FountainBlue leverages its two decades of experience producing custom events, workshops, fireside chats, interactive trainings and other programs both online and on-site to partner with select corporate partners to produce custom events of interest to internal staff members as well as external partners and customers.

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With the rapid changes brought on by the pandemic and its aftermath, recent themes and topics have focused around change.

Strategic Facilitation

• Fireside chats featuring executives regarding product launches, product direction, CSR initiatives, etc.,
• Goal-Setting and Strategic retreats for executives and board members
• Other? We are working on a global board certification and connect with tech companies within the US and far beyond

Team Building

• Program Launch and Debrief
• Goal Setting, Charter, Roles and Responsibilities, Milestones, Deliverables
• Collaboration within and outside organization
• Conflict Resolution and Mediation Strategies
• Other? We have decades of experience working with a wide range of teams

Development and Training

• Problem-Solving
• Decision-Making
• Communication
  • Communication Styles
  • Aligning Your Thoughts, Words and Actions
  • Can You Hear Me Now? Speak so you are heard.
  • The Art of Persuasion
  • Bringing Out Your Authentic Self
  • Connecting with People Not-Like-You
  • Managing Your Self-Talk
  • Other – it generally boils down to communication – how we can each improve. Let’s discuss how we can customize a communication program for your team!

Leadership and Management

• Leading from Any Chair
• Stepping Up and Stepping In
• Strategies for Swimming Upstream
• Quantify Qualitative Leadership Traits
• Securing Resources to Increase Impact
• Facilitating a Trust-Based, Change-Embracing Workforce

Recent Trainings and Presentations for the HR Community

• SHRM Certification Instructor – for SJSU
• AI for HR – The Good, The Bad and the Ugly – for SD SHRM

Recent and Upcoming Presentations for Entrepreneurs

• So You Want to Be an Entrepreneur – for SDSU Entrepreneurship Forum
• Diversifying Revenue Models – for SDSU Lavin Entrepreneur Center

Recent Client Talks and Presentations

• The Art and Science of Persuasion – for a Client Program Leadership Team
• Re-Build, Re-USE, or Re-Tire: A Framework for Evaluating Code Base – for a Client Engineering Team

Email us if you would like to discuss a program we can do for YOUR group, team or organization.

Although each meeting varies in objective, in size, in format, our custom events generally involve:

• training and interactive discussion on innovation and leadership related topics of interest;
• partnerships with an ecosystem of internal and external stakeholders;
• learnings which are transferable throughout and across individuals, teams, companies and industries and
• engagement at all levels across the participating company, with executive backing from senior management.

Our custom event production services include:

• Participation in a pre-meeting to gauge background and objectives for an upcoming program;
• Development of an Event Project plan to include abstract, objectives, logistics, agenda, bios, communications and outreach strategy, etc.,
• Integration of event with overall corporate, marketing or HR/leadership objectives, in collaboration with event leaders;
• Facilitation of a panelist prep call to coordinate messaging and content and address operational and administrative questions;
• Facilitation and coordination of overall event program and panel or workshop discussion; and
• Production of follow-up notes for review and approval by participating panelists and hosts/sponsors,
• Distribution of notes to attendees if desired, and
• Follow-up/debrief with event production and leadership team.

When we travel for speaking engagements, our fees range from $3000-5000 and generally include: