Conference Programme
Pre-Conference
Workshops with Gil Brenson-Lazan:
Facilitation in Disasters - full day, Wed Oct 20
Working with Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome - half day, Thurs Oct 21
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AFN 2004 Conference Programme
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Conference delegates: Please contact the conference
organisers by October 20 at to let us know what your preferences are
for each workshop stream. See the bold boxed-sections in the programme
below.
Choose one workshop
for Saturday breakfast, one or two for Saturday later in the morning
(Stream A is 3 hours’ duration, all other workshops are 90 minutes
so you can pick between Streams B, C and D) , and one for Sunday morning.
All participants are welcome to attend any of the sessions. We have
used an indicator for some sessions to indicate a particular interest
range.
New Recruits: people new to the field of facilitation
Journeypeople: people who have been in the profession for a few years
Seasoned Adventurers: people who have many years' experience
Please refer to
the Presenters page on this website for more
detail about particular workshops and workshop leaders.
| Time |
Item |
| Friday
DAY 1 |
|
| 8:30 |
Venue
open for registration, /drinks available |
| 9:45 |
Welcome
|
| 12:00 |
Scroggin
Break (Lunch)
|
| 13:00 |
Special
open event – Southern Lights: A facilitation smorgasbord
A
taster of all types of facilitation methodologies especially designed
for our participants and for people throughout the Wellington
Community.
|
| 16:00 |
Adventure
Point
Participants can go on their selected
adventure or rest until dinner.
|
| 17:30 |
Climbing
buddies meet |
| 18:00 |
Dinner
|
|
19:15 |
After dinner
speaker: Jamie Fitzgerald.
At the age of 23 Jamie competed in the TransAtlantic rowing
race. Jamie will bring his own perspective on adventure and how
it relates to facilitation.
|
|
20:00 |
Group
story sharing
This will
be an opportunity to share stories of our own facilitation adventures,
including those of conference guest Dr Gil Brenson Lazan. Gil is
the President of the Global Facilitators Service Corp, which plays
a role in facilitation work in disasters (the recent floods in Haiti
are an example). He has been a pioneer in Latin America in facilitation,
stress management and disaster and crisis intervention.
|
| 7:30 – 9:30
Choose one to attend from these three
|
Workshops
to choose from: Early morning adventures
The Role of Fun in Group
Work - Aisha Damali - New Recruits
Egos, ambitions & the adversarial paradigm: facilitating collaborative
decision making processes in political organisations
- Janet Rice - Journeypeople
Engaging Powerful Stakeholders - Martin Butcher
- Seasoned Adventurers
|
| 9:45 |
Welcome
back
Climbing buddies meet
|
| 10:15
– 13:15
Stream A
10:15 – 13:15
Stream B
10:15 – 11:45
11:45 –
13:15
Stream C
10:15 – 11:45
11:45 – 13:15
Stream D
10:15 – 11:45
11:45 – 13:15
|
Workshops
to choose from: Experiential
Adventure Groups
Stream
A
Spiral Dynamics & Facilitation Wizardry
- Kevin Balm - Seasoned Adventurers
Stream B
Mapping the Field of Facilitation - Dale
Hunter - All Levels
A psychodramatic approach to facilitation -
John Faisandier - All Levels
Stream C
Helping trainer/experts become learning facilitators -
Ron West - New Recruits
Independent Souls - Anne Pattillo - Seasoned
Adventurers
Stream D
Why are You Like That? a tool for creating
greater understanding and synergy during the group process
- Claire Wynn - All Levels
Taking stock: introducing a visual method for group reflection
- Michelle Rush - Journeypeople |
| 13:15 |
Scroggin
Break (Lunch)
. |
| 14:00 |
Open
Space Technology session
Work on participant issues & interests |
| 17:00 |
Climbing
buddies meet
|
| 17:30 |
Meal
Mates
|
| 19:00 |
Dinner/Free
evening
|
| Sundary
DAY 3 |
Item |
| 7:30 – 9:00 |
Extraordinary Adventure Breakfast – About Wellington tour & rally competition |
| 9:00 – 9:15 |
Welcome
|
| 9:30 - 11:30
Choose one to attend from these four |
Workshops to choose from: Last chance for adventure:
Spontaneity and the role of the facilitator
- Sharon Fulton Bevers - Journeypeople
Using Participatory Storytelling in Planning Processes - Viv McWaters & Jessica Dart - All Levels
Exploring your journey as a facilitator using the medicine
wheel/healing circle as a metaphor - Helen Patterson - All Levels
Getting experiential outdoors - Glyn Thomas - All Levels
|
| 11:30 |
The future of Facilitation
Conversation space, led by Carla Rogers,
IAF representative |
| 12:30 |
Descent
and Closure
|
| 13:15 |
Light
lunch and farewells
|
