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PROACTIVE ON ANTI-BULLYING
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How do we build a program that can work at multiple locations that creates awareness of bullying and builds positive leadership skills?

Solution:

Post secondary is an every changing climate and culture, helping the emerging leaders to shed previously accepted behaviours and installing new more productive ones - was the challenge of this project.

This was a solution that saw us working with several post-secondary school student leaders on a year over year basis.  In the beginning we worked diligently along side the student and staff leaders to identify the skill sets required to be a positive role model in today post secondary environment.  From there we designed a program that could be implemented in a train the trainer model to ensure consistency of message and measurable outcomes.  

We were thankful that our post secondary partners acknowledged that the culture shift they desired required a longer term investment.  With that our program was implemented every year for 5 years.  Through this time we noticed a halting to the negative behaviours that were targeted.  Furthermore, because (like many programs) ours was seen as obsolete as the behaviours had been shifted ... we countered that a smaller program could maintain the desired outcomes - but that there could be a slip if a hard stop was chosen.

Each chose a hard stop at different years intervals.  Within a three year window each of the post secondary schools we worked with unfortunately landed in the news with reports centred around one or more of the outcomes we offered proactive mitigation of.  

We are currently in discussions for a new version with a permanent time horizon.
 
This solution was able to:  

• Develop a learning path that softly changed the conversation around bullying.
• Create an opportunity to establish new leadership skills.
• Add value to student leader trainer's toolbox of skills.
• Implement an innovative tool to help improve the post secondary experience.
• Develop appropriate fun during an orientation environment with a history of challenges. 
  
  

AUDIENCE SIZE: 4 separate project sponsors, 100 trainees average per institution
TIME:  Three Months to Design and Deliver Project repeated over a Five Year Cycle
ROOM SET-UP: Retreat Based, Train-the-Trainer
LEARNING TOOLS: Kinaesthetic - Interpersonal - Visual - Mathematical/Logical - Intrapersonal - Naturalistic - Linguistic 

"Tyler’s 150% explosive energy is the first thing we enjoyed about him.  Then he took the stage with his hilarious stories, heartfelt reminders of what is important in life, and his ability to inspire audience members and we loved him even more."

-- Executive Director, Recreation Association

Solution Sample:

This is a copy of one of the train-the-trainer sessions.  It uses our typical format that enables our trainers to be very successful in the field.  Futher, the way it is written allows them to easily work in tandem with a co-facilitator and successfully manage outcomes.  This program consisted on several sessions, immersion in a retreat, a high impact keynote presentation and more.