ICA Denver Advanced Courses

ToP^® 2009 Facilitation Training Series

Additional Advanced Courses
ToP Facilitation Methods is a prerequisite for most courses.

The Power of Image Shift
Strong images influence why people act the way they do. While we cannot control behavior, we can learn to create the environments, contexts, and processes that help people choose creativity, cooperation, and productivity. This course unlocks the power of shaping and shifting images. (2 days)

ToP Secrets of Implementation
Do your client groups have trouble sustaining a plan once it has been initiated? Do you sometimes find it difficult to help your clients stay on track, bring new people into a team, and then bring closure? This course is about keeping plans and projects alive, relevant, doable and achievable.
(2 days)

Facilitating Conciliation: Beyond Conflict Resolution
Our society is crying for alternatives to the adversarial
approach to dealing with disputes. There is another way.
Learn to apply ToP methods to reconcile differences
and heal deep rifts. (2 days) Click here for Flyer
There is no prerequisite for this course.

Facilitation Graphics
Explore ways to add imagery and graphics to enhance your facilitation, training, consulting, or coaching toolkit. Practice and become proficient in which markers and paper to use, basic shapes, drawing techniques, and much more.
(1 day)

Application Design Lab
Having learned the powerful ToP methods, this course will teach you how to use them to design participatory events.
(1 day)

Mastering the Technology of Participation (MToP)
Develop competence with ToP methods through an intensive, year-long training program. Designed for those wishing to significantly increase their skills in group facilitation, the program provides a theoretical foundation and opportunities for practice and feedback with organizations outside of the classroom.
(4 sessions over 1 year)

To inquire about customized in-house courses or becoming a Certified ToP Facilitator,
contact ICA Denver.