Photos and illustrations from the
Australasian Facilitators Network Conference in Adelaide 2007

Opening Night -

Note the Conference banner

Michael Miller, Gregory Nathan, ? and Rhonda Tranks

Tai Chi Master - Rick Sommerford

Michael Miller, Gregory Nathan, Rhonda Tranks

Conference participants



Singer/song writer Shirley O'Toole

Illustrations by Simon Kneebone of stories of best practice facilitation

The plenary session with whole conference group

What is the deep knowing, longing or yearning for which facilitation is part of the answer for you?

Developing a more collaborative and collegial management group in the unit

Doing good in the world

To be useful as the planet, and all on it, evolves.

Life is better, more full, rosier, even fun when people really come together

To make a difference for at least one person in the group/ "session"

Celebrate the unique
Realize the potential
Find your belonging
Make connections
Be heard and valued
Have fun

Making a positive difference in the world

Helping people to collaborate and pool their wisdom to create better outcomes

To see groups learning to solve their own problems sustainably

Deep Respect

Community members / groups talking abut their community

To bring people / community together

To give people opportunity / permission to hear each other

Collaboration
Creativity
Challenge
New ideas / Outside the box

Tools for social justice
'connectedness'
Deep learning

Helping others to discover their direction

Assisting people to maximize their potential as part of a group and individually

To give space to the complexity of the world

Resolving conflict

Connect with constructive knowledge

Enabling people to harness and tap into creative collective energy to make their changes

Their people understand more about water as valued resources in their lives and for the environment

Bringing together

Awareness - of self, of others

To know & be known

Connection

Easing the pain of working in the 'corporate sector' and providing people with opportunities for fulfillment

A need for connections
To understand new perspectives
Allow other to appreciate new perspectives as well

Playing a part in the development of solutions which improve a small part of the participants world

Peacemaking
Connecting people to true selves
Changing / transforming the paradigm of war/ competition to co-operation / collaboration

Unity and celebration
Peace

Appreciation and understanding

Connecting in positive and continuous ways

Total community involvement and ownership

Sharing joy, grief, realness, understanding, love, care of each other ? leads to connection, belonging, happiness

Work with group who are their voluntarily for self-development

Connections - helping others

Facilitation to help break the cycle of degradation and destruction in indigenous communities

Creating community vibrance in my regional community

Bringing the present forward "now" to enable possibilities

How can TAMS (Dept of Territory and Municipal Services (ACT Gov) internal facilitators enable effective business improvement processes within the organization?

Clarity

Connection

What is the deep knowing, longing or yearning for which facilitation is part of the answer for you?

Knowing and being - a way forward together
Connected, safe and free

Building a strong sense of community where all contributions are valued

To hear and respect difference - of ideas, of images, of actions

Sustainable communities and society

We are all one

Space for people
- to be
- to reflect
- to connect with others
- to be hear/ be heard

Join with others too do and feel stuff that really matters

To see people achieve their full potential!

Strength

Helping others understand each other and work together more effectively

Connecting us all with our individual and collective magnificence :)

That gives a voice to the voiceless > and thus connects people

Work together to create a better future…

Convergence

Confidence - through understanding environments, people, different needs and useful processes

To make a difference by enabling others to articulate and achieve ether visions (dreams)

Connecting people with differences
Engagement
Levity and fun
Opportunity and exploration

To have real conversations, meaningful action and to know that can happen ANYWHERE, ANYTIME!!!

Growing community desire for passive energy generation.

No one is left wanting when they cry out for help

-To connect with others
-To make a positive difference in the world

Deep longing
that people connect
with ,and hear each
other
and
move forward
together

Encourage and catalyze uninhibited thought and experience

Work with people to help make a sustained, +ve impact on their lives

Yearning, longing, knowing
->
Facilitation
->
Respect > success > learning >
< Group >

Sharing / listening/ reflections
-respect

- generation of new ideas

Create a more open and connected safety culture in the oil and gas industry

I am complete
The energy within me is aligned and flowing the way it is intended to enter the world

People expressing their selves, people accepting diversity

That diverse voices can be heard

Creating a healthy society that is ecologically viable!

Helping others help themselves

REAL LISTENING - hearing, looking, heart

The basic need for a person to be heard- well and fully

KNOWING
- Each client needs to tell their story
- Each client needs to know that they have been heard.

Only after telling and hearing can we move forward.

To create environments where conversation can be had to clarify and align

To connect with people heart to heart

- Harmony
- Achieving growth

Humanity
- Creating harmony
- Valuing diversity
- Sharing resources

To be able to confidently bring together various participants and work with them so they can develop a better outcome or future

People giving and talking the best they can

That collaboration will do as my religion

Helping people change their lives to become their best

Community empowerment
Taking control/ charge / direction of their own futures

The conference dinner

Stephen Thorpe, Terence and Theresa Ratnam Thong, Joan Firkins and Dale Hunter



IAF Leaders: Terence Ratnam Thong, Tom Schwarz, Theresa Ratnam Thong,
Andrew Rixon & Keith Ryall (standing behind)
Dale Hunter and Stephen Thorpe

Dancing...

Stephen Thorpe & Ed McKinley

Conference organiers with partners:
Mark Butz (second from left), Joan Firkins (at right)

On the Balcony; Keith Ryall, Joan Firkins and Dale