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ToP Focused Conversation

Design purposeful conversations that bring out a group’s best thinking and lead to meaningful decisions.

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ToP Focused Conversation illustration: shared ideas and a clear next step

Give every voice a place in the conversation

This common-sense approach leads naturally to a meaningful exchange of ideas and is helpful to conduct purposeful discussions, capture a group’s best thinking, stimulate candid feedback, surface new ideas and build creative solutions.

Learn how to design and facilitate effective meetings where participation is key to success. Become more effective in facilitating virtually every form of group communication.

Where you can use it

  • Decision making
  • Managing and supervising
  • Evaluating and reviewing
  • Preparing, designing, and planning
  • Coaching and mentoring
  • Interpreting information
  • Celebrating and recognizing achievement

Learning format

This one-day course focuses on facilitating conversations in person. Asheville courses are held at YMI Cultural Center, typically 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. Contact us for the next confirmed offering.

Course fees

Tiered pricing is available. Ask us about current corporate, government, nonprofit, individual, and student rates.

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