Live Training for Organizations

Expert-led live training in health, resiliency, communication, behavior change, leadership, and performance.

Optimal Innovation Group delivers engaging live trainings for organizations, systems, conferences, leadership teams, and professional groups. Trainings can be delivered onsite, over Zoom, or through a blended model that combines live learning with online resources.

Matt Bennett leading a live training workshop for organizational teams

Flexible Formats for Organizational Learning

We design live trainings around the needs of each organization. Engagements can be short and focused, intensive and skill-based, or part of a larger workforce development effort.

KeynotesHalf-day workshopsFull-day workshopsMulti-session virtual seriesConference presentationsLeadership retreatsTeam trainingsSkills practice sessionsBlended learning programsTraining consultation

Live Training Topics

Our live training topics sit at the intersection of health, resiliency, communication, behavior change, leadership, and performance.

Health, Resiliency & Performance

Trainings in this area help professionals and teams understand stress physiology, self-regulation, recovery, and performance under pressure.

  • Heart Rate Variability biofeedback
  • Applied biofeedback
  • Mindfulness and self-regulation
  • Stress physiology
  • Nervous system regulation
  • Emotional regulation
  • Staff resiliency
  • Burnout prevention
  • Secondary traumatic stress
  • Performance under stress

Communication & Behavior Change

Trainings in this area help professionals strengthen conversations that support trust, motivation, engagement, and change.

  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Trauma-informed communication
  • Behavior change conversations
  • Difficult conversations
  • Brief intervention
  • Harm reduction
  • Patient, client, student, and employee engagement
  • Leadership communication

Trauma-Informed and Clinical Practice

Trainings in this area help organizations create safer, more effective, and more responsive services.

  • Trauma-informed care
  • Trauma-informed leadership
  • Mental health and substance use awareness
  • Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment
  • Warm handoffs and referral conversations
  • Integrated behavioral health
  • Ryan White / HIV workforce training
  • Culturally responsive engagement

Practical, Engaging, and Built for Application

Our live trainings are not designed as passive lectures. We use clear teaching, applied examples, reflection, discussion, demonstrations, skills practice, and real-world scenarios to help participants connect concepts to their work.

Live training can be designed for clinical teams, educators, leaders, public health professionals, behavioral health providers, human service staff, nonprofit teams, government agencies, associations, and for-profit organizations seeking to strengthen health, resiliency, communication, and performance.

Depending on the topic, live trainings may include:

  • Interactive discussion
  • Skills demonstrations
  • Practice exercises
  • Case examples
  • Role play or structured skills rehearsal
  • Reflection prompts
  • Team application activities
  • Downloadable tools and practice guides
  • Follow-up consultation or coaching

Bring Optimal Innovation Group to Your Organization

Interested in a keynote, workshop, virtual training, multi-session learning series, leadership retreat, or custom live training event? Contact us to start a conversation.

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