The Flip Flop Debate Workshop

Introducing and using a safe space process for working with polarized issues & views -The Flip Flop Debate

An exploration of it's application to a topic that impacts people, organisations and society. "Do Values Really Matter? Can't we do without them"

WORKSHOP DETAILS

Title: The Flip Flop Debate Workshop
Date: 8 Aug 08 (Fri)
Time: 8.30am-5.30pm
Venue: Orchid Country Club, Singapore(http://www.orchidclub.com)

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Process perspective: Facilitators, Teachers, Trainers, Supervisors, Managers, HRD & OD professionals, Community Leaders, Change Agents, Activists, and anyone who needs to work effectively with strong and polarised views and/or gain strong group engagement.

Content perspective: For those who need to work with Values in organizational settings and who both seek to heighten participant engagement with the topic and also wish to broaden their own understanding of the dynamics involved in this.

WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND?

1) Understand and have experienced how to design a sequence of processes that take a group on a journey

a) from an initial state of individual/stakeholder/sub-group polarizing views and positions on topics through a safe space to express these.
b) to working with these usefully and gaining a group consensus on ways forward.
c) AND during which people experience looking at the world from 'other's shoes - the 2nd position/perspective'.

2) Obtain insight into where along the participatory processes consensus journey such safe-space processes are useful.

WHAT PEOPLE IN THE KNOW ARE SAYING?

"Excellent Experiential Learning! Many Thanks."
"Everything and I get awakened."
"Tom is a fantastic Facilitator. He ensured Safety. He was focused. Lots of Learning. Thank you."
"The flexibility of the mind & High level of tolerance of opposing views."
"Practical diffusers of polar views & bringing convergence."
"The experience. Being influenced to the other side myself."
"The methodology of sharing done by the Facilitator"

WHO IS THE WORKSHOP FACILITATOR?

Dr Tom Schwarz helps organizations, teams and people unfetter and realize their aspirations and potential - focusing around facilitative leadership and management development, and team effectiveness and creativity - as keys to enhanced organizational agility and performance.

He is a Certified Professional Facilitator (International Association of Facilitators - IAF), CPF Assessor, IAF Board member and IAF ANZ Regional Representative with broad formal and informal facilitation, training and Consulting background and experience. These are derived from corporate roles (over 20 years with Dec, Apple, HP - Training, Consulting, Sales, Marketing & Strategic Planning) and then running his outcome focused practice over Asia Pacific - with almost a decade of living in Asia -Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai. His company group - Kinnogene - uses participatory and values based approaches to bring about enduring change. These are grounded in the core values embodied in such practices as Future Search, World Cafe, the Technology of Participation, Improv....

Tom has facilitated at many Australia and Asia IAF and AFN conferences - his Asia Pacific partial client list includes the Australian NRM Facilitator network, the Royal Australasia College of Dental surgeons, Arup (Australia), Seimens, Danone, Maersk, Andarko, Kodak, Pirelli etc in interventions and capacity development roles. He also contributes to the NGO sector - and in 2006 worked with the ICA (Institute of Cultural Affairs) as part of a 7 man team to assist and capacity develop East Timorese NGO and Government bodies, and with AIESEC youth leadership development in China.

WORKSHOP INVESTMENT

*Early Bird Registration (by 1 Jul 08)
IAF Members S$350
**Non Members S$450

After Early Bird Deadline (after 1 Jul 08)
S$550 for IAF and Non-IAF members.

*Overseas registrants paying by bank draft or TT, please add S$30 for bank charges in Singapore

**IAF membership is USD85 per year for developing countries and USD175 for high income countries. In East Asia; Brunei, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Macau and Singapore are classified as high income and the rest of Asia as developing. Singapore members pay the Affiliate rate of USD165 as the local Facilitators Network Singapore (FNS) is affiliated to IAF.http://www.iaf-world.org

REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS

Online at: http://www.fns.sg
Payment by cheque to:
Facilitators Network Singapore Pte Ltd10 Anson Road#03-09 International PlazaSingapore 079903

REGISTRATION ENQUIRIES

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