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Framework of Support: How Do You Put the Right People in the Right Places—and Find Unexpected Allies?
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Framework of Support: How Do You Put the Right People in the Right Places—and Find Unexpected Allies?

ToP Tools: Breaking Through the Tough Spots — Series 07 By Huiying You At the beginning of any organizational change initiative, lar ...

Whose Voice Is Missing?
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Whose Voice Is Missing?

How facilitation can bring underrepresented voices into the decisions that affect them By Xin Wang As Canada marks Gender Equality Wee ...

What a board strategic planning facilitator does differently
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What a board strategic planning facilitator does differently

You are scoping a retreat for your board. The management-offsite playbook does not fit. Directors meet quarterly, not weekly. They govern the organiza ...

Land Resources IT Cluster

Land Resources IT Cluster

A strategic plan was needed to consolidate IT departments from four ministries into one, envisioning a new e-service where people could access governm ...

Ontario Institute for Studies in Education

Ontario Institute for Studies in Education

The new Dean wanted to involve all faculty and large numbers of staff, students and external stakeholders to diagnose the current situation, define th ...

Thunder Bay District Social Services Administration Board

Thunder Bay District Social Services Administration Board

The board works on social services, housing and childcare services for an area almost the size of Italy. ICA Associates Inc. facilitated a 4 year plan ...

Consensus Workshop Method: Facilitation Tool | ICAA

Consensus Workshop Method: Facilitation Tool | ICAA

Every facilitator needs to know how to build a consensus within a group. This method has forty years of practice, in person and online in groups from ...

The Art of Focused Conversation: Transform Your Meetings with the Four-Level ORID Method

The Art of Focused Conversation: Transform Your Meetings with the Four-Level ORID Method

How many hours have you spent in meetings that went nowhere? If you're like most professionals, the answer is "too many to count." Research shows tha ...

Focused Conversation Method

Focused Conversation Method

This is the single most valuable method for any facilitator. It allows any group to have a safe conversation that actually gets somewhere. It is a too ...

Participatory Strategic Planning

Participatory Strategic Planning

ICA’s participatory strategic planning is well-known around the world in companies, governments, non-profit groups, and communities. For many facili ...