PARTICIPATORY STRATEGIC PLANNING

“How can I facilitate a group to develop a longer-term vision for their future, and establish their broad strategies for achieving that vision? How can I ensure a real sense of ownership, so that their plan becomes action?”

This course presents a structured long-range planning process which incorporates the Consensus Workshop method for building consensus, the Focused Conversation method for effective group communication, and elements of the Action Planning method for turning ideas into productive action and concrete accomplishments.

This course is delivered in partnership between Olos Institute and ICA:UK (www.ica-uk.org.uk). The course will be delivered in English.

By the end of the course, you will

have enhanced your capacity for creative strategy building by exploring and understanding the four stages and the flow of the Participatory Strategic Planning process, and the four associated types of thinking – visionary, contradictional, strategic and practical
be able to identify when and how to use the Participatory Strategic Planning process
have consolidated your understanding of the Consensus Workshop and Focused Conversation methods, and gained the confidence to use and adapt them
have further developed your links with others to promote future collaboration and support in the use of the methods.

Those with more experience of facilitation, strategic planning or our approach may need no further support to apply the process effectively in their own situations, and for others, the course serves as a powerful, experiential introduction to the process.

80% of PSP participants rated this course 8/10 or higher.

Comments from participants’ end-of-course evaluations included:

an in-depth look at advanced use of ToP group facilitation methods for strategic planning
provides a great tool to enliven your team and involve them in making commitments to deliver benefits for your organisation – I really enjoyed the course
an insightful and inspiring course that opens new doors in facilitating groups
great fun with lots of practical knowledge, facilitated by skilled and friendly facilitators
hard work, but definitely worth it
great value and a real learning curve
this is the best two days you could spend on learning to plan strategically for maximum impact

“This training not only helps deliver strategic planning outcomes, it helps you do this in a fun, well thought through and natural process that brings people together and naturally builds in buy-in. This course has given me an incredible framework to add to my practice- thank you ICA for the well organised and engaging training“
Raymond van der Zalm, Innovation Consultant

“As a new manager, without experience in strategic planning, I found the process bewildering. This course helped make sense of the process, with a clear roadmap and tools to use to run successful strategic planning processes with your teams. I had been searching for help with this and didn’t quite know where to turn. Very happy I came across this course!”
Heba Aly, Director, The New Humanitarian

Jonathan Dudding

Jonathan is a Lead Trainer in the Technology of Participation, with over 25 years of using and training others in group facilitation methods. Now based in London (UK), he has extensive experience in working with a wide range of local, national and international clients in around 40 countries, including governments; bilateral and multilateral agencies; international, national and local organisations.

Jonathan believes strongly in bringing a human-centred, participatory approach to development, and puts particular emphasis on seeking to enable others to “shine”, supporting the development of their skills as facilitators, as trainers and as champions of the human factor in their work.

Dragana Prijanovič

Dragana is Professional Certified Coach (PCC), Certified Mentor Coach (CMC). NLP Trainer, certified trainer of the L.1 Programmes of Points of You® Academy and facilitator. President of the Slovenian Association of Facilitators and member of the Supervisory Board of the Slovenian Association for Coaching Development.

Dragana is passionate about facilitation, the differences and progress it can make and believes that experts as facilitators, coaches, trainers and other professionals working with people, can support social progress for the world becoming a place for all of us to enjoy living in.

Your investment in your professional development is:

590 EUR regular fee
490 EUR for self employed (s.p.) who don’t employ others & self-funding individuals

Fee includes:

Participation in the programme
Training materials
Certificate
Drinks and snacks during coffee breaks and light lunch

Special offers:

Early bird discount of 10% is available for payments of the full amount before August 25th 2025.
30 EUR discount for members of the Slovenian Association of Facilitators
Early bookings are encouraged as seats are limited.

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