BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Boise X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Boise BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2877313:Event:5031 DTSTAMP:20120214T123313Z SUMMARY:Facilitation Training Day DESCRIPTION:Facilitation Training Day\n\nFriday 30th October 2009\n\n1 0.00 – 16.00\n\nLocation: St.ethelburgha’s, 78 bishopsgate, London EC2N 4AG.\n\n\n'Very interesting event. Learnt a lot of great techniq ues'\nHelena Merriott (Westminster Council)\n\n'Very engaging facilita tor, a good example'\nStephen Davis (Natural England)\n\n'Superb!'\nNa omi Archer (Leeds Council)\n\nThe Course\n\nWorking effectively with l ocal communities is an essential part of getting things done in any ne ighbourhood. It is also important for the development of better policy and practice, for understanding local needs and developing more susta inable communities.\n\nLocal meetings and engagement processes can too often be un-involving, unproductive and even confrontational. Good fa cilitation can help tackle these problems and help people to make loca l discussion and planning an enjoyable and productive process.\n\nPeop le attending this course will learn how to:\n\n• How and when to hol d meetings and when to use other approaches\n• Build a working relat ionship with an existing organisation or a group of individuals\n• U se appropriate tools and techniques\n• Develop facilitation work in ways appropriate to a range of diverse communities\n• Deal with prob lematic situations\n• Evaluate facilitated processes\n\nThe interact ive course will also look closely at the roles a facilitator may play and how and when a facilitator’s role may link in to work on longer term community development. It will build the confidence of anyone kee n to be a good facilitator and give them a solid basis on which to dev elop their own skills in the longer term.\n\nWho should attend this co urse?\n\nThe event will benefit anyone working with groups of people i n formal or informal settings. Whether a novice starting out, or an ex perienced facilitator wishing to expand on their techniques, the cours e will be tailored to the participants’ needs.\n\nThe Facilitator\n\ nThe course will be led by Chris Church. Chris is a popular and effect ive facilitator. He has over 20 years experience of training and worki ng with voluntary and community organisations on environmental and soc ial issues. Chris has facilitated work with a wide range of organisati ons, ranging from local community groups to city-level networks and na tional and international conferences. He works in the UK and across Eu rope and is an advisor to the Community Development Foundation on sust ainable development. He is Chair of the London 21 network and is co-di rector of Community Environment Associates (CEA).\n\nPrices include a vegan/vegetarian lunch, Fair Trade refreshments and networking time wi th organic wine.\n\nCost\n• Large Charities, Public Sector, and busi nesses: £278 per person\n\n• Smaller charities (under 8 staff) and individuals: £120\n\n• Subsidised places are available for unemploy ed/students/pensioners. Please a cheque for £20 to Talk Action, The g rayston Centre, 28 Charles Square, London, N1 6HT.\n\n• Tailored cou rses can be arranged for groups at a date & location to suit you.\n\nF or bookings and information please contact:\nTalk Action\nTel: 0207 32 4 4774\nEmail: jelliott@talkaction.org\n\nFor more information visit h ttp://www.amed.org.uk/events/facilitation-training-day DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20091030T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20091030T235900 CATEGORIES:training, day LOCATION:London WEBSITE:http://www.talkaction.org URL:http://www.talkaction.org CONTACT:0207 324 4774 ORGANIZER;CN="Jonathan Elliott":http://www.amed.org.uk/profile/Jonatha nElliott ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg":http://api.ning.com/files/Ls0m4bJ0x4dFrfcP NFbRVeQGVvfERtRn44g*FnnfE6xoAlN8PS3742uqIQ0d7Yr1hdtxt3Kf1FsEFyn2q2QsKw 5pPiojqBOE/ClimatechangeImage.jpg ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Jonathan Elliott":http://www.amed.org.uk/profile/JonathanElliott END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR