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Hitchhikers guide to Better Meetings
Posted by Andrew 9 August 2010Ever experienced or participated in a meeting which you felt could have been better?
With the story of our name being partly inspired by a reference to Douglas Adam’s Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, I thought it could be a bit of fun to take a look at three phrases that are found within and see how [...]
There’s a werewolf in the room…
Posted by Andrew 21 July 2010If you’re interested in all things facilitation, then don’t miss the Facilitation One Day Wonder held on 8th September.
I will be there running a session which is taking the elephant in the room to the extreme. My session is called “There’s a werewolf in the room” and the session description is:
This 90 minute highly experiential [...]
Interested in developing your facilitation skills?
Posted by Andrew 23 June 2010Our next public program of Facilitating Focus Groups will be held in Melbourne CBD on Friday August 20th.
Download this easy-scan-fax-in brochure to register by July 31st for the early-bird.
(Live outside of Melbourne? You wanted an excuse for a shopping trip anyway right? )
Want to keep up to date with the Celebrating Story Conference?
Posted by Andrew 1 May 2010Join our new online community… Simply click here and follow the links to sign-up.
Show me the Change!
Posted by Andrew 22 March 2010Whether you are involved in one-on-one coaching, organisational development or broad scale community engagement, the “Show me the Change: Complexity and the art of Evaluation” conference on May 4th through to 6th could be of real value for you… Read more here.
And don’t miss the great selection of Post-conference workshops! (Check out the conference program [...]
Call for proposals close for the Celebrating Story Conference
Posted by Andrew 10 March 2010With 40 proposals in, we have had a great response with our call for proposals for the next “Celebrating Story” conference scheduled for October 7th and 8th. The figure below illustrates the distribution of the proposals based on the different themes which we were inviting contributions around. Now it’s over to our conference review team!
Need the link for “Proposing a workshop” for the Celebrating Story Conference?
Posted by Andrew 1 February 2010A few people have let me know they’ve had trouble with the link for proposing a workshop. If that’s you, then here’s the direct link. Let me know if you need anything else…
Corporate Stories and Narrative Coaching Workshop – Monday March 29th Melbourne
Posted by Andrew 27 January 2010Interested in learning more about working with Story Organisationally? Maybe you’re interested in finding how you can expand your coaching skills with the use of narrative?
We’re excited to be offering this one-day workshop as part of international narrative practictioner’s Pierre Blanc-Sahnoun visit to Australia!
To learn more, including how to register, download our easy-fax-in registration brochure [...]
Some free resources for cultivating Communities
Posted by Andrew 30 November 2009Are you interested in network approaches to developing communities? Different approaches to looking at how teams can develop? You might find these resources helpful. The first is from Etienne Wenger’s paper on Cultivating Communities of practice. The second is a framework drawn from Patti Anklan’s book on Network. Thanks to Simon Kneebone!
Let me know if [...]
Take a look into the experience of our Celebrating Story Conference – Oct 8 and 9 2009
Posted by Andrew 9 November 2009