1. Intensives:
   
   • Three days of training each quarter (12 days over the year), focusing on theoretical and experiential learning
   • Depth interchange with program colleagues
     
     
2. Field Experience:
   
   • Practical applications of ToP methods between training sessions in participant's workplace and community arranged by the participant.
   • Individual research project in the field of facilitation that is presented to the group for feedback.
     
     
3. Mentor Relationships:
   
   • A one-hour mentoring conversation each month with ICA ToP Mentor Trainers.
   • Forty-eight hours during the twelve months of on-site mentoring in facilitated programs.
   
   

• A range of practical tools for initiating and sustaining the change process and helping teams focus their creativity toward effective action and productivity
• A deepened understanding of the philosophy and world view underlying the Technology of Participation
• Skills for designing processes to facilitate complex situations.
• A supportive community of colleagues engaged in the practice of facilitation
• Understanding the relationship of ToP methods to other facilitation and organizational development methods
• Intensive experience and reflection that integrates knowledge with application

Phoenix, Arizona
Intensive I: March 14-16
Intensive II: June 13-15
Intensive III: September 12-14
Intensive IV: December 5-7

San Francisco, California
Intensive I: September 27-29
Intensive II: December 13-15
Intensive III: March 6-8, '08
Intensive IV: June 26-28, '08

Minneapolis/St Paul, Minnesota
Intensive I: January 17-19
Intensive II: April 18-20
Intensive III: July 18-20
Intensive IV: October 17-19

Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
Intensive I: October 10-12
Intensive II: January 16-18, '08
Intensive III: April 9-11, '08
Intensive IV: July 9-11, '08