Vounteer Facilitators Needed....

All Singapore Facilitators,

Here is an opportunity for you to share your facilitation knowledge and skills.

Hock Ming, a facilitator in Singapore, is looking for two Volunteer Facilitators (VF) for the Toastmasters' Club.

Here are the details:

Date: 26th July 2008, Saturday
Time: 12pm-6pm
Venue: Alexandra AIA Building.

Experience in Toastmastering would be a great value-add.

Please email Hock Ming @ dino_fuze@yahoo.com if you are interested to find out more.

Team Building Asia (Singapore) - Recruiting Facilitators in Singapore

Team Building Asia (Singapore) is currently looking to expand their pool of facilitators to work with them on programs on a project basis in S'pore (SEA)/Asia.

Interested experienced facilitators may contact Mr Kenneth Tan with your profile/resume, preferably including your expected rates (Full Day and Half-Day).

Kenneth KL Tan
Senior Consultant
Team Building Asia
Building the future....together

Singapore - T: +65 6226 2716 F: +65 6491 5255
20 Maxwell Road, #11-18 Maxwell House
Singapore 069113
kenneth@teambuildingasia.com

AUSTRALASIAN FACILITATORS NETWORK (AFN) CONFERENCE

26-28 November 2008

Pushing the Boundaries: Facilitation Frontiers

Charles Sturt University,

Bathurst,

New South Wales,

Australia

For those who are keen to go for this conference

Please see: http://www.afnconference.com.au

Singapore Facilitators Conference 2008

Singapore Facilitators Conference 2008

Rainbow of Facilitation

Come discover your facilitation pot of gold at the end of the rainbow

Registration opens!

Early bird closes 15 August 2008.

Please book early to secure your workshops:

Processes, methods, tools & techniques to take away!

• Large Group Facilitation methods and techniques - StoryWeaving, Appreciative Inquiry, World Café & Open Space


• Learning Organisation Principles- nature of humanity and generative conversations


• Experiential Learning - indoor strategy management board game


• Group Process Facilitation - transformational facilitation and visualising the service landscape


• Facilitative Training/Teaching - inquiry & problem-based learning, ingenuity


• Spirit of Facilitation - metaphors, poetry, reflections and coloured brains
  

11 Nov'08 Tuesday

Pre-conference

12 Nov'08 Wednesday

LG1 - StoryWeaving: Large Scale Transformation for the Girl Scouts of the USA - Lessons for the corporate world

LG2 - Open Space - Stories, Challenges & Possibilities - Lessons for Practitioners & Amateurs

Meet Christine Whitney in person in Singapore as she shares first-hand her designing and delivery experience in "StoryWeaving" - and its application in the corporate and education sector.

Discover how up to 15,000 Girl Scouts used a series of large-scale conversations, Open Space on Successful Council Practices, Appreciative Story Sharing, Stewardship Report Cafe Conversations, Self-organizing for Success, and Action Commitment sessions - as Digital StoryWeavers (girl scouts from 12-18 years old) captured and produced leadership stories from members of the US Girl Scouts Movement in this culture changing initiative called "StoryWeaving".

Laughter Yoga

Share + Learn Exchange (ShaLex)

13 Nov'08 Thursday

Thirteen exciting concurrent two-hour workshops to select from in the following track:

• Learning Organisation
• Experiential Learning
• Group Process Facilitation
• Facilitative Training/Teaching
• Spirit of Facilitation

14 Nov'08 Friday

Post-conference

Six full-day skills-enhancing workshops to select from
Watch this space for details - but book your diary now!

Registrations start in a few days...

Download detailed synopsis & register on-line at http://www.fns.sg/

Now you can pay with your credit card on-line too!

Would you like to be a facilitator at the ICA International Global Conference in Japan?

Dear All FFWians,

FNS, on behalf of Jo Nelson, likes to extend an invitation to you to facilitate a very exciting global conference on world development.

ICA International's "7th Global Conference on Human Development" is scheduled for November 17-21, 2008, in Takayama, Japan.

The subtitles give a sense of the potential: "An agenda-setting conference exploring the future of human development" and "Unlocking the Potential to Create a New World Together".

Jo is on the conference design team, and it is looking for volunteer facilitators for the event. Jo will be one himself. He likes you to be one, too. This is a volunteer role, so you must register for the conference, and will not be paid, but the experience will be amazing (and also add to your resume).

Jo has been a facilitator at ICA global conferences in the past, and the experience of working with a global team on topics that make a difference in our lives and in the world is unforgettable.

There are 10 big focus questions leading to a topic, each of which will have a group who will spend 2 full days exploring it.

These 10 focus questions are:

1. Effective Governance and Protection of Human Rights
2. Persistence of Poverty
3. Environmental Degradation and Climate Change
4. Sustainable Agriculture and Livelihoods
5. Violent Conflict and Social Disintegration
6. Access to Healthcare and Preventing the Spread of Disease
7. Literacy and Education
8. Consumerism and Over-Consumption
9. Disconnectedness and Barriers to Engagement
10. Private Sector Collaboration

Gender inequity is recognized as a cross-cutting issue

exacerbating each of these 10 challenges.

Depending on the number of participants in each group, there may be a number of sub-topic groups. The team will be using a number of facilitation tools at various points during the conference, including World Cafe, ToP workshops and strategic thinking processes, and many others.

There is a full day of site visits to community projects in Japan. And the last day will include vibrant reports from each topic group. The main conference languages will be English and Japanese but there will be translation for many more. If you can communicate in more than one language, that will be an asset. There will be an orientation and facilitator training on November 16.

You can find out more about the conference and register at http://www.japan2008.org/. This link will lead you to the conference information site, a place to participate in pre-conference dialogue on the topics, and a big "register" button. Registration on-line was easy.

If you are thinking about going to the conference and would like to facilitate, please reply to Jo so he can keep you up to date on developments in the conference planning.

If you know someone else who is going or might go, please forward them this invitation. They need lots of facilitators!

On behalf of:

Jo Nelson, CPF, CTF <jnelson@ica-associates.ca>
Certified Professional Facilitator and ICA Certified ToP(TM) Facilitator
ICA Associates, Inc. 655 Queen Street East, Toronto, ON M4M 1G4
Ph. 1 416-691-2316, x230 Toll-free 1 877-691-1422 Fax 1 416-691-2491
Website http://ica-associates.ca
Cellphone 647 233 6910
Skype "jofacilitator"

The Medicine Wheels and Shamanistic Techniques in Facilitation

Looking for ways to improve your effectiveness as a facilitator?

Learn how The Medicine Wheels & Shamanistic Techniques could help you manage group dynamics and facilitate meetings/brainstorming better!

WORKSHOP DETAILS

Title: The Medicine Wheels and Shamanistic Techniques in Facilitation Workshop
Date: 17 Sep 08 – 19 Sep 08 (Wed - Fri)
Time: 8.30am-5.30pm
Venue: Orchid Country Club, Singapore(http://www.orchidclub.com)

P/S: Evening blocks on 17 & 18 Sep 08 from 5.30pm-10pm are optional – see program brochure for details

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

• those caring for their own development, personally & professionally;
• anyone facilitating others - individually or in teams - in their line of work e.g. managers, team/project leaders & HRD professionals;
• 'intervention professionals' e.g. coaches, trainers, consultants & facilitators.

WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND?

• How to 'scan' (sense/observe) your own energy and that of others.
• How to balance our own energy and energise ourselves when needed.
• The effect of thoughts and words on our energy and how to protect ourselves energetically.
• Influencing group energy in terms of both connectedness and vibration.
• Energetic preparation of a space to optimize its influence.
• Techniques for dealing with difficult moments and for improving Presence and focus.
• How to work with attention and intention, individually and in/with groups.
• Techniques for changing your own brainwaves, improving clarity, creativity, problem-solving capabilities and much more.
• Techniques for sharpening and enhancing perception.
• The Medicine Wheels: basic framework and applications in group dynamics and facilitation of meetings and brainstorming.
• Employing elemental energy for balance, movement and innovation in a group.
• How to apply all of this for our own development, in our relationships with family, friends, and colleagues and in our professional capacity.

WHAT PEOPLE IN THE KNOW ARE SAYING?

"Michal knows to present the workshops in an inspiring and gripping way. Her coaching and assessment during the workshop are of a very high level and have never failed to leave me with new insights and challenges in my life."

"In my years as a manager I have enjoyed some executive programs at top business schools like Fontainebleu and MIT as well as some of the best personal trainings in our country. The real impact, however, that you were able to achieve on the team and myself in a short period of time puts you in my mind right up in that league."

"All the workshops I've done with Michal have been pure joy. Not only that, they have brought me immense understanding of "how life works" and my role-(playing) in it. Michal is able to access an incredible font of knowledge as well as inspired intuition. She shares these in a way which makes the understanding gained accessible. I feel this is why her workshops have brought so much clarity to me and have had such an impact in my life, in very practical ways."

"With more than 15 years of experience in leadership development (as a retired Lt.Col.) I can truly say you are unique, no-nonsense, and very, very effective."

WHO IS THE WORKSHOP FACILITATOR?

Born in Israel, Michal has lived and worked on three continents. She studied mathematics, physics, psychology & social sciences and later trained in a wide range of holistic, natural and body-mind systems & modalities. Having treated and counseled hundreds of people, Michal's practice developed into a school for Human Potential Development, focusing on the ancient American Indian knowledge of the Medicine Wheels, the Toltec tradition, and Shamanic practices from all over the world and incorporating leading-edge (scientific) knowledge and techniques. In 1998, Michal was handed a Peace-Elder ribbon at the international congregation of Wolfsong.

Michal has 30+ years of experience in guiding and coaching individuals in various contexts and close to as many in facilitating groups and teams, with 'training the trainers' as her specialization for the past 12 years. Since moving to Australia, Michal has divided her time between the private sector and the corporate world, advising management teams of multi-nationals in Europe and the Middle-East, working with businesses, Government and Community organisations in Australia and presenting various courses, workshops and training programs. For the past 10 years she has further specialised in Emotional, Spiritual and Collective Intelligence, Complexity, Accelerated Learning and Training Program Design.

WORKSHOP INVESTMENT*

Early Bird Registration (by 9 Aug 08)
IAF Members S$990**
Non Members S$1,290
After Early Bird Deadline (after 9 Aug 08)
S$1,490 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 Ltd
10 Anson Road
#03-09 International Plaza
Singapore 079903

REGISTRATION ENQUIRIES

Tel : (65) 9099-4655 or (65) 9833-3515
Email : admin@fns.sg

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

Tel : (65) 9099-4655 or (65) 9833-3515
Email : admin@fns.sg