Corporate Team Building
With Soul Drums

Throughout history community music making, especially drumming, has the power to bring people together. With all the distractions we have in today’s society, from the personality conflicts, the diversity in our culture, to the constant changes we all face, it becomes a challenge to offer each other the attention needed to support one another.

Over the last 15 years I have focused my intentions on studying Community Service, and Professional Public Speaking. I combine these energies and intentions with Multi-Cultural Drumming, Oneness and Music Circles, which results in a very powerful experience of metaphors in life and learning.

The platform for this program is always customized for each client, but the main theme of integrating Spirit with Values-Centered Leadership is often presented. By using positive intentions, human rhythmic energy, as well as inspirational and effective communication skills, we will learn that our core values are related and that the whole group cannot exist without each individual’s diverse contribution. I use the values and principles of Lance Secretans’ ( www.secretan.com) ONENESS philosophy, and will demonstrate the principles that are parallel in every successful community and team.

The process naturally evolves in this "hands-on" workshop, with the participants bringing to life the "Keys to the Castle". We achieve this using storytelling, as well as focusing on intentionality and Leadership skills.

Eventually musical and percussive versions of each of the "Key-Values" will be performed by the entire group.

These key values are as follows- C representing courage; A, represents authenticity; S represents serving others; T represents truth telling; L represents love, outward and inward, and E represents effectiveness. Lance and I have had very positive results and comments when using these Techniques, as it establishes a wonderful sense of Oneness.

We take successful steps forward together, slowly integrating Boomwhackers, talking drums, and then many percussion instruments, we develop powerful team energy. As each value is reviewed , discussed, and then performed, the quality of the music excels. We end up with a focused and highly advanced musical drum circle final performance. For the close, I include a very grounding and personally fulfilling short meditation, using one of my unique percussion instruments called an Ocean drum. The meditation is often a customized voice over that establishes a strong bond of commitment between the participants to the team, project, community or theme of the day.

Your Facilitator

Drum Circle Facilitator, Educator, Professional Speaker, Author, and Co-owner of Soul Drums Ltd., DOUG SOLE has led drum circles ranging from 10 to 1,100 players in size. These exciting musical experiences have been a common activity throughout history. Virtually all cultures have used drumming to maintain community spirit, wellness as well as celebrations of social importance, stress management, and co-operative team building.

Doug has designed curriculum for, and trains teachers in the Art of Multi-Cultural Integration in the Classroom for many of the Boards of Education in Ontario including Toronto, Halton, Peel, Scarborough, and Waterloo regions. Doug continues to enjoy success with his publication "THE SOUL OF HAND DRUMMING" with over 17,000 copies sold in North America. It is available from Mel Bay Productions. His book has quickly become a main resource for meeting the new requirements in music education.

Doug is also serving the non-musical community, finding much success in the professional public speaking and corporate coaching field. His platform of Community Building and Values Integration is much sought after by many companies and conferences which have included American Express, XEROX, CIBC, IBM, Canadian Cancer Society, Health Canada, The Ministry of Health, Sun Life Assurance, Bell Canada, Ontario Hydro "one", Prince Waterhouse and Coopers, Canada Post Corporation, The Red Cross, KPMG, The Ontario Science Center, Pfizer, Proctor and Gamble, and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, The Federal Government of Canada, and the Closing Keynote Speaker at the 2002 International Public Speakers and Facilitators Conference held in Toronto Ontario.

Come actualize your teams potential through the guidance of a masterful teacher and performer.

A list of just a few clients Doug and his team have worked with over the last 10 years.

AMERICAN EXPRESS
ALCOHOL AND DRUG CONCERNS INC.
ALTANA PHARMA
ANGLICAN CHURCH OF CANADA
B.P. AMOCO, SCOTLAND
BELL CANADA
BERLEX PHARMACUTICALS
CAMPBELLS SOUP CANADA
CANADIAN ALTZEIMERS ASSOCIATION
CANADIAN CENTRE  FOR MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT
CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY
CENTRAL CARE CORPORATION
C.I.B.C
CLARICA
CREDIT VALLEY HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION
CUMIS GROUP
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF CANADA SENIOR LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE - KEYNOTE
GEORGIAN COLLEGE
GEORGE BROWN COLLEGE ADMINISTRATION
H2O INTERACTIVE WORLDWIDE SUMMIT 2000  ( OPENING KEYNOTE)
HEALTH CANADA
IBM
INTERNATIONAL FACILITATORS CONFERENCE 2000 (CLOSING KEYNOTE)
K.P.M.G.
LINDA LUNDSTROM LTD.
MCGILL UNIVERSITY
MEDTRONICS
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE  FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT
MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND LONG TERM CARE
MOEN FAUCETS
OMEA CONFERENCE 96, 98, 99, 05, (ONTARIO MUSIC EDUCATORS CONFERENCE)
ONTARIO ELEMENTARY TEACHERS FEDERATION
ONTARIO POWER GENERATION
ONTARIO SCIENCE CENTRE
PENGUIN BOOKS
PFIZER
PRICE, WATERHOUSE, COOPERS
PROCTOR AND GAMBLE
RED CROSS
ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS
SHRED-IT
SCHULICH EXECUTIVE EDUCATION CENTRE – YORK UNIVERSITY
SUN LIFE ASSURANCE CO. OF CANADA
TIM HORTONS - THE TDL GROUP
TORONTO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
TORONTO TRANSIT COMMISSION
TORONTO DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD TEACHERS UNION
T.D. SECURITIES
THE SECRETAN CENTRE
THE NATIONAL OVARIAN CANCER ASSOCIATION
THE UNITED WAY
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO
WRIGLEYS U.S.A.
WYETH PHARMACEUTICALS
XEROX, CANADA