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High Impact Meetings

Core capacities for meaningful collaboration

Where: Zoom

Intensive dates & times: April 22-23-24 (10:00 UTC)

Closing session: May 15 (10:00 UTC)

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Practice new ways of working with your colleagues and collaborators, so that you can make more impact, together. 

Whether you design, lead, or participate in meetings, this program is for you if you are looking to get creative and practical about how your collaborative spaces can keep people connected, engaged, and moving forward.

 

You’ll leave this program with:
  • Fresh awareness and greater agency in the way you show up in meetings.
    Expand your perspective on group dynamics and the role you can play in shaping them—starting with understanding your unique strengths and habitual responses in groups.

  • Strategies for building healthier team cultures and navigating difficult team dynamics.
    Learn about common sources of tension and stuckness in teams, and explore ways of navigating them together in resourceful and supportive ways.

  • Confidence designing and leading meetings for greater impact.
    Get inspired through practice exercises, tools, and group conversations as you identify creative ways of keeping people engaged and building momentum, especially in virtual spaces.

Interested in joining with your team? You’ll get a discounted rate, and will benefit from having a new shared language and frameworks for exploring and unpacking your team dynamics in supportive ways.

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Program Overview

High Impact Meetings is a live, virtual training program that takes place over the course of a month, starting with three half-day learning sessions (called the Intensive), and closing with a two-hour integration session.

Live sessions are highly participatory, led by experienced Spring facilitators with a fun and dynamic mix of content exploration, cross-learning, practice exercises, and reflection.

  • 12.5 hours of live, facilitated learning sessions
  • Digital portfolio of resources, tools, and practices
  • Supportive and collaborative learning community

 

Intensive

3 half-days, 3.5 hours per day

Explore core content, frameworks, and practices with your cohort.

  • Day 1: How we engage with one another
  • Day 2: Working with disagreement
  • Day 3: Building alignment
Self-Directed Learning

3 weeks

Apply new practices in your daily work, and reinforce your learning with Spring’s e-learning platform. 

  • Study materials at your own pace
  • Practice with additional tools
  • Integrate learning with weekly reflection questions
Integration and Closing

2 hour session

Reconnect with your cohort to reflect on your learning.

  • Exchange new practices
  • Identify strategies for sustaining change beyond the program
  • Plus, a bonus module on virtual meetings

Schedule

The program dates and session times are as follows:

Day 1-3
Intensive
APRIL 22
APRIL 23
APRIL 24

10:00 - 13:30 UTC
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Day 4
Integration Session
MAY 15

10:00 - 12:00 UTC
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Cost (Sliding Scale)

We work to make our programs as accessible as we can and offer a sliding scale with three tiers of program payment rates. When you register below, please choose the fee based on your circumstances.
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1. Redistribution Rate: US $625

This is for organizations based in the Global North or with an annual budget above US$2 million. It’s also designed for individuals with access to wealth or with an annual income over US$70,000. Payment at this rate covers the costs of the program and allows for a contribution to support the participation of organizations and individuals with less access to wealth.

2. Full Cost Rate: US $500

This is for organizations with an annual budget above US$1-2 million. It’s also designed for individuals with an annual income of US$50,000 - US$70,000. 

3. Solidarity Rate: US $375 

This is for organizations with an annual budget of under US$1 million. It’s also designed for individuals with an annual income of under US$50,000. Payment at this rate covers 50% of total costs. 

Can’t find an affordable rate?

If none of the above rates are accessible to you, contact us at facilitation@springstrategies.org.  

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Have more questions?

Click on our most frequently asked questions to learn more about whether this program is for you.

Is this program offered online or in-person?

High Impact Meetings is offered exclusively online. The Transformative Facilitator is in-person (for a 3-day Intensive) with a virtual accompaniment process.

Does this program focus on virtual meetings?

Yes, though not exclusively. Virtual meeting dynamics are woven throughout the content of the program, and you’ll get a firsthand experience of a vibrant virtual space. However, this program will be relevant and supportive whether you work online, in-person, or hybrid. 

I’m not sure what program is best for me. What are the differences?
High Impact Meetings

A virtual training for teams or individuals who want to revitalize their meetings and make collaborative work more impactful. Regardless of your role in an organization or group, this is for you if you are looking for new approaches to leading or designing meetings, are curious about your own role in teams and want to learn new strategies for building alignment in groups.

The Transformative Facilitator

An in-person training for individuals who want to deepen their own facilitation practice and are ready to explore their growth and development. This is for you if you are leading or guiding groups already, and you want to stretch beyond your habitual ways of being to embody new practices for working with tension, strong emotions, and multiple perspectives.

Looking for something else?

You might also be interested in The Leadership Kitchen Series, a low-barrier global personal growth and practice space. This program might be for you if your time or budget are limited, but you’re curious about a variety of topics, excited about experimenting with new strategies, and keen to cook up your own recipes for personal leadership.

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