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The Zone Brings Zenergy to Europe A Stage 1: Art of Facilitation (Sheffield, UK) and a Facilitation  Master Class (Lausanne, Switzerland) were sponsored by our sister company The Zone in October - November. Dale Hunter travelled over to train and coach leaders for the programmes which will now be a regular event in Europe. Outstanding facilitators now leading Zenergy's programmes in Europe are: Liam Forde (Master Class), Lis Gleed (Stage 1&2), Corina Roobeck (Stage 1) and Dawn Forde (in training). The theme of the Facilitation Master Class was The flowering of a new era. Notice the serendipitous beam of light in the photo (right) 2012 programmes in Europe are now listed on the Programmes page.
Liam Forde and the flowering Dale, Lis and Corina at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire (middle)

New Diploma Graduates

Four Zenergy graduates completed their 8-module Diploma of Facilitation this year. These brilliant and intrepid facilitators are Joan Firkins (Melbourne), Rick Sommerford (Western Australia), Marney Ainsworth (Christchurch) and Joanna Pearsall (New Zealand). These four Diplomas bring the Zenergy total to 60.	Marney, Dale & Jo at Master Class Joan Firkins with son Hugh and husband Michael
Rick Sommerford

AFN 2011 - Fremantle, Western Australia

The Australasian Facilitators Network (AFN) held its 14th annual conference on 4-6 November at Notre Dame University in Fremantle, Western Australia. The AFN is a self organising community of group facilitators who develop and organise a range of events throughout Australia and New Zealand. It develops and spreads new knowledge, capabilities and fosters innovation. Among their many accomplishments, Bob Dick (left) moderates the AFN e-list of over 900 facilitators and Mark Butz (right) is webmaster of the AFN website.

Old Mates - Bob Dick, Dale Hunter and Mark Butz

Best Paper Award For Stephen Thorpe

Zenergy Director Dr. Stephen Thorpe presented a paper on Storytelling and building collaborative team relationships in Second Life at the International Conference on Distance Learning and Education in Singapore on 17 September. Stephen's paper is based on his PhD and discusses participant experiences of place and each other in facilitated storytelling sessions in the 3-D interactive world of Second Life. Stephen presented alongside 50 other leading researchers in the Distance Learning and Education field and received the Best Paper Award at the conference. Stephen has also been invited to publish his paper in the next issue of the International Journal of Information and Education Technology.

Dr. Thorpe: 2nd row, 5th from the left with conference delegates.

John Dawson - Turkey

John Dawson and his wife Jeannine have moved to Turkey for a year or so. He keeps us up to date with his many awesome adventures. Too many to list here... Includes much friendship, adventure and good food. Here's a taster: Our friend Kemal invited us to go to Darende in eastern Anatolia with his family and some friends/disciples of Somancu Baba who started the Sufi school there in the 14th century. It is now the centre for the ‘foundation’ which carries on his work under the guidance of the current Shaikh. It looks pretty well organised, with a variety of services and centres in various cities around Turkey. It was a long night drive, great and cheerful company in the minivan, arriving around 2.30am – to a beautiful, clear starry night (very cold!). The main mosque is built into the side of a cliff with a natural spring running through it – beautiful. The river and gorge have a naturally heated swimming pool system built into the canyon wall! After breakfast we went to a large long building where we sat in rows, served with tea, and listened to devotional singing (unaccompanied) by 6 men. Wonderful voices and quality – they sang for 1.25hrs – bringing tears to a few eyes around us. Indescribable strength and beauty in the singing. The journey back to Konya was beautiful too – snowy landscapes, white and pristine. A wonderful trip.

John outside the Mosque of Somuncu Baba John and Jeannine at the Kilistra Ruins

Facilitation Master Class

Dr. Dale Hunter recently lead a very successful 2 day Master Class in Denver, USA and has 3 other Faciliation Master Classes coming up. These are in Lausanne, Switzerland; Fremantle, Western Australia; and Auckland New Zealand. For more details about the Master Class click here. For Master Class dates click here.

Facilitation Master Class, Denver - April

Zenergy at Istanbul, Turkey

This year’s IAF Europe Conference will take place in Istanbul. Zenergy's John Dawson will be there and he has the following workshops accepted as part of the conference programme: A 1-day pre-conference workshop: Person Centered Facilitation – An Experiential Workshop for Facilitators; Conference workshop sessions on Facilitating for Cultural Awareness and Defining the Essence of your Business or Organisation. For more details see the conference website: iaf-europe-conference.org.

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