Courses at a glance
Sacramento Professional Facilitators are proud to present a variety of stimulating courses to enrich your skills. We specialize in imparting a unique method of facilitation called the Technology of Participation (ToP®). We combine high quality materials with professional instruction to deliver the best value to you and your organization.
We emphasize skills, application, and reinforcement so that our customers leave a seminar with knowledge and skills that they can put into practice immediately. Our programs are integrated into your organization’s business approach so that your employees see how the training relates to their work environment.
See the outline below for a schedule of our course offerings. For additional details, see our Course Offerings. Unless otherwise indicated, all courses are held at the Sacramento Professional Facilitators office, located at 1129 Firehouse Alley, in Old Sacramento, California or in our large conference room at 133 L Street in Old Sacramento. For further information, contact Bill Davis or Heidi Kolbe at (916) 302-4753 .
ToP Facilitation Methods
Learn three proven ways to activate group participation – the focused conversation, consensus workshop, and action planning. All can be used alone or creatively combined. Hands-on practice helps you discover practical uses in your life and work.
ToP Strategic Planning
The ToP strategic Planning process builds on your learning form the ToP Facilitation methods course, showing you how to weave those methods into an integrated approach to strategic planning. The resulting plan is realistic, achievable, and easy to monitor.
ToP Secrets of Implementation
Do your clients have difficulties sustaining a plan once it has been initiated? Do you sometimes have difficulties helping your clients stay on track, bring new people into a team and bring closure? This course is about keeping plans and projects alive, relevant, doable and achievable. There is a large and powerful component for peer mentoring in this course.
Facilitating Conciliation: Beyond Conflict Resolution
Our society is crying for alternatives to the adversarial approach of dealing with disputes. Resolving conflict with a different form of conflict does not always work. Negotiating from bases of power and fixed positions can deepen the divide, and expand the problem. The best and most lasting solutions and resolutions are those created by the people directly involved.
Making Data Dance
This course will help you to turn data into information using ToP® facilitation methods to analyze data, and make strategic decisions.
Mastering Technology of Participation (MToP) Professional Competency and Credentials
Training dates for this intensive 12-day, year-long training program TBA.
Application Design Lab
The Application Design Lab was created for those who have been introduced to the powerful Technology of Participation (ToP)® methods, and would like to refine their use of them “on-the-job”.
The Power of Image Shift Creative Design for Facilitation
The Power of Image Shift is a course for trainers, designers, facilitators, and others who lead people and group processes.
“FUN” damentals of Facilitation
Learn the basics of facilitation and get tools and hands-on practice for facilitating meetings that work. You’ll be exposed to a variety of skill sets and resources that will support a life long facilitation journey.
Community Development Intensive
Sacramento Professional Facilitators are looking for a city, community or neighborhood that would like to involve business and residents in creating their strategic plan during this course.
This Moment in Time Retreat
This retreat focuses on where each individual is at this moment in time.
- Tahoe Forest,
- Serene Lakes area,
- near Soda Springs, CA