Sydney Facilitators Network: November 2017

6 November 2017

Being and Becoming a Facilitator with Steven Segal | Monday November 13, 2017 | 5.30pm

In this workshop we are going to ask and share our responses to a reflective question: what is involved in becoming a facilitator? An existential framework of "becoming" will be provided to guide the discussion. In the context of the existential framework participants will be offered the opportunity to reflect in a dialogical context on the role of developing one's facilitators' voice and style through a range of existential challenges such as

leaping into the unknown in becoming a facilitator
developing from being a novice to mastery in the domain of facilitation
responding to surprises or unexpected disruptions in the process of becoming
turning adversity into opportunity
responding as a core dimension of becoming a facilitator

The workshop is aimed both at consolidating your way of being and opening up new possibilities in your repertoire for being a facilitator.

About Steven Segal

Steven lectures at the MGSM. His teaching style is close to that of a facilitator in that he aims to bring out the best in his students. In the 1990's he was recognised internationally as a pioneer in the development of philosophical practice which is a process for enabling clients to develop their own philosophies of life or of the particular roles they play in life.

He is also a registered psychologist, author of three books, co-editor of one book and has written a range of scholarly papers.

Venue: [We will be at UTS]

University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Jones Street, Ultimo corner Thomas Street. Room 5.580 Level 5, Building 10, Take the lift to level 5, cross the atrium footbridge, walk straight ahead to room 580.

Time:

From 5:30pm to 7:30pm sharp | No RSVP - Just turn up | Donation $5

Enquiries | Eoin Higgins eoin.p.higgins@gmail.com ; 0407 411 684

Call for Guest Facilitators:

If you have an idea or know someone who has an idea for a session at a Facilitators Network meeting in please contact Eoin Higgins 0407 411 684 eoin.p.higgins@gmail.com

COMING EVENTS

March 11: Dealing with difficult moments in facilitation - Don Dunoon April 8: Engage Your Participants Anywhere, Anytime with the Power of Digital Image Cards - Cathryn Lloyd and Leonie May 13: The Client Facilitator Tango - Jacinta Cubis June 10: Mel Geltch, from Going Horizontal (topic to come) July 8 and August 12: AI, digital facilitation, etc etc - presenters to be announced September 9: Emotions as Distributed Practice - Sandris Zeivots October 14 and November 11: Philosophy and Ethics in Facilitation - presenters to be announced December 9: Wild card

About Facilitators Network:

The Facilitators Network was established in 1992 by Richard and Maria Maguire. The network is a self-organising Community of Practice with more than 700 subscribers and is run by a small core group. There is no formal membership – everyone is welcome. There is a closed email list from which we send meeting reminders once per month. Meetings are experiential. They attract between 25 and 40 participants including independent facilitators, trainers and consultants, volunteers and those employed in business, public sector, not for profits and the community sector. A donation of $5 per participant covers outgoings.