Past Events
NPR Interview: Lowering Recidivism Through Spiritual Care
Does access to spiritual care actually help boost the chances that an inmate will stay on the straight and narrow once they’re released from...
Developing and Competent Chaplains
How do you know if you are becoming a more competent chaplain with each passing year? In a year from now, will your skills,...
Hennepin County DOCCR Field Services: Adaptive Leadership and Team Dialogue
Over 60 senior leaders in Hennepin County’s Department of Community Corrections and Rehabilitation Field Services division took part in a three-month process of assessment,...
Oregon Juvenile Department Directors Association Presentation
Tom O’Connor will present to the Oregon Juvenile Department Directors Association on the success of the Yamhill County Juvenile Probation Department in implementing the...
Council of Europe Keynote Address
Tom will give the keynote presentation at a Council of Europe Conference in Estonia for the Directors of the Prison and Probation systems from...
Irish Department of Justice & Equality Senior Management Retreat
Tom will facilitate a retreat on leadership, team, and dialogue development for the Secretary General (acting) and her Assistant Secretary Generals who make up...
Leading Change In Pretrial
Tom will be part of the NIC faculty helping pretrial executives from across the US to study and implement the essential elements of a...
The Impact of Humanist, Spiritual, and Religious Volunteers on Recidivism in Oregon
Tom, and his colleague Jeff Duncan, will present on their new research findings to the Senior Leadership Team in the Oregon Department of Corrections....
Leading Adaptive Change in Community Corrections: Making Yourself and Your Agency More Nimble, Versatile, and Effective
How do we challenge and simultaneously support our staff and ourselves to achieve an advanced level of organization-wide competency to lead us to demonstrable...
Leading Adaptive Change in Community Corrections: Making Yourself and Your Agency More Nimble, Agile, and Effective
How do we challenge and simultaneously support our staff and ourselves to achieve an advanced level of organization-wide competency to lead us to demonstrable...
Center for the Study of Prevention and Violence Senior Leadership Team Meeting
The Center for the Study of Prevention and Violence (CSPV) is based at the University of Colorado in Boulder, CO. Tom and Samantha are working with the Center...
Academy of Professional Dialogue Conference 2018
Tom will take part in an international gathering of Dialogue Practitioners from all over the globe, to review their work to inform and inspire...
Irish Department of Justice and Equality, Principal Officer Day of Dialogue
Tom will guide a facilitated dialogue for the Principal Officers from around the country who will begin to explore and co-create their new role...
Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) Training of New Trainers and MINT Forum
Samantha Collins will join with a group of people from all over the world to review current research and further develop skills in Motivational...
Webinar: Chaplain Coaching and Mentoring
Trinity Health: Spiritual Care Champions Program We take coaching in sports for granted, because we know it is necessary for athletes to get better...
Minnesota Department of Corrections Field Services Team COVE Implementation Quarterly Meeting
Transforming Corrections and its sister organization Justice System Assessment and Training (J-SAT) are guiding a team of senior managers from the Minnesota Department of Corrections Field...
Indiana’s Legal and Evidence-Based Pretrial Justice Program
As faculty of the National Institute of Corrections, Tom O’Connor provided training and technical assistance to over 100 people involved in advancing a legal...
Motivational Interviewing Course at Western Oregon University, Salem Campus April 3-June 5, 2019
Motivational Interviewing: Coaching and Helping People Change April 3 – June 5, 2019 Taught by a professor who has spent his life working with...
Irish Institute of Public Administration
For the second year, Tom O’Connor will be working with 18 leaders selected from different sectors within the Irish Department of Justice and Equality....
Malheur County Juvenile Probation
Tom O’Connor and Samantha Collins facilitated a two-day retreat for the Malheur County Juvenile Probation team. The retreat focused on supporting team engagement and...
Tayba Foundation: Motivational Interviewing and Coaching
Tom O’Connor and Samantha Collins are working in partnership with Tayba Foundation to further develop staff members’ skills in Motivational Interviewing and coaching. Led by...
Tillamook County Juvenile Probation COVE Community of Practice
Samantha Collins and Tom O’Connor join the Tillamook County Juvenile Probation team at their COVE Community of Practice. This peer-driven learning environment focuses on...
Pretrial Justice Reform in New Mexico
Tom O’Connor assisted the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) in developing legal and evidence-based pretrial justice programs in New Mexico. The New Mexico Courts...
Childhood Health Associates of Salem
Tom O’Connor, Samantha Collins, and Peter Tran are working with the administrative and physician management team of Childhood Health Associates of Salem in Salem,...
Yamhill County Department of Community Justice Juvenile Probation
Samantha Collins will facilitate a retreat for Yamhill County Juvenile Probation in McMinnville, Oregon. The retreat will focus on fostering continued staff engagement, adaptive...
University of Denver’s Colorado Evaluation and Action Lab
Transforming Corrections has established a partnership with the Colorado Evaluation and Action Lab at the University of Denver to assist the Colorado Department of...
Coaching in Leadership and Healthcare Conference
Samantha Collins will attend the 12th Annual Coaching in Leadership and Healthcare Conference offered by the Institute of Coaching and McLean Hospital with faculty from...
Academy of Professional Dialogue Conference 2019
For the second year, Tom O’Connor will take part in an international gathering of Dialogue Practitioners. He will assist other practitioners to develop accreditation...
“Leaders Who Coach Effectively”: 2019 Indiana Association of Community Corrections Act Counties Fall Training Institute
Tom O’Connor and Samantha Collins will facilitate the intensive conference workshop: “Leaders Who Coach Effectively”. Participants will learn and practice effective coaching skills inherent...
Dialogue and Collective Leadership: 2019 Indiana Association of Community Corrections Act Counties Fall Training Institute
Tom O’Connor will give the keynote address at the 2019 Indiana Association of Community Corrections Act Counties (IACCAC) Fall Training Institute, “Dialogue and Collective Leadership:...
Ireland’s Institute of Public Administration
Tom O’Connor will partner with Ireland’s Institute of Public Administration (IPA) to develop collaborative leadership in the Department of Justice and Equality. Siobhán Bradley...
Community of Salem, Oregon
Samantha Collins and Tom O’Connor will facilitate the second “Better Conversations, Better Outcomes” workshop series for the community of Salem, Oregon. Tom and Samantha work with professional...
Colorado Parole Organizational Culture Leadership Retreat
Transforming Corrections will continue their partnership with the Colorado Evaluation and Action Lab at the University of Denver to assist the Colorado Department of...
Willamette University: College of Liberal Arts Deanery
Tom O’Connor and Samantha Collins will guide the dean and three associate deans from Willamette’s college of liberal arts through and eight week process...
Integrated Supports for Living, Inc.
A team of five coaches have begun working with the board of directors and executive team of Integrated Supports for Living in Salem, Oregon....
Irish Department of Justice and Equality Executive Coaching and Team Development
Starting in November 2019, Tom O’Connor guided the Secretary General, two Assistant Secretary Generals, and their Management Board through a process of assessment, feedback,...
2020 Oregon Juvenile Department Directors Association Conference
Developing a Coaching Mindset: Enhancing Voice, Equity, and Responsivity Why does every top athlete and team have a coach? We take coaching for granted...
The US Academy of Professional Dialogue: Participative Webinar with Tom O’Connor
Tom O’Connor brings an enviable and varied history to the practice of dialogue. He has degrees in law, philosophy, theology and counseling. He spent nine years as...
US Academy of Professional Dialogue
Participative Webinar with Tom O’Connor Tom O’Connor brings an enviable and varied history to the practice of dialogue. He has degrees in law, philosophy, theology and...
Motivational Interviewing Course at Western Oregon University, Salem Campus: September 20 – December 1, 2020
Motivational Interviewing: Coaching and Helping People Change September 29 – December 1, 2019 Taught by a professor who has spent his life working with...
Irish Institute of Public Administration
Tom O’Connor will assist 12 leaders from different sectors across the Irish Department of Justice and Equality to develop their collaborative leadership skills. This...
Lake County, Indiana Community of Corrections
Tom O’Connor and Samantha Collins will assist the Executive Team of Lake County Community Corrections in further developing their leadership and dialogue skills. This...
Integrated Supports for Living, Inc.
During the year, Samantha Collins and Tom O’Connor will help to develop a team of “dialogue practitioners and coaches” at IS Living. The team...
Boulder County, Colorado Community Corrections
Tom O’Connor and Samantha Collins will assist an implementation team at Boulder County Community Corrections in developing an agency practice model over the course...
National Institute of Corrections and New Mexico Administrative Office of the Courts
Transforming Corrections is in its second year-long cooperative agreement with the National Institute of Corrections to assist the New Mexico Administrative Office of the...
Childhood Health Associates of Salem
Since facilitating a day-long adaptive leadership retreat for the managing partners, Tom and a team of coaches have continued to work with the leadership...
National Institute of Corrections and New Mexico Administrative Office of the Courts
Transforming Corrections is in its third year of a cooperative agreement with the National Institute of Corrections to assist the New Mexico Administrative Office...
Integrated Supports for Living, Inc.
A team of coaches have begun working with the residential management team Integrated Supports for Living in Salem, Oregon. Team dialogue coaching has fostered...
New Mexico Administrative Office of the Courts
Tom O’Connor and Samantha Collins continue to assist the New Mexico Administrative Office of the Courts in its implementation of a statewide legal and...
San Diego Juvenile Probation Department
Tom O’Connor and Paul Hoffman will provide a Training for Trainers and Coaches for San Diego Juvenile Probation Department. Trainees will train officers on...
Boulder County, Colorado Community Corrections
Tom O’Connor and Samantha Collins will continue to work with an implementation team at Boulder County Community Corrections for the second year. The focus...
Childhood Health Associates of Salem
Tom O’Connor, Samantha Collins, and Teddy Gardner are working with the physician partners and management team of Childhood Health Associates of Salem in Salem,...