Communication Training: Half-day Workshops
Transform Team Communication
Tap human ingenuity in an AI world
Breakthroughs live in human connection.
Your team’s best thinking happens when people get together. It doesn’t come from AI chats, PowerPoint decks, or strategy docs.
It emerges when humans converse and collaborate.
In your organization…
What brilliant ideas are left on the table?
What hard truths are going unsaid?
What charged words are bringing the culture down?
How often do words damage trust?
The Workshops
If I said you’ve got a communication Superpower that will help you thrive in the age of AI, what would you say?
Would you roll your eyes? Many people do. They don't see themselves as communicators, much less ones with Superpowers.
But everyone has at least one. It's something you do naturally, based on who you are and your lived experiences. It comes so easily, it’s probably invisible to you.
Now that AI is reshaping how we communicate, your individual communication style and strengths matter more than ever. No technology can replicate how you connect with people. That's yours alone. It’s vital to be aware of it and use it.
What if you and everyone on your team knew their personal Superpower, and had a game plan for evolving as a communicator to thrive as technology advances?
In this workshop, participants will:
Uncover their communication strengths and identify their unique Superpower
Create a vision and game plan for the communicator they want to become
Understand how to use their Superpower and individual strengths strategically
Half-Day Workshop 1
Superpower: Your Human Edge in the Age of AI
Training Modules
Module 1 — The Human Side of Work As AI takes on more transactional communication, your advantage lives in the subtle human side of work. How you show up and connect with people shapes your workplace and your career path. Take a clear look at what you uniquely bring into every room.
Module 2 — Your Strengths, Your Superpower Uncover your communication strengths and pinpoint your Superpower through thought-provoking personal awareness exercises. Understand your Superpower and own it.
Module 3 — Evolving Your Edge for an AI World Understand your unique strengths in the context of where the world is right now and where it’s going. Which are your greatest advantages? How do you want to evolve to meet the moment?
Module 4 — Bridging the Gulf: Your Personal Game Plan Map what stands between who you are today and who you want to become. Leave with a personal game plan and a clear picture of what needs to happen next.
Pricing
Half-day Team Workshop · $2,500 (Canadian)
Not-for-profit and association pricing available - please ask.
Let’s discuss a workshop for your group.
What might happen if you could unearth all of the genius ideas and hard truths that are currently going unspoken?
It might catapult your organization forward, or prevent it from veering off a cliff.
It takes technique and presence to lead meetings where everyone says what truly needs to be said.
In this workshop, participants will:
Identify your personal strengths as a meeting leader
Learn how and when to make space for innovation and dissent
Master techniques to draw out every voice, even the quiet ones
Half-Day Workshop 2
Amazing Meetings & Conversations
Training Modules
Module 1 — What No One Tells You About Meetings
Understand meetings types, and what it really takes to create space for ingenuity and innovation, not just efficiency.
Module 2 — Wide Open Space
Explore what’s currently getting in the way of more creativity, fresh thinking, and saying what truly needs to be said.
Module 3 — Unearthing What Goes Unsaid
Learn to recognize and hold space for the range of communication styles in any room, so crucial ideas and opinions aren't lost.
Module 4 — Craft Your Atmosphere
Learn advanced techniques for crafting your meeting atmosphere. Move from ordinary meetings to meetings where magic can consistently arise.
Pricing
Half-day Team Workshop · $2,500 (Canadian)
Not-for-profit and association pricing available - please ask.
Let’s discuss a workshop for your group.
Do words ever go flying from your mouth and you wish you could stuff them back in?
You feel a sinking pang of regret and think, ‘Wow, I wish I hadn’t said that?’
Everyone has moments like this, words landing harder than intended - inadvertently damaging trust and snapping team cohesion.
But what if you could avoid these moments altogether? What if your whole team could avoid them?
In this workshop, participants will:
Identify personal communications strengths
Recognize patterns worth evolving
Learn practical techniques to interrupt charged communication before it happens
Half-Day Workshop 3
Before You Speak
Training Modules
Module 1 — What You're Already Bringing
Every word, every interaction, every emotion you carry into work shapes the environment around you: it shapes the culture. Uncover what you bring.
Module 2 — Uniquely Compelling
Everyone has natural communication strengths that builds trust, put people at ease, or cut through confusion. Uncover and understand your most powerful strengths.
Module 3 — Your Early Warning System
Learn to recognize your personal early warning system that signals a charged communication is emerging, so you can make a conscious choice about your next move.
Module 4 — The Redirect
Learn practical techniques to shift your approach, empowering you to speak from intention rather than reaction or emotion.
Pricing
Half-day Team Workshop · $2,500 (Canadian)
Not-for-profit and association pricing available - please ask.
Let’s discuss a workshop for your group.
94% of participants said they'd use what they learned.
—SafeCare BC
“Thank you for an absolutely transformative session.”
—Geoff Manton, Co-Founder, Boldly
“Jacqueline’s session helped me be more conscious of common communication inhibitors...bringing awareness to these is going to make me a better leader and facilitator.”
—Sophie Labrosse, Owner, Windsure Adventure Watersports
“Thank you so much…I thought it was absolutely fabulous! I really enjoyed the content and the integration of reflection for participants – I found it all super engaging.
I appreciate the time and thought you put into to aligning it with Psychological Health and Safety Days.”
—Sheila Fauman, Workplace Psychological Health and Safety Specialist, SafeCare BC
“Our whole team became more productive as a result.”
—Shannon Ward, Chief Growth Officer, Genus Capital Management
What Participants Say
Post-Workshop Survey Responses
“I continue using the techniques after the workshop.”
“Powerful and helpful info.”
“Thanks Jacqueline for this amazing workshop. Time well spent.”
“I valued the way that you created an intentional and caring space for learning and self-inquiry.”
“The space was held for us to slow down and open up.”
“The workshop gave me a new perspective on how to think about meeting design.”
“The workshop was effective at connecting us and there was a huge desire to continue working with each other.”
Hello. I’m Jacqueline, your facilitator.
In a reality where AI is reshaping how we communicate, I help people let humanity be their edge.
I’ve spent 20+ years helping people use their voices well. I hold a simple conviction: communication is a skill everyone can consciously evolve, at any stage of life.
I started out coaching executives through high-stakes media interviews, and later co-founded one of Canada's first social media agencies. So I’ve seen a communication revolution a time or two before.
Today I counsel leaders on communication and storytelling, and I run workshops for organizations such as the Chartered Professional Accountants of BC, Genus Capital Management, and SafeCare BC.
I’ve been a meditation student for nearly 20 years, teaching since 2013. Meditation informs everything I do.
As a facilitator, I hold a warm, inclusive and non-judgmental space, conducive to learning and personal growth. I help people notice their patterns and strengths, and show up as the communicators they want to be.
✺ Frequently asked questions ✺
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These workshops are designed for organizations of any size, in any sector.
They’re for leaders who want to advance human connection and collaboration in the age of AI, tapping into human ingenuity.
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The workshops are highly experiential. Expect guided reflection, real conversation, and practical techniques you'll leave ready to use.
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Jacqueline creates a warm, non-judgmental atmosphere from the first moment.
Participants consistently describe the workshops as engaging, fun, and interactive.
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The workshops are adaptable to fit groups of any size.
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Advanced communication techniques they can apply right away. New personal awarenesses about how to leverage their communications strengths and overcome their challenges. A new way of thinking about communicating at work.
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The workshops are available virtually, or in-person in and near Metro Vancouver. Please ask if you have a question about in-person availability for your location.