Brave conversations in the face of climate change: with Tania Leimbach| SFN 8 February | 5:30PM

Ideas to support brave conversations, emotional resilience and action in the face of climate change - with Tania Leimbach Many people find it difficult to discuss climate change. It can feel awkward to raise the subject at work, around the dinner table or at the pub.  Australian society is still avoiding registering the long-term implications. The “climate narrative wars” have created a kind of paralysis in recent years. This session is based on the understanding - eloquently expressed by Dr Rebecca Huntley - that we need thousands of everyday conversations about the climate to enlarge the ranks of the concerned, engage the disengaged and persuade the cautious of the need for action. There has been an explosion of work on climate change communication. If you want to be a more empowered and successful communicator, there are ways to  apply sound communication principles in your life, drawing on the wealth of knowledge emerging in environmental psychology. Each of us can do this in a way that is authentic and in line with our own values.  Live and Face to face at UTS!!! Venue: Face to Face Building 10, Level  5, CB10.05.580. Time: 5.30pm to 7.30pm

Getting together for a chat about facilitation | Mon 9 November | 5:00PM

This is an open session, for attendees to bring along thoughts, stories, questions, advice and generous ears.  No specific topic, apart from a light touch focus on the joys and risks of life as a facilitator. The session will be led by Carli Leimbach and other members of the SFN coordinating group.  Come and chat with other facilitators about what is happening for you, share stories and advice. Venue: Zoom Click Here https://uni-sydney.zoom.us/j/94359163308 Time: The Zoom room opens at 4.45pm. Session begins at 5:00pm SHARP

InterPlay - Times are urgent. Slow Down with Maryla Rose | Mon 12 October | 5:00PM

 

Play is a deceptively simple yet powerfully transformative activity. It happens in an atmosphere of high appreciation and low expectation, where time slows down by the virtue of being present in our bodies and present to each other. In this new found spaciousness—stress and our conditioned reactivity is held and we can be open, curious and playful. In essence we can be truly creative and experience ourselves as storytellers, dancers and poets—creators, not just consumers of art. 

 

In playing together with what is given we open to meet the urgency and uncertainty of our times in a new way.  We pause, breathe, not-know and respond from what is present. We create future, rather than just repeating the past.

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About Maryla Rose

Maryla is a poet InterPlay facilitator and a relationship counsellor. Her passion is contributing through play to the magic that happens when a seemingly disparate group of people feel a sense of community - where creativity flourishes. 

Explore more about InterPlay at 

https://vimeo.com/392796580?ref=fb-share&fbclid=IwAR0uhR4t3uvdqyPwtxd6AXnDZB5wXDSe0buoou1YXoODARmNzoaUFQd6W-8

and 
https://www.interplayaus.com.au/

Venue: Zoom: https://uni-sydney.zoom.us/j/94359163308

Time: Zoom room opens at 4.45pm. Session begins at 5:00pm SHARP

Contact: www.facilitatorsnetwork.blogspot.com
Eoin Higgins  eoin.p.higgins@gmail.com : 0407 411 684

'The Golden Middle' - facilitating for consensus with Scott Newton | Mon September 14 | 5:00pm (Zoom opens at 4.45pm)

 

How do we view compromise? Is it a disappointing result? A loss? A failure of conviction or commitment to our position? Or something else?
 
The Polish concept of ‘compromise’ roughly translates to “the golden middle”. What if, in today’s world of polarisation and tribalism, we embraced conflicting views and used them to shape a considered, compromised solution to shared problems?

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In this session, we will explore and share methods and tools for building empathy for the ‘other’, exploring trade-offs and building consensus in meetings and workshops in-person and online.  

ABOUT SCOTT ....

Cracking the Sustained Collaboration Code with Gabrielle Martinovich | Mon 13 Jul | 5:30PM

Real collaboration is hard work – you have to be honest, raw and sometimes have tough conversations.  Ask any leader or group whether they value collaboration, and you’ll undoubtedly get a yes. Ask whether an organisation’s strategies to increase collaboration have been successful, and you’ll probably receive a different answer.  Often collaboration is seen as a value to cultivate instead of a skill to teach. Yet in successful collaborations, such judgment gives way to curiosity. Our new normal advocates generating sustained collaboration in order to crack new opportunities. So in this session we will explore creative ways to build connection and give feedback so we can do what matters.  Bring a pad, pen, post it notes and your curiosity. About Gabrielle Martinovich Gabrielle is founder of CreativePivot and works with businesses experiencing significant growth, change or complexity to connect with their people, partners and customers.  Passionate about sparking ideas for tackling complex systemic challenges, she is committed to processes that deliver practical solutions.  Her diverse background spans performing arts, tertiary education, infrastructure, energy and resource recovery – facilitating groups to explore alternative ways of collaboration that build resilience and sustainable practice.  Gabrielle is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, co-founder of the IAP2 Environment and Sustainability Community of Practice and an alumnus of Social Leadership Australia.

Venue: Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87629563899

Time: Zoom room opens at 5:00pm. Session begins at 5:30pm SHARP

Contact: www.facilitatorsnetwork.blogspot.com
Eoin Higgins  eoin.p.higgins@gmail.com : 0407 411 684

Opportunities Created by Coronavirus with Victoria Ke and Eliot Redelman | 15th Jun | 5:30PM

Our present crisis is both a global strain and a potential opportunity for facilitating the bringing about of a new world. Join us in conversation about where we are, how the world is changing and how we might facilitate and co-create a new and better world order. About Eliot and Victoria Eliot is a meditator and a deep thinker, he's interested in the relationships between the parts of the system and our own minds. He's interested in how we design the incentives of the structure of society to bring about a better world.  Victoria holds the vision of a world that is united. She is a developing entrepreneur, facilitator, community builder and event organiser who is committed to spreading the message of love, unity and truth through her work. She is passionate about innovation in well-being and co-creating a healthcare system that treats humans like humans: complex, social and multi-faceted human beings.

Venue: Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83065962750 Time: Zoom room opens at 5:00pm. Session begins at 5:30pm SHARP Contact: www.facilitatorsnetwork.blogspot.com Eoin Higgins  eoin.p.higgins@gmail.com : 0407 411 684 Monday Jul 13th TBC   Monday Aug 10th TBC

Manifesting in Isolation with Anick Patry | 11 May | 5:30PM

In this period of isolation, your life has changed. You can’t be in a group, your movements are limited, restrictions are imposed. You might be feeling frustrated, trapped, upset at times. You are at home a lot. What if you can use this time to tap into your creative energy and your heart’s intelligence and discover how to manifest what you really desire? What if this was an opportunity for you to go inward, to expand and learn new ways of creating? Manifesting is what you do night and day, but what is very powerful is when you become aware of how you manifest and what you manifest. In this workshop, you will discover a practical and fun tool to help you manifesting intentionally. You will be able to take it home and start to apply and play with the tool straight away! You will also gain more clarity and awareness. During our time together you will be guided: 1. Warm-up to centre yourself 2. You will be invited to do a rich and fun exercise. 3. You will be invited to answer a series of questions. 4. Closure feedback - take aways Bring a pad and a pen and your favorite beverage and an open mind and heart! About Anick Patry Anick is an Empowerment Mentor & Speaker who helps highly sensitive successful women and men to build deeply loving relationships, experience pure joy and be accepted for who they truly are, so that they can manifest their deepest desires with ease. As an Empowerment coach and TEDX Speaker with over 15 years experience teaching and facilitating workshops globally, Anick has enabled 1000's of men and women to create lives beyond their wildest dreams. Anick's clients come to her to learn how to live passionately so that they can open their hearts to others without fear, remain connected to their higher selves and be the creator of their own lives. To learn how to experience pure joy, be accepted for who you truly are and build deep loving relationships so that you can live a passionate life join the Highly Sensitive Empowered Leaders group here Anick Patry  www.anickpatry.com

Venue: Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86586801394 Time: Zoom room opens at 5:00pm. Session begins at 5:30pm SHARP Contact: www.facilitatorsnetwork.blogspot.com Eoin Higgins  eoin.p.higgins@gmail.com : 0407 411 684 Monday Jun 15th Relationship to Money with Victoria Ke & Eliot Redelman Monday Jul 13th TBC