Here's our story:
The Hennepin County Library system was searching for a way to really engage it's 800 staff in a major redesign that had been announced to the whole system. They were able to leverage a team of in-house ToP facilitators who are being trained as part of a Research, Planning & Development Department initiative to bring ToP participatory facilitation fully into Hennepin County in a cost-effective way.
A guide team which included Rebecca Gilgen (RPD), Kelli Koob (HCL) and Lois Thompson, Director, HCL, designed four three-hour sessions to be held across the county to include 240 staff. The question to be addressed: "What do we need to do differently to support re-design and innovation at Hennepin County Libraries?"
Six ToP facilitators per meeting, six sticky walls, six consensus workshops! All seats have been full (two of the four have been held), staff voices fully heard, each thought captured, with leadership present at each session. Two more sessions to go...And the finale is going to be incredible, combining more than 30 consensus workshops, as a launch pad to support the re-design. What a powerful way to bring about innovative change, cost-effectively.
Sherrie Simpson, ToP facilitator , MToP 2009 grad and Certification candidate from Taxpayer Services , helping the groups' consensus to take shape.
Jim Ahrens, ToP Facilitator and MToP 2011 from HC Community Corrections facilitating the initial conversation on 'nnovation and re-design.
Responses from the initial training sessions earlier this year with Hennepin County were exciting (see below). Now the change being facilitated for Hennepin County Libraries is one that will impact us all. This is where the real excitement is.
Please let us know if it's time to bring a large or small training initiative in-house for your team. We'd love to talk with you about your needs and how to make it work.
As a trainer and facilitator, I have been to many "workshops" and/or "trainings" on facilitation and this one by far was the best I have been to. It's great to see that Hennepin County is taking an interest in developing individuals into great facilitators. I look forward to using these skills to benefit our organization in the near future. .” - Staff Development Training Specialist
If your company, organization or group would like MNToP to offer a training at your site and costumized to your needs, we can arrange this. MNToP routinely works with companies to design In House trainings for staff.
Please contact us to set up a workshop.
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