Professional Development Training
See below for Current Public Workshops
Training Tailored to Your Group
Consider hiring us to train your group in the principles and practices of good group decisions.
We seek to understand your learning objectives in advance and prepare a training agenda uniquely tailored to the desires of the group. We encourage active participation and draw out your stories from which to learn.
Learning together as a decision making group helps not only with the issues at hand, but with new issues as they arise. We specialize in training based on your specific needs and like to work with your real life issues. If you're going to invest in training, why not solve some of your actual problems at the same time?
We provide useful handouts for all training workshops.
You might hire us to come to you and deliver a workshop on:
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Cooperative Communications
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Meeting Facilitation Techniques
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click here to view a stock, 3-hour agenda
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click here to view a stock, 3-hour agenda
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click here to view a stock, 3-hour agenda
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click here to view a stock, 3-hour agenda
Throughout all our workshops we demonstrate practices that contribute to Good Group Decisions such as good listening, thoughtful reflection, open-mindedness, naming the sense of the group, etc. Please call to discuss what group process issues you are experiencing and we will be happy to share some suggestions.
Public Workshops
| Title | Instructor | Format | Dates | Location |
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Conflict Resolution |
Craig Freshley |
1 Morning 3-Hours |
November 12, 2008 | Portland, Maine |
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Meeting Facilitation Techniques |
Craig Freshley |
1 Morning 3-Hours |
February 24, 2009 | Bangor, Maine |
Conflict: How to Prevent It, Manage It, and Make Lemonade With It
A Maine Association of Nonprofits Skillbuilder
November 12, 2008, from 9am-12pm, Iris Network, Portland, Maine
Any creative endeavor brings conflict. The trick is to manage conflict in healthy ways so that as the old adage says, 'when life brings you lemons, make lemonade.' In this interactive and fun workshop, we will learn theory and practice techniques. We will tell and hear stories. We will learn about how and when to add the secret ingredient: sugar.
This SkillBuilder will include:
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An overview of the three main causes of disagreement and how to prevent, manage, and resolve each
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How to resolve conflicts using a simple, 6-step model
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Practical tips and handouts to share with colleagues and use over time
Advance registration is required. Click here for details.
Meeting Facilitation Techniques
A Maine Association of Nonprofits Skillbuilder
February 24, 2009, 9am-12pm, Bangor, Maine
Are you called upon to facilitate meetings and wish you were better at it? Could you use tools to help you plan and run meetings in ways that all participants will really appreciate? Come to this half-day SkillBuilder to address the fundamentals of expert meeting facilitation and draw on your experiences to learn specific techniques. You will leave this SkillBuilder with new and more effective ways of facilitating meetings.
This SkillBuilder will include:
- What the best facilitators do to make meetings efficient and productive
- Basic steps, from proposal development to agreement, and how to facilitate in differing situations
- Making participants feel comfortable and bringing out their best
Online registration is not yet available but will be closer to the date. In the meantime, click here to learn about all MANP SkillBuilders.
Check out our Meeting Facilitation and Team Building services.
Check out Other Assistance to learn about how we can help with:
Strategic planning
New organization start up
Mergers and collaborations
Mediation
Secretariat services
Research and report preparation