Our Train-the-Trainer Seminars equip participants to lead NCBI’s nationally recognized programs within their own institutions. Through guided practice and coaching, participants learn how to facilitate meaningful dialogue, navigate complex issues, and build stronger, more connected communities.

The program starts with a three-day Train-the-Trainer Seminar, an intensive course that teaches participants how to lead the award-winning NCBI Leadership Development Workshop and NCBI Controversial Issue Process.

The Leadership Development Workshop is a one-day program that NCBI has implemented in hundreds of schools, universities, corporations, government agencies, trade unions, religious institutions, and community organizations throughout the world.  At the Train-the-Trainer Seminar, participants meet in small learning groups where they receive individual coaching in leading each component of both programs.

The NCBI Leadership Development Workshop consists of series of incremental, experiential activities that help participants –

• To celebrate their similarities and differences
• To recognize the mis-information they’ve learned about various groups
• To identify and heal from internalized oppression–the discrimination members of an oppressed group target at themselves and each other
• To claim pride in group identity
• To understand the personal impact of discrimination through the telling of stories, and
• To learn hands-on tools for dealing effectively with bigoted comments and behavior

NCBI’s approach of combining emotional healing work with practical skill-training enables participants to learn quickly in a safe environment that values individual initiative.

NCBI’s seasoned training teams, representing a wide variety of backgrounds, coupled with the diversity of the participants in the seminar, also provide a valuable resource that helps people understand how they are both alike and different.