I am excited to be offering ToP facilitation training in Italy in May, in partnership with IAF Italy, the Italian chapter of the International Association of Facilitators. My last, pictured, was in Pisa in 2019.
The specially tailored ToP masterclass: Group Facilitation Methods and Participatory Strategic Planning will be held in Lomazzo, between Milan and Como, on Thursday & Friday, 22-23 May – scroll down for details.
A 10% early booking discount is available until Monday 21 April with the promo code EarlyBird.
A few places remain available on my upcoming courses in April as well:
- April 1-2 in Brussels, Group Facilitation Methods: introducing the foundations of the ToP approach, two powerful techniques for structuring effective conversations and building group consensus
- April 3 in Brussels, Action Planning: participatory planning for short-term projects and events
- April 24 in Birmingham, ToP facilitation masterclass: Facilitating dialogue, learning, consensus & change, prior to the April 25-26 IAF England & Wales annual conference Facilitate2025.
ToP masterclass: Group Facilitation Methods and Participatory Strategic Planning, May 22-23 in Lomazzo.
This two-day masterclass is for all those who want to be able to engage people more effectively to build shared understanding and consensus, and create strategies for action, including team leaders and managers within organisations, those working with Boards, management teams, partnerships and external stakeholders, youth and community workers and independent facilitators. The course has no pre-requisite.
This course will introduce the two foundational methods of ICA’s ‘Technology of Participation‘ (ToP) methodology, and a third which adapts and applies these to creating strategies for action:
- ToP Focused Conversation provides a structured, four-level process for effective communication which ensures that everyone in a group has the opportunity to participate
- ToP Consensus Workshop is a five stage process that enables a facilitator to draw out and weave together everybody’s wisdom into a clear and practical consensus
- ToP Participatory Strategic Planning is a structured long-range planning process which incorporates ToP Consensus Workshop for building consensus, ToP Focused Conversation for effective group communication, and an implementation process for turning ideas into productive action and concrete accomplishments.
More experienced facilitators may be ready to apply the methods effectively in their own situations. For others the course will serve as a powerful, experiential introduction to ICA’s ToP methodology.
Register now in Eventbrite for this and other upcoming public courses in London, Brussels & elsewhere.
For additional courses offered by fellow ICA:UK Associates, see the full ICA:UK public course schedule.
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