The complete training in synergology offered at IDS will help you to better observe, understand, and adapt in order to optimize communication with those around you
The IDS is the ONLY school authorized to award the official diploma in synergology. We offer a captivating and interactive two-year training program tailored to your goals. Through both practice and theory, you will develop the skills needed to interpret body language.
Created in 2004 by the founder of Synergology Philippe Turchet, together with Christine Gagnon, the Institute’s mission is to teach Synergology in order to acquire the official certification as a Synergologist
Its headquarters are located in Quebec (Canada), and the training courses are offered online to provide international coverage.
The new synergology training program offered by the Institute of Synergology (IDS) will help you develop a deep understanding of nonverbal communication to enrich your personal and professional interactions.
Through a step-by-step approach, you will learn to observe more effectively, interpret what you see, and adapt your communication based on the behaviors you observe.
For more than 20 years, the IDS has been the only Canadian organization authorized to grant the title of Synergologist®. Their new training program combines e-learning modules that you can access at your own pace, hands-on exercises, live interactive workshops, and personalized support to promote the long-term retention of knowledge and skills.
As the founder of the discipline and an international authority on the study of nonverbal communication, with more than 30 years of research experience, Philippe Turchet developed the method, its analytical protocols, and its body language lexicon—the only one of its kind in the world.
The IDS Institute’s mission is to provide a rigorous education that remains true to the discipline’s fundamentals, while continually adapting its teaching methods to meet the demands of today’s professional world.
Based in Quebec, Canada, the Institute of Synergology now offers a training program that combines pre-recorded modules—which you can access at your own pace—with interactive online workshops, enabling professionals from around the world to benefit from modern, flexible, and recognized training.
With our new training program, learn at your own pace using pre-recorded modules, then reinforce what you’ve learned during live, interactive workshops with an instructor. No matter where you are, develop your ability to observe, understand, and interpret nonverbal communication through a dynamic and progressive teaching approach.
Just one session
Sessions 1 through 4
Sessions 5 through 10
Watch the interview segment from the show
ON VA SE LE DIRE,
starting at 41:42.
Each participant is entitled to additional online/live workshops with a group and an instructor via the Zoom app (open registration based on a schedule).
By learning to identify basic body language cues, you’ll be able to ask your conversation partners more relevant questions and build trusting relationships.
We provide you with a detailed body language glossary (1,300 codes) and innovative interpersonal strategies to interpret subtle cues and respond effectively.
This program is the result of our dialogue with thousands of professionals and offers solutions tailored to the diverse challenges faced in fields such as recruitment, management, negotiation, counseling, and security.
A structured body language lexicon (TEC) with more than 1,300 entries, which allows for the precise identification of gestures, microexpressions, and physical reactions associated with emotional states
A theory of relationships, which is essential for understanding interactional dynamics and establishing a conversation partner’s behavioral profile, especially in sensitive, professional, or interpersonal contexts
A synergological inquiry—a method unique in the world that focuses on what is observed rather than what is heard—makes the inquiry more targeted, reliable, and relevant for validating or refuting analytical hypotheses
