Fabulous Facilitators

[Cliodhna Mulhern]

Lisa
Thank you for the description of your Fabulous Facilitators'  
gatherings...they sound better and better an I am determined to host  
them for us here...Many thanks for sharing your experience...cliodhna


On 22 Jun 2009, at 03:00, Lisa Heft wrote:

> Hi, Cliodhna and others -
>
> Fabulous Facilitators is the monthly face-to-face gathering I have  
> hosted in the San Francisco Bay Area since 2002.
>
> It's easy and designed to be that way - pot-luck, a little announce  
> list reminds folks of the next dates, I take notes and distribute  
> them to folks.  People do not have to rsvp or anything - they just  
> walk in or not depending on their schedule. Every other month, our  
> conversation goes wherever it goes (folks bring up design puzzles,  
> questions about methods, sharing thoughts about challenging  
> situations, whatever).  Every -other- month, we begin with a juicy,  
> complex question to first take our conversation into another kind of  
> thoughtful space.  This balance of every other time helps include  
> both those new to / emerging into the profession and those with many  
> years of practice.
>
> This group is specifically for folks whose work or study is  
> facilitation / group process, rather than a specific method.   
> Members are encouraged to give other members discounts for workshops  
> they may offer. There are no presentations, no guest speakers. It's  
> a conversation, in a circle, only lightly facilitated (if it wanders  
> off group process into politics or whatever I gently remind folks to  
> continue those bits after the meeting so we can stay on the subject  
> of facilitation as is the wish of our members).  I provide some  
> handouts (for example one listing more ways to learn about the  
> various methods we often discuss) so we do not answer the same  
> questions over again for first-timers but can help them learn more - 
> and- continue in these amazing conversations. All questions are  
> welcome, though, of course.
>
> These meetings mostly happen on a Monday morning from 9:00a to  
> 11:00a - whenever I check in, it still seems to be a time that works  
> for most folks.  Those with weekday jobs either take some time off  
> or come during the times of year when there is holiday schedule, for  
> example.
>
> Perhaps some of these above bits will be useful to you as you host  
> your own Fabulous Facilitators gathering.  And I very much look  
> forward to dropping in to visit when next my work and life takes me  
> to Northwest England...
>
> A warm hello from an early California evening,
>
> Lisa
>
>
> On Jun 18, 2009, at 1:37 AM, Cliodhna Mulhern wrote:
>
>> Dear Lisa
>>
>> I enjoyed your exchange with Janet and it has got me thinking of  
>> opening a Fabulous Facilitators gathering here in the North west of  
>> England (UK, that is)...does this appeal to anyone out there?  
>> Cliodhna
>>
>>
>>
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Cliodhna Mulhern
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