Sydney Facilitators Network - March Meeting

The next Sydney Facilitators Network will be held next monday 11 March with an interesting topic:

Blending Facilitation and Instruction with Thiagi | Monday March 11 | 5.30pm

 

A facilitator helps a group of participants analyze and diagnose their situation, identify problems and opportunities, generate ideas and solutions, and plan to implement them. The facilitator is substantively neutral and does not have any personal goals other than to help the group achieve its goal. An instructor helps a group of participants achieve a set of pre-specified training objectives.

 

The instructor has a mandate to ensure that the participants achieve these objectives. For more than a decade, Thiagi has been blending the tools and techniques of facilitators and instructors to increase the effectiveness of both approaches. In this session, Thiagi will help you modify your mindset and enhance your competencies to become an instructional facilitator. So if you want to enhance your skills at facilitating a thoughtful discussion or creating a learning environment come along on Monday 11th March.

About Sivasailam Thiagarajan [Thiagi]

Thiagi is truly, a world class facilitator. He has been described as the "world's leading training games and simulations designer". His specialization is in using participatory strategies to improve human performance. One of Thiagi’s outstanding strengths is that he is a master at making boring things interesting. Thiagi’s website, www.thiagi.com is a treasure trove of resources for facilitators, trainers and instructional design practitioners.

 

Venue:  University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Jones Street, Ultimo corner Thomas Street. Room 5.580 Level 5, Building 10, Take the lift to level 5, cross the atrium footbridge, walk straight ahead to room 580. Time: From 5:30pm to 7:30pm sharp | No RSVP - Just turn up

Articulation between VET and Higher Education - Discussion Paper

The Community Services and Health Industry Skills Council has released a discussion paper which offers a review of research, opinions and shares existing international models of tertiary education system integration. The paper is available from this link:

https://www.cshisc.com.au/docs/research-reports/discussion_paper_-_articulation_april_2012.pdf

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Sydney Facilitators Network - February meeting

The next Sydney Facilitators Network will be held next monday 11 February with an interesting topic:

"Next Meeting | Monday February 11, 2013 | 5.30pm   ‘Planning for a Facilitation’ with Paul Worth   We don’t often discuss or share the nuts and bolts of how we plan and get organised for a facilitation, so for our kick off session for the year, Paul Worth our guest facilitator will draw out from us the essential items of planning a session, but more importantly, encourage us to share our own planning processes and templates.  Please bring along anything you are prepared to share and allow others to use.    We don’t often offer outputs at the end of the Facilitators sessions (you’ve got to show up to get the value), but we may be tempted to publish the “mother of all checklists”.   Facilitator:   Paul Worth is a multi talented facilitator, e-Organising trainer and coach working with a variety of clients and RTOs for over 15 years. During this time he has delivered a variety of training and development programs to a broad selection of clients, working with groups from 6 – 300 people. With over 30 years business experience at senior management levels in industries including training & development, manufacturing, retail, hospitality, automotive and financial services, Paul is an expert in people development and is highly skilled in the design, delivery and customisation of effective learning programs.  His outstanding communication skills allow him to work effectively across all organisational levels.   Venue:  University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Jones Street, Ultimo corner Thomas Street. Change of Room February 2013 only – Building 10 [our usual building], Level 3, Room 330 (CB10.03.330)   Time: From 5:30pm to 7:30pm sharp | No RSVP - Just turn up"