Monday, August 20, 2007

The Power of Questions Workshop

For Whom

Teachers, Trainers, Supervisors, Managers, HRD, OD, Change Agents, and anyone else who wants to discover the power of questions and how to ask good questions.

When

2 October 2007 (Tuesday)
8:30am to 6:00pm

Venue

YWCA Fort Canning Lodge 6 Fort Canning Road, Singapore 179494
Website: http://www.ywcafclodge.org.sg/

Course Fees
(includes meals and handouts)

Register by 1 September 2007

For IAF Members @ SGD 190 nett per participant
Non-Members SGD 290 nett per participant

Register 2 September 2007 onwards

IAF Members SGD 290 nett per participant
Non-Members SGD 390 nett per participant


IAF membership is US$50 per year for developing countries and US$125 for developed countries. In Asia - Brunei, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Macau and Singapore are classified as developed nations and the rest of Asia as developing countries.

Register for IAF membership via IAF website at: http://www.iaf-world.org


Overseas registrants paying by Bank Draft or TT, please add S$30 as bank charges for Singapore.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:


  • Understand the nature and power of questions

  • Why we do not ask enough questions

  • What is hindering us from asking questions

  • What makes a good question

  • How to ask a good question
Workshop Content


  • The nature of Questions

  • Forces that hinder us from asking questions

  • Discovering Learner and Judger Questions

  • Characteristics of a good question

  • Creating the questioning mindset

  • Questioning Assumptions

  • Putting Questions to Work

Methodology


The workshop employs many adult learning techniques and experiential exercises designed to move individuals to a deeper understanding and application of learning.

Certificate of Completion

A Certificate of Completion will be awarded by the Facilitators Network Singapore (FNS).

The Workshop Facilitator

Ng Choon Seng has more than 18 years of experience in human resource management and facilitation in service and manufacturing industries as well as in the government services. He started his career at the Management Consultancy Guidance Centre with the then National Productivity Board. He has experience leading the learning and development, and human resource functions in the hospitality sector, a Japanese manufacturing MNC, and leading management development and organization development for the US Fortune 500 Companies.

In addition, he has delivered various leadership, change management and facilitation programs in South East Asia and Hong Kong, Taiwan, China and India. His organisational experience also included performance and career coaching for staff. Choon Seng has facilitated sessions for Members of Parliament, senior SAF officers, principals, teachers and senior leaders in public organizations and directors, managers, supervisors as well engineers, line leaders and production operators for local and multinational companies.

Choon Seng is one of the first in Singapore to be an International Association of Facilitators (IAF) Certified Professional Facilitator (CPF) and is the only Singaporean to be certified as an IAF CPF Assessor. He is also the only Singaporean to be certified by the World Institute for Action Learning (WIAL) as a Certified Master Action Learning Coach. Choon Seng received his Masters of Arts in Human Resource Development (MAHRD) from the George Washington University, Washington, USA. He was also awarded the Leonard Nadler Leadership Award for of his outstanding leadership, service, professional and academic successes.


For brochure & to register pse go to:http://www.fns.sg/current_programs.htm

Premier Facilitation Workshops from the Masters of Facilitation

Watch this space for two power-packed competency enhancement programme

10-11 Dec'07 - Dr. Roger Schwarz returns to Singapore (after his over subscribed workshop in in 2005). Roger is the author of the well known "The Skilled Facilitator" field book for practitioners.
20-22 Feb'08 - Methods for Strategic Collaboration: Blending AI, TWC, OST, and Polarity Management by Christine Whitney Sanchez, an international pioneer in blending Appreciative Inquiry, World CafĂ©, Open Space Technology and Polarity Management™ to deepen communication through conversations that matters and to enable self-organization so that people can strategically collaborate by taking responsibility through their passion.

Other fast-filling workshops:

19-20 Sep'07 - The Authentic Facilitator

2 Oct'07 - The Power of Questions
24-26 Oct'07 - Foundational Facilitation Workshop (FFW)
1-2 Nov'07 - Singapore Facilitators Conference (SFC 2007) - Discovering the Universe of Facilitation

Invitation to the 19th FNS Forum On 15 Sep 07

Participants of the 21/7/07's 18th FNS Forum



FNS invites you to attend the 19th FNS Fourm on 15 Sep 07(Sat), at Focus Conference Room, #15-08, Sim Lim Tower (NOT Sim Lim Square), Jalan Bersa Road.
We are pleased to have two International Assosciation of Facilitators (IAF) Certified Professional Facilitators (CPF) to share with us two interesting topics.
Programme

8:30am - Registration
9:00am - Session 1 - Invading Our Multiple Intelligence by Ms Lim Hong Li
10:30am - Tea-break & Networking
11:00am - Session 2 - Dynamic Facilitation by Ms Janice Lua
12.30pm - Closing Circle / Special Announcements
1.00pm - End of Forum

Workshop Outline
Session 1 - "Invading Our Multiple Intelligence"
  • Wake up Your Intelligence
  • Create Possibility
  • Possibility Pitches
  • Learning and Applications of Multiple Intelligence
Session 2 - "Dynamic Facilitation"
  • What is Dynamic Facilitation?
  • Mini-experience of how Dynamic Facilitation works
  • Appreciate the benefits, differences & applications of Dynamic Facilitation
Facilitators' Biodata
Ms Lim Hong Li is an International Association of Facilitators (IAF) Certified Professional Facilitator (CPF). She has about 6 years of experience in facilitating at conferences held in Singapore and Malaysia. She has facilitated quality management projects, team bonding workshops, creativity/innovation programmes, focus group discussions, and retreats. She has worked with the Feedback Unit of the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports, the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Finance, National Health Group, Army Logistics Training Institute, and in 2005 and 2006 with the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil.

Ms Janice Lua's personal mission is to be a progressive change agent, catalyst and facilitator for organisational transformation. She has more than 15 years of working experience with MNEs and government agencies in organisational excellence, business process re-engineering, team building, creativity and innovation. She has successfully led numerous organisation-wide projects including the Singapore Quality Award for the National Library Board. She is a National Business Excellence Lead Assessor, Certified Management Consultant, ISO 9000 auditor, DISC Behavioural Consultant, 7-Habits Facilitator and IAF Certified Professional Facilitator. She is the co-founder of Facilitators Network Singapore and has 10 years of facilitation experience.

Do join us, and bring a friend along with you, to experience this enriching Saturday morning.
A refreshment fee of $10.00 is payable on registration on 15 Sept 2007.

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

18th FNS Forum On 21 Jul 2007

To all facilitators in Singapore,

Participants at the 21st Jul 2007's 18th FNS Forum

You are invited to our 21st Jul 2007's 18th FNS Forum. The session is held at 9AM at the Focus Conference Room (#15-08) in the Sim Lim Tower.

Programme

8:30 am - Registration

9:00 am - Ice Breaking

9.10am - Session 1 - The Confidence Factor

10:45 am- Tea Break

11:15 am - Session 2 - Effective Flip Chart Graphics

Effective Flip Chart Graphics - Writing Rules, Blocks, Lines and Curves and Bullets





12:30 pm - Special Announcements

Introducing the SFC 2007

12:40 pm - Closing Circle

Closing Circle

1:00pm - Session Ends

Ms Faith Teo, an NLP Practioner, will start the forum with a session entitled the "Confidence Factor - Summoning Confidence When You Need It".

Outline

What does confidence means to you?

In what situation would you want to be confident?

Scientific Research on Performance in relation to expectations

Taking ownership for confidence

The feedback sandwich

"There is no failure, only feedback"

The good gossip exercise

Metaphor anchoring exercise

Following which, Mr Lee Seng Teck will do a short introduction on "Effective Flip-charting - The Graphical Approach"

Outline

Why used 'Graphical Flip Charting' where there are better technologies around?

Starting with lines and arcs

How to create headers and bullets?

How to write legibly on flip charts?

Effective use of colours for effect enhancements

Do not miss this interesting forum.
Bring a friend with you to experience the art and science of facilitation together.
Please log-on to www.fns.sg to registration
(a fee of $10.00 will be charged for refreshments)


Bio of Presenters

Ms Faith Teo enjoys a diverse career that spans twelve years in areas like sales, game authorship , training, project management, business analysis, IT processing and life coaching. Her work experience runs the gamut with notable MNCs like Citibank, Reuters, Electronic Data Services (EDS). She was with Stikfas Pte Ltd and had been in the public sector. She loves training and sees it as a way to reach out to people and understand the way they map their world. She has conducted training for organisations like the Defence Science Technology Agency (DSTA), Ministry of Education (MOE), Ministry of Finance (MOF), Civil Service College, Reuters (Asia Pacific Operations), and Systems on Silicon Manufacturing (SSMC). A Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) Practitioner, Faith draws inspiration and purpose from coaching people in achieving their dreams and overcoming their mental roadblocks.

Mr Lee Seng Teck, a Ngee Ann Polytechnic graduate since 2001, spent most of his time in the SAF training navy recruits. After attended the 8th IAF Conference in Subang, KL, in 2005, he developed a passion for facilitation and enjoys sharing his knowledge and experience in graphical and colourful flip charting with people around him. He joined FNS as a volunteer facilitator, obtained his IAF CPF certification in 2006, and worked with MCYS, MOH and RSPO since. Seng Teck also received several recognitions in the SAF, like the the Best WITs Facilitator Awards and the MINDEF Innovative Facilitator Award in 2006.

Monday, July 16, 2007

Singapore Facilitators Conference 2007 - Latest Announcement

Please re-mark your diaries for this not-to-be missed exciting event to 1 & 2 Nov'07 (Thursday - Friday) in Singapore. Earlier, this was announced as 15-16 Nov'07.

The Singapore Facilitators Conference (SFC 2007) will show case facilitated large & small group concurrent sessions, success stories of facilitation in organisations, and integration of tools and methodologies between OD, LO and Facilitation.

This collaborative conference will be brought to you by the Facilitators Network Singapore (FNS), Organisational Development Group (ODG) and Learning Organisation Practitioners Network (LOPN).

Watch this space for more details in the coming weeks but keep 1& 2 Nov'07 free.

Sunday, July 1, 2007

Participants of FFW13

Participants of FFW13

Everyone at FNS likes to congratulate the participants of FFW13, held between 27 and 29 June 2007, for completing the programme.

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

The Singapore Facilitators Conference 2007

For all facilitators in Singapore, please mark your diaries for this not-to-be missed exciting event on 15 & 16 Nov '07, Thursday - Friday, in Singapore.

The Singapore Facilitators Conference (SFC 2007) will showcase facilitated large & small group concurrent sessions, success stories of facilitation in organisations, and integration of tools and methodologies between OD, LO and Facilitation.

This collaborative conference will be brought to you by the Facilitators Network Singapore (FNS), Organisational Development Group (ODG) and Learning Organisation Practitioners Network (LOPN).

Watch this space for more details in the coming weeks but keep 15 & 16 Nov'07 free.