberg Institut, Berlin / Hamburg / München
Vivantes Klinikum, Berlin
Educational and research institutions:
Universität Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder)
Konrad-Wolf-Filmhochschule, Potsdam
DEAKAD Staatlich anerkanntes Ausbildungsinstitut für Psychotherapie, Berlin
DZHW: Deutsches Zentrum für Hochschul- und Wissenschaftsforschung, Berlin
Europäische Akademie Berlin; Berlin / Marokko, Kiev
Merian-Schule, Berlin
LMU, München
DIfU, Berlin
Cultural and social institutions:
Ifa- Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen, Berlin
LWL-Museen, Münster
Amt für Weiterbildung und Kultur, Berlin
Goethe Institut, Budapest / München
Koordinationsstelle der KJA/SPZ im Sozialverband VdK, Berlin
Transmediale, Berlin
Stadtmuseum, Berlin
Allerleirauh e.V., Hamburg
Associations and organizations:
Bundesnetzwerk Bürgerschaftliches Engagement / BBE
Deutsche Aidshilfe
Deutsche Umwelthilfe, Berlin
DVW e.V. – Gesellschaft für Geodäsie, Geoinformation und Landmanagement
Comic-Invasion
Handicap international e.V.
Ministries / transnational organizations:
Engagement global
Europäische Akademie Berlin
Ministerium für Energiewende, Landwirtschaft, Umwelt, Natur und Digitalisierung, Schleswig-Holstein
Senatsverwaltung für Bildung, Jugend und Familie
European Network for the Work with Perpetrators of Domestic Violence e.V.
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Foundations:
Deutsche Stiftung für Engagement und Ehrenamt
Heinrich-Böll Stiftung, Berlin
Rosa-Luxemburg Stiftung, Berlin
Stiftung KlimaWirtschaft, Berlin
Stiftung SPI, Berlin
EVZ Stiftung “Erinnerung, Verantwortung, Zukunft“, Berlin
I am fortunate to work with a large network of experienced coaches and process facilitators. Depending on the scope and focus of the assignment, I can put together a bespoke team for you.
My Network
I am part of the Berlin-based Open Space Operative Boscop e.G., a diverse network of eight experienced organizational developers and process facilitators who specialize in dialogue, participation, and large-group methods such as Open Space, Future Search, and World Café, which promote self-organization, lateral leadership, and facilitative leadership, as well as co-creation and participation.
Together with my highly experienced and versatile colleagues Simona Kirsch, Bärbel Becker and Petra Krings, I work on organizational, strategic, and team development processes, both online and offline.
In the field of leadership development and team supervision, with a keen awareness of inclusivity, power, gender, and culture, I enjoy working with and continually learning from Bastian Bretthauer and Mia Konstantinidou.
Since 2025, I have been a lecturer for Module 6: “Resistance and Conflict as Fuel for Change” in Triangel‘s systemic organizational development training program. I also enjoy working for and with Jutta Weimar’sr facilitation academy , as well the wonderful colleagues at denkmodell.
As a trainer specializing in large-group methods and a facilitator, I am part of the Green Campus trainer pool, where I also benefit from peer-to-peer learning among the trainers.
I am a trainer for large-group methods and a facilitator in the Green Campus trainer pool, where I also benefit from peer-to-peer learning amongst the trainers.
I deliver workshops and short seminars at various universities and educational institutions on facilitation, dealing with crises and conflicts, systemic process facilitation, moderation, and (stage) presence. Here I really enjoy working with the wonderful Daniel Unsöld.
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Let's Get Started …
I always work in a context-specific, bespoke, and resource-oriented manner. That is why it’s so important to clarify HOW we work together. If you are interested in one of my services, please give me a call or contact me by email with a brief description of your requirements. I look forward to getting to know you!
kontakt@sannaschondelmayer.com
For coaching sessions, mediations, and workshops with smaller groups (up to eight people), I offer a well-equipped, pleasant workspace located in a quiet commercial courtyard directly on Hermannplatz in Berlin-Kreuzberg, with excellent public transport links (U8, U7).
Hasenheide 9, 10976 Berlin-Kreuzberg
Form follows function: I can work with you in person or online, whichever format best suits your event and circumstances.
My working languages are German and English. I also have a good command of French, Polish, and Russian.
We will clarify the following points in a preliminary consultation:
What is your request?
What are your objectives?
What can you expect from me?
What are the key factors for success?
How long will a process appropriate to your needs take?
How much time and money will you need to invest?
Your investment:
My fees are based on standard market rates. We will discuss fees specifically in relation to your needs, the desired scope of services, and your budget (within the limits of my own resources) during a nonbinding and free preliminary consultation.