Andrew is highly skilled at creating a community of learners and encouraging all of them, regardless of their previous level of confidence around learning, to set a high standard and believe they can reach it. He is knowledgeable and passionate about teaching and has a genuine concern for the learner.

Sally McLean, MA Associate, UBC Continuing Studies

TRAINER

Our Services: Training

We deliver training tailored to your organization's learning needs to enable you to:

  • Optimize achievement
  • Strengthen working relationships
  • Foster creativity and innovation
  • Respond to change

Learning new knowledge and skills can improve performance, increase efficiency and productivity, promote job satisfaction, help with recruiting and retention, and impact your bottom line.

My philosophy for First Nations training

Training for First Nations adult learners should be informative, engaging, insightful, and fun because:

  • People are smart, so we treat them that way
  • People are busy, so we focus on sharing relevant knowledge
  • People learn best by doing, so our training sessions are about 80% hands-on, with 20% focused on the theoretical underpinnings needed to sustain knowledge

Our training covers organizational, professional and personal skill development:

  • Leadership Skills – Leading Organizational Change, Leading Your Staff, Fulfilling Your Mandate, Governance Training, Developing Community Programs
  • Planning Skills – Financial Literacy Training, Strategic Planning, Economic Development, Understanding Budgets, Proposal Writing/Fundraising
  • Management Skills – Managing to Achieve Results, Developing Community Programs, Developing Policies and Procedures, Running Effective Meetings, Conducting Performance Reviews
  • People Skills – Negotiating Skills, Interpersonal Communications, Responding to Conflict, Building Effective Teams, Public Speaking/Presenting

Next Steps


  • Call or email to tell me about your training needs
  • I will send you a training proposal, usually within a day

 

ANDREW'S APPROACH TO TRAINING

  • I’ll work with you to develop a training plan tailored to your specific needs.
  • I’ll prepare all the training materials for our session.
  • I will deliver the training at your location.
  • I’ll draft a brief report that summarizes what we covered, within two days of our training session.