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Communication and inclusion tools for stronger workplace relationships.

A practical communication training that helps teams build trust, strengthen inclusion, and use ready-to-apply tools for more honest conversations and stronger relationships.

4.84 Stars | 1235 Reviews

Key benefits

✔ Give staff practical tools they can use right away
✔ Help teams build trust and connection beyond surface-level interactions
✔ Improve communication, inclusion, and support through simple shared tools

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Quick Facts About ChatterMatter™

This course is available in:
- Live Online Format - We facilitate the course on Zoom.
- Live Onsite Format - We come to your office or training space, bring everything needed for a memorable experience, and facilitate the session
- Live Onsite | Live Online - 90 minutes - 2.5 hours
- Staff
- Supervisors
- Managers
- Leadership
- Volunteers
- Elected Officials
- Any person on your team who works with others or people in the community.
Recommended Group Sizes
- 30-40 per Training
- We offer single person live onsite & live online trainings
- We offer large group trainings onsite and online from 100+ people
- Optional Certificate of Completion for live onsite , live online.

What ChatterMatter™ Teaches

ChatterMatter™ is a practical communication and inclusion training that gives participants ready-to-use tools for building trust, strengthening relationships, and creating more open and supportive environments. Grounded in reflection and real-world application, the training helps people move beyond assumptions and use simple strategies that improve how teams communicate and connect.

Participants begin by exploring common barriers to trust and inclusion, including lack of time, low trust, assumptions, and disconnect between what people need and what others assume they need. The goal is to help participants better understand these pain points while experiencing tools that make communication more intentional, human, and effective.

Through guided practice, participants learn how to use relationship-building prompts, emotional awareness tools, and customizable agreements that can be applied right away in meetings, classrooms, teams, and everyday interactions.

Pillar 1: Building Trust

Explore common barriers that make trust and inclusion harder to build.

Pillar 2: Practical Tools

Learn simple tools that strengthen communication, reflection, and connection.

Pillar 3: Immediate Application

Practice ways to use the tools right away with teams, staff, or groups.

Learning Outcomes

Identify common barriers to trust, inclusion, and open communication in teams and group settings.
Use relationship-building tools to help people connect beyond surface-level interactions.
Apply communication tools that help people express feelings, needs, and concerns more clearly.
Use customizable agreements to better understand and support what people need to be successful.
Facilitate simple, effective tools that can be implemented immediately in everyday practice.

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Tools Participants Learn

Participants leave with practical tools including:

Relationship Building Cue Cards
The Feeling Wheel
Team and Meeting Agreements
Reflection prompts for building empathy
Best practices for using tools in real settings

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Who is ChatterMatter™ for?

This training is Ideal For

• Employees and frontline staff
• Supervisors and managers
• HR and training leaders
• Cross-functional teams
• School staff and public service employees
• Social workers and service coordinators

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Available Training Formats

Live Online Training
Facilitated workshop delivered via Zoom.

Live Onsite Training
Facilitated workshop delivered in person at your site.

Each option can be customized for your team.

Testimonials

“ChatterMatter gave our school team simple ways to strengthen relationships and create more open conversations. The tools were easy to use, and they helped staff think more intentionally about what students and colleagues need to feel supported.”

High School Principal

“This training was incredibly useful for our supervisors and leads because it gave us concrete tools, not just ideas. It helped us move beyond assumptions and create more intentional conversations about communication, support, and team dynamics.”

County Housing Director

“What I appreciated most was how practical the tools were. I used them right away with my staff , and they helped people open up, connect more honestly, and build trust without needing a lot of extra planning.”