Facilitation Trainings
Empower those in your organization or community with tools and processes to respectfully and inclusively engage stakeholders sparking committed action through shared appreciation and consensus building.
Virtual Facilitation Lab
June 12
Virtual meetings are still part of our lives and they're not going away. Yet we haven't quite mastered how to effectively engage folks in these meetings. It's time we master virtual facilitation tools and lead with confidence!
In this 2.5-hour course you will experience a mix of interactive instruction and time to practice designing & facilitating an activity using virtual tools. You'll leave with confidence that you can lead a virtual meeting people want to be in.
ToP Strategic Planning - Guaranteed to Run!
June 18 - 19, 2025
Milwaukee, WI
In this course, you’ll weave together ToP facilitation methods into a comprehensive, step-by-step approach to help groups answer their most important strategic questions.
Learn to help groups:
- Creatively visualize and come to agreement around their ideal future
- Honestly confront their most stubborn blocks to success
- Align around powerful, innovative shared intentions
- Define measurable goals
- Commit to accountable plans of action
ToP Facilitation Methods
June 23 - 24, 2025
Cincinnati, OH
Activate group engagement to confidently move groups from conflict & confusion to consensus & commitment
Learn to facilitate:
- Focused Conversations: Generate meaningful & productive dialog on any topic
- Consensus Workshops: Infuse groups with creative energy bringing diverse perspectives into agreement everyone owns & supports
- Action Planning: Quickly prepare a group project for launch with a shared commitment to timelines, tasks, & success measures
ToP Secrets of Implementation - New Course & City
July 9 - 10, 2025
Madison, WI
How do you keep your team committed and engaged, bring new people to the table mid-stream, course-correct when needed, and finish triumphantly all while staying participatory and collaborative?
This course is packed with dozens of tools to help you:
- Understand and anticipate the ups & downs of implementing strategies
- Sustain momentum throughout a project
- Review and reposition actions that are in process
- Bring closure to plans and celebrate the team’s work
ToP Facilitation Methods - New City!!
August 4 - 5, 2025
Saint Louis, MO
Activate group engagement to confidently move groups from conflict & confusion to consensus & commitment
Learn to facilitate:
- Focused Conversations: Generate meaningful & productive dialog on any topic
- Consensus Workshops: Infuse groups with creative energy bringing diverse perspectives into agreement everyone owns & supports
- Action Planning: Quickly prepare a group project for launch with a shared commitment to timelines, tasks, & success measures
ToP Facilitation Methods
August 11 - 12, 2025
Madison, WI
Activate group engagement to confidently move groups from conflict & confusion to consensus & commitment
Learn to facilitate:
- Focused Conversations: Generate meaningful & productive dialog on any topic
- Consensus Workshops: Infuse groups with creative energy bringing diverse perspectives into agreement everyone owns & supports
- Action Planning: Quickly prepare a group project for launch with a shared commitment to timelines, tasks, & success measures
ToP Approaches to Environmental Scanning
August 13, 2025
Madison, WI
Explore 10 creative, insightful tools to understand customer, staff, or community perceptions and needs, delve into relevant data, and get groups on the same page.
This course is applicable to:
- Business & Team Leaders
- Local, State, & Federal Leaders
- Program & Change Managers
- Facilitators, Trainers & Consultants
- Community Organizers & Planners
- Anyone who wants to set a foundation and context for strategic thinking and proactive planning!
ToP Focused Conversation - New! Specifically For Educators!
August 19, 2025
Albany, NY
The ToP Focused Conversation is a structured methodology that engages all voices. It builds a shared understanding of participants' diverse perspectives. It helps groups productively discuss complex and controversial topics while minimizing conflict and power imbalances. It mirrors the way our brains think from taking in data to taking action.
In this course you will experience the framework as participant, learner, and practitioner to build your confidence.
ToP Approaches to Environmental Scanning
August 20, 2025
Albany, NY
Explore 10 creative, insightful tools to understand customer, staff, or community perceptions and needs, delve into relevant data, and get groups on the same page.
This course is applicable to:
- Business & Team Leaders
- Local, State, & Federal Leaders
- Program & Change Managers
- Facilitators, Trainers & Consultants
- Community Organizers & Planners
- Anyone who wants to set a foundation and context for strategic thinking and proactive planning!
ToP Facilitation Methods
August 25 - 26, 2025
Des Moines, IA
Activate group engagement to confidently move groups from conflict & confusion to consensus & commitment
Learn to facilitate:
- Focused Conversations: Generate meaningful & productive dialog on any topic
- Consensus Workshops: Infuse groups with creative energy bringing diverse perspectives into agreement everyone owns & supports
- Action Planning: Quickly prepare a group project for launch with a shared commitment to timelines, tasks, & success measures
ToP Secrets of Implementation - New Course & City
Sept. 8 - 9, 2025
San Antonio, TX
How do you keep your team committed and engaged, bring people to the table mid-stream, course-correct when needed, and finish triumphantly all while staying participatory and collaborative?
This course is packed with dozens of tools to help you:
- Understand and anticipate the ups & downs of implementing strategy
- Sustain momentum throughout a project
- Review and reposition actions that are in process
- Bring closure to plans and celebrate the team’s work
ToP Strategic Planning - New Dates & City!
October 7 - 8, 2025
St. Louis, MO
In this course, you’ll weave together ToP facilitation methods into a comprehensive, step-by-step approach to help groups answer their most important strategic questions.
Learn to help groups:
- Creatively visualize and come to agreement around their ideal future
- Honestly confront their most stubborn blocks to success
- Align around powerful, innovative shared intentions
- Define measurable goals
- Commit to accountable plans of action
ToP Approaches to Environmental Scanning - New!
October 9, 2025
St. Louis, MO
Explore 10 creative, insightful tools to understand customer, staff, or community perceptions and needs, delve into relevant data, and get groups on the same page.
This course is applicable to:
- Business & Team Leaders
- Local, State, & Federal Leaders
- Program & Change Managers
- Facilitators, Trainers & Consultants
- Community Organizers & Planners
- Anyone who wants to set a foundation and context for strategic thinking and proactive planning!
ToP Strategic Planning - New Dates!
October 13 - 14, 2025
Milwaukee, WI
In this course, you’ll weave together ToP facilitation methods into a comprehensive, step-by-step approach to help groups answer their most important strategic questions.
Learn to help groups:
- Creatively visualize and come to agreement around their ideal future
- Honestly confront their most stubborn blocks to success
- Align around powerful, innovative shared intentions
- Define measurable goals
- Commit to accountable plans of action
ToP Approaches to Environmental Scanning - New!
October 15, 2025
Milwaukee, WI
Explore 10 creative, insightful tools to understand customer, staff, or community perceptions and needs, delve into relevant data, and get groups on the same page.
This course is applicable to:
- Business & Team Leaders
- Local, State, & Federal Leaders
- Program & Change Managers
- Facilitators, Trainers & Consultants
- Community Organizers & Planners
- Anyone who wants to set a foundation and context for strategic thinking and proactive planning!
ToP Focused Conversation - New! One-Day Module!
Oct. 22, 2025
San Diego, CA
The ToP Focused Conversation is a structured methodology that engages all voices. It builds a shared understanding of participants' diverse perspectives. It helps groups productively discuss complex and controversial topics while minimizing conflict and power imbalances. It mirrors the way our brains think from taking in data to taking action.
In this course you will experience the framework as participant, learner, & practitioner to build your confidence.
ToP Facilitation Methods
October 28 - 29, 2025
Cincinnati, OH
Activate group engagement to confidently move groups from conflict & confusion to consensus & commitment
Learn to facilitate:
- Focused Conversations: Generate meaningful & productive dialog on any topic
- Consensus Workshops: Infuse groups with creative energy bringing diverse perspectives into agreement everyone owns & supports
- Action Planning: Quickly prepare a group project for launch with a shared commitment to timelines, tasks, & success measures
ToP Facilitation Methods
November 3 - 4, 2025
Madison, WI
Activate group engagement to confidently move groups from conflict & confusion to consensus & commitment
Learn to facilitate:
- Focused Conversations: Generate meaningful & productive dialog on any topic
- Consensus Workshops: Infuse groups with creative energy bringing diverse perspectives into agreement everyone owns & supports
- Action Planning: Quickly prepare a group project for launch with a shared commitment to timelines, tasks, & success measures
ToP Approaches to Environmental Scanning
November 5, 2025
Madison, WI
Explore 10 creative, insightful tools to understand customer, staff, or community perceptions and needs, delve into relevant data, and get groups on the same page.
This course is applicable to:
- Business & Team Leaders
- Local, State, & Federal Leaders
- Program & Change Managers
- Facilitators, Trainers & Consultants
- Community Organizers & Planners
- Anyone who wants to set a foundation and context for strategic thinking and proactive planning!
ToP Secrets of Implementation - New City!
November 10 - 11, 2025
Orlando, FL
How do you keep your team committed and engaged, bring people to the table mid-stream, course-correct when needed, and finish triumphantly all while staying participatory and collaborative?
This course is packed with dozens of tools to help you:
- Understand and anticipate the ups & downs of implementing strategy
- Sustain momentum throughout a project
- Review and reposition actions that are in process
- Bring closure to plans and celebrate the team’s work
ToP Focused Conversation - New! One-Day Module!
Nov. 12, 2025
Orlando, FL
The ToP Focused Conversation is a structured methodology that engages all voices. It builds a shared understanding of participants' diverse perspectives. It helps groups productively discuss complex and controversial topics while minimizing conflict and power imbalances. It mirrors the way our brains think from taking in data to taking action.
In this course you will experience the framework as participant, learner, & practitioner to build your confidence.
ToP Facilitation Methods
December 3 - 4, 2025
Kansas City, MO
Activate group engagement to confidently move groups from conflict & confusion to consensus & commitment
Learn to facilitate:
- Focused Conversations: Generate meaningful & productive dialog on any topic
- Consensus Workshops: Infuse groups with creative energy bringing diverse perspectives into agreement everyone owns & supports
- Action Planning: Quickly prepare a group project for launch with a shared commitment to timelines, tasks, & success measures
Customized Facilitation Training
Contact us to co-design an impactful and engaging training aligned with your organization's goals
Facilitating the ToP Focused Conversation in a Virtual Environment
This online 4-hour course reviews the philosophies and values of the ToP Methods and basic facilitation skills. Attendees will participate in a virtual ToP Focused Conversation showcasing how virtual tools empower online engagement. Then they will collaboratively design and facilitate Focused Conversations using these virtual tools.
This course is the BEST way to expand skills learned in an in-person TFM to a virtual environment or to simply review and practice the skills from the online TFM.
Process & Continuous Improvement
This one- or two-day course helps people understand the historical aspects of process and continuous improvement, how to create a variety of process maps to better understand and pinpoint improvement opportunities, how to measure the impacts of improvement efforts, and how the human-centered side of change can influence the effectiveness of improvement efforts.
Activating Engagement with Liberating Structures
This one- or two-day course shows how traditional structures of participation (e.g,. presentations, town halls, & brainstorming) fall short in their attempt to meaningfully engage stakeholders. Instead, Liberating Structures create the environment for true engagement to emerge dramatically changing the participants' experience and the session's outcomes. Participants will experience a number of Liberating Structures and have the knowledge and confidence to incorporate them into their practice.
Empowering People for Change
Change is both a technical and human-centered process. In this course we'll look briefly at the technical aspects of change before diving more deeply into the human side of change using Prosci's ADKAR model as a guide. We'll explore the different aspects of resistance and how, as leaders, we can help those we lead overcome the barriers that give rise to resistance.
If desired, we can add process mapping and continuous improvement, as well as the basics of LEAN and Six Sigma to the experience.
Developing Facilitative Leaders
This one, two, or three-day course helps aspiring and current leaders understand what it means to adopt a facilitative approach to leadership and how it augments other leadership styles.
Developing a Strong Individual and Team Culture
Facilitating Impactful and Engaging Meetings
Working Productively through Conflict/ Interest-Based Negotiation
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