GMIST offers a full range of programs to help tourism businesses and destinations enhance their visitor experience programming within strong sustainable tourism practices. Below are a number of our current training offerings.
Festivals & Events Learning Series Fall 2026
GMIST has another installment of our Festival & Events Learning Series happening this fall! Whether you are new to organizing festivals, or you are a seasonal event professional, these webinars are designed to provide information that will be helpful with planning, managing and promoting stellar events! Check out the details below for our next…
ACTivate 2027
January - June 2027
2027 ACTivate – Destination Development Certificate Building Strong and Resilient Communities Background and the “Why” After years of involvement and observation around destination development initiatives we and many others continued to say the same thing: “there has to be a better way!” Why was it such a struggle? Why did we sometimes have 3 or…
Festivals & Events Learning Series Spring 2026
Our Festival & Events Learning Series continues this spring with two virtual sessions presented in partnership with Festivals & Events Ontario. These 60 minute webinars are designed for festival/event managers or developers, board members, tourism development professionals and anyone else involved with festivals and events, whether you are experienced or planning your very first! In…
Festivals & Events Learning Series – Fall 2025
October 30 & November 20, 2025
Learn about AI and Success Planning issues related to Festivals & Events
Power of Community – Spring 2025
An Asset Based Community-Led (ABCD) Workshop How do you unlock the tourism potential within your community? Traditional needs-based plans and strategies can only do so much, especially if they are not fully reflective of your community. To truly move forward, development must be done by the people and not done to or for communities. GMIST,…
ACTivate 2025
2025 ACTivate Program Building Strong and Resilient Communities Background and the “Why” After years of involvement and observation around community development initiatives we and many others continued to say the same thing: “there has to be a better way!” Why was it such a struggle? Why did we sometimes have 3 or 4 plans sitting…Marketing and Storytelling Learning Series – Fall 2025
Nov 4, 18, 25
Get your marketing and brand stories focused and engaging.
Festivals & Events Learning Series Winter 2025
We have two more installments in our FREE Festivals & Events Learning Series this winter through our continuing partnership with Festivals & Events Ontario! These 60 minute webinars with industry experts are designed to kick start your planning and get you thinking about your upcoming festival or event by providing some insights on current trends…
Festivals & Events Learning Series
Fall 2024
GMIST is excited to be working with Festivals & Events Ontario (FEO) again this fall to offer two more FREE learning sessions to help festival & events managers, organizers and developers as you look ahead and start planning for 2025!
ACTivate
Oct 2024
The ACTivate (Activating Community Tourism) program is an exciting collaboration between GMIST and the Coady Institute at St. Francis Xavier University that supports community change leaders who wish to learn how to apply a citizen-led approach to tourism community development.