Alan R. Vigoda Development Corporation ~ Areas of Practice: Organizational Development, Training and Capacity Building

Capabilities

strategic and action planning ● needs assessment and facilitation ● resource identification and planning ● design, implementation and management of programs, delivery systems and materials ● program and practices planning, implementation and evaluation ● team building ● working group development ● change and transition management ● community development, education and training

Al Vigoda has designed, developed and delivered close to fifty training programs and organizational development facilitations for public sector and non-profit organizations. Key packages include: a multimedia learning package for long-term care facility staff; a Leadership Skills Workshop for a social service delivery organization; End-User Coaching Kits and Job Aids for a software company; Team Building, Problem Solving, Decision-Making, Conflict Resolution skills development programs for a major municipal hospital; An institution-wide Harassment Prevention program for that same hospital; a management training program for Inuit in the north of Canada; an internationally acclaimed multi-media training kit for broadcasters involved in local level broadcasting; the audio component of a retirement planning self-learning program; and project-related programs on a wide range of technical, managerial and soft-skills issues.

Surrey Memorial Hospital is a major municipal health care facility in BC’s Lower Mainland. Invited to conduct a short-term assignment to restructure the hospital’s education department, Al ended up working on a variety of organizational and professional development initiatives over the following two years. As well as developing and implementing the Master Education Plan for the facility, moving the institution toward a needs-based learning organization, he led a Leadership and Team Development Program, created and led a harassment prevention program and led the communication and education component of the hospital’s preparation for accreditation.

More recently, Al assessed internal training capacity in support of a massive, World Bank funded public sector capacity building project, PSCAP, returning the following year to help implement the capacity strengthening plan he developed. He worked concurrently with civil society organizations in two regions of Ukraine to help build their capacity to effectively participate in regional strategic planning.

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Alan R. Vigoda Development Corporation