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Marquis Bureau
marquis@groupecourage.com
1-819-766-2873
Tuesday, 12 April 2011
Monday, 24 May 2010
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
Saturday, 24 April 2010
A Man Thinketh - James Allen
“From the state of a man’s heart proceed the conditions of his life; his thoughts blossom into deeds, and his deeds bear the fruitage of character of destiny.”
Marquis Bureau
819-766-2873
Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette, QC - Hamilton, ON - Halifax, N-É/NS
La santé et l'équilibre personnels
3 au 6 mai 2010 à Val-David, QC, Canada. Workshop also offered in English.
Formation des formateurs du programme Genuine Contact
14 au 18 juin 2010 en Outaouais, QC, Canada.
Travailler avec la technologie du Forum Ouvert
20 au 23 octobre 2010 à Paris, France.
Friday, 23 April 2010
The Illusion of Control
Most of us feel it would be great to be in “control” of our lives. But the fact is, we’re not in control. We can control our choices, but we can’t control the consequences of those choices. When we pick up one end of the stick, we pick up the other. To think we’re in control is an illusion. It puts us in the position of trying to manage consequences. In addition, we can’t control other people. (Stephen R. Covey)
Marquis Bureau
819-766-2873
Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette, QC - Hamilton, ON - Halifax, N-É/NS
La santé et l'équilibre personnels
3 au 6 mai 2010 à Val-David, QC, Canada. Workshop also offered in English.
Formation des formateurs du programme Genuine Contact
14 au 18 juin 2010 en Outaouais, QC, Canada.
Travailler avec la technologie du Forum Ouvert
20 au 23 octobre 2010 à Paris, France.
Friday, 19 February 2010
Underdog Bravery
Leadership almost always involves thinking and acting like the underdog. That’s because leaders work to change things, and the people who are winning rarely do. Leading requires courage. Managing doesn’t and following the rules to make a living doesn’t. It might be hard work, but it feels safe. Changing things – pushing the envelope and creating a future that doesn’t exist yet (at the same time you’re criticized by everyone else) – requires bravery.
Ordinary thinking and ordinary effort are almost never enough to generate leadership. That’s because our inclination is to do barely enough. It takes something extraordinary, a call to action that is irresistible, and a cause worth fighting for to make people actually join in. (Source: Seth Godin)
Marquis Bureau
819-766-2873
Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette, QC - Hamilton, ON - Halifax, N-É/NS
L'organisation Genuine Contact, une organisation ouverte et authentique
12 au 15 avril 2010, à Gatineau, QC, Canada. L'atelier est offert en français.
21 au 23 avril 2010 à Montréal, QC, Canada, en collaboration avec Communications Esther Matte. L'atelier est offert en français.
La santé et l'équilibre personnels
3 au 6 mai 2010 à Val-David, QC, Canada. Workshop also offered in English.
Sunday, 14 February 2010
Simplicity
Simplicity requires both renewed awareness and courageous action, which starts with slowing down. Adapting to our changing, complex world means being clear about our highest priorities, making room for what matters the most, being able to expand our capacity to be aware of what is present in the moment, and then moving forward with this new awareness. This level of awareness and action is not reached by more manic busyness. We must not allow ourselves to confuse franticness with being adaptive.
Let the change in the world begin with me. Simplicity can be found within.
Source: David Irvine, Simple Living in a Complex World
Marquis Bureau
819-766-2873
Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette, QC - Hamilton, ON - Halifax, N-É/NS
L'organisation Genuine Contact, une organisation ouverte et authentique
12 au 15 avril 2010, à Gatineau, QC, Canada. L'atelier est offert en français.
21 au 23 avril 2010 à Montréal, QC, Canada, en collaboration avec Communications Esther Matte. L'atelier est offert en français.
La santé et l'équilibre personnels
3 au 6 mai 2010 à Val-David, QC, Canada. Workshop also offered in English.
Saturday, 13 February 2010
In Memory of my Friend Misha (1998-2010)
Misha was very special and I will always remember him. I miss you, golden eyes.
A song for you my love
And I never thought I'd feel this way
And as far as I'm concerned
I'm glad I got the chance to say
That I do believe I love you
And if I should ever go away
Well, then close your eyes and try to feel
The way we do today
And then if you can remember
Keep smilin', keep shinin'
Knowin' you can always count on me, for sure
That's what friends are for
For good times and bad times
I'll be on your side forever more
That's what friends are for
Well, you came and opened me
And now there's so much more I see
And so by the way I thank you
Whoa, and then for the times when we're apart
Well, then close your eyes and know
These words are comin' from my heart
And then if you can remember, oh
Keep smiling, keep shining
Knowing you can always count on me, for sure
That's what friends are for
In good times, in bad times
I'll be on your side forever more
Oh, that's what friends are for
Whoa... oh... oh... keep smilin', keep shinin'
Knowin' you can always count on me, for sure
That's what friends are for
For good times and bad times
I'll be on your side forever more
That's what friends are for
Keep smilin', keep shinin'
Knowin' you can always count on me, oh, for sure
'Cause I tell you that's what friends are for
For good times and for bad times
I'll be on your side forever more
That's what friends are for (That's what friends are for)
On me, for sure
That's what friends are for
Keep smilin', keep shinin'
(All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners).
Saturday, 6 February 2010
Changing the World
A tribe is a group of people connected to one another, connected to a leader, and connected to an idea. For millions of years, human beings have been part of one tribe or another. A group needs only two things to be a tribe: a shared interest and a way to communicate. Tribes need leadership. Sometimes one person, sometimes more. People want connection and growth and something new. They want change. You can’t have a tribe without a leader – and you can’t be a leader without a tribe. – Seth Godin
Marquis Bureau
819-766-2873
Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette, QC - Hamilton, ON - Halifax, N-É/NS
21, 22 et 23 avril 2010 à Montréal, QC, Canada, en collaboration avec Communications Esther Matte. L'atelier est offert en français.
Travailler avec la technologie du Forum ouvert
28, 29 janvier et 5 février 2010 à Gatineau, QC, Canada, en collaboration avec CAP Santé Outaouais. L'atelier est offert en français
Cross Cultural Conflict Resolution Online Workshop
January 18, 25 and February 1, 8, 2010 - noon to 3 pm EST. Workshop offered in English.
Tuesday, 2 February 2010
Why am I here?
Fully answering this question can fundamentally change your experience of life. People who know their purpose know where they’re going, what they’re doing, and more importantly, they know why they’re doing it. This shifts the basic emphasis of life from one of meeting needs, dealing with fears, and seeking happiness to following a path that leads to the greatest fulfillment, success, and meaning in life. Knowing your purpose satisfies a deep need that lives in everyone: the need for meaning, to have positive impact, to have your presence and life felt by others. As people age, the yearning to leave some kind of legacy grows stronger. There is no greater legacy you can leave than living your life purpose to the fullest extent possible.
Source: Tim Kelley, True Purpose
Marquis Bureau
819-766-2873
Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette, QC - Hamilton, ON - Halifax, N-É/NS
21, 22 et 23 avril 2010 à Montréal, QC, Canada, en collaboration avec Communications Esther Matte. L'atelier est offert en français.
Travailler avec la technologie du Forum ouvert
28, 29 janvier et 5 février 2010 à Gatineau, QC, Canada, en collaboration avec CAP Santé Outaouais. L'atelier est offert en français
Cross Cultural Conflict Resolution Online Workshop
January 18, 25 and February 1, 8, 2010 - noon to 3 pm EST. Workshop offered in English.
Saturday, 2 January 2010
Cross Cultural Conflict Resolution Online Workshop
Conflict represents the presence of diverse viewpoints and is a normal part of life. Yet conflict can be a big energy leak that prevents teams and organizations from realizing their goals. How do you create an environment where struggle with conflict and reconciliation can spark creativity, nourish growth, jump-start productivity, and strengthen relationships? If you are looking for strategies for both preventing and reducing the health and productivity costs of unresolved conflict, this workshop is for you.
During this four-part highly experiential online workshop, “Cross Cultural Conflict Resolution”, you will learn a simple and highly effective method for working with people in conflict situations who wish to resolve their problem. The workshop focuses on the readiness of the facilitator to work with situations of conflict, providing skills and frameworks for conflict resolution in groups based on universal cross-cultural practices for conflict resolution.
This workshop will interest anyone who wants to take steps to resolve conflicts to benefit people, productivity and the bottom line: leaders, managers, consultants, or members of any group or community. Workshops draw participants from all sectors – from corporate to health care and non-profit to education and the arts – and this mix adds to the richness of your learning experience.
Marquis Bureau
www.groupecourage.com
819-766-2873
Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette, QC - Hamilton, ON - Halifax, N-É/NS
22, 23 et 24 janvier 2010 à Gatineau, QC, Canada, en collaboration avec Entraide-Deuil de l'Outaouais. L'atelier est offert en français.
21, 22 et 23 avril 2010 à Montréal, QC, Canada, en collaboration avec Communications Esther Matte. L'atelier est offert en français.
Travailler avec la technologie du Forum ouvert
28, 29 janvier et 5 février 2010 à Gatineau, QC, Canada, en collaboration avec CAP Santé Outaouais. L'atelier est offert en français
Cross Cultural Conflict Resolution Online Workshop
January 18, 25 and February 1, 8, 2010 - noon to 3 pm EST. Workshop offered in English.
Thursday, 31 December 2009
Greetings for 2010
When the mid-night bell rings tonight.Let it signify new and better things for you,
let it signify a realization of all things you wish for,
Let it signify a year of courage and believes,
Wishing you a very…very…very prosperous New Year!
Sunday, 20 December 2009
Why talk so openly?
A Warrior of Light shares with others what he knows of the path.Anyone who gives help also receives helps and needs to teach what he has learned. That is why he sits by the fire and recounts his day on the battlefield.
A friend whispers: “Why talk so openly about your strategy? Don’t you realize that, by doing so, you run the risk of sharing your conquests with others?”
The Warrior merely smiles and says nothing. He knows that is, at the end of his journey, he arrives to find an empty paradise, his struggle will have been a waste of time.
Source: Paulo Coelho, Warrior of the Light
Tomorrow is Winter Solstice! In the Northern Hemisphere, the winter solstice occurs either December 21 or 22, when the sun shines directly over the tropic of Capricorn; the summer solstice occurs either June 20 or 21, when the sun shines directly over the tropic of Cancer. In the Southern Hemisphere, the winter and summer solstices are reversed. The winter solstice marks the shortest day and the longest night of the year. The sun appears at its lowest point in the sky, and its noontime elevation appears to be the same for several days before and after the solstice.
Friday, 18 December 2009
Theoretical Foundations to Invitational Learning
The invitational approach to education derives from two theoretical perspectives: perceptual psychology and self-concept theory. The perceptual tradition sees behaviour as a function of the individual's perceived world. Individuals are viewed as conscious agents who perceive, consider, interpret, and then act on the basis of their own experience, and who are ultimately responsible for their own actions.
Self-concept consists of each person's unique system of perceptions about the self in relation to one's environment. A person seeks to maintain a consistent self-concept by assimilating or rejecting perceptions that do or do not fit preconceptions, but a person's self-concept can change and develop as a result of inviting or encouraging acts.
If educators are to create inviting schools, they must identify those elements in the school environment that will interact with students' perceptions in ways that continually foster a healthy self-concept in students. Every part of the environment, the program and policies, and the approach to instruction must be designed to promote a sustaining belief in the value and unique potential of each person.
Marquis Bureau
819-766-2873
Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette, QC - Hamilton, ON - Halifax, N-É/NS
22, 23 et 24 janvier 2010 à Gatineau, QC, Canada, en collaboration avec Entraide-Deuil de l'Outaouais. L'atelier est offert en français.
21, 22 et 23 avril 2010 à Montréal, QC, Canada, en collaboration avec Communications Esther Matte. L'atelier est offert en français.
Travailler avec la technologie du Forum ouvert
28, 29 janvier et 5 février 2010 à Gatineau, QC, Canada, en collaboration avec CAP Santé Outaouais. L'atelier est offert en français
Cross Cultural Conflict Resolution Online Workshop
January 18, 25 and February 1, 8, 2010 - noon to 3 pm EST. Workshop offered in English.
Thursday, 17 December 2009
What is Invitational Learning?
Invitational Learning is a remarkably direct but evocative model of schooling developed by William W. Purkey. The aim, as Purkey says, is to make school "the most inviting place in town" by emphasizing mutual respect and human potential in every aspect of schooling--people, places, policies, and programs. The invitational approach to education is predicated on four fundamental assumptions:
- that people are able, valuable, and responsible, and should be treated accordingly;
- that education should be a collaborative, cooperative activity, involving all participants--teachers, students, and parents--in all decisions which affect them;
- that people possess untapped potential in all aspects of human endeavour; and
- that human potential can best be realized by places, policies, and processes that are specifically designed to invite development, and by people who are intentionally inviting with themselves and others, personally and professionally.
Inviting schools, then, are places where students feel welcome, appreciated, and encouraged to realize their potential and to respect the unique worth of themselves and others.
Invitations are a key ingredient to Whole Person Process Facilitation and Open Space Technology Meetings.
More to come on Theoretical Foundations of invitational learning or facilitation.
Marquis Bureau
819-766-2873
Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette, QC - Hamilton, ON - Halifax, N-É/NS
22, 23 et 24 janvier 2010 à Gatineau, QC, Canada, en collaboration avec Entraide-Deuil de l'Outaouais. L'atelier est offert en français.
21, 22 et 23 avril 2010 à Montréal, QC, Canada, en collaboration avec Communications Esther Matte. L'atelier est offert en français.
Travailler avec la technologie du Forum ouvert
28, 29 janvier et 5 février 2010 à Gatineau, QC, Canada, en collaboration avec CAP Santé Outaouais. L'atelier est offert en français
Cross Cultural Conflict Resolution Online Workshop
January 18, 25 and February 1, 8, 2010 - noon to 3 pm EST. Workshop offered in English.
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
Harrison Owen on Leadership
Harrison Owen believes the genesis of Leadership comes from two sources: Passion and Responsibility. Or more precisely, Leadership emerges at the confluence of Passion and Responsibility. When individuals clearly identify what they truly care about (have passion for), and take personal responsibility for what is happening, things start to move. Passion alone may be flashy, but it may also be just a flash in the pan, all sizzle but no steak. Responsibility alone is simply boring. But passion united with responsibility create the needed sense of direction and focus that can get the job done. That is Leadership.
Marquis Bureau
819-766-2873
Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette, QC - Hamilton, ON - Halifax, N-É/NS
22, 23 et 24 janvier 2010 à Gatineau, QC, Canada, en collaboration avec Entraide-Deuil de l'Outaouais. L'atelier est offert en français.
21, 22 et 23 avril 2010 à Montréal, QC, Canada, en collaboration avec Communications Esther Matte. L'atelier est offert en français.
Travailler avec la technologie du Forum ouvert
28, 29 janvier et 5 février 2010 à Gatineau, QC, Canada, en collaboration avec CAP Santé Outaouais. L'atelier est offert en français
Cross Cultural Conflict Resolution Online Workshop
January 18, 25 and February 1, 8, 2010 - noon to 3 pm EST. Workshop offered in English.
Sunday, 29 November 2009
David Rock on Creating the right expectations
Whether your goal is to be eternally happy, or just improve your performance at work, clearly it's going to be useful to improve how you manage expectations, to create the right levels of dopamine... The best way to manage your expectations (without any side effects) is to start to pay attention to them. Managing your expectations is also an opportunity to be more proactive in the way you regulate emotions, setting the scene for good performance rather than just sorting out problems when things go wrong.
Marquis Bureau
Copropriétaire - Co-Owner
819-766-2873
Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette, QC - Hamilton, ON - Halifax, N-É/NS
22, 23 et 24 janvier 2010 à Gatineau, QC, Canada, en collaboration avec Entraide-Deuil de l'Outaouais. L'atelier est offert en français.
21, 22 et 23 avril 2010 à Montréal, QC, Canada, en collaboration avec Communications Esther Matte. L'atelier est offert en français.
Travailler avec la technologie du Forum ouvert
28, 29 janvier et 5 février 2010 à Gatineau, QC, Canada, en collaboration avec CAP Santé Outaouais. L'atelier est offert en français
Friday, 30 October 2009
Monday, 26 October 2009
Holistic Philosophy
The word holistic is derived from the Greek holos, which translates into whole or complete. Holistic healing recognizes and honors the essential unity of body, mind, and spirit, as well as the interrelationship between an individual's state of health and his or her environment.Source: Simone Gabbay, Nourishing the Body Temple
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Friday, 16 October 2009
Workshops in November 2009: Genuine Contact Organization
Courage Group International
Genuine Contact Organization – Session 4 of the Genuine Contact™ Program
Date: Residential Workshop November 24-27, 2009 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Online Mentoring Workshop – Monday January 11, 2009 12:00-3:00 p.m.
Location: Auberge Prema Shanti – Val David, Quebec
Tuition: $800 prior to Oct. 26th, $1000 thereafter. Contact us for group rates.
REGISTRATION
Imagine having an operating system in your organization that allows you to navigate the turbulent waters of change with creativity and excitement. You love to come to work because the spirit, passion and energy of people are fully engaged. You work in a liberating structure with the skills, resources, freedom and responsibility face complex challenges and thrive. We call this a Genuine Contact Organization.
Participants in the workshop will learn:
•To apply the Genuine Contact Way as a leadership practice that supports genuine contact with self, one other, the collective and the community in order to lead with courage, compassion, authenticity and openness
•To support, inspire, sustain, and regenerate growth and exceptional performance and to build capacity to successfully navigate change
•To attend to their interior condition as leaders, to make meaningful connection with the collective and practical and simple “how to” skills, tools and knowledge to work with the whole system.
This workshop is about pushing beyond the immediate benefit of great meetings, toward exploring and creating the conditions we need for effective self-organization, natural learning, health and to enable high performance in organizations and communities
This workshop will interest you are a leader, manager, consultant, facilitator, community developer or policy maker in any sector: workshops draw participants from all sectors – from corporate to health care and nonprofit to education and the arts – and this mix adds to the richness of your learning experience.
Benefits
You will leave this experiential, interactive workshop equipped with:
•The knowledge, skills and tools to build and work with a liberating structure and a participatory architecture that inspires excellence and enables leaders to emerge
•Strategies and approaches for developing an organization as a Genuine Contact Organization
•Your own design to start the development of a Genuine Contact Organization using a single Open Space Technology meeting as a catalyst for system-wide change
•Knowledge of working with the key ingredients of a Genuine Contact Organization to support a solution focused and life nurturing climate
•Key ingredients to support leadership to successfully meet the challenges of change and to to work with change to the advantage of your organization
•A practical means for working with the information, knowledge and wisdom that already exists in your organization and within your broad stakeholder involvement
•Key ingredients for daily and strategic planning and implementation to be simultaneous within an agreed upon purpose and vision for the organization
•Understanding the role of ‘collective intelligence’ about the organization and its development
•A peer to peer mentoring circle for ongoing learning
•An in depth understanding of the dimensions of working with the key ingredients of meeting method Open Space Technology including the dynamics of repeated use of Open Space Technology in an organization.
•An understanding of how to use both Whole Person Process Facilitation and the Medicine Wheel Tool in the development of and sustainability of the Genuine Contact Organization.
Our Approach
Our teaching model is rooted in experience. The foundational facilitation process for the workshop is Whole Person Process Facilitation, which pays attention the multidimensional human being including learning styles, different intelligences and levels of consciousness. This facilitation methodology creates conditions that maximize the learning of individual participants and also creates the opportunity for the emergence of collective learning. The process invites participants to make genuine contact with themselves, others, the collective and the community – building relationships and new ways of working together during the workshop. This allows participants to mentor each other as they apply the learning.
The learning experience includes applications of the approaches and principles that are key ingredients to becoming a Genuine Contact Organization. The workshop includes a four day learning journey with a follow-up 3 hour online mentoring workshop. Optional pre-reading is provided. Participants are encouraged to leave evenings free for reflection and review.
Working with Open Space Technology or equivalent in OST experience is a pre-requisite.
Residential Workshop
Key activities include:
•Exploring the issues and opportunities for the development of organizations of excellence focusing on the experience gained during Open Space Technology meetings within a Whole Person Process Facilitation container.
•Converging the issues and opportunities uncovered in an Open Space Technology meeting to move them to action.
•Working with the Medicine Wheel Tool© as a framework for holistic organizational transformation
•Discerning how organizations say they work and how they really do work. Organizational style, lifecycle, structure, process.
•Identifying the critical ingredients that we must pay attention to in the Genuine Contact Organization
•De-mything the organization by identifying the "givens" and identifying the space where there is freedom for creativity, innovation, and the full potential of the workforce released for great success.
•Developing a deeper understanding of yourself as a leader and what you need to support you to implement a Genuine Contact Organization.
•Developing a custom design for creating a Genuine Contact Organization that fits your organization.
Mentoring Workshop
A three- hour online mentoring workshop on January 11th will provide the opportunity to address questions, share learning and next steps.
The workshop includes a workbook to support ongoing learning. Audio and video CDs are available for purchase as an additional learning tool. All participants have access to support and mentorship following the training through an international network of Genuine Contact™ professionals. For more information go to www.genuinecontact.net .
Facilitator Team
The English workshop will be co-facilitated by Donna Clark (Nova Scotia). The French workshop will be co-facilitated by Marquis Bureau (Quebec). Michelle Cooper (Ontario) will co-facilitate both workshops. They are authorized Genuine Contact™ Trainers and Co-Owners who have been working with the Program for a number of years.
Completing Genuine Contact Organizations fulfills one of four course requirements for participating in the Genuine Contact™ Program Train the Trainer workshop. (Working with Open Space Technology, Whole Person Process Facilitation, Cross Cultural Conflict Resolution and Conscious Open Space Organization)
Genuine Contact Organization – Session 4 of the Genuine Contact™ Program
Date: Residential Workshop November 24-27, 2009 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Online Mentoring Workshop – Monday January 11, 2009 12:00-3:00 p.m.
Location: Auberge Prema Shanti – Val David, Quebec
Tuition: $800 prior to Oct. 26th, $1000 thereafter. Contact us for group rates.
REGISTRATION
Imagine having an operating system in your organization that allows you to navigate the turbulent waters of change with creativity and excitement. You love to come to work because the spirit, passion and energy of people are fully engaged. You work in a liberating structure with the skills, resources, freedom and responsibility face complex challenges and thrive. We call this a Genuine Contact Organization.Participants in the workshop will learn:
•To apply the Genuine Contact Way as a leadership practice that supports genuine contact with self, one other, the collective and the community in order to lead with courage, compassion, authenticity and openness
•To support, inspire, sustain, and regenerate growth and exceptional performance and to build capacity to successfully navigate change
•To attend to their interior condition as leaders, to make meaningful connection with the collective and practical and simple “how to” skills, tools and knowledge to work with the whole system.
This workshop is about pushing beyond the immediate benefit of great meetings, toward exploring and creating the conditions we need for effective self-organization, natural learning, health and to enable high performance in organizations and communities
This workshop will interest you are a leader, manager, consultant, facilitator, community developer or policy maker in any sector: workshops draw participants from all sectors – from corporate to health care and nonprofit to education and the arts – and this mix adds to the richness of your learning experience.
Benefits
You will leave this experiential, interactive workshop equipped with:
•The knowledge, skills and tools to build and work with a liberating structure and a participatory architecture that inspires excellence and enables leaders to emerge
•Strategies and approaches for developing an organization as a Genuine Contact Organization
•Your own design to start the development of a Genuine Contact Organization using a single Open Space Technology meeting as a catalyst for system-wide change
•Knowledge of working with the key ingredients of a Genuine Contact Organization to support a solution focused and life nurturing climate
•Key ingredients to support leadership to successfully meet the challenges of change and to to work with change to the advantage of your organization
•A practical means for working with the information, knowledge and wisdom that already exists in your organization and within your broad stakeholder involvement
•Key ingredients for daily and strategic planning and implementation to be simultaneous within an agreed upon purpose and vision for the organization
•Understanding the role of ‘collective intelligence’ about the organization and its development
•A peer to peer mentoring circle for ongoing learning
•An in depth understanding of the dimensions of working with the key ingredients of meeting method Open Space Technology including the dynamics of repeated use of Open Space Technology in an organization.
•An understanding of how to use both Whole Person Process Facilitation and the Medicine Wheel Tool in the development of and sustainability of the Genuine Contact Organization.
Our Approach
Our teaching model is rooted in experience. The foundational facilitation process for the workshop is Whole Person Process Facilitation, which pays attention the multidimensional human being including learning styles, different intelligences and levels of consciousness. This facilitation methodology creates conditions that maximize the learning of individual participants and also creates the opportunity for the emergence of collective learning. The process invites participants to make genuine contact with themselves, others, the collective and the community – building relationships and new ways of working together during the workshop. This allows participants to mentor each other as they apply the learning.
The learning experience includes applications of the approaches and principles that are key ingredients to becoming a Genuine Contact Organization. The workshop includes a four day learning journey with a follow-up 3 hour online mentoring workshop. Optional pre-reading is provided. Participants are encouraged to leave evenings free for reflection and review.
Working with Open Space Technology or equivalent in OST experience is a pre-requisite.
Residential Workshop
Key activities include:
•Exploring the issues and opportunities for the development of organizations of excellence focusing on the experience gained during Open Space Technology meetings within a Whole Person Process Facilitation container.
•Converging the issues and opportunities uncovered in an Open Space Technology meeting to move them to action.
•Working with the Medicine Wheel Tool© as a framework for holistic organizational transformation
•Discerning how organizations say they work and how they really do work. Organizational style, lifecycle, structure, process.
•Identifying the critical ingredients that we must pay attention to in the Genuine Contact Organization
•De-mything the organization by identifying the "givens" and identifying the space where there is freedom for creativity, innovation, and the full potential of the workforce released for great success.
•Developing a deeper understanding of yourself as a leader and what you need to support you to implement a Genuine Contact Organization.
•Developing a custom design for creating a Genuine Contact Organization that fits your organization.
Mentoring Workshop
A three- hour online mentoring workshop on January 11th will provide the opportunity to address questions, share learning and next steps.
The workshop includes a workbook to support ongoing learning. Audio and video CDs are available for purchase as an additional learning tool. All participants have access to support and mentorship following the training through an international network of Genuine Contact™ professionals. For more information go to www.genuinecontact.net .
Facilitator Team
The English workshop will be co-facilitated by Donna Clark (Nova Scotia). The French workshop will be co-facilitated by Marquis Bureau (Quebec). Michelle Cooper (Ontario) will co-facilitate both workshops. They are authorized Genuine Contact™ Trainers and Co-Owners who have been working with the Program for a number of years.
Completing Genuine Contact Organizations fulfills one of four course requirements for participating in the Genuine Contact™ Program Train the Trainer workshop. (Working with Open Space Technology, Whole Person Process Facilitation, Cross Cultural Conflict Resolution and Conscious Open Space Organization)
Workshops in November 2009: Working With Open Space Technology
Courage Group International
Working With Open Space Technology – Session 1 of the Genuine Contact™ Program
Dates: Residential workshop – November 20-24th, 2009,
Online mentoring workshop Monday January 11, 2010 12:00 p.m. –2:00 p.m. EST
Location: Auberge Prema Shanti, Val David, Quebec.
Cost: $800 Early Bird Before October 23rd. $1000 after that date. Ask us about special group prices.
REGISTRATION
What if there was a pool of experts available to you as a leader to help you to meet complex challenges in a way that current expertise and thinking cannot do? This potential surrounds you in your organization or community, waiting to be accessed. Complex times demand leadership that engages and mobilizes those facing tough challenges to thrive in a changing world. Open Space Technology is one way to do that.
Join us for this 4 day highly experiential workshop to learn how to:
•Facilitate meetings using Open Space Technology to when there is an important issue to be addressed, a diversity of people involved, complexity and when decisions need to be made quickly.
•Apply a holistic approach to work with the sponsor to achieve maximum benefit from the meetings.
•Prepare yourself as a facilitator to be in genuine contact with yourself, to hold space for courageous and meaningful conversations to happen and to use practical and simple “how to” skills, tools and knowledge to work with the whole system.
This workshop will interest you are a formal or informal leader, consultant, facilitator, community developer or policy maker in any sector: workshops draw participants from all sectors – from corporate to health care and nonprofit to education and the arts – and this mix adds to the richness of your learning experience.
Benefits
You will leave this experiential, interactive workshop equipped with practical and holistic processes and tools that will enable you to:
•Work with both the essence and the form of Open Space Technology (OST) to design large system meetings (5-1000) that build trust, enhance communication and relationships, inspire creativity and allow participants to discover their passion and take ownership of what matters most to them;
•Facilitate OST meetings that are 4 hours to several days in length;
•Discern when to use Open Space Technology;
•Apply simple and practical tools to work with a sponsor to plan highly successful Open Space Technology meetings by ensuring the meeting has the right theme, with the right constraints ('givens'), for the right length of time;
•Assist the sponsor to reap maximum benefits from the results following the OST meeting;
•Tap into the potential and collective genius of individuals and organizations as a whole;
•Build teams and collaboration while working on important business issues;
•Be conscious of the implications of actions and behaviours of the facilitator for opening or closing space;
•Prepare yourself to facilitate and pay attention to your personal health and balance.
•Explore the OST as a leadership approach and operating system that supports ongoing health and balance;
•Effectively lead transformation and change processes.
Our Approach
Our teaching model is rooted in experience. The facilitation process for the workshop is Whole Person Process Facilitation, which pays attention the multidimensional human being including learning styles, different intelligences and levels of consciousness. This facilitation methodology creates conditions that maximize the learning of individual participants and also creates the opportunity for the emergence of collective learning.
The methodology incorporates individual reflection, paired and small group in addition to large group plenary work. The process invites participants to make genuine contact with themselves, others, the collective and the community – building relationships and new ways of working together during the workshop. This allows participants to mentor each other as they apply the learning.
We recommend that participants leave evenings free for reflection and review.
The workshop includes a workbook to support ongoing learning. Audio and video CDs are available for purchase as an additional learning tool. All participants have access to support and mentorship following the training through an international network of Genuine Contact™ professionals. For more information go to www.genuinecontact.net.
Part 1
Four days that include experiencing an OST meeting, unpacking the essence and form, making genuine contact with self as a facilitator and working with the sponsor before and after the OST meeting to maximize results. There is space within the workshop for active experimentation and deeper discussion based on learning needs. Participants can initiate planning of an OST meeting for the practicum within workshop
Facilitator Practicum
Participants will be encouraged to facilitate an OST meeting following Part 1 and will have access to mentoring from the workshop facilitators and other participants to plan the event.
Part 2
A 3-hour online follow-up session on January 11th, 2010 following the facilitator practicum to provide an opportunity to share learning, explore questions that arise and discuss future possibilities for application of Open Space Technology.
Facilitator Team
The workshop in English will be co-facilitated by Donna Clark (Nova Scotia) and Michelle Cooper (Ontario). The French Workshop will be co-facilitated by Marquis Bureau (Quebec) and Esther Matte (New York). They are authorized Genuine Contact™ Trainers who together have been working with the program for a number of years.
Completing Working With Open Space Technology fulfills one of four course requirements for participating in the Genuine Contact™ Program Train the Trainer workshop. (Working with Open Space Technology, Whole Person Process Facilitation, Cross Cultural Conflict Resolution and Genuine Organization)
Working With Open Space Technology – Session 1 of the Genuine Contact™ Program
Dates: Residential workshop – November 20-24th, 2009,
Online mentoring workshop Monday January 11, 2010 12:00 p.m. –2:00 p.m. EST
Location: Auberge Prema Shanti, Val David, Quebec.
Cost: $800 Early Bird Before October 23rd. $1000 after that date. Ask us about special group prices.
REGISTRATION
What if there was a pool of experts available to you as a leader to help you to meet complex challenges in a way that current expertise and thinking cannot do? This potential surrounds you in your organization or community, waiting to be accessed. Complex times demand leadership that engages and mobilizes those facing tough challenges to thrive in a changing world. Open Space Technology is one way to do that.Join us for this 4 day highly experiential workshop to learn how to:
•Facilitate meetings using Open Space Technology to when there is an important issue to be addressed, a diversity of people involved, complexity and when decisions need to be made quickly.
•Apply a holistic approach to work with the sponsor to achieve maximum benefit from the meetings.
•Prepare yourself as a facilitator to be in genuine contact with yourself, to hold space for courageous and meaningful conversations to happen and to use practical and simple “how to” skills, tools and knowledge to work with the whole system.
This workshop will interest you are a formal or informal leader, consultant, facilitator, community developer or policy maker in any sector: workshops draw participants from all sectors – from corporate to health care and nonprofit to education and the arts – and this mix adds to the richness of your learning experience.
Benefits
You will leave this experiential, interactive workshop equipped with practical and holistic processes and tools that will enable you to:
•Work with both the essence and the form of Open Space Technology (OST) to design large system meetings (5-1000) that build trust, enhance communication and relationships, inspire creativity and allow participants to discover their passion and take ownership of what matters most to them;
•Facilitate OST meetings that are 4 hours to several days in length;
•Discern when to use Open Space Technology;
•Apply simple and practical tools to work with a sponsor to plan highly successful Open Space Technology meetings by ensuring the meeting has the right theme, with the right constraints ('givens'), for the right length of time;
•Assist the sponsor to reap maximum benefits from the results following the OST meeting;
•Tap into the potential and collective genius of individuals and organizations as a whole;
•Build teams and collaboration while working on important business issues;
•Be conscious of the implications of actions and behaviours of the facilitator for opening or closing space;
•Prepare yourself to facilitate and pay attention to your personal health and balance.
•Explore the OST as a leadership approach and operating system that supports ongoing health and balance;
•Effectively lead transformation and change processes.
Our Approach
Our teaching model is rooted in experience. The facilitation process for the workshop is Whole Person Process Facilitation, which pays attention the multidimensional human being including learning styles, different intelligences and levels of consciousness. This facilitation methodology creates conditions that maximize the learning of individual participants and also creates the opportunity for the emergence of collective learning.
The methodology incorporates individual reflection, paired and small group in addition to large group plenary work. The process invites participants to make genuine contact with themselves, others, the collective and the community – building relationships and new ways of working together during the workshop. This allows participants to mentor each other as they apply the learning.
We recommend that participants leave evenings free for reflection and review.
The workshop includes a workbook to support ongoing learning. Audio and video CDs are available for purchase as an additional learning tool. All participants have access to support and mentorship following the training through an international network of Genuine Contact™ professionals. For more information go to www.genuinecontact.net.
Part 1
Four days that include experiencing an OST meeting, unpacking the essence and form, making genuine contact with self as a facilitator and working with the sponsor before and after the OST meeting to maximize results. There is space within the workshop for active experimentation and deeper discussion based on learning needs. Participants can initiate planning of an OST meeting for the practicum within workshop
Facilitator Practicum
Participants will be encouraged to facilitate an OST meeting following Part 1 and will have access to mentoring from the workshop facilitators and other participants to plan the event.
Part 2
A 3-hour online follow-up session on January 11th, 2010 following the facilitator practicum to provide an opportunity to share learning, explore questions that arise and discuss future possibilities for application of Open Space Technology.
Facilitator Team
The workshop in English will be co-facilitated by Donna Clark (Nova Scotia) and Michelle Cooper (Ontario). The French Workshop will be co-facilitated by Marquis Bureau (Quebec) and Esther Matte (New York). They are authorized Genuine Contact™ Trainers who together have been working with the program for a number of years.
Completing Working With Open Space Technology fulfills one of four course requirements for participating in the Genuine Contact™ Program Train the Trainer workshop. (Working with Open Space Technology, Whole Person Process Facilitation, Cross Cultural Conflict Resolution and Genuine Organization)
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