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Facilitator Training
Designed Especially for You
Affordable, Convenient Courses for your Staff at your Site

a team of facilitators in your organization - - imagine the possibilities

Many organizations are requiring that their leadership are competent facilitators, because participation is rapidly becoming a fully integrated part of our work lives.. Some organizations are hiring full time facilitators. A team of facilitators within the organization is a real plus in terms of meeting the needs for healthy, productive meetings, well thought through planning and the resolution of conflicts that inevitably arise in organizations. People learn to trust in house facilitators and call them not only to lead meetings, but to help them make meeting plans. Each in house facilitator can expand the possibilities for meaningful participation almost exponentially.

Trained facilitators can lead meetings that:

  • Are well planned
  • Take less time
  • Run smoothly
  • Involve the people directly
  • Focus on the positive
  • Reach consensus and agreement
  • Get excellent results
  • Save you money and time in the long run
A team of trusted facilitators will be able to:
  • Focus on the specifics of your own situation
  • Engage the people in your organization in substantial dialogue
  • Surface critical issues and address them appropriately
  • Help people find solutions to difficult issues
  • Resolve the natural difficulties and conflicts that emerge
  • Enable your own people to get results
  • Create an culture of participation that encourages real involvement
  • Enhance group creativity and generate commitment

We offer the following courses

We'll design a training program especially for you.

We'll meet with you and gain an understanding of what your situation demands. Every ICA course can be tailored to meet your specific needs. We love customizing our training, because it helps you get what you need. We can also create new training modules designed especially for your situation.

Our training includes

  • Demonstrations of powerful methods in diverse situations
  • Theory and how the methods work
  • Practical examples of daily applications
  • Practice sessions for participants
  • Manuals, with optional books
  • Coaching support for participants after the course

Training for Educators Our work with educators and school systems

Training for Health Professionals Our work with health care professionals and organizations

Benefits

  • Improve employee and staff-management relations.
  • Resolve conflicts effectively and equitably.
  • Assess your situation and develop creative responses.
  • Generate new options to deal with issues.
  • Improve communication skills.
  • Get maximum participation and creativity from your staff.
  • Have positive dialogue over touchy issues.
  • Hold effective meetings, conferences and presentations.
  • Unleash the creativity within the organization.
  • Develop a trusted core of trained facilitators.
  • Rely less on outside experts.
  • Implement organizational changes more smoothly.

You can achieve substantial savings by having ICA facilitators train your staff at your location.

If you wish to hold your course off-site, please ask about the availability of our wheelchair accessible training facility in Toronto.

Please contact us for more information and scheduling.

  • Outside of Toronto, call us toll free - 1-877-691-1422
  • In Toronto call - 416-691-2316
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ICA Associates Inc.
655 Queen Street East - Toronto, Ontario - M4M 1G4
Phone - 416-691-2316 - Canada toll-free - 1-877-691-1422