Don't Just Do Something, Stand There!

An Orientation to Facilitating Meetings that Matter

This is an opportunity to experience an advanced meeting management workshop based on Marvin Weisbord and Sandra Janoff's new book, "Don't Just Do Something, Stand There! Ten Principles to Leading Meetings that Matter" that links systems change with personal growth.

Dr. Sandra Janoff teaches a simple theory, philosophy, and methods equally applicable to society, organizations, groups and ourselves. All the way from USA, she will show you how you can work on structure, which is controllable, rather than behavior, attitudes and motivation, which are not.

You can achieve more while "intervening" less by helping people :

• See themselves as part of a bigger picture
• Commit to the meeting's goal
• Say what they know (even in risky situations)
• Listen to ideas they don't share
  Make choices in their own and a group's interest
• Act responsibly when action is appropriate

You can achieve these outcomes when you experience yourself as part of a group –a "whole system" – that can fragment or develop from one moment to the next. Meeting leaders have a special role in maintaining a system's task.

Are you curious about this workshop? Let's do just that to register!

Workshop: Date: 4 Nov 09 (Wed)

Time: 830am-530pm

Venue: Orchid Country Club

Fee: S$790 (IAF Member) & S$890 (Non-IAF Member)

(register by 3 Oct 09)

Register on line @ http://www.fns.sg

Singapore Facilitators Conference 2009

Rhythm of Facilitation
5 & 6 November 2009
Orchid Country Club

14 concurrent workshops to choose from on day 2.

Large Group session on day 1: Common Ground and Action in Organizations and Communities by Dr Sandra Janoff - creator of Future Search.

Fees

Early Bird fee (before 15 Aug'09) @ SGD490
Normal fee (16 Aug'09 - 30 Sep'09) @ SGD590
Late fee (1 Oct'09 - 31 Oct'09) @ SGD690
Very Late fee (1 Nov'09 - 4 Nov'09) @ SGD790

Download Brochure and Register on-line now at: http://www.fns.sg

Book Launch during SFC2009

Each conference participant will receive Facilitating Transformation fresh off the press autographed by the author Douglas O'Loughlin.

Here is a preview of the book:

How can you increase the chances of people and groups experiencing breakthroughs? Yes, shifts happen and you can consistently facilitate transformation. We can change the world one session at a time.

The 12 strategies in this book have emerged from more than 20 years of facilitating around the world, and they provide a map for how to more consistently co-create transformation.

This book is filled with practical tips, examples, models, and philosophies that provide an international buffet of food for thought for the work you do with groups. If you facilitate, teach, conduct workshops, coach or lead people, this book has ideas that can support you expanding your capacity to be a catalyst for transformation.

There are many BIG and small subtleties that make the difference between an average session and a transformational one. Explore this book and find some of the transformational leverage points that can support you to support others.

Up and Coming Programmes for Facilitators

Fun with Graphics Facilitation Workshop
Date: 24 Jul 09 (Fri)
Time: 830 am-530 pm
Venue: YWCA Fort Canning Lodge

Flavors of Facilitation - Storytelling, Rapid Learning and Power Debriefing
Workshop Date: 14 Aug 09 (Fri)
Time: 830 am-530 pm
Venue: YWCA Fort Canning Lodge

Unity in Diversity – Evolutionary Cross Cultural Facilitation
Date: 4 Sep 09 (Fri)
Time: 830 am-530 pm
Venue: YWCA Fort Canning Lodge

Appreciative Inquiry – Applications At Work
Date : 29 Oct 09 (Thu) & 30 Oct 09 (Fri)
Time: 830 am-530 pm
Venue: YWCA Fort Canning Lodge

Register on line @ http://www.fns.sg