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Past Events

    2009

    "Making Questions Work" Session Next Week!
    On Tuesday evening, November 10, Dorothy will be doing a special evening session for the Canadian Society for Training and Development (CSTD) at Conestoga College (Waterloo) for facilitators/trainers. The session will focus on "Making Questions Work" in training situations.

    For more information or to register, click here.

     

    Check out the IAF Asia 2009 Conference in Taipei, Taiwan!
    There are over 25 workshop sessions centered around this year’s theme of "GEAR up for the future!" all packed into four days: August 28-31 2009.

    Dorothy will be presenting two workshops:

    • Making Questions Work: 5 Process Frameworks for 1800 Questions – August 28
    • Process Design: 8 Essential Elements in Action - August 29
    Marian Pitters, co-author with Dorothy of “Managing Facilitated Processes” will be presenting two workshops:
    • Managing 18 Facilitated Processes: What Works – August 28
    • Tools to Build Accountability for Outcomes – August 30

    Dorothy’s books — “Making Questions Work”, “Process Design: Making it Work” (co-authored with Paul Tomlinson) and “Managing Facilitated Processes” (co-authored with Marian Pitters) will all be available at the bookstore throughout the conference.
    For more information or to register, visit the IAF Asia website! www.facilitatorsforum.org.tw

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    Dorothy's Making Questions Work group

     

    The IAF Canada Tour 2009!

    One Workshop, Two Leading Facilitators, Two Books, Four locations - Priceless insights with Dorothy Strachan and Marian Pitters

    Organized by the International Association of Facilitators, this is a must-participate professional development event for facilitators in a broad range of situations:  consultants, managers, coaches, educators, event planners and others who facilitate groups.

    • Are you interested in optimizing group outcomes?
    • Do you want dynamic techniques and tools at your fingertips for designing and managing facilitated processes?
    • Do you spend a lot of time looking for the right questions to drive group processes?
    • Are you looking for an excellent learning opportunity to enhance your facilitation knowledge?
    • Would you like to expand your facilitation network?

    This hands-on, interactive workshop combines useful knowledge with practical skill development in a collegial learning atmosphere.

    The low IAF workshop price includes the books Managing Facilitated Processes, by Dorothy Strachan and Marian Pitters (2009), and either Making Questions Work, by Dorothy Strachan (2007), or, at the Halifax workshop, Process Design: Making It Work, by Dorothy Strachan and Paul Tomlinson (2008). Additional workshop resource materials, continental breakfasts, lunches, and breaks are also included.

    Early-bird pricing (a savings of $100) is in effect until October 1 ($595.00 for IAF members, and $745.00 for non-members).

    The 2009 IAF Canada Tour will be in Halifax-Dartmouth (October 15-16), Edmonton (October 26-27), Winnipeg (October 29-30), and Vancouver (November 5-6). For more details on each workshop and to register, go to: www.goldenplanners.ca/IAF. You may also contact Tour organizers by e-mail at: iafcanada@goldenplanners.ca.

  • IAF Latin America and Caribbean Conference 2009
    The first IAF Latin America and Caribbean Conference will take place in Bridgetown, Barbados from September 23-25 2009 and will focus on “The Art and Mastery of Facilitation: Pathway to Caribbean Integration.”

    Dorothy will be presenting two workshops:

    • Making Questions “Work” – September 23
    • The Power Factor in Process Design and Facilitation – September 24

    Marian Pitters, co-author with Dorothy of “Managing Facilitated Processes” will be presenting two workshops:

    • Managing 18 Facilitated Processes: What Works and What Doesn’t – September 23
    • Tools to Build Accountability for Outcomes – September 24

    Dorothy’s books — “Making Questions Work”, “Process Design: Making it Work” (co-authored with Paul Tomlinson) and “Managing Facilitated Processes” (co-authored with Marian Pitters) will all be available at the bookstore throughout the conference.
    For more information or to register, visit the Conference website! http://www.iaf-latamcarib.org/conference.html

  • Check out the IAF 2009 Conference in Vancouver, BC!
    There are 70 workshop sessions centered around this year’s theme of “Explore Diversity” all packed into one week: April 20-25 2009.

    Dorothy will be presenting three workshops:

    • Making Process Designs “Work” – April 21
    • Process Design in Health: Diversity Lives Here! – April 22
    • Thinking Through Complex Problems: 1 Process Framework and 60 Questions that Really Work  – April 23
    Marian Pitters, co-author with Dorothy of “Managing Facilitated Processes” will be presenting two workshops:
    • Managing 17 Facilitated Processes: What Works Before, During and After – April 21
    • Tools to Build Accountability for Outcomes – April 23

    Dorothy’s books — “Making Questions Work”, “Process Design: Making it Work” (co-authored with Paul Tomlinson) and “Managing Facilitated Processes” (co-authored with Marian Pitters) will all be available at the bookstore throughout the conference.
    For more information or to register, visit the IAF North America website! www.iafna.org

    • 2008

  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research: “Making Questions Work” Ottawa, Ontario October 21-22. (English); October 28-29 (French)
  • First International Association of Facilitators Eastern Canada Tour with Dorothy Strachan and Sandy Schuman.
    • Two days with two celebrated facilitators from two countries using two great books on two topics:
      “Making Questions Work” and “Working with Difficult Groups”

    • Registration for this first IAF Canada Tour 2008 is now open. Respected IAF members and internationally-recognized facilitators Dorothy Strachan and Sandy Schuman will be leading their two-day workshop in:
      • Halifax (November 3-4),
      • Ottawa (November 6-7),
      • Kitchener-Waterloo (November 17-18)

    • Detailed information on the workshop, its leaders and registration information is available here:  www.goldenplanners.ca/IAF

    • IAF Member Early Bird registration is $595.00 (plus tax), and runs until September 30. Included in your registration fee will be copies of Dorothy's book "Making Questions Work" and Sandy's "IAF Handbook of Group Facilitation", as well as two continental breakfasts, two lunches, refreshment breaks, and all of the other workshop materials.  Space is limited. Register now!
  • First Annual Canadian Health Leadership Network (CHLNet) Annual Symposium: “Changing Systems, Creating Results” September 11-12, Fairmont Chateau Montebllo, Montebello, Quebec
    Dorothy Strachan is facilitating this national symposium.
    For the final agenda and to register: please contact secretariat@chlnet.ca