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| 24th
Facilitators' Conference
(Fall Conference) |
Monday
October 23, 2000 |
The
Center for Information Management & Technology at Loyola University
Chicago (Water Tower Campus)
(Downtown Chicago) |
| “A Process for Deciding”
(Decision-Making and Reaching Consensus)
This session explores how to get a group beyond a point where they cannot or will not make a decision. Gary will outline a process that can help “stuck” groups reach decisions and will present facilitation techniques and tools that can be used to support such processes. |
8:30-10:00
Gary Rush (MG Rush Systems) |
|
| "Inside Out, Outside
In - Creating A High Performance Organization"
This session will be presented in sections and will combine two powerful ideas: “Performance Profiling” ™, that optimizes individual performance potential (inside out transformation), and “Teaming Up”®, that creates a high performance culture within which performance potential can be realized (outside in transformation). |
Dr. Carl Aylen
(Neurometric International, Limited) Dr. Darrel Ray (Institute for Performance Culture) |
|
| "Why is change so difficult?"
The first section introduces the concept of self-sustaining success loops, their direct linkage to behaviors that make people accept or resist change, and how the collective individual behaviors in turn make an organization more receptive or more resistant to change. It will also discuss the affect on organizational cultures when people at top are not aware of what is going on with the people at the bottom. |
10:30-11:15
Dr. Carl Aylen |
|
| "How Performance Profiling
can be used as part of a bi-directional approach to change"
This section examines inside out transformation – the linking of performance and potential through organizational change. This “inside out” approach of performance profiling assesses an organization’s culture, based on an evaluation of its people and is used to analyze and predict an individual’s ability to work within a transformed culture as well as their ability to reach their own full potential. |
11:15-12:00
Dr. Carl Aylen |
|
| "The Endemic Culture"
This section describes two different cultures found in organizations – the formal (intentional culture, designed and implemented by management) and the informal (endemic culture, beyond the control of management). |
1:00-1:45
Dr. Darrel Ray |
|
| "Stated Values and Hidden
Beliefs"
This section illustrates the value conflicts that occur when informal cultures perceive management does not “walk the talk” – i.e. values espoused by the formal culture are inconsistent with management behavior as seen by the informal culture. This “outside in” approach shows how behavior changes in management impact organizations’ cultures and how performance profiling may reveal some of management’s hidden beliefs. |
1:45-2:30
Dr. Darrel Ray |
|
| "The Dilbert™Effect
– An Interactive Workshop"
Using cartoons from Dilbert ™, created by Scott Adams, participants will work in small groups to learn how to recognize value conflicts and to understand and change the behavior of both management and non-management in their organizations. An examination of the characters in Dilbert will help us see ourselves and understand our own culture and behavior in new ways. |
3:00-4:30
Dr. Darrel Ray |
|
| "Inside Out, Outside
In – A Recap"
This concluding section reviews what we’ve learned and experienced today and reiterates what organizational change facilitators need to know and understand in order to help transform organizational cultures from both the inside out and the outside in - if any effective and self-sustaining change is to occur. |
4:30-5:00
Dr. Carl Aylen |
|
| 5th
Skills Development Workshop
(Summer Workshop) |
Sunday-Tuesday
August 13-15, 2000 |
Hamburger
University
(Mc Donald's Corporation) Oakbrook, Illinois (W Chicago Suburb) |
| Evening Networking Reception & Dinner | Sunday 3:00pm | |
| Breakthrough Networking:
Building Relationships That Last
Lillian will help you improve your overall communication skills (both verbally and in writing), discover your networking style, polish your presence and enhance your verbal business card. |
Monday 8:30am
Lillian Bjorseth (Duoforce Enterprises) |
|
| KnowBrainer Innovation:
4 Steps to Creative, Effective, and Efficient Facilitation
Participants will learn how to address facilitation challenges and how to apply this learning directly to real-world situations using the revolutionary team problem solving Diamond Solution Process. |
Monday 1:30pm
Gerald Haman (SolutionPeople) |
|
| Becoming a Positive Achiever
This highly stimulating workshop is based on the precepts of Neurometric Performance Profiling, an innovative assessment technique that enables the performance potential of individuals to be matched to the demands of specific roles and promotes improvements in both executive motivation and performance. |
Tuesday 8:30am
Dr. Carl Aylen (Neurometric International, Limited) |
|
| From the 'Ties that Bind'
to the 'Binds that Change' - Facilitating Organizational Change
Participants will learn about patterns in organizational behavior that help change agents (organizational change facilitators) understand and help organizations change. |
Tuesday 1:30pm
Dr. Darrel Ray (Institute for Performance Culture) |
|
| 1st Annnual MFN in the Park | Thursday
July 20, 2000 |
Ravinia
Park, IL
(N Chicago Suburb) |
| Picnic on the lawn at Ravinia Park | Featuring performances by The Ravinia Festival Orchestra (Respighi, Beethoven, Gershwin, Dvorak and more) | |
| 23rd
Facilitators' Conference
Spring Conference |
Monday
May 15, 2000 |
Lewis
University - Leadership Studies Program
Romeoville, IL (SW Chicago Suburb) |
| The Future Session -
New Rules, New Roles, New Tools and New Skills
Open your mind, create your future! This will be a highly interactive learning session where facilitators and trainers come together to learn from each other and craft a new vision of the future of facilitation and training. |
Bob Higa
(The Magic and Illusions of Higa) |
|
| Analyzing and Utilizing
Personality Strengths in Group Process
This session will examine the different personality styles of individuals, how to recognize them and how to use them to strengthen the productivity of groups. |
Jann Thompson
(In Good Company) |
|
| Improv!: A Different
Twist to Brainstorming Sessions
This session will add to your tool kit several techniques used by improvisational actors which also work well in brainstorming sessions. |
Mary Fahey Hughes
(Noble Fool Theater Company) & Ann Marie Calistro (Educate! Facilitate! Innovate!) |
|
| Improving Facilitation
Through The Use Of Kolb Learning Style Preferences
This session is designed to help facilitators and trainers to identify their preferred delivery methods in order to: 1) identify the areas in which they have the greatest skill and expertise, which they can then share with other facilitators and trainers; 2) identify the areas in which they can attempt to increase their skills and effectiveness through a better understanding of the learning styles of those they facilitate and/or train. |
Ronald J. Kovach
(Lewis University) |
|
| 22nd
Facilitators' Conference
(Winter Conference) |
Friday
January 28, 2000 |
De
Paul University -
School of Computer Science, Telecommunications & Information Systems Chicago, IL (Downtown Chicago) |
| Facilitation and Technology:
Busting the Myths, Unveiling the Mysteries, and Understanding the Means
This session deals with the issue of facilitators turning to technology to enhance group performance. The session is appropriate for facilitators at all levels of experience including those who now use technology, those who are curious about collaborative technology, and those who are offended by the thought of using it. |
Bob Briggs
(University of Arizona & GroupSystems.com) |
|
| Communications Power
Skills for Effective Facilitation and Outstanding Customer Service
This session initially will focus on specific techniques one can use immediately to help boost facilitation, meeting leadership, and group communication skills, then will focus on specific and practical communication skills that are essential to providing high quality service to clients. |
Michael Brandwein | |
| Directed Brainstorming Techniques
This session will demonstrate two techniques that improve upon traditional brainstorming by focusing or directing the energies of the participants rather than encouraging open-ended idea generation. The presenters will provide examples of the successful use of these techniques and instruction on how to apply them in a variety of situations. |
Daniel Mittleman
(De Paul University) and Bob Briggs (University of Arizona & GroupSystems.com) |
|
| Reflections on Facilitation, Agendas
and the Evaluation of Meetings
This discussion is intended to stimulate thinking about facilitation by reviewing research results, by observing facilitator experiences, and by addressing some unanswered questions regarding the use of agendas. This will include agenda evaluation, construction of agendas, interactions with meeting task sponsors, variations from agenda use during meetings, and perceived benefits of agenda use to group facilitators. |
Fred Niederman
(St Louis University) |
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