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We're excited for your interest!

The two essential needs we have for trainers is great moderation skills (holding the groups interest, being able to stop over-talkers) and trainers who have good awareness of marriages, whether as a therapist, mediator or marriage educator.

These workshops have been done in amazing settings – a military base, an alternative-prison housing setting, YMCA, and then more standard church settings or broad marriage education community based settings.

The workshops are very distinctive and thus moderators must be very aware in marketing these workshops that they are designed for individuals (of any relational status, from always single, married, divorced, widowed) but these individuals are confidants to their married friends. That’s their “pressure point” for them to attend a multi-hour workshop.

It is also vital to appreciate big differences between dating couples (even if they live together) and married people. The former may have relational drama, but have not made a lifetime commitment. As such, marriage troubles come with a lot more stakeholders beyond the two people and a marital first responder, through this training, becomes even stronger in their supportive yet nuanced stance to these married friends/family.

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Short background making your feel qualified (degree, your job role) *

What settings would you hold these workshops (gives us a sense of your network and connections to spaces big enough to hold 10-25+ individuals) *

What interests you in this Marital First Responders Program? *

This workshop is very interactive which means we need trainers who have good group facilitation skills. These skills include giving clear directions for breakouts, engaging the group on how their individual role-plays went, staying on track with timing, and sometimes handling someone who talks to much or is off subject. Please tell us about your experience in facilitating groups. *

Are you okay with charging mainly for expenses like coffee and lunch (for full day workshops), or space rental if needed? Workshop leaders can charge what they wish, but we don't see this workshop has as an income producer for trainers. *

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Right now there is a “play the video” component to the training. You’re comfortable with basic technology and over time, you could learn the material enough to insert your own stories that are currently shared by Bill Doherty. *

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