'The Wisdom Of Not Knowing' with Donald Marmara | Monday June 16, 2014 | 5.30pm

How Can Not Knowing Make Me A Better Facilitator?

An experiential, interactive and playful workshop for facilitators

Enhance your facilitation skills by learning to let go of all theories, knowledge and expectations so you can perceive more accurately and apply your skills more effectively.

“Not knowing” is not the same as ignorance.

Whilst knowledge and understanding is of course essential for effective facilitation, it can sometimes interfere with our ability to perceive accurately.

In this workshop we will explore how we can develop – or recover – the ability to set aside our knowledge so we can perceive innocently, through the eyes of a child.

As the Zen Master who said to his student that he can only learn from him when he has “emptied his cup”, we will discover what happens when we are willing to observe without interpreting.

This will clarify our bias and enable us to connect more authentically, and to apply our knowledge more effectively.

About the Guest Facilitator: Donald Marmara

Donald Marmara’s 35 years’ international experience has seen him run seminars for health centres, organisations and training institutions throughout the UK, Europe and Australia.

As well as studying Developmental Psychology and training for several years with leading pioneers of Somatic (Body) Psychotherapy & Human Potential Development in Europe & America, Donald served an 8-year apprenticeship with a Native American Medicine Man.

Donald has a particular interest in experiential learning, emotional education and body awareness, and integrating mind, body, emotions and spirit.

He is the creator of Core Development and currently maintains a private practice in Therapy, Personal Development and Emotional Education in Sydney.

You can call Donald on 02 9413 9794 or 0412 178 234, email donald@coredevelopment.com.au, web: www.coredevelopment.com.au

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Venue:  [Our usual venue]

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

Blog www.facilitatorsnetwork.blogspot.com

Enquiries | Greg Jenkins greg@tincanlearning.com | 0418 486 501 or Sharon McGann  0414 537 305 sharon@apassion.com.au

‘What Works Well - An Introduction to Solutions Focus’ with Paul Z Jackson and Janine Waldman | Monday May 12, 2014 | 5.30pm

Facilitators know that conversation is the fundamental unit of change. If you change the conversation, then there’s every chance you’ll change everything that surrounds it. Solutions Focus is a pragmatic, positive and highly effective methodology which can significantly improve communications between individuals, teams and organisations.

Facilitators, coaches, leaders, managers, mediators and other professional groups worldwide are using Solutions Focus as:

• ·       A direct route to positive results
• ·       A systematic approach to conversations that makes a big impact wherever there are complex issues with people involved
• ·       A way of creating respectful and lasting change

Join Paul Z Jackson and Janine Waldman for an engaging and interactive session during which you will:

• ·       Experience an approach that provides you with tools and techniques to have more effective conversations with clients and colleagues
• ·       Hear how this well-proven and researched approach is being applied in organisations worldwide
• ·       Learn how you can make more effective use of time by identifying where to put your attention and what to overlook
• ·       Practice these skills in short and constructive conversations on live issues

About Paul Z Jackson and Janine Waldman

Paul Z Jackson, MA Oxon, and Janine Waldman, Msc FCIPD are directors of The Solutions Focus, which provides coaching, training and consultancy. Since 2002 they have been helping individuals and teams make best use of resources to achieve the outcomes they want. 

They apply solutions focus tools and techniques to team leadership, performance management, strategic planning and people-related change processes.

Paul and Janine can be contacted by email: contact@thesolutionsfocus.co.uk , or visit the website www.thesolutionsfocus.co.uk   or http://www.growthleadership.com.au/ to find out about courses they are running in Australia in May.

“Grounded Questions” with Dr. Mark Strom | Monday April 14, 2014 | 5.30pm

Handout from Mark Strom Session Our guest facilitator for April is Mark Strom. Have you seen Mark’s TEDX talk on Grounded questions? If not catch it here http://markstrom.co/keynotes/ Grounded questions are such a powerful concept for facilitators and anyone leading change. “A grounded question makes us reach behind abstract explanations into lived experience. Abstract questions only need bullet points. Grounded questions take us to stories”. http://markstrom.co/blog/ . Also try Marks Blog Post on 10 ways to find a Powerful Grounded Question http://markstrom.co/10-ways-to-find-a-powerful-grounded-question/. About Dr. Mark Strom Mark Strom loves life-giving ideas. He has a rare gift for sparking and animating new conversations. Mark has been doing this for over twenty-five years with parents and communities, and with business, government and not-for-profit leaders. A story-teller with a PhD in the history of ideas, Mark’s ability to breathe new life into ideas and conversations is grounded in his own story. Mark’s new book is ‘Lead With Wisdom: How Wisdom Transforms Good Leaders into Great Leaders’ http://markstrom-co.myshopify.com/products/lead-with-wisdom =========================================================== Venue:  [Our usual venue] 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 Blog www.facilitatorsnetwork.blogspot.com Enquiries | Greg Jenkins greg@tincanlearning.com | 0418 486 501 or Sharon McGann  0414 537 305 sharon@apassion.com.au

“Networking and Business Wildcard” | Monday March 10, 2014 | 5.30pm

Wildcards are engaging and fun. They are a great way to get a range of ideas and tools from a variety of different experiences. Wildcards are also a good opportunity for facilitators to try out a new idea or share a process that work.

March 2014 Wildcard theme ‘Networking and Business.

Possible topic areas

• ·       Networking principles and practice
• ·       The value proposition
• ·       Elevator and other ways to pitch
• ·       Points of difference
• ·       Getting Referrals

Wildcard sessions of 5 to 20 minutes are organized on the night including a short debriefing.

Participants are encouraged to turn up either with something to share or just to learn and have fun.

Priority will be given to wildcard sessions that are on theme.

The Human Sound Project with Simon Jankelson | Monday February 10, 2014 | 5.30pm

From the session

To stream the song, CLICK HERE  

To download the song, CLICK HERE

Pics from the session  https://www.dropbox.com/sh/9o0x08afn05uxt6/E0mmkJ75uZ

The Human Sound Project is a new platform for “crowd-sourced song making”. Through combining innovative recording technology with ground-breaking facilitation methods, The Human Sound Project enables groups of people ("musicians" and "non-musicians") to come together, share their stories and through lively interactive workshops, transform their stories into powerful new songs. The process of creating songs out of a group’s stories is as healing and unifying for participants, as it is fun.

Come along and join with Simon Jankelson of The Human Sound Project as we access some of the worldʼs most important unheard music – created by none other than you and your fellow humans! Project Flyer pdf

About Simon Jankelson

Simon Jankelson (B.A., Masters of Interactive Media) has been creating music in groups since age thirteen when he used the entire schoolʼs input to write the lyrics for his schoolʼs song.

Simon later became a facilitator for large-scale interactive drumming workshops for Australiaʼs “Drumbeats”, where he helped facilitate groups (10s- 1000s), of people in live African drumming.

Simonʼs skills in transforming stories into music were also honed through his time with Playback Theatre, Sydney, where he spontaneously created the music as actors re-enacted stories told by a live audience.

It was these experiences and more that helped crystallize Simonʼs vision for The Human Sound Project and have helped him to become a musical facilitator on the world stage.

Project Flyer pdf Sample Projects

https://soundcloud.com/thehumansoundproject/sacrifice https://soundcloud.com/thehumansoundproject/joy ===========================================================

Venue:  [Our usual venue]

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

Blog www.facilitatorsnetwork.blogspot.com

Enquiries | Greg Jenkins greg@tincanlearning.com | 0418 486 501 or Sharon McGann  0414 537 305 sharon@apassion.com.au

Dates for 2014

Facilitators Network Dates for 2014.

Venue: UTS Sydney Building 10, Cnr Jones and Thomas Sts Ultimo | Level 5 Room 580

5.30m - 7.30pm

Second Monday of the Month (June 3rd Monday due to Public Holiday)

Dates for your diary

10th Feb
10th March
14th April
12th May
16th June (3rd Monday)
14th July
11th August
8th September
13th October
10th November
8th December

Contact Greg Jenkins

greg@tincanlearning.com

0418 486 501