Opening Doors Apprentice Program: Overview

The return on your investment is high.  When you invest in developing a Lead Facilitator of the Opening Doors retreat workshop, you develop a resource that can co-facilitate the Opening Doors workshop not only for your system, but others as well.  You also gain a staff person with the skills to:

• Design and deliver a full range of power and difference workshops designed to meet the unique needs of your organization;
• respond to complex interpersonal issues, helping each individual to see the broader picture and opening up constructive dialogue;
• provide individualized coaching support, nurturing targeted individuals to be more effective leaders in the system, helping people to think beyond where they are now; and
• serve as a resource to executive leadership, helping to strategize organizational growth and respond to issues that arise.

You can develop a facilitation team or an individual.  Investing in one person will allow you to collaborate with other organizations to co-host Opening Doors workshops.  Developing a facilitation team will allow you to serve your organization in-house, as well as contract to serve others.  The first graduating cohort (2007) of apprentices was sponsored by North Carolina State University, CALS.  They have since facilitated over 20 Opening Doors for 5 universities.  All are taking leadership on diversity in their systems and four are in formal leadership roles.

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