Workshops : Spring and Fall 2010

Certification - La formation des formateurs (module 5 du programme Genuine Contact) : 14 au 18 juin 2010 à Val-David, QC, Canada

Working with Open Space Technology (Genuine Contact Program, module 1): August 21-24, Hamilton, ON, Canada

Genuine Contact Organization (Genuine Contact Program, module 4): August 25-28, Hamilton, ON, Canada

Travailler avec la technologie du Forum Ouvert (module 1 du programme Genuine Contact) : 20 au 23 octobre 2010 à Paris, France

Organization Health and Balance (Genuine Contact Program, Foundations 1 and 2): October 20-22, Halifax, NS, Canada

Cross Cultural Conflict Resolution (Session Three: Genuine Contact Program): On-line - November 1, 8, 15, and 22, 2010, 12-3 pm EST

L'animation holistique (module 2 du programme Genuine Contact) : 4, 5 et 12 novembre 2010, Gatineau, QC, Canada

Info: marquis@groupecourage.com

Workshops in Val-David

This week, we are offering two workshops in Val-David, QC, Canada : Path to Organizational Health and Balance and Achieving Organizational Health and Balance Diagnosis and Regeneration, Foundations 1 and 2 of the Genuine Contact Program. There are two groups, one Anglophone and one Francophone for a total of 10 participants. The workshops facilitators are Marquis Bureau, Donna Clark and Michelle Cooper.

Special thanks to all participants!

Session 3 of the Genuine Contact Program en français

Greetings from Val David Quebec where Marquis Bureau and I are facilitating Session 3 of the Genuine Contact Program en français - La résolution de conflits interculturels. We have three participants - making five with Marquis and I.

We decided that it was important to offer the course and maintain the energy of moving the course forward even with small numbers. There is much interest for the work of Genuine Contact in the francophone community - and for the second time we have not attracted any English speaking participants, something we will evaluate after we offer Organizational Health and Balance in May.

With three participants Marquis and I are participating when we want to have the group work in pairs. When he is in the role of facilitator, I participate and vice versa. I am of course at my learning edge because my French is at only an intermediate level and I have few opportunities to practice. I find the best way for me is to listen with my heart rather than my head.....When I worry too much about translating my ego is very active and I think of my self and my next words. So, I am practicing presence with deep listening - which is good because for those of you who know me, I usually have a LOT to say when I am speaking English.....and my learning about self and others is deep.

The great news is that all of the participants took the WPPF course in October. While we are not teaching WPPF, some of the ahas and questions are allowing deeper exploration of WPPF principles and we are of course giving them another experience of WPPF that is not a mix of facilitating and then teaching about the method.

One of the explorations/discussions of this morning was about hopes and fears....that how when we invite the whole person by welcoming their fears, we can prevent conflict....and when the environment does not welcome the fears up front, that the conflict will emerge later or it supports conflict.
I love the learning that I have when I facilitate these workshops.....a great way to go deeper myself.

We did the Genuine Contact yoga this morning - the eagle, which causes me to think of all of you around the world.

Have a great day everyone.

Michelle

Next Workshop in Val-David, QC, Canada - March 5-6, 2009

Session 3 of the Genuine Contact Program:
Cross Cultural Conflict Resolution

The one constant in life is change. Today, all organizations and the people within them are experiencing more rapid change than ever before. And hand in hand with change is the certainty of conflict. Conflict uses up individual and organizational energy, taking this energy away from constructive and productive work.

We invite you to a workshop to learn simple and highly effective methods for working with people in situations of conflict. The workshop focuses on the readiness of the facilitator to work with situations of conflict with groups. The personal preparation of the facilitator is essential. The workshop provides guidance in personal preparation as well as providing the facilitator with skills and a framework for conflict resolution. This framework for conflict resolution in groups is based on universal cross cultural practices for conflict resolution.

People engaged in conflict are usually fixed in one perspective. They rarely ask each other genuine questions. They also tend to lose contact with whole selves, rendering voiceless a part of themselves and they are unable to participate fully and effectively in efforts to resolve the conflict.

This workshop is based on the work of anthropologist Angeles Arrien, author Harrison Owen, and knowledge of the I CHING (the Chinese book of change). The program covers the three energies (dynamic, magnetic, integrated), the four principles of Open Space Technology, the art of detachment, and the six stages of problem solving.

You will leave this experiential, interactive workshop equipped with:
• A practical, holistic process through which you will lead meetings for conflict resolution
• A practical, holistic way of preparing the individuals to be involved with the conflict resolution meeting
• A practical, holistic way of preparing yourself to facilitate successful meetings
• The skills and knowledge to recognize when conflict resolution won't work and other means need to be employed

If your particular concern is conflict resolution, we recommend learning to use Open Space Technology, Whole Person Process Facilitation, and the Cross Cultural Conflict Resolution meeting methodology and skills. All three are exceptionally successful in resolving conflict and finding solutions including agreement to implement the solutions. These three skill sets will provide you with a “toolbox” for working with any situations of conflict.

Length: 2 days
Pre-requisites: None
(Note: While there are no pre-requisites, we find that combining this workshop with the Open Space Technology & Whole Person Process Facilitation trainings provides you with a exceptionally effective “toolbox” for working with any situations of conflict).

For more information or if you wish to register, please contact Marquis Bureau: info@mbureau.com

Destination: Val-David, Quebec

We're very pleased to be offering in French, for the first time in Canada, Module 2 of the Genuine Contact Program: Whole Person Process Facilitation - Animation holistique in Val-David from October 29 to 30. Ten participants have accepted our invitation!

Photo: www.valdavid.com