Our Services

FRN strategically designs and facilitates customized retreats, training and meetings for forums, management teams and boards of directors. Our professional facilitators personally tailor our learning products to fit the needs of your group, so that you and your members can experience dynamic growth and group health.

We can also help build a forum or peer group program for your association or organization ¿ or work with you to enhance a forum program you've already started.

Industry Peer Group Program

Forum Resources Network can develop peer group programs for industry associations to advance growth of their members and their industry. An Industry Peer Group is made up of 8-12 non-competing professionals in the same industry that meet on a regular basis to share and learn from each other. To prevent conflicts of interest and ensure a non-competitive environment, each group member must serve his or her industry in a different geographic area. Group members often travel to meet in a mutually agreeable location. Industry Peer Groups meet on average two to three times a year and customarily engage a professional facilitator to run their meetings.

A qualified facilitator guides the group through a process of selecting topics to be presented. Each session is customized to the group's needs. The facilitator creates a meeting agenda and runs the meeting. In addition, the facilitator helps establish a group communication model whereby members have a safe place to learn. A principal benefit for group members is the opportunity to benchmark practices in their industry and learn from the mistakes and successes of their peers.

With nearly a decade of experience in virtually all industries and on six continents, Forum Resources Network can help your association to launch an effective Industry Peer Group Program that will be a source of energy, vitality and growth for the professionals you serve.

It was a pleasure meeting you at the ARS retreat last week. That was a very unique and oftentimes intense experience, and I deeply appreciate your help in making our forums rewarding. You have real gifts for empathy and understanding, and it's great to see that you can so directly make use of them in your business life.
Drew O'Malley
Senior Manager, ARS