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SUMMARY:ToP Facilitation Methods, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
DESCRIPTION:\nToP® Facilitation Methods (TFM)\nBuild the skill set underneath everything else you do.\nTwo days. Two proven methods. A skill set that enhances every meeting you’ll ever lead.\nRegister for this cohort\nRegistration and payment are handled on ToP-Training.net.\nWhy This Course\nEvery leader runs meetings. Most of those meetings don’t reach their aims. The difference between a meeting that produces something and a meeting that produces another meeting isn’t luck — it’s skilled facilitation.\nToP® Facilitation Methods is the foundational course for becoming that skilled facilitator. You’ll learn two methods — the Focused Conversation Method and the Consensus Workshop Method — that form the backbone of participatory practice worldwide. These are the same methods used with client organizations across the Great Plains and nationally.\nWhat You’ll Leave Able to Do\n\nLead focused conversations that reach insight, not just opinions. The ORID method (Objective, Reflective, Interpretive, Decisional) gives you a repeatable structure for any conversation that needs to move a group from data to decision.\nDesign and facilitate consensus workshops that help groups develop shared understanding and commit to action — even when they came in with very different views.\nDesign meetings that reach their aims — whether the aim is alignment, problem-solving, planning, or conflict resolution.\nApply these methods immediately to the meetings you’re already leading.\n\nWho This Is For\nLeaders, consultants, planners, nonprofit staff, HR professionals, project managers, educators — anyone who regularly works with groups and wants to build the capability that makes everything else they do land better.\nNo prior facilitation experience required.\nThe Format\nTwo full days, in person. Small cohort size. You’ll practice both methods on real content from your own work, get feedback, and walk out the second day with methods you can use the following Monday.\nThis is a working course, not a lecture. Come with a meeting, a group, or a conversation you’re currently wrestling with — you’ll have chances to apply what you’re learning to it.\nWhat’s Included\nYour registration includes everything you need to build the skill — during the course and after it.\n\nThe official ToP® Facilitation Methods manual. A comprehensive reference you’ll use long after the course ends. The methods, the designs, the templates, the examples — all in one place.\nOne hour of coaching with one of your course trainers. Scheduled within 90 days of course completion. Bring a real facilitation challenge you’re working on — a meeting you need to design, a group dynamic you’re navigating, a planning session you’re leading — and you’ll work through it together.\nAccess to the Great Plains ToP Community of Practice. Quarterly gatherings of ToP® practitioners across the region. Keep your skills sharp, learn from others, stay connected to the work.\n\nCredentials and Continuing Education\nToP® Facilitation Methods is the foundational course on the path to the Certified ToP® Facilitator (CTF) credential — the international professional standard for ToP® practitioners.\nThe course qualifies for continuing education credits with four credentialing bodies:\n\nCHES/MCHES (Certified Health Education Specialist) — 13.5 hours\nAICP (American Institute of Certified Planners) — 14.5 hours\nICF (International Coaching Federation) — 12 hours\nPDU (Project Management Institute) — 14 hours\n\nPrerequisites\nNone. This is the entry point to the ToP® course sequence. ToP® Strategic Planning and Approaches to Environmental Scanning both list this course as a prerequisite, so most people start here.\nTiered Pricing\nEvery cohort uses tiered pricing based on organization type and budget. Choose the tier that fits your organization when you register.\n\n\n\nTier\nInvestment\n\n\n\n\nCorporate / Large nonprofit (budget over $5M)\n$1,250\n\n\nPublic / Government\n$1,050\n\n\nIndividual professional / Mid-sized nonprofit ($1–5M budget)\n$950\n\n\nSmall nonprofit / Student\n$650\n\n\n\nStudent rate requires a valid student ID. All tiers include the manual, the coaching hour, and Community of Practice access.\nWhat Participants Say\n\nFrequently Asked Questions\nDo I need prior facilitation experience?\nNo. TFM is the foundational course and assumes no background. People arrive having led hundreds of meetings and having led none.\nWhat is the ORID method?\nORID stands for Objective, Reflective, Interpretive, Decisional — the four levels of the Focused Conversation Method. It’s a question structure that moves a group from the facts of a situation, through their reactions to it, into what it means, and finally to what they’ll do. It’s the single most portable thing you’ll take out of the course, and most participants use it the following week.\nHow is this different from DISC, Working Genius, or personality-based training?\nThose tools describe how people are wired. ToP® methods are process tools — structures for running a conversation or a decision. They answer a different question: not “who is in the room” but “how do we get this group from where they are to a decision they’ll actually own.” Many participants use both. They don’t compete.\nDoes this qualify for continuing education credits?\nYes — CHES/MCHES (13.5 hours), AICP (14.5 hours), ICF (12 hours), and PDU (14 hours). Certificates are issued after the course.\nIs this offered virtually or only in person?\nPublic cohorts are delivered in person over two full days. In-house courses can be arranged for organizations training a group together — contact us to discuss.\nDo I need this course before ToP® Strategic Planning?\nYes. TSP requires TFM, because Strategic Planning weaves the Focused Conversation and Consensus Workshop methods into a full planning process. You need fluency in both before starting. Approaches to Environmental Scanning also requires TFM (or Focused Conversation / Focused Conversation Online).\nDoes this lead to a credential?\nTFM is the foundational course on the path to Certified ToP® Facilitator (CTF), the international professional standard for ToP® practitioners. The course itself doesn’t confer the credential, but it’s where the pathway starts.\nWhat’s included in the price?\nThe official ToP® Facilitation Methods manual, one hour of coaching with one of your course trainers within 90 days, and ongoing access to the Great Plains ToP Community of Practice. Every pricing tier includes all three.\nWhat if my organization wants to send several people?\nAn in-house course delivered at your site is usually the better value once you’re sending more than a handful of people, and it lets the group practice on your actual work. Get in touch and we’ll talk through the options.\nRegister for this cohort\nRegistration and payment are handled on ToP-Training.net.\n
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