Saturday, August 28, 2010

NW AEE presents Beyond Basics: Taking Facilitation to the Next Level

Beyond Basics: Taking Facilitation to the Next Level
Saturday, September 25, 2010
9am-5pm at Camp Long in Seattle, WA
Facilitated by David Flack & Katie Miesle
Cost: $15/per person

Schedule
9:00- 9:15 Meet & greet, overview of day

9:15-10:00 Place-Based Teambuilding (Katie)
We’re going to kick off this day event by building community within our group. We’ll be exploring place-based teambuilding through hands-on experiences, personal reflection, group collaboration, and lots of laughter. Using the principles of DO-REFLECT-ACT, we’ll practice different ways to introduce team challenges relevant to each participant’s organization and client groups.

10:00-10:10 Break

10:10-11:20 Gray Matters: What Neuroscience Tells Us About Learning & Change (David)
In this workshop, we’ll use brain-based learning methods to explore the intersection of neuroscience, learning, and change. We’ll examine basics concepts of neurobiology, explore in-depth five brain-based learning concepts particularly relevant to experiential education, and look at ways to integrate these concepts into our work as facilitators.

11:20-11:30 Break

11:30-12:15 Facilitating for Solutions (David)
Solution Focused Therapy is an evidence-based clinical approach that views participants as competent and strives to help them visualize the changes they want by building on the strengths they already possess. In this workshop, we’ll examine important core concepts from Solution Focused Therapy, and look at the use of In-The-Moment processing as a practical tool for facilitating solutions.

12:15-1:00 Lunch

1:00-1:40 Open space & activity planning

1:40-3:40 Facilitation Mentoring & Feedback (Group led)
We'll divide into small teams of 3-4 people. Each team member will facilitate a simple activity they’ve chosen (from start to finish: front-loading/metaphors, activity, and processing.) There will be a forum for feedback and collaboration.

3:40-4:00 Coffee Break & contact info

4:00-4:45 Transfer of Learning (Katie)
We’ll be leading activities to assess the day's events, process the activities, and apply it to your practice. Reflection & goal-setting pieces included.

4:45-5:00
Closing

For directions or more about Camp Long, visit their web site.

For questions about the event or to register, contact Katie at kmiesle@yahoo.com or David at david@davidflack.com.

We look forward to seeing you in Seattle!!!