Training & Development Experts
Our in-person and virtual facilitation options bring quality team building, mental health education, first aid training, and other professional development opportunities to your site or screen!
We provide tailored training solutions with a holistic approach that equips your team to thrive in their workplace, community, and at home.
We’re Your Solution For
Team Building
Enjoy play-based challenges that build connection through a shared, memorable experience while strengthening the skills needed to thrive in a team.
We help new team members bond, established teams tackle challenges, and professionals expand their own toolkits. All while elevating participants’ communication, problem-solving, and leadership skills. Let us know – What outcomes do you want to see? – and we will tailor a play-based program to make that happen!
Mental Health
Reduce fears around mental health and equip your team to feel confident they can help themselves and others through prevention, navigation, and recovery. Learn how to build life-giving support networks, how to communicate clearly with healthcare providers, and how to respond to a crisis.
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Conflict Resolution
Have your team members trained to experience the benefits conflict has to offer when navigated constructively and with desired long-term outcomes in mind. Personal growth, improved team dynamics, and increased community health are only a few of the outcomes your team members can look forward to.
We show participants how to de-escalate tensions, simplify complex situations to shorten the path to resolution, end gossip, and protect health and well-being along the way. With content designed for the modern landscape, participants leave with simple and powerful tools that are easy to remember and apply under pressure so they can experience the best outcomes.
First Aid Training
We specialize in providing Standard First Aid with CPR Level C and AED certification, facilitated with mental health and the impacts of trauma in mind.
Has someone on your team had an experience that could make discussing first aid emergencies triggering? When they attend courses for the general public, feeling panicked can shut down learning and undermine their success. Our courses act as therapeutic opportunities for participants who have experienced distressing events to learn with their team in a supportive teaching environment while gaining the calm confidence to perform first aid.
Bringing us in to do your first aid training helps to ensure everyone has a good experience. As Training Partners with the Canadian Red Cross, the certificates your participants receive are nationally recognized. Tailored workshops to address specific topics are available upon request.
Homeschooling
Professional Development & Experiential Learning Resources
We’ve had the privilege of providing professional development workshops for thousands of formal educators across North America and are now offering growth opportunities for homeschooling educators too!
When you’ve stepped into the role of Teacher because homeschooling was the right fit for your family, it’s important to model lifelong learning yourself and to grow in your knowledge and skills as an educator. We’ve got you covered with budget-friendly and family-friendly learning where your children are welcome!
Do you raise support for yourself or an organization?
As team building professionals who have worked with hundreds of non-profits, we can tell you that treating your donors like a community rather than as individuals MATTERS! Our online masterclass in resource campaigning shows you how to adjust your approach to asking to gather more funds, needed items, volunteers, connections, and more than you ever thought possible.
Building strong teams and healthy communities!
Lindsay Walton
Program Director and Founder of Open Door Development
Hello! I’ve been designing and delivering experiential education programs for over 20 years including mental health workshops for at-risk populations, train-the-trainer courses for elite-level law enforcement, outdoor adventure programs for students struggling in traditional classrooms, first aid training for participants recovering from trauma, and more! I’m passionate about ensuring training meets the unique needs of participants and the teams they belong to across North America and beyond. We have a great team here to help you achieve the outcomes you’re looking for and look forward to hearing from you!
What kind of training experience are you looking for and what are you hoping to achieve? Email me with your training hopes and goals at lindsay@opendoordevelopment.ca.
Author Of:
Why Asking Donors For Money Causes Donors To Give Less: A Team Builder’s Guide To Why Treating Your Donors Like A Community Rather Than As Individuals MATTERS (Lulu Press)
The Diagram Debrief: A Powerful Team Building Tool Based on Jungian Play Therapy. Foreword by Jim Cain. (Lulu Press)
Featured In:
Extraordinary Facilitation: Insights From Half a Century of Working and Playing With Groups (Jim Cain, Healthy Learning)
The Learning Curve: Navigating the Transition From Facilitating In The Real World to Facilitating in a Virtual One (Jim Cain, Healthy Learning)
Virtual Facilitation: A Collection of Lessons Learned to Virtually Create Connections and Magic (John Berkley & Jeff Goldberg, Healthy Learning)
REVIEWS
“I really enjoyed this training. It was interesting and you took the time to answer our questions. You cared about what mattered most to us.”
“I feel like I know what to do now. I actually feel like things can get better.”
“I was amazed by how you delivered the training. That was a phenomenal class.” (From an administrator who could overhear our training from the hallway!)
“This would be incredible for everyone to learn, and I think it should be a requirement by every employer to educate their employees on things you’ve taught us.”
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