IMPACT offers workshops for businesses, colleges, community centers, schools, and other organizations. Participants learn and practice self-defense tools and strategies in realistic scenarios. Our workshops typically range from 2 to 5 hours. We can also work with you to offer one of our longer programs: IMPACT for Girls (8 hours), Core Skills (12 hours), or the Core Program (22 hours). Ideally, there is a minimum of 8 and maximum of 15 in a workshop.
In addition to the workshops described below, we offer workshops and presentations customized to meet your organization's needs and to accommodate larger and all gender groups.
In addition to the workshops described below, we offer workshops and presentations customized to meet your organization's needs and to accommodate larger and all gender groups.
Workshop Fees
The cost of a workshop varies depending on the number of participants, the length of the program, the number of instructors, the space and equipment requirements, and other factors. We will help you select a program that will most closely fit both your budget and your desired program outcomes.
Below is a list of our workshops with prices.
The cost of a workshop varies depending on the number of participants, the length of the program, the number of instructors, the space and equipment requirements, and other factors. We will help you select a program that will most closely fit both your budget and your desired program outcomes.
Below is a list of our workshops with prices.
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Workshop
Personal Safety Tools Personal Safety Tools Speak Up, Speak Out What is Self-Defense Talking IMPACT |
Length
5 hours 3 hours 2 hours 1.5 hours 1 hour |
Pricing*
$1,875 $1,125 $750 $450 $300 |
Please note: Negotiated discounts of up to 20% are available for not-for-profits or mission-aligned community organizations.
Schedule a Workshop
To schedule a workshop, please fill out the Workshop Form or contact [email protected], preferably at least three weeks in advance of when you would like a workshop.
Schedule a Workshop
To schedule a workshop, please fill out the Workshop Form or contact [email protected], preferably at least three weeks in advance of when you would like a workshop.
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Personal Safety Tools Workshop
Participants develop and practice awareness, assessment, verbal and physical self-defense tools in realistic scenarios with one instructor who plays the role of an aggressor and the other is a personal coach. The aggressor wears full body armor which gives participants practice striking and kicking with full force, just as they would need to do in an actual physical attack. These workshops require participants to complete a liability form because they are full contact (under 18 requires parent/guardian consent). |
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What we address in the 5-hour workshop
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What we address in the 3-hour workshop
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Speak Up, Speak Out
This two-hour workshop provides participants with the opportunity to develop and practice speaking up for themselves and for others (bystander support).
What we address
This two-hour workshop provides participants with the opportunity to develop and practice speaking up for themselves and for others (bystander support).
What we address
- What boundaries are and why they are important
- Recognizing boundary violations
- Projecting confidence and awareness
- Recognizing the power in one's own body and voice
- Speaking up for ourselves and for others
What is Self-Defense
This 90-minute workshop with one instructor is an introduction to basic personal safety principles and tools, with a focus on individual practice. This introduction includes video footage (need a projection system) to illustrate the effectiveness of these personal safety tools and some practice for participants.
What do we address
This 90-minute workshop with one instructor is an introduction to basic personal safety principles and tools, with a focus on individual practice. This introduction includes video footage (need a projection system) to illustrate the effectiveness of these personal safety tools and some practice for participants.
What do we address
- Current knowledge about risks of violence and effective prevention
- Confidence and awareness
- Safe distance
- Strong voice
- Generating power
- Getting to safety
Talking IMPACT
This one-hour program is an introduction to a unique personal safety, assertiveness, and self-defense training program. IMPACT self-defense is part of a comprehensive effort to prevent sexual assault and other acts of interpersonal violence and boundary violations.
What do we address
This one-hour program is an introduction to a unique personal safety, assertiveness, and self-defense training program. IMPACT self-defense is part of a comprehensive effort to prevent sexual assault and other acts of interpersonal violence and boundary violations.
What do we address
- What women and girls and their loved ones gain from IMPACT self-defense training, including self-training and bystander intervention
- What IMPACT contributes to stopping violence against women and girls
- The IMPACT approach to self-defense training, including video footage (need a projection system)
- The importance of the voice in self-defense and bystander intervention and learning to say NO
- This introduction includes video footage (need a projection system) to illustrate the effectiveness of these personal safety tools and some practice for participants.
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Past Workshops
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Apna Ghar
Au Pair in America Boston Consulting Career Builder CDW Christopher House Delta Gamma Pi Demand Media De Paul University Feminist Collective |
Fleet Feet
Girls Rock! Hadley Junior High HealthScape Advisors Howard Brown Health Center ICC Cultural Illinois Institute of Technology John Marshall Law Loyola School of Social Work Matteson Public Library |
Oprah Magazine
Project NIA RSNA SAIC SEIU Healthcare SGA Youth and Family Services Teen Living Tula Yoga York High school YWCA USA |