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| 34th
Facilitators' Conference (Spring Conference) |
Friday May 7, 2004 |
Catalyst
Ranch Downtown Chicago, Illinois |
| "A Facilitator's
Vision" AND "Meeting Manager or Meeting Leader: Which are you?" What is the role each facilitator can play in bringing about this vision? How do we move from being viewed as meeting managers who are expendable when the economy goes bad, to being seen as leaders in group dynamics and an essential ingredient in an organization's success? In this keynote address, Michael Wilkinson, one of the leaders in our industry, will give his view on where our industry is going, what our industry can become and the things each of us can do to lead the way. |
Michael Wilkinson (Leadership Strategies) Atlanta, Georgia http://www.leadstrat.com |
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"Certification:
Moving to a Higher Level - Certified Master Facilitator (CMF) Program"
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Michael Wilkinson (Leadership Strategies) Atlanta, Georgia http://www.leadstrat.com |
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| "Create the
Future Work Session" The world is changing. Uncertainty is high. Thoughtful and informed preparation is key. With heavy information and work overload, it is difficult for business leaders to take the necessary step back to look forward and plan for the future. The purpose of this session is to create the optimum conditions to examine and plan for the future of your business. |
Marian Cook |
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| "Innovations
of Appreciative Inquiry" This session will focus on one of the innovations of Appreciative Inquiry - The Appreciative Inquiry Summit Meeting. It will provide participants an understanding of the AI Summit methodology and highlight a unique application at U.S. Cellular involving over 2000 participants. |
Tom Griffin |
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| "Consultative
Selling from the Inside and Outside" Success in selling consulting services is no different than in success selling other products and services. Your customer/prospect must first understand your value. However, many consultants and sales people still use selling models that don't fit the new business marketplace. They use a selling model that makes it difficult to differentiate themselves and stand out from the crowd. In an ever-increasing competitive climate, it is essential to approach the marketplace and prospects in new and different ways. This session will help you learn the language of "Value Translation" that will keep you from being bought and viewed as a commodity and will help you control the selling process. |
John Hirth
(Selling Dynamics) Arlington Heights, Illinois http://www.sellingdynamics.com |
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| "Group
Decision Making: Getting the Group Unstuck!" Have you been part of - or observed - a group that is stuck? Have you facilitated a group that isn't moving forward as quickly as it could? Learn some easy-to-use concepts and techniques to help groups - any kind of group - make decisions efficiently and effectively. |
Kristin Aikin (New Angle Consulting) Evanston, Ilinois Amy Riley (Shoop Consulting Group) Chicago, Illinois |
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| "Enhancing
Productivity by Providing a Creatively Stimulating Environment"
This workshop will explore the importance environment plays in eliciting more from participants and employees and how environment can make or break a meeting. We will discuss how each of the five senses can be engaged throughout the meeting in such a way that the participant is more invested in the meeting and its results. |
Eva
Niewiadomski (Catalyst Ranch) Chicago, Illinois http://www.catalystranch.com |
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| 33rd
Facilitators' Conference (Winter Conference) |
Friday January 23, 2004 |
Mc Donald's Corporation |
| "Enhancing
Productivity by Providing a Creatively Stimulating Environment"
This workshop will explore the importance environment plays in eliciting more from participants and employees and how environment can make or break a meeting. We will discuss how each of the five senses can be engaged throughout the meeting in such a way that the participant is more invested in the meeting and its results. |
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| "Successful
Negotiating Skills" This session will engage the participants in a negotiating exercise where their very survival is a stake. The debrief will investigate the motives and approaches that each group used in the role-play and look for approaches, attitude and skills necessary to reach a mutually agreeable outcome. |
10:15am
& 3:00pm
Bob Lapin (Zehren Friedman Associates) Riverwoods, Illinois http://www.zehrenfriedman.com |
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| "Social
Styles and Facilitation: Facilitation that Invites all Styles to Participate"
As facilitators, our natural tendencies may be to design and facilitate sessions that are comfortable for people who are basically, like us. In this workshop we will use Social Styles as a tool to help us better understand ourselves, better understand our facilitation audience, and guide us in adjusting our style to meet the needs of the audience in front of us rather than an audience of people like ourselves. |
10:15am
& 3:00pm Cathy Alper (C Results) Thiensvillle, Wisconsin http://www.leadstrat.com |
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| "Scenario
Planning" This workshop is designed to instruct facilitators about the value and approaches to scenario planning. Learn why plans have less value than the process of planning. Contribute your own insight and experience towards understanding how planning processes support decision-making processes. Participate with a sub-team toward building a future scenario and identifying dimensions and outliers that could impact planning and prioritization for you and your clients. |
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| "Frowns,
Smirks, Slights and Insults: Dealing With the 'Undiscussables' at Work"
In this session, participants will gain a deeper experience of how the emotional content of communication profoundly affects meaning; learn and experiment with a communication model for addressing difficult situations with respect and well-being; work with an inquiry tool to guide planning for effective, tough conversations; and discuss effective approaches for addressing group and one-on-one issues. |
1:15pm
Jackie Sloane (Sloane Communications) Chicago, Illinois |
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