SFN July 11: Regenerate Australia with Dimity Podger. 5.30pm Face to face session

 Regenerate Australia

Face to face session with Dimity Podger and Carli Leimbach

Monday 11 July 2022  5:30PM.   
Face to Face: UTS Building 10, Lvl 5, CB10.05.580

PS Be COVID safe.  Don't come if you have any symptoms. 

Join us for a session where you will experience the Our Community Vision Workshop, designed by WWF-Australia for communities to explore their vision of a regenerative future and consider ideas for regenerating community and place. The workshop begins with the screening of the powerful short film*, Regenerating Australia, created by Regen Studios in partnership with WWF-Australia. The film acts as inspiration for communities to then explore regeneration through a series of facilitated group discussions and collective visioning work.

The workshop focuses on:

• Building relationships and connectivity to each other and to your place;
• Creating the space for participants to imagine “our community vision” and share it with others; and 

• Exploring the potential for regeneration and regenerative projects in your local area.

We hope you leave inspired and invigorated by experiencing and learning an activation for community-led regeneration. At the close of our evening together, we would love to reflect with you on the process and your experience, bringing insights into the evolution of resources for communities. As a digital takeaway, receive a comprehensive Workshop Guide that provides step-by-guidance and suggestions for you to plan, facilitate and host a successful Our Community Vision workshop.

Watch the trailer here

The film is based on a four-month listening campaign with a diverse group of Australians who shared their hopes and dreams for the country’s future. It is a new story for our nation: a story of empowerment. A story of solutions. A story of regeneration.

Your facilitator is Dr Dimity Podger, Regenerative Communities Project Manager, with the Innovate to Regenerate, Panda Labs team at WWF-Australia. Dr Dimity Podger is a learning designer, leadership development facilitator, sustainability educator and budding regenerative practitioner. Her current work with WWF  builds on her research in education for sustainability, participatory community development, and recent intensive education with Regenesis Institute. She resides on the lands of the Wodi Wodi people, on Dharawal Country.

Your host is Carli Leimbach, Innovation Manager with Innovate to Regenerate, Carli is also a member of the SFN Convening Group. 

More information here

SFN June 20. Carol Vale. Supporting the Uluru Statement of the Heart

Session on Zoom 

ZOOM Link: https://uni-sydney.zoom.us/j/84995805410

Session aim - for SFN members to leave the session knowing the ways they can be proactive actors so the Statement from the Heart becomes a reality 

Where are we now? 
Overview of the Statement from the heart and the process for developing it 

How did we get here? 

• Links to the 1967 referendum, Reconciliation decade and the treaty work happening in most states 
• Understanding the priority of what indigenous people are saying (Carol, did I get your comment right?) 
• Knocking down the myths about a Voice to Parliament & Makarrata
• Why is it essential for non-Aboriginal people to do this work? 
• What are the appropriate, proactive steps for non-Aboriginal people to take  

Practice piece 
You will need to be confident and courageous to step into this space
What will help you stand in the fire and have courageous conversations in support of the Statement? 

About Carol Vale

Carol Vale is a Dunghutti woman from Armidale, NSW and Chief Executive Office of Murawin.  She is a professional facilitator, social researcher, and policy analyst with expertise in Aboriginal issues, public policy, and stakeholder engagement. She has been a senior officer in the NSW and QLD Governments, spanning a career over 35 years across Aboriginal Affairs including housing, education, child safety, justice and intergovernmental relations. In her work, Carol’s draws on her lived experience - her history and culture. Carol was raised on an Aboriginal Mission in northern NSW, where she lived with her extended family and continues to maintain strong connections to her community and Country of origin.

Explore a new Team Tool with Allan Ryan - Hargraves Institute

Explore and experience a new product and business model to add to your facilitator toolkit  |   SFN Zoom session |  Monday March 14th  at  5.30pm

Zoom session:   

https://uni-sydney.zoom.us/j/83888697255

This session covers how Collaborizza delivers value for your clients, your business and the explore the product in detail.

1. Learn how your clients will benefit from a Collaborizza, a team-building workshop that builds team cohesion and collaboration for improved everyday performance.
2. Explore the financial and operational benefits for your business, where Collaborizza provides a time saving, flexible and unique approach that requires little preparation no technology support and becomes a valuable addition to your client offering.
3. Get hands-on and participate using Hargraves Collaboration Canvas with visual metaphor cards to experience a taste of Collaborizza activities.

More details ...

https://mailchi.mp/104c8dd8fef7/explore-a-team-building-model-to-add-to-your-toolkit-with-allan-ryan-sfn-march-6046174?e=[UNIQID]

Wild Card Night Tonight

 To celebrate (and let go) of 2021, SFN is hosting a wild card night on zoom.  

Monday 13 December at 5:30pm (join earlier to test your AV equipment and chat with colleagues)

For our last session in 2021, come along to reflect on the year and celebrate the SFN community. It's a wild card night! We will invite colleagues to offer and run a short piece highlighting some aspect of facilitation practice. Some with a focus on online engagement.  Bring a glass of champagne to share with your zoom colleagues. 

Session on Zoom 

https://uni-sydney.zoom.us/j/85190411826

Come along with or without an offer - to host a short activity and share some ideas and skills. 

Join the party.

SFN sessions coming soon  in 2022

February - Sandy Killick on Adam Kahane's "Facilitating Breakthrough"
March -  Rollo Browne  |  Exploring our Theories of Change 
April  - Walking at Uluruu - facilitators' connecting to the 'Statement from the Heart'
May - Elyssebeth Leigh on Cynefin and Complexity

Facilitation Degustation: A taste of facilitation across NSW Health | SFN Zoom session | Monday November 8 at 5.30pm

NSW Health is the largest employer in the Southern Hemisphere. It is comprised of many diverse organisations, yet the ultimate outcome is the same: a positive patient experience. This session will explore how facilitation is used to achieve this outcome.

with Gene Johnson, Nicky Baker, Lily Pho, 
Claudia Green and Annie Fleming

On Zoom at 5.30pm  November 8, 2021

https://uni-sydney.zoom.us/j/85190411826

Click here for more detail

Observe - Action - Pattern! Understanding facilitation through design patterns | SFN Zoom session | Monday October 11 at 5.30pm

 Zoom session at     https://uni-sydney.zoom.us/j/85190411826

Patterns are everywhere. They can be formed by a set of lines, shapes, or colours. They can be repeated movements or sounds, or a series of actions. Research shows that human brains detect patterns in their environment all the time because it makes learning easier. This is called probabilistic learning. 

This session will invite you to explore design patterns as a way to make sense of facilitation as a practice. Inspired by the work of Christopher Alexander in architecture and Peter Goodyear in networked learning, Dewa and Sandris will discuss thenotion of design patterns and how it can be applied as a mindset to understand facilitation and share practical knowledge. This will be a hands-on session supported by research, so join us to better understand your work through a pattern language.

Dr Dewa Wardak and Dr Sandris Zeivots are Lecturers in Educational Development with the Business Co-Design team at the University of Sydney Business School.

Dewa is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and has a background in Learning Sciences and Technologies. She is interested in educational design for multimodal learning. With a keen interest in networked learning, she investigates how technological tools facilitate learning and teaching in higher education. She is currently teaching a unit ‘Action Research in Business’ and continues mentoring women from minority backgrounds to attain higher education qualifications. 

 Sandris investigates how to design and implement innovative learning experiences that are engaging, meaningful and purposeful. With a professional background in experiential learning, Sandris explores how to design impactful events to strategically improve the experiences of learners through experiential education, emotional engagement and learning spaces.

The Power of Play - with Dimitrios Papalexis September 13 5.30pm on zoom

 

This session will cover the value of introducing more play and spontaneity when it comes to facilitating and hosting. How can we can get business done while also focusing on building relationships, being creative, having fun and sharing our gifts especially during times of lockdown and isolation.

Monday 13 September at 5:30pm on Zoom (but come along at 5.15 if you want to test your connection)

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89784552110

The session will provide a safe and playful space for participants to embark on an exploration of storytelling, relationship building and creative activities that will hopefully inspire them to introduce more play and blend different creative tools and approaches in their facilitation, fostering spaces of deep connection, co-learning and transformation.

Dimitrios Papalexis is a consultant, creative facilitator, space holder and storyteller. He is the founder of Soulgen, a social enterprise that collaborates with young people, diverse communities, organisations and councils for bottom up social change and impact. Dimitrios is also a published author and he hosts his own podcast show: The PoWEr of CommUNITY. Having lived in 3 different countries and speaking 4 languages, he is part of many diverse communities and ecosystems; an avid learner with a passion to create safe and energizing spaces of deep sharing, co-learning and transformation. 

To learn more about his work visit:    http://www.soul-gen.com.au/