What does a one-day communication skills workshop for a team cost?

At The Communication Dynamics Lab, a one-day communication skills workshop costs $299 per person, with a minimum of 8 people and travel billed at cost. That makes the smallest day $2,392, and a team of 24 comes to $7,176.

By Michael Cinquino, Founder and Facilitator  ·  November 12, 2026

I put the price in the open because it is the easy part to compare. What the day is made of is harder to see from a quote, and it is where two workshops at the same price stop being the same purchase.

Here's why. Workshops for a team are sold two ways. Some are priced by the seat, the way mine is, so the cost follows the headcount. Others are priced as a flat fee for the day, so the cost is the same whether 10 people come or 100. Neither is wrong. A flat fee favors a big room. A price by the seat favors a team that wants every person working.

Three things move the value more than the number does.

The first is the headcount. My minimum is 8 and there is no cap on the room.

The second is what people do all day. In my workshop, How To Talk So People Listen (And Listen So People Talk), people are up and working in pairs, on conversations from their own jobs. Each skill is taught, then practiced with a partner.

The third is what happens after the day, and it is the one I would ask about first. Across training studies, skills eroded over the six months after a workshop when no feedback or coaching followed. With feedback or coaching, they held (Schwalbe, Oh and Zweben, 2014). A day with nothing after it is the cheapest to buy. The research gives me reason to doubt it is the cheapest to own.

So here is what comes with mine. The day is six contact hours, at your site, with your team. Every participant receives a certificate of completion and a free month of Heard for Meetings™, our conversational AI software that scores a real conversation. Measuring a conversation during the day is each person's own choice. A six-session virtual lab is also available at $4,500 per person.

If you want a quote for your team, book a free discovery call at cdlab.io/book. Tell me your dates and your headcount, and I will follow up with the number.

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