Resources for Facilitators

Group Facilitation for Health Professionals

Participatory Planning

Participatory Implementation

Effective Teams and Work Groups

Coalitions and Partnerships That Work

Community Driven Health Care

Participatory Team-based Restructuring

Health Home

Facilitation Skills Training for Health Professionals

ICA Associates have the best training in the field because they have more experience and better methods than anyone else.
When you use ICA facilitation skills, you really get things done.
Dr. David Burman, Professor of Community Health, University of Toronto

Equip yourself and your staff with participatory facilitation skills to enable you to work together better with clients, staff, partners and the community. In addition, facilitating a culture of participation can improve relations with all sectors of the health care system.

The following courses are available in-house at your location for groups of 10 to 20 people:

Group Facilitation for Health Professionals	The most powerful methods for bringing any group together
Participatory Planning	Planning skills that get commitment from everyone
Participatory Implementation	Energizing tools to move any group into action
Effective Teams and Work Groups	Facilitation skills for working together as a team
Coalitions and Partnerships That Work	Facilitating program and project partnerships
Participatory and Team-based Restructuring	Working together on institutional restructuring
Community Driven Health Care	Working together with an entire community

Your whole organization will experience dramatic improvements with even a small core of your staff using ICA facilitation skills,

produce better plans in an environment of participation and commitment
implement major changes more smoothly
organize, launch and guide team operations
involve all partners and improve relations with outside groups
obtain decisions with high levels of commitment
move any group into implementation more quickly
stimulate staff morale

focus the commitment of the community
re-orient your organization’s work patterns
design and lead more productive meetings, discussions and conferences
build consensus and move a group toward action
lead meetings with confidence
work with the public more effectively
resolve conflicts and move toward conciliation

Course Features

Each course includes demonstration workshops, individual and group learning exercises, practice and coaching sessions, with valuable manuals and working materials. Each course models the skills and methods to reorient your team into more effective patterns. Because the needs and issues of each organization and community are so variable, the ICA Associates provides a flexible approach. Each seminar can be pre-designed to fit your particular goals or concerns. Our training programs give your staff ways to work together better, and collaborate more effectively with the community. Each ICA trainer is a professional facilitator with years of experience in the field. Each trainer could, as a facilitator, guide your organization through major changes if required.

ICA training offers many valuable features that stay with your organization long after the training is over:

toll-free telephone support after the course
invitations to join an on-line community of colleagues
access to web-site with a database of successful innovations

It is cost-effective to hold our courses in-house at your own location. You benefit from:

significant reduction from the cost of public courses
low travel expense for participants
a no risk cancellation policy

Please contact Bill Staples to discuss your training needs.


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