The Communication Gym®

The Open Gym™
Become a TCG Open Gym Member!
To build muscle strength, you need regular exercise. To build strength in the physical art of communication, you need to work out with the fundamental competencies that lead to real skill. The Open Gym is a membership based forum where professionals help each other build these communication capabilities.
A TCG Open Gym Membership allows you to attend up to two communication “workouts” per week and increase your confidence by increasing your competence in your important conversations. Improve the trajectory of your career and the quality of your life by improving the quality of your communication!

Provided below is a partial listing of Open Gym Sessions
Establishing Rapport Establishing Rapport (verbal skills) Dominant Style Influence Style Compliance Style Steady Style	Leveling the Playing Field Questioning for Better Results Active Listening S.M.A.R.T. Outcomes Using Modalities Learn to Motivate Others	Big Game Hunting Effective Voicemail Heralding: Improving Credibility Powerful 30 sec. Commercials Remembering Names Coaching for Managers

Gymposium™
Held each quarter, the Gymposium™ provides an excellent forum to work on important fundamental communication skills, network with other professionals from a wide variety of fields and participate in a community of people dedicated to communication excellence. We allocate a bit of time to eat, drink and meet fellow participants, but the thrust of the networking during each Gymposium™ is centered on intentional pairing and grouping of attendees during exercises. While exercising together, participants get an unusual opportunity to get to know each other. This gives you excellent exposure for the value that you and your company provide, targeted to people that would likely be interested in your services or products.
The benefits of the exercises are significant. Participants strengthen important communication skills and take away tools that will be of immediate use in all professions and roles. Past participants nearly universally leave with enthusiasm and a feeling that their time was very well spent.
The Gymposium™ is also an occasion to recognize The Communication Gym® members for their progress through our programs. Most notably, we recognize the achievement of a Black Belt in Communication.

Each season has its theme, both on the motif of the event and the
communication skills we strengthen:

Winter Gymposium™ - Enhancing Leadership
Spring Gymposium™ - Meaningful Connections through Networking
Summer Gymposium™ - Adapting Communication Styles
Fall Gymposium™ - Presentations that Pop

The Communication Gym® must be experienced to be truly understood.
This is a do it environment. We practice the skills. We systematically measure progress to make sure that your energy is well spent. We feel so strongly about this commitment that we offer a money-back guarantee – members who do the work and are yet unable to show measurable improvement are eligible for a full refund of their membership dues.

Assessments
The Communication Gym® (TCG) is a certified distributor for Target Training International, Inc. (TTI), a cutting-edge developer of validated personal attributes assessment instruments. We prefer TTI instruments because the resulting reports are a perfect match for the TCG brand. The reports do not simply give intellectual understanding - they help provide the basis for decisions and action plans that make radical differences in personal and team effectiveness and satisfaction. Supportive and knowledgeable TCG coaches and the environment within our programs are instrumental in making that happen. Please contact us for further details.

Helpful Tools & Information
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- How do I systematically and consistently improve my personal and/or organizational communication abilities?

- What is my plan or strategy for improvement in this critical area?

- Do I and my people practice the fundamentals on a regular basis?

- Am I familiar with the spectrum of competencies that comprise communication fundamentals?

Unfortunately, the answers to these questions are likely sketchy at best. If this is the case for you, The Communication Gym® your answer for these and other crucially important questions. Here's another one we invite you to consider: How much money and happiness is lost in my life and business because of communication deficiencies that I need not accept?

We invite you to sample an Open Gym session, free of charge, in order to see for yourself how working out in our environment will pay massive personal and professional dividends

Visit our Events Page to view upcoming events.

Our curriculum takes you through four levels of competency. As you learn the fundamentals of each level, your new skills are tested. As you progress through the various levels and display competence you receive insignia pins to indicate your new level. Insignia pins are coded sequentially in white, yellow, blue, silver, and black. This process allows you to move at your own pace. You can feel assured that you won't be held back by others, and that you won't be pushed beyond your ability to command the material. Our goal-oriented and established methodology steadily move you towards ever increasing competence.