Who we are - IdeaGuides for Facilitation and Training

Meet Our Team

Get to Know Some of Our Troupe

Bruce E Honig

Chief Executive Facilitator &
Master Trainer
Author of over five books on
innovation, team building & meetings

Adam Shames

Master Facilitator & Trainer
Author of Teambreakers a book on
innovation & team building

Michael Wong

Certified Facilitator
Specializes in non-profits

Jeanne-Marie Grumet

Senior Facilitator & Trainer

Jeanne-Marie Grumet is nationally and internationally respected as a dynamic speaker, and facilitator of leading-edge communication training. For over 20 years she has engaged participants in powerful programs that produce lasting, positive results. Backed by her years of experience and proven success working in sales, training, and management, she delivers customized speeches and courses. Programs include interpersonal communications, presentation skills, teambuilding, customer service, sales, conflict resolution and management.

Jeanne-Marie is CEO of Communication Catalysts, Inc. is nationally respected as a dynamic speaker, coach, author and facilitator of leading-edge training. For over 25 years, she has worked with a wide range of companies, including Fortune 500, engaging participants in powerful programs that produce lasting, positive results. Jeanne-Marie was the national sales director for n innovative training company and has 12 years of experience and award-winning success in sales, training and management on staff for companies such as Control Data, American Hospital Supply, and Pacific Bell. She conducts customized programs in presentation skills, sales, interpersonal communication, conflict resolution, management and leadership. She is co-author with John Gray, Jack Canfield and Bob Proctor in the book entitled 101 Great Ways To Improve Your Life. Jeanne-Marie received her B.A. in Psychology from California State University at Long Beach, graduating Summa Cum Laude. Her clients have included: Clorox, Hewlett Packard, The Wrigley Co., Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories, Sybase, Pacific Bell, Simon & Schuster, Kaiser Permanente, Costco, Sun Microsystems, Oracle, Powerbar, Birkenstock, Genentech, Autodesk, American President Lines, Pyatok Architects, Charles Schwab & Co., Amy's Kitchen, Summit State Bank, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Earth 2017, Tigrent Industries and Wells Fargo Bank.eanne-Marie Grumet, founder and CEO of Communication Catalysts, Inc. in Marin, California, is nationally respected as a dynamic speaker, coach, author and facilitator of leading-edge training. For over 25 years, she has worked with a wide range of companies, including Fortune 500, engaging participants in powerful programs that produce lasting, positive results. Jeanne-Marie was the national sales director for n innovative training company and has 12 years of experience and award-winning success in sales, training and management on staff for companies such as Control Data, American Hospital Supply, and Pacific Bell. She conducts customized programs in presentation skills, sales, interpersonal communication, conflict resolution, management and leadership. She is co-author with John Gray, Jack Canfield and Bob Proctor in the book entitled 101 Great Ways To Improve Your Life. Jeanne-Marie received her B.A. in Psychology from California State University at Long Beach, graduating Summa Cum Laude. Her clients have included: Clorox, Hewlett Packard, The Wrigley Co., Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories, Sybase, Pacific Bell, Simon & Schuster, Kaiser Permanente, Costco, Sun Microsystems, Oracle, Powerbar, Birkenstock, Genentech, Autodesk, American President Lines, Pyatok Architects, Charles Schwab & Co., Amy's Kitchen, Summit State Bank, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Earth 2017, Tigrent Industries and Wells Fargo Bank.

Alice Cochran

Expert Facilitator & Trainer
Author of over 2 books on
meetings

Ken Homer

Facilitator & Trainer
Specialist with Large Groups
Open Space and World Cafe

Ray Madaghiele

Master Facilitator, Trainer & Coach
Author of book on Strategic Planning

Dave Blum

Treasure Hunt Maven & Team Building Facilitator
Author of Dr. Clue Build-A-Treasure-Hunt

Lee Gimpel

Master Facilitator

Testimonials

What they say

"I recommend IdeaGuides wholeheartedly"

Mike Faith

CEO, Headsets.com

"Thank you for your hard work in our Messaging Workshop yesterday. As always, your mastery of the room was beyond impressive. Feedback from the client has been terrific. Everyone was just so blown away that you were able to maintain not just interest, but enthusiasm for six plus hours."

Eve

Project Director, Brandfusion, Advertising/PR Firm

"I have been to countless workshops on team building. However, yours was without a question one of the best I have ever participated in. Your exercises were user-friendly, fun to do, and most importantly, truly served their educational purposes...Furthermore, I felt that your group facilitation skills were among the best I had ever witnessed. Even with a tough audience, you made everyone feel comfortable and energized. For me, your session made my 6-hour plane trip (in each direction!) worth it."

Deborah

Director, UJC National Training Department

Bruce taught us through the "Leading Effective Meetings" workshop, how to make our meetings more productive. By being more productive and structured in our meeting process, we found it did not take as many meetings to achieve our goals. The meetings may not have decreased, but the nature of the meetings have changed and we are achieving many more goals on our continuous improvement project lists! The "Leading Effective Meetings" method has become a standard operating procedure for our organization which we will train on a continuous basis. We look forward to a long, healthy, productive working relationship with Honig IdeaGuides."

Lori Bassett

Vice President, Pergo, Inc.

"I am getting great feedback from staff who are using the tools they received during the training. Many staff informed me that after leaving the class they immediately utilized what they learned to deal with upset or confused citizens. The class was great and we may need your services again after hiring new staffing in administration and inspection."

Sandra Smith

City of Oakland, Bureau of Building

"I'd put you in the top 95%...You're amazing"

Dianne Zimmerman

Superintendent of Schools

"Our staff had the opportunity to work with Bruce in a one day retreat, focusing on communication and collaboration between the various staff deparments. Bruce really helped us define our strengths and weaknesses and set our goals for improvement for the school year and beyond. At our monthly meetings, the agendas are driven by the goals we set with Bruce and more productive than before. We communicate more efficiently and an openness has arisen, where communication feels more "safe" and constructive. Overall, our team has found a new cohesiveness and therefore, we have made better decisions and put new practices in place that benefit not only our departments, but the school as a whole. Moreover, Bruce was a great guide to our work, while allowing our needs to be heard and drive the agenda for the day. Everyone is still taking about how much fun they had. I highly recommend Idea Guides for your next team building retreat."

Christine, Development Associate

Private K-8 School

I want you to know it was a pleasure getting to work with you and see you deliver this very beneficial seminar. I appreciate all the time and effort you put into ensuring this piece was suitable for Quorum.

Patrick Ursino

Quorum Review IRB

Great day- all smiles from everyone I've seen who participated.

Michael Lynch, Director of Secondary Education & Professional Development

Adams50 School District

"Our management group came together around a shared vision. We are currently integrating two companies into one. This meeting helped reduce the increased optimism and teamwork and built the confidence regarding the direction of the company. I would recommend this service. The tools and methodology that Bruce uses are very effective. He brings everyone into the process and helps drive the discussion to a consensus. Bruce is easy to work with, professional in his approach and an excellent communicator.""

Paul Frey, General Manager,

Dow AgroSciences Forage Seed

It was a delight working with you. We captured 22 final ideas (and over 700 initial ones) and got great feedback from both faculty and students on the session.

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Creative, Responsive, Professional & Experienced

Awesome Facilitators, Trainers & Teambuilders

Meet Our Team

Get to Know Some of Our Troupe

Bruce E Honig

Adam Shames

Michael Wong

Jeanne-Marie Grumet

Alice Cochran

Ken Homer

Ray Madaghiele

Dave Blum

Lee Gimpel

Our Books

> 6

Facilitators

1999

We Started

> 150

Happy clients

> 250

Projects

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