Invitation to the 26th FNS Forum

Dear facilitators in Singapore,

You are invited to the 26th FNS Forum and the details are as follows:

Date: 15 Nov 08 Saturday Time: 8:30am – 1:00pm
Place: Focus Conference Room,
#15-08, Sim Lim Towers, 10 Jalan Besar, Singapore 208787
(This is NOT Sim Lim Square!)

Fees:

Normal registration 1 week before forum date or earlier:

Full-time tertiary students S$5.00
Others : S$10

Late rate after registration deadline:
Full-time tertiary students : S$15
Others : S$15

Agenda:

8:30 am Arrivals & Registration

9:00 am Part 1 – Introduction to AI

10:30 am Tea Break & Networking

11:00 am Part 2 – Continue on AI

12:30 pm Special Announcements

12:40 pm Closing Circle

1:00pm End of Session

About the Session

Appreciative Inquiry (AI) is a process tool that forges a positive path for change. Deliberately starting away from a problem-solving focus and its deficit-based discourse, AI brings individuals and groups to discover their positive core; elements which are life-giving and sustaining. This positive core in turn informs and directs energy towards an affirmative topic; the focus of the change effort, which no longer is framed in 'problem' terms. About 20 years old, AI is growing in popularity as a change process. In the context of an Appreciative Inquiry of their own facilitation practice, participants at the November FNS Forum will experience for themselves AI's 4 stages of Discovery, Dream, Design and Destiny, and place themselves on a positive path for change.

The Facilitators

This session will be co-facilitated by Fiona O'Shaughnessy, Noel E K Tan and Denise Wright

Fiona O'Shaughnessy is a Singapore-based Trainer and Facilitator. Some of the client projects she has recently used Appreciative Inquiry for include: a planning meeting for the Executive Committee of a charity who wanted to review their vision and strategic thrusts; an A*Star Institute who needed to implement major organisational structural change; and a regional customer service management team who wanted to review progress at the beginning of their annual regional team meeting.

Noel Tan is a recovering idealist and philosopher. In recent months, he has used AI in such settings: with a not-for-profit group seeking to chart a change strategy to improve its core services, with an educational institution seeking integration of existing stove-pipe divisions into a larger collective identity, and with a group of middle managers in a public service organisation articulating common hopes and dreams about impending organisational change.

Denise Wright works with organizations, teams and individuals across Asia and beyond to facilitate leadership, team and organizational development and inspired, positive change. She brings a true passion for her work, a stretching and supportive solutions-focused approach and 18 years of rich Asia based global corporate experience. Her area of expertise includes Leadership Development, Team Learning & Development, Team Coaching plus Peer / Group Coaching, Career Planning and Transition, Systemic Coaching & Mentoring, Change Solutions-Leading in challenging situations, Solutions Focused Strategy and Organizational Development-building new levels of organizational purpose, vision and contribution.

Register on-line at www.fns.sg

If you are unable to register on-line please email our Forum administrator - Ms. Emily Ng at emilyng_fns@yahoo.com.sg.

Fee is payable at the door. Once registered, the forum fee would be payable regardless of actual attendance. Cancellation or withdrawal is not permitted. We welcome replacement.

If you require directions, please log onto the following website to download the map of the venue. http://sg.pagenation.com/sin/Sim%20Lim%20Tower_103.8545_1.3037.map

If you have enquiries, please email our Forum Administrator - Ms. Emily Ng at emilyng_fns@yahoo.com.sg.