FountainBlue leverages its two decades of experience producing custom events, workshops, fireside chats, interactive training, and other interactive programs both online and on-site to partner with select corporate partners to produce custom events of interest to internal staff members as well as external partners and customers.
Many workshops can be paired with Hope in an Age of Disillusionment as a reading or workbook component, so participants leave with both an experience and a practical toolkit they can continue to use.
FountainBlue’s custom-designed, Silicon Valley-based, on-site workshops, panels, training, and chats are available for a cost of $3000-$5000 and generally include:
Prior to the event:
- Planning, program development, invitation-creation, panelist/speaker prep call,
- Coordination with operations, logistical, marketing, outreach, or IT teams, etc.,
- Other, as agreed
During the event:
- Facilitation, event logistics oversight, and event notes
- Other, as agreed
Services DO NOT include: the payment or management of:
- Thank you note to speakers
- Notes from the event
- Feedback and best practices
- Other, as agreed
Strategic Facilitation
With the rapid changes brought on by the pandemic and its aftermath, recent themes and topics have focused on change.
- Fireside chats featuring executives regarding strategic direction, transformational change initiatives, product launches, product direction, workforce development initiatives, etc.,
- Goal-setting and Strategic retreats for executives and board members
- Other? We are certified board executives with experience facilitating board meetings and board committees on strategy, board development, human capital, and other committees
Team Building
- Conflict Resolution and Mediation
- Team Building and Cohesion
- Goal Setting, Charter, Roles and Responsibilities, Milestones, Deliverables
- Workforce development and integration
- Collaboration within and outside the organization
- Other? We are passionate about team chemistry, culture, and performance and take pride in our ability to empower and engage stakeholders.
Assessments and Coaching
- At the organizational level, we provide strategic assessments based on market and customer trends and facilitate meetings at the board and executive levels.
- At the team level, we provide team and individual-level assessments and work on team dynamics as identified by the assessments and as requested by senior management.
- At the individual level, we provide soft skills assessments and deliver ongoing coaching and support for identified staff members.
Suggestions for Implementing the Hope Strategic Frameworks:
- Focusing several tools for any one of the seven toolkits for any one of your teams
- Adopting tools from the Strategy Toolkit for executive retreats and strategic planning initiatives
- Reviewing strategic marketing and expansion opportunities and challenges
- Brainstorming plans for leveling up culture and community
- Facilitating technology development and innovation
- Maximizing program execution and management
- Other topics of interest
Recent Training and Presentations for the HR Community
- SHRM Certification Instructor – for San Jose State University
- AI for HR – The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly – for SD SHRM
Recent and Upcoming Presentations for Entrepreneurs
- So You Want to Be an Entrepreneur – for San Diego State University Entrepreneurship Forum
- Diversifying Revenue Models – for San Diego State University Lavin Entrepreneur Center
- Mentoring on Problem Definition and Product Definition for SDSU LEAN Startups for Defense Course
Recent Client Talks and Presentations
- The Art and Science of Persuasion – for a Client Program Leadership Team
- The Art and Science of Seeing Around Corners – for IBDC.D
- Re-Build, Re-USE, or Re-Tire: A Framework for Evaluating Code Base – for a Client Engineering Team
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