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For Staff and Stakeholders

For Executives and Directors

TLI offers informative and interactive workshops for groups of 10 to 40 people at a time. These workshops, which can range from four to seven hours, can be offered throughout the United States. To learn more about any particular workshop, please contact TLI Director Leonardo Vazquez. A listing of dates will be available soon. You can also order a custom workshop for a group of 10 or more.

Workshops for staff and stakeholders

Empowering workshops - these sessions help you understand and work with the powers of individuals and groups.

  • Leading from the Middle
    You don't have to be a director to influence-identify and tap into your hidden powers to lead groups.
  • The Powers of Groups
    Learn how to mobilize assets within communities and organizations for change.

Leading People workshops - these sessions help you learn ways to address the common problems that come with working in groups.

  • Managing Groups for Results
    Understand how groups work and learn ways to make them more effective.
  • Making Meetings Work Better
    Learn how to make meetings more effective and productive- even if you didn't call them.
  • Managing Conflict
    Learn to manage and channel conflict positively and productively.

Project Design and Management workshops - these sessions help you set up, manage and review your projects effectively.

  • Building Strategic Partnerships
    Identify and choose the best partners to help you meet your goals.
  • Balancing Talk to Action
    Discover more effective ways to mix planning and implementation.
  • Cost-Effective Evaluation
    Make evaluation a more effective tool for planning, management and leadership.Workshops for community stakeholders, organization staff and executives.
  • Making the Most of Limited Resources
    Learn to identify and use hidden resources in your community and organization.
  • Budget Design and Management
    Build budgets to help you meet your goals. Learn to manage budgets through change and crisis.

Strategic Communication workshops - these sessions help you promote your issues and ideas, and teach you to "read" other people better.

  • Power and Persuasion
    Discover ways to convince and persuade various and diverse audiences.
  • Getting Publicity
    Learn innovative and effective ways to get media attention for your projects.
  • Facing the Challenges of Diversity
    Learn to lead in diverse groups and communities.
  • Writing Winning Proposals
    Learn creative and effective ways to write effective grant and contract proposals.

Workshops for executives and directors

  • Coaching for Results
    Learn how coaching can help you motivate staff and build better relationships with clients, stakeholders, officials, and others.
  • Better Contracts for Vendors and Partners
    A great relationship starts with a good contract. Learn ways to prepare contracts that provide flexibility while meeting your goals.
  • Making Smarter Decisions about Technology
    There are a lot of tools to help you manage and lead your organization.Which ones are right for you? Learn how to pick the right tools-and avoid the wrong ones.
  • Knowledge Architecture and Management
    Your organization produces a lot of knowledge and information. How well do your staff share what they know with each other and with your community? Learn how to organize your organization to manage knowledge better.
  • Asset Mapping in Organizations
    Learn better ways to identify and make the most use of all of the resources-financial, physical, human-in your organization.

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