We offer a variety of training programs and workshops which can be customized to organizations and community needs. As we value empowerment and collaboration, our teaching model is designed to shape a learning process together. Course offerings include:
Workshop: Understanding the basics of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and why this matters.
Participants will leave this workshop with an awareness of the terminology and the importance of why this is important on an individual, team and organizational level
Workshop: Impacts of biases and how it impacts our workplace
We don’t know what we don’t know. Participants will leave with an understanding that we all have unconscious bias but what are the impacts and how do we bring them to the conscious level to have better interactions with our work colleagues and our personal relationships.’
Workshop: Change through Conversations
When we have thoughtful conversations with others, this can lead to innovation and change in an organization. Participants will leave this workshop with how to create transformative conversations to drive change in their workplace and personal life.
Workshop: Running Effective Meetings
How many have left meetings and thought that could have been done in an email? Participants will leave with meeting templates and an understanding of how to be concise during meetings and what type of information to send prior to a meeting. This can be tailored to in person or virtual or a combination of both.
Workshop: Business Communication
Participants will have an understanding on how to use the correct medium for the message to ensure they are being heard. This will include email tips to ensure that your email does not get lost in the hundreds that people can receive in a day!
Workshop: Presentation Skills
Participants will have the knowledge of what makes an effective presentation and develop their public speaking skills
Any of the above workshops are tailored specifically for indigenous communities as each of the programs has local language, culture and history components.
Testimonials
Initiated and implemented the first ever Nisga’a Business Conference with 300 attendees, creating a tourism communication strategy, leading public engagement sessions, facilitating strategic planning sessions, developing and delivering leadership, tourism and entrepreneurship programs and workshops.
“Denise brings a collaborative approach to everything she does. She not only "advises" but also gets the work done in a professional, collaborative way which is very important in our community”
Launched WIL Okanagan Chapter in 2018 which grew to 300 members with sold out events and chaired until 2021, writer for leadership and EDI for newsletter and blog, co-lead for Diversity and Inclusion Conference and is leading a pan- Canadian gender equality federally-funded project (2021-2024).
“Denise brings her strong leadership, marketing and facilitating background to help establish the first Kelowna Chapter. Her warm and inclusive personality makes her shine”
*Developing content and teaching business classes.
”Denise connects with students quickly and empowers students which is critical in creating a successful learning environment.”
Developing and instructing 8-week entrepreneurship and tourism programs. Achieved a minimum 85% positive rating in post course evaluations on a weekly basis
“Working and learning with Denise has been a pleasure to say the least. Her skill set has been an asset in this program. Denise has shown skill and immaculate organization skills along with a positive attitude and a sense of humor that has lifted our spirits on days that we needed it the most. I wish that all teachers were inspiring and uplifting like Denise"
Developing and instructing 8-week entrepreneurship and tourism programs. Achieved a minimum 85% positive rating in post course evaluations on a weekly basis
“Denise is one of the best instructors I have had. She empowered and held me accountable in a compassionate way. I feel confident in moving forward with my business and she made learning enjoyable.”
Developing and instructing 8-week entrepreneurship and tourism programs. Achieved a minimum 85% positive rating in post course evaluations on a weekly basis
“It was an absolute pleasure working with Denise. She connected with us and the students with ease. Her classroom had a great atmosphere and she always went above and beyond to make sure her lessons delivered valuable information and the students were happily engaged. She works from her heart and has strong values, which is very important. She holds strong morals and a genuine code of ethics that is most valuable when working in communities. She cares wholeheartedly about her clients and the content she delivers. We definitely recommend her services and look forward to working with her again.”