Focused Team Synergy is a program of Mental Health America of Virginia (MHAV) developed to energize participants, build social capital, and provide team decision making and problem solving skills. This program is targeted towards individuals, groups and organizations engaging in system transformation and community improvement.

Program goals may include:

•    Building group empowerment
•    Identifying and capitalizing on individual and group strengths
•    Self organization and assigning roles, duties or tasks
•    Conflict management and productive communication
•    Fostering a common approach to solutions
•    Clarifying consensus issues
•    Prioritizing goals
•    Action planning

The one day program is mobile and easily delivered at your worksite or in your community. MHAV educational programs place great emphasis on interactive learning. Our teaching approach accommodates for a variety of adult learners through skill building, role playing and experiential activities.

Standard Features:

•    Professional facilitators with more than 20 years adult education    
      experience
•    7  hours of facilitated learning
•    Comprehensive training materials
•    10 participants to 1 facilitator ratio

During Focused Team Synergy, your team will experience:

•    A renewed appreciation for the strengths and talents of your fellow
      participants
•    An invigorated sense of what is possible personally and collaboratively
•    A validation of each person's voice
•    Opportunity to speak one's truth
•    A shared method for solving problems
•    An efficient way to create consensus
•    An invitation to total engagement among participants

Type Program	Program Features	Unit Cost	Minimum
Focused Team Synergy	One (7) hour onsite program. MHAV provides marketing and participant admissions (if requested), instruction, facilitation, training materials, lunch and refreshments.	$125 per participant	10 Participant minimum ($1250) Plus faculty travel & lodging if more than 30 miles from Richmond