Category: ToP

ACCELERATING THE NATIONAL CONVERSATION ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE

12/5/2016

ICA’s Technology of Participation (ToP®) facilitation methods bring a legacy of tools for groups that foster participation, engagement, collaboration and effective action. ICA utilized these methods to launch Town Meetings ‘76. Those local efforts engaged citizens in considering issues and opportunities before them as they sought to improve and develop their towns and communities. In a bold experiment catalyzing engagement, collaboration, and action, ICA conducted over 5,000 meetings.

FACILITATION ABROAD: IAF, ToP GLOBAL, AND MORE!

9/9/2016

ICA-International (ICAI) and the International Association of Facilitators (IAF) have come together to form a working group consisting of three members/facilitators from each organization. The intent of the group is to explore ways the organizations can collaborate and support one another. Both organizations agree in principle to collaborate in areas of conferences, events, complementary certification, and training endorsements.

ToP NETWORK: MOVING BEYOND THE GATHERING

5/13/2016

The past few months have seen great investment in a ToP Network that is innovative and evolving, with much focus on mending the relationship between the ToP Netork and the ICA. At the Annual Gathering, the historical scan and image shift exercises in particular enabled healing and momentum to explore future potential for the ToP Network and ICA.

ToP NETWORK CELEBRATES 25 YEARS OF FACILITATION!

2/2/2016

On January 8th through 10th, the ToP Network celebrated its 25th year at the ToP Annual Gathering. Held in Phoenix, Arizona the event allowed attendees to take stock on how far the Network has come since its inception, and discuss where they would like to see it go in the future.

NTTA & 2016 ANNUAL GATHERING

11/11/2015

ICA and the ToP Network have partnered to create the National ToP Training Academy (NTTA). Set to launch in 2016, the NTTA is a one-year, comprehensive, train-the trainer model designed to qualify trainers to teach the ToP Facilitation Methods. The aim of the academy is to allow individuals to transition from Apprentice Trainers in ToP to Qualified Trainers within a one-year timespan.

ToP ANNOUNCES NATIONAL ToP TRAINERS' ACADEMY

8/24/2015

The National ToP Trainers' Academy is a one-year comprehensive train-the-trainer model designed to qualify trainers to teach the ToP Facilitation Methods, the ToP Facilitation Methods Leadership Edition, One-Day Focused Conversation, and Accelerated Action Planning.

ToP LOCALLY & GLOBALLY

7/30/2015

At the same time the ICA International board was meeting in Mto Wa Mbu, Tanzania, ICA Associates, ICA-USA, and the ToP Network came together to be the Summit Strategist Sponsors for the IAF's North American Conference in Banff, Canada.

FIVE NEW CERTIFIED ToP FACILITATORS

5/11/2015

On April 25, 2015, five new facilitators were assessed on their competencies with the Technology of Participation (ToP)®. On April 25th, Becky Groff of Des Moines, IA; Robert Quintana Hopkins of Oakland, CA; Robin Rifkin of Melrose Park, PA; Jen Schanen of Green Bay, WI; and Kap Wilkes of Duluth, MN all passed the assessment process and became Certified ToP Facilitators. We congratulate these new CTFs on their accomplishments and joining the other 70 CTFs currently in the ToP Network. We look forward to all the great things they will accomplish!

A WONDERFUL EVENT: ToP GATHERING 2015

1/27/2015

Earlier this month, the ToP Network held its annual conference in Aurora, Colorado. 74 people attended the event, with participants from across the United States, as well as international colleagues from Canada and Russia.

Opening Plenary Session

DON'T FORGET TO REGISTER: ToP GATHERING 2015

12/18/2014

Each year the Top Network convenes to look at the networks successes of previous year, take stock on where the network is, and create a plan of action and sharpen the focus for the upcoming year.