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ToP® Training · TSI
ToP® Secrets of ImplementationTSI
You built the plan. Now keep it alive.
Two days. Dozens of tools. A course for the hardest part of the work — implementation.
See upcoming cohorts →Why this course
You created an inspiring vision and a great plan. Now how do you actually get it done?
Plans don't fail at the vision stage. They fail in the months and years after the retreat, when pressure builds, priorities shift, people leave, new people arrive mid-stream, and the document that everyone owned starts collecting dust.
Implementation is where strategic work actually lives or dies — and it's almost always solvable with the right tools.
This course gives you those tools. Not one approach, but dozens — practical methods to keep plans alive, relevant, and achievable through the natural ups and downs of a plan's life cycle.
What you'll leave able to do
Specific capabilities you'll walk out with.
Anticipate the ups and downs of implementing strategy
Be prepared for the pressure, drift, and course-correction moments instead of surprised by them.
Initiate dynamic plans and bring them to concrete conclusions
Move from aspiration to completed outcomes — with milestones the team actually reaches.
Sustain momentum through the long middle
The part of implementation where plans usually stall — with specific tools for keeping the work moving.
Review and reposition projects in process
Course-correct without starting over. Adjust when conditions change, without losing the thread.
Bring new people in mid-stream
Without losing continuity or requiring a full reset of the work. Onboard well, keep the plan alive.
Close strong — celebrate the team's work
So the next plan starts from momentum, not exhaustion. Closure that fuels what comes next.
Who this is for
If any of these describe you.
For
Leaders responsible for follow-through
- Project and change managers
- Program directors
- Community engagement managers
- Strategic plan owners
For
Practitioners supporting implementation
- Consultants and facilitators
- Coalition conveners and active citizens
- Planners and policy implementers
- Anyone responsible for bringing plans to reality
The format
Two full days, in person.
Small cohort size with a unique peer-coaching structure — bring your real-life implementation challenges, and the group works through them together.
You leave with dozens of tools tested against your actual work, not just theoretical methods. Whether you're bringing a strategic plan to life, completing a project with your team, sustaining a collective impact effort, or rallying support for a community campaign — this course is designed for the work of following through.
What's included
Everything you need to build the skill.
Your registration covers the course itself and the support that turns it into capability that sticks.
The official ToP® Secrets of Implementation step-by-step manual and resource guide
A comprehensive reference you'll use long after the course ends. Methods, designs, templates, and examples — all in one place.
One hour of coaching with one of your course trainers
Scheduled within 90 days of course completion. Bring a real challenge you're working on — a meeting you need to design, a group dynamic you're navigating, a planning session you're leading — and we'll work through it together.
Access to the Great Plains ToP Community of Practice
Quarterly gatherings of ToP® practitioners across the region. Keep your skills sharp, learn from others, stay connected to the work.
Credentials & CEUs
Qualifies for continuing education credits.
ToP® Secrets of Implementation qualifies for continuing education credits across multiple credentialing bodies.
CHES/MCHES — 13.5 hours
AICP — 14.5 hours
PDU — 14 hours
Prerequisites
No prerequisites. This course stands alone.
ToP® Facilitation Methods and ToP® Strategic Planning are recommended but not required. Prior facilitation experience helps, but the course is designed to work for practitioners coming in from many backgrounds — project managers, implementers, and change agents included.
In their words
From past participants.
“A substantive addition to Strategic Planning which provides many ideas and methods to move the group forward into implementation. I loved it.”
Jane Stallman
Senior Partner, Center for Strategic Facilitation
“I now have a clearer idea of the strategies a facilitator can use beyond the initial planning to help move a group towards the achievement of their goals.”
TSI Participant
Sacramento cohort
Pricing
Tiered pricing — based on organization type.
Facilitate Co uses tiered pricing, not sliding scale. Four defined brackets keep registration honest and fair to every type of org.
Corporate / Large nonprofits (>$5M)
$1,250
Public / Government
$1,050
Individual / Mid-size nonprofit
$950
Small nonprofit / Student
$650
Student rate requires a current student ID. Questions about which tier fits? Just ask: get in touch.
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Because the path forward is co-created — not declared — by the people walking it.
TSI is the course people wish they'd taken before their plan started drifting. If you have a plan in flight that's losing steam, or you're about to start one and want to give it the best chance, this is the work.