Design & Facilitate Powerful Workshops
on Equity, Inclusion & Social Justice:
Tools and Strategies to Accelerate Organizational Change
by Learning to Develop and Lead Transformational Workshops
A 24-week Remote Learning Facilitation and Design Course Led by Multicultural Organizational Development Expert, Dr. Kathy Obear
3 Questions Your Organization Must Ask:
Are all top leaders talking passionately about infusing equity & inclusion into everything you do?
Do all employees have the tools and skills they need to create inclusive programs, policies and services that meet the evolving needs of the increasingly diverse populations you serve?
Does everyone demonstrate the courage, capacity & motivation to interrupt microaggressions and to create greater inclusion?
We cannot afford to wait for change.
Deepen your capacity to design and facilitate meaningful, productive workshops on equity, inclusion, and social justice that motivate and skill-up all employees and leaders to consistently do their part to achieve strategic organizational goals.
Move people from denial and complacency to inspired action.
This remote learning opportunity will show you how to develop strategic, intentional, comprehensive training programs that:
- Deepen the capacity and competence of all leaders and employees.
- Support and accelerate the professional and personal success of the full range of those you serve.
- Stay current with the times, incorporating strategies to design and lead remote learning & virtual hybrid workshops.
- Ultimately, create more inclusive, equitable, socially just organizations.
Design Effective Workshops:
- Deepen your capacity to develop step-by-step trainings to advance the competence of all leaders and employees.
- Avoid common pitfalls and traps that undermine learning and transfer of skill to daily activities.
- Increase the success of workshops through comprehensive needs assessment and proactive strategies to engage resistance.
- Create innovative training activities to accelerate learning and behavioral change.
Facilitate Engaging Trainings:
- Motivate participants to change their behaviors in the workplace, face-to-face and with virtual trainings.
- “Meet people where they are” to foster faster professional growth and skill-building.
- Shift difficult conversations into productive dialogues.
- Effectively navigate triggering, difficult situations.
- Show participants how to identify & interrupt everyday microaggressions.
Weekly emails packed with tips and tools to support learning efforts.
An extensive library of videos and resources for self-paced remote learning.
Answers are just a click away with exclusive access to our Q&A forum.
Ready-to-use helpful worksheets for future trainings to refer to again and again.
Weekly emails packed with tips and tools to support learning efforts.
An extensive library of videos and resources for self-paced remote learning.
Answers are just a click away with exclusive access to our Q&A forum.
Ready-to-use helpful worksheets for future trainings to refer to again and again.
A comprehensive workbook of design and facilitation tools and strategies.
“Doing work around inclusion and equity is hard. Dr. Obear uses humor and story telling to help people to understand. Everyone comes into professional development at different levels and she does an excellent job at not shaming or blaming but trying to help others have self-awareness and an appreciation for others.”
– DEANNE W. HURLEY
VP for Enrollment Management + Student Affairs, Ursuline College
What Every Organization
Needs Right Now
Honest answers to your most challenging questions.
Proven tools that actually work.
Common sense strategies to implement right away.
All so you can effectively teach about issues of equity, inclusion, and social justice.
This in-depth, online course will show you how to make it happen. The best news? It’s easier than you think with this flexible, in-depth online training.
"This course was an amazing experience for me in many ways as it served to vastly increase my knowledge base and strengthen my capacity and commitment to this work. I have noticed a tremendous increase in my capacity to design and facilitate workshops, especially in areas of pre-planninng, finding appropriate exercises, locating useful resources to increase my knowledge base and improving my delivery style."
– VINDRA SAHADEO
Very Enthused Participant
Is there a disconnect at your organization?
If there’s a disconnect between diversity, equity, and inclusion goals and what’s actually happening at your organization, know this: Change IS 100% possible.
This engaging 6-month online course will give you the resources you need to support your efforts to infuse issues of DEI into daily practices through the successful design and implementation of learning activities.
Community
Connect with – and learn from – a powerful community of supportive professionals who are as committed to this journey as you are.
Resources
Expand your knowledge with weekly emails, our growing video knowledge base, and access to our extensive Q&A forum.
Remote Learning
Learn new concepts and practice techniques that you can easily apply in your work and share with colleagues right away!
Support
Get the support you need to increase your professional impact – then share your knowledge with others – so everyone benefits.
See what others have to say about working with Kathy...
“The course offers a wide range of content… Kathy delivers the content in tangible ways that allowed me to immediately apply new strategies to my work.”
Dr. Victoria Farris
Farris Consulting
"Kathy’s sessions are engaging, interactive and nonthreatening. She creates a brave space where people can honestly engage and learn from each other’s stories and experiences.”
Susie Mahoney, Ed.D.
Midlevel Manager
“Dr. Obear is a phenomenal presence both in person and online. Her seminars/webinars are engaging and relevant to people across all levels of the university hierarchy…”
Brice Mickey
Program Coordinator, University of Cincinnati
Ready for Change.
Across the nation – especially in these unprecedented times – there is a renewed energy, commitment, and a sense of urgency to live up to the promises as set forth in our mission statements and strategic plans.
This online training will give you proven tools & strategies to move forward effectively. How much longer can your organization afford to wait for change?
Who Most Benefits?
- Current Trainers and Facilitators
- Members of Equity & Inclusion Committees
- Inclusion Partners
- HR Professionals
- Organizational Leaders and Change Agents
Anyone wanting to develop the capacity to Design and Facilitate powerful workshops on Equity and Inclusion.
Anyone wanting to develop the capacity to Design and Facilitate powerful workshops on Equity and Inclusion.
Take Action TODAY.
You know you need to infuse equity and inclusion into every level of your organization. But knowing and even being willing to accomplish it is not enough. You MUST take action.
This flexible remote learning opportunity will give your organization the foundation critical to create meaningful change.
About the Instructor
Dr. Kathy Obear
A successful author of three books with over 35 years of experience specializing in conflict resolution, change management, and creating inclusive environments, Dr. Kathy Obear is a leading expert in helping to establish socially just environments where everyone is valued, respected, and supported to contribute to their full capacity. As the founder of The Center for Transformation and Change, Kathy has given speeches, facilitated workshops, and consulted to top leaders at hundreds of universities, human services organizations, and corporations across the United States and internationally. Her Training of Facilitators Programs have significantly increased the capacity of leaders and change agents to design and lead powerful trainings that increase the passion, competence, and commitment of employees to create inclusive, socially just environments for all members of the organization.
"It is imperative that leaders and staff demonstrate the capacity and competence to create inclusive environments that support the success of the full breadth of members in their organizations and effectively meet the needs of the increasingly diverse populations they serve."
– Dr. Kathy Obear