PARTNERSHIP BROKERS TRAINING COURSE, CALGARY NOVEMBER 2024

The challenges and opportunities we face are increasingly complex, interrelated and unpredictable. The need for partnerships and working collaboratively has never been greater. Communities, non-profits, government agencies, academic, and business, know that partnering is essential to achieving enduring results. Yet partnering is easier said than done.

This unique and highly sought-after global training provides those working in partnerships with in-depth development on how to partner effectively.

ONLINE SESSIONS: We will explore key partnering frameworks and how these apply in your partnerships. Dates and Times: November 5, 7, 12 and 14 | 10 am - 12 noon MT

IN PERSON (Calgary): Learning will become more experiential as we explore partnership building with a focus on building key mindsets, skillsets and effective processes. Dates and Times: Tuesday November 19 - 21, from 9 am - 5 pm MT.

OPTIONAL COACHING SESSIONS: We offer coaching sessions to compliment your learning and support you to apply it in your context.
BENEFITS FOR PARTICIPANTS (Working internally and independently):

• Tools, techniques and skills for brokering and guiding partnerships that get results
• Enhanced confidence and competence as partnership practitioners
• A framework and knowledge for robust, efficient and innovative partnerships
• Knowing common principles, barriers and enablers of partnerships
• Ways to overcome common partnership challenges
• Personal and professional insights into roles, skills and competencies needed in successful collaborations
• Membership in the global professional association of partnership brokers offering support, research, networks and further development opportunities.
  

THE COURSE CAN BE USED IN TWO WAYS!

Individual/team professional development: For the individual/team you will be part of a diverse group from business, government, philanthropy, academic, community and voluntary sectors.The group will be limited to 20 participants with two facilitators in order to maximize potential for exchange and personal attention.

Real-time partnership building: This real-time partnership building course can be customized to your partnership dynamic. Partners from the various stakeholders attend together, building a common language and framework while developing strategies for the design, management and review of their partnership.

We use a variety of different methods & tools both for learning purposes and to expose you to different elements you may consider using in your own partnering practice.

Participant feedback

• "The course gave me the tools, skills and frameworks to become a more confident, reflective and insightful partnership broker. Thank you for such great facilitation and support."
• "My awareness of and understanding of partnership brokering have grown immensely... I am looking forward to working with partners... the innovative approaches to partnership building will be invaluable."
• "I have been hugely impacted by this course. The ability to step back and look at all our external partnerships and consider how we can make more impact with each of them has been timely. It has also provided me with a framework to consider new partnerships.
  INVOICE: If you would like to be invoiced, please contact [email protected] Invoice payments is required within 7 days to confirm you spot.
  REFUNDS: Refund of 50% up to 30 days before the event. Please note this is the official policy for the course.

Who Has Created the Course? The Partnership Brokers Association is a global social enterprise established in 2003. It is the international professional body and training resource for those managing and developing partnership processes. PBA’s globally sought training is informed and regularly updated in consultation with international practitioners.

Training Grants: The Partnership Brokers Training program is eligible for the Canada-Alberta training grant which can cover up to 2/3s of the cost of the program, including travel costs. Check out similar provincial programs, including British Columbia, and Saskatchewan.

TRAINING TEAM:

Jocelyne Daw is a recognized leader and change maker in building authentic multiple- sector partnerships. She has built a career spanning four decade bringing diverse stakeholders and organizations into partnerships and keeping them productive and progressive. She is committed to helping people and organization’s build capacity to make their partnerships more effective and impactful. Jocelyne is an internationally published author and speaker in innovation and collaboration and is an Accredited Partnership Broker and Trainer.

Fawna Bews has a Masters in Counselling and is an Accredited Partnership Broker. What really fires her up is the ‘how’ of getting along. She believes that on a planet of 7 billion people we have the capacity to solve the complex problems that keep us from all enjoying a full and happy life. With most of her career spent with traumatized people, she is capable and confident in navigating the choppy waters of relationship building, creating trust and using a full complement of tools and strategiesto gets projects done faster and with greater ease than expected.

Corporate: Suncor Energy Foundation, Enbridge, Shell, Chevron, Royal Bank, Telus, Alberta Blue Cross, Air Canada, ENMAX, Imperial Oil, Epcor

Government: Government of Alberta,City of Calgary, City of Kelowna, City of Toronto, American State Department, Public Health Agency of Canada, City of Edmonton, Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Calgary Police Department

Nonprofits: Calgary Counselling Centre, United Way of Calgary and Area, Canadian and American Red Cross, Edmonton Chamber of Voluntary Organizations,Vantage Point, Calgary Public Library, Unison/Kerby Centre, QUEST

Public Funders/Foundations: The Atmospheric Fund, Calgary Foundation, Ottawa Community Foundation, Community Foundations of Canada, Alberta EcoTrust

Academic Institutions: Bow Valley College, Mount Royal University, University of Calgary, University of British Columbia, McMaster University

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

The University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive Northwest, Calgary, Canada