Visual Facilitation for Organizational Transformation Workshop: February 17-19, 2012

LOCATION: Seattle University

INSTRUCTORS: Regina Rowland, PhD, NLP Master & Julie Gieseke, MA, NLP Master, CPCC

COST: Workshop Fee of $500, Materials Fee: $75

How can enhancing your visual thinking skills help you to refine your craft as a designer and facilitator of systemic change? How can you apply creative methods and tools to individual change work and/or group processes? How can helping individuals and groups to see their ideas, thoughts and dialogue in pictures greatly influence the dynamics at play?

No prior experience necessary! Art skills are useful, but not necessary. You will need to bring a willingness to listen deeply and a desire to think systemically; at the core of it all lies a hunger for play and creative engagement.

Questions? Contact Leslie Chamberlain, email v-chambl@seattleu.edu or call 206-296-5898

New American Dream Video: Visualizing a Plenitude Economy

This 5-minute time-lapse video provides a vision of what a post-consumer society could look like, with people working fewer hours and pursuing re-skilling, homesteading, and small-scale enterprises that can help reduce the overall size and impact of the consumer economy.

The video is narrated by economist and bestselling author Juliet Schor, based on her book Plenitude: The New Economics of True Wealth.

Read more about Schor's vision for a Plenitude economy on her website.

Want to Know How Scientists Are "Mapping the Brain"?

Then check out this presentation on the technology and techniques used to physically slice and digitally dice the human brain... and make a marvelous map.
From TED.com:

How can we begin to understand the way the brain works? The same way we begin to understand a city: by making a map. In this visually stunning talk, Allan Jones shows how his team is mapping which genes are turned on in each tiny region, and how it all connects up. 

(Recorded atTEDGlobal 2011, July 2011, in Edinburgh, Scotland. Duration: 15:22.)

FacilitatorU: Feel the Fear and Facilitate Anyway

For the Halloween issue of FacilitatorU newsletter, the writers asked veteran facilitators to share with them their greatest fears (and those typically encountered by their groups) along with proposed coping strategies.

Common facilitation fears, include demonic voices in one's head, shouting:
  • Careful not to inadvertently open a can of worms and stir up conflict!
  • You do not understanding the culture!
  • You will not know what to do!
  • What if your mind goes blank from stage fright?
  • You're ineffective in helping groups achieve their goals!
  • You're not prepared!
  • You might look silly, stupid, or worse… unprofessional!

Mwah-ha-ha-ha-ha!

These are common and 100% sources of fear, the trick is learning how to manage these issues and emotions when they jump out and surprise you!

Read on for some sage advice on how to ward off these emotional bloodsuckers:
http://facilitatoru.com/blog/facilitation/feel-the-fear-and-facilitate-anyway

Permission: A Guide to Generating More Ideas, Being More of Yourself and Having More Fun at Work

New book by graphic facilitator Brandy Agerbeck

Permission is a playful book with serious intent.
Written by Pamela Meyer and beautifully illuminated by Brandy Agerbeck, Permission is:
"Playful because it opens up more space for people to play with possibilities, play new roles and experience more play in the system(s) in which they work. It is serious because when people have permission to innovate, learn and engage, significant business results follow."
More at permissiongivers.com
Purchase on Amazon.com.