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Facilitation Training Programmes in Ireland

In August, Dr. Dale Hunter visited Dublin, Ireland to co-lead a 4-day residential programme for Vofafone Ireland and UK with Liam Forde at The Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation in the Wicklow Mountains to the south-west of Dublin. Liam facilitates in Europe and the Middle-East specialising in values-based leadership development. He holds a Zenergy Diploma of Facilitation and is an accredited Zenergy programme leader.

Taking advantage of Dale's visit Zenergy graduate Ray Murray organised and co-led with Dale a 2-day advanced facilitation training for a Trinity College outreach programme (NIID).

Discussion Group at Findhorn in Scotland

Organised by Philip Rogers, a discussion group on Heart Politics New Zealand was held at the Findhorn Community Centre while Dr. Dale Hunter was in Scotland.

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Mani Scott Catanach

Zenergy are happy to announce the birth of Mani Scott Catanach, the eagerly awaited son of Zenergy Diploma of Facilitation graduate Deborah Crowe. Mani is part of a growing bunch of next-generation Zenergy faciltators in the making. Deborah is a director of mobile technology company Run the Red.

The Facilitating Social Change Conference

Zenergy was a sponsor of the Facilitating Social Change Conference held in May at the Commonground Centre in Seymour, Victoria, Australia. Just under 50 people attended and most participants were accommodated on site and came from facilitation and social change communities in Australia and New Zealand.

Philip Thomas, an invited participant from the international Generative Change Community came to learn and share his knowledge relating to social change multi stakeholder peace building events in Latin America. The conference was held in a modified version of open space with workshops invited at the event in response to key questions identified by the participants. 15 workshops were held on a variety of topics.

Aoraki/Canterbury Facilitators Network

A facilitators’ network has been established in the Aoraki Canterbury region by Zenergy graduates Melanie Schauer and Mary Hay. The network brings together a selection of people from government, private and volunteer sectors, who work in a range of fields.

The focus of the network is to learn and share experiences and knowledge in regards to facilitating change. Key to the network will be keeping up to date with new tools and knowledge and also provide a supportive safe environment to discuss the highlights and issues to do with facilitating social change. For more details contact Melanie on (03) 6840523 or (027) 2303745.

IAF Board Meeting and conference in Atlanta, Georgia, USA

In April Zenergy's Stephen Thorpe attended the IAF North American conference and board meeting. Stephen is the Secretary on the board. Key areas that were discussed at the meeting are a proposal for the accreditation of facilitation training providers, which Stephen is championing, the IAF's organisational design, shared services, the Certified Professional Facilitator accreditation programme and strategic areas to work on moving forward into 2008 and 2009.

The 2008 IAF Board in Atlanta

Four hundred and twenty six people attended the conference from 26 countries. The theme of the conference was Opportunity, Optimism and Openness.

New IAF Journal Editor

In March Zenergy's Stephen Thorpe become the new Editor-in-Chief of the IAF's Group Facilitation: A Research and Applications Journal. Stephen will be taking on the role from Sandy Schuman who has been an editor of the journal since late 1997. Sandy has been involved since the journal's beginning; first as an Associate Editor, and then as Editor-in-Chief from 2001. Sandy has made a wonderful contribution to the profession of group facilitation. Sandy will be transitioning to a consultative role on the Journal’s board and his experience will still be present and can be drawn upon as Stephen steps into the role.

Zenergy Theme for 2008

Zenergy team members reflected on the year at the December team meeting and developed the theme for 2008. The theme is Conscious Alignment. The team also worked together to develop a purpose for Zenergy - To enable co-operation and emergence. There are four keay areas that the team identified as important in achieving our purpose - Enabling people to work together better, person-centered facilitation, global leadership and uncovering how co-operation and emergence work.

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Upcoming Zenergy Programmes
Our next public training programmes are:

Stage 1: The Art of Facilitation	September 15-19	Auckland
	October 13-17	Wellington
	November 10-14	Nelson
Stage 2: The Distinctions of Facilitation	October 6-10	Auckland
Stage 3: Co-operacy	September 25-28	New Zealand
Master Class	October 16-19	New Zealand
Psychodrama	August 28-31 (4-day)	Auckland
Coaching	October 30-31	Auckland
Online Facilitation Skills	September 1-9 November	Global

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