ToP® Facilitation Methods
ToP® Facilitation Methods is the one course that gives you practical tools for taking groups to new levels of participation, consensus and creativity. Two robust, flexible methodologies and a powerful action planning application will help you facilitate a group’s meaningful exchange of ideas including ways to involve every member in thinking through difficult issues. You gain hands-on experience practicing these methods. You explore ways to apply them to your specific situation. You'll leave these courses ready to immediately apply what you've learned. If you take one course to learn more about facilitation, this is it!
ToP® Strategic Planning
If you want effective strategic planning processes that get groups to develop workable, realistic solutions, this course is for you! It has a powerful model and a set of tools that builds on your learning from the ToP® Facilitation Methods course. It shows you how to weave those methods into an integrated five-step approach that includes preparation and design, a practical vision, discovery of underlying contradictions, and development of strategic directions that result in a comprehensive, focused implementation process. This strategic plan is realistic, achievable, and easy to monitor.
ToP® Group Facilitation Methods is the prerequisite course and foundation for ToP® Strategic Planning. An additional day on “Approaches to Environmental Scanning” is included.
Facilitating Conciliation: Beyond Conflict Resolution
Our society is crying for alternatives to the adversarial approach to dealing with disputes. There is another way. By Understanding the sources of conflict and blocks to conciliation, you can create a healthy atmosphere that promotes joint problem solving and develops solutions for difficult problems. By learning to apply ToP® Facilitation Methods to reconcile differences and heal deep rifts, you can bring a group to a peaceful resolution.
ToP® Facilitation Training Gets You TOP RESULTS!
Our world is changing. Organizations of all kinds are increasing the responsibilities of their people at all levels to solve problems, handle change, and make good decisions fast. Anyone who plays a leadership role in a group needs the tools to motivate a group, build consensus, manage dysfunction, maintain focus, generate ownership and inspire to action.
Our ToP® Facilitation Training delivers just that ... methods and processes you can use immediately and get results!
You can use them with confidence to engage your group so the conversation can begin, generate ownership, create clear goals, broaden perspectives, and inspire people to adapt to change. These methods have the rare ability to honor the diversity and integrate the contributions of ALL involved.
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2011 SCHEDULE
ToP Faciliation Methods
(TFM)
April 28-29
July 20-21
October 20-21
2-day Course
$645
All 2011 courses - $50 discount for payment 3 weeks in advance
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ToP Strategic Planning
(TSP)
TFM is a prerequisite
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Facilitating Conciliation: Beyond Conflict Resolution
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All 2011 courses - $50 discount for payment 3 weeks in advance
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Who Should Take these Courses?
ToP® courses are for anyone who desires better results with meetings and/or groups. Supervisors, executive directors, managers, professional facilitators, coaches, private consultants, training managers, educators, health practitioners, community leaders and concerned citizens have benefited from taking ToP® trainings.
The Institute of Cultural Affairs (ICA), has been a leader over the past four decades in promoting lasting change in communities, nonprofits and businesses. ToP® & Technology of Participation® are registered trademarks of The Institute of Cultural Affairs (ICA).
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Our training team brings a wealth of both up front facilitation and training experience coming from work with large and small businesses, not-for-profits, community agencies, governmental and educational institutions and neighborhoods
