20 Places to Educate Yourself Online for Free - website

Dear reader

this is an amazing website and I strongly recommend it

http://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/20-places-educate-yourself-online-for-free.html

cheers

MF

Sydney Facilitators Network - October Meeting - Monday 14th

Please find information abou the October meeting of the Sydney Facilitators Network.

Exploring personal strategies for navigating diverse cultures with Karen Huchendorf
 
Sydney Facilitators Network in collaboration with the Sydney Development Circle.
 
This interactive session will explore strategies for navigating varying cultures, crucial to our work in the International aid and development sector as well as in our personal lives.
 
"Barnga" simulates cross-cultural interaction in an unfamiliar culture, where we expect that the norms and values governing interaction will be different, but don’t know how they are different.  Even when we discover how the cultural rules are different, we don’t always know what to do to bridge the differences. We also must manage ourselves in situations outside our comfort zones.
 
During the simulation, you will be asked to self-monitor feelings, thoughts and strategies, and our facilitator will conduct a debrief in terms of research on highly effective international managers and the intercultural effectiveness of their personal strategies for navigating diverse cultures.
 
Karen Huchendorf:
Karen Huchendorf has devoted her career to increasing the comfort, confidence and competence of people working in multicultural environments. Specialising since the early 1970’s in intercultural communication, she offers her expertise as a consultant, intercultural trainer, facilitator, and “culture coach”, supporting cross-cultural transitions and integration.
 
Sydney Development Circle
The Sydney Development Circle (SDC) is a mentoring and networking group open to anyone interested in international aid and community development at the local, regional and global levels. ENQUIRIES: Kiran Hutchinson 0414 905 290 Email: sydneydevtcircle@gmail.com
 
Venue:  [Our usual venue]
University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Level 5, Building 10, Jones Street, Ultimo (Cnr. Thomas Street).
Room 5.580
Take the lift to level 5 | cross the atrium footbridge | walk straight ahead to room 580.

Date:
Monday 14th October 2013

Time:
From 5:30pm to 7:30pm sharp | No RSVP - Just turn up

AFN Conference 5th - 6th December 2013

Announcing AFN Conference 2013
Making Connections | Building Bridges with Facilitation
 
5-6 December | Macquarie University, Sydney NSW
www.afnconference.org.au
 
Offers until September 16
- Workshops 90 mins
- Case studies 20 mins
- Wildcard 20 mins (register at the conference)
 
Scholarship applications until September 9
 
Registration | Early bird until October 14
- Affordability pricing
 
Join the organizing committee
 
Enquiries Greg Jenkins 0418 486 501 | greg@changeagent.com.au
 

A guide to open educational resources - Link

This guide explains open educational resources (OER) and the benefits that creating, sharing and using OER can provide.

Open educational resources (OER) are learning and teaching materials, freely available online for anyone to use. I have attached the link to this entry for your perusal.


http://www.jisc.ac.uk/publications/programmerelated/2013/Openeducationalresources.aspx

MF

Sydney Facilitators Network - September meeting - Monday 9

The next meeting of the Sydney Facilitators Network will be held on Monday 9 September:

“Speed Mentoring with Sharon McGann” | Monday September 9, 2013 | 5.30 pm

"A community of practice involves sharing what we know about what works and how we do what we do. This session is an opportunity for experienced and new facilitators to get together and share war stories and ask curious questions. The process will be a variation on the popular speed dating / speed networking processes, with a focus on sharing knowledge and wisdom.

 

If you are an experienced facilitator, come along and bring an example of a challenging facilitation – one that was new, exciting or difficult. Think about how you prepared for and facilitated the session and what the outcomes were for the client.

If you are a new facilitator, come along with two or three questions about facilitation, things you’re curious about but didn’t know who or how to ask.

Also bring at least 10 business cards or equivalent.

 

You will have an opportunity to meet and talk with a number of colleagues during the course of the high-energy evening and ideally you will walk away with new contacts to bounce ideas off.

Sharon McGann

The session will be facilitated by our Sydney Facilitators’ Network co-convenor Sharon McGann. Sharon is an experienced facilitator who runs strategic and business facilitations for corporate, not for profit and government clients."

 

Venue: 

University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Level 5, Building 10, Jones Street, Ultimo (Cnr. Thomas Street).
Room 5.580
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

Sydney Facilitators Network - August 12th meeting

Dear TDN Member: information about the next Sydney Facilitators Network meeting -

Next Meeting | Monday August 12, 2013 | 5.30pm “Facilitating 'The Living Group' with Rollo Browne”   All facilitators work with groups. The plans we make, the processes we use are 'relatively' straightforward but the group is not always like that. No matter the stated purpose or formal structure associated with a group, all groups have invisible links and preferences around which they are organised. This is the world of sociometry as conceived and developed by Dr JL Moreno. We may not know which sociometric preferences or rejections are important in the group until they interfere with or derail the work. At that point the question is, 'Is there enough mutuality to get the work done?'   In this session we will focus on the use of sociometry, the principles behind it and the building of mutuality in groups. Understanding this work is also critical in coaching because you will invariable need to investigate the client's sociometry in the workplace. Further, each of us, whether facilitator, coach or client, will benefit from developing an awareness of our own sociometric position in the living group.   Guest Facilitator Rollo Browne Rollo Browne uses action methods extensively in his work as coach, facilitator and in organisational development. He is running the "Action Methods in Coaching", a 3 day Experiential Program for Coaches looking to bring Vitality & Immediacy to their work - Sydney, 26-28 August, co-led with Jenny Postlethwaite, for details go to www.actionmethodsincoaching.com.    He loves supervising difficult group situations, and teaches groupwork and the use of Morenian action methods (sociometry, sociodrama, psychodrama and role training) at Psychodrama Australia, NSW Campus, www.anzpasydney.org. The key to his work is to assist people and groups to access their own vitality and apply it to situations they face. Rollo can be contacted on 0417682085.   Venue:  [Our usual venue] University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Level 5, Building 10, Jones Street, Ultimo (cnr Thomas Street). Room 5.580 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

Blog www.facilitatorsnetwork.blogspot.com

E-Learning articles

Dear TDN members
I posted two article about E-Learning in case you are interested in the topic.


http://www.articulate.com/rapid-elearning/how-to-avoid-building-online-training-that-wastes-time/

http://www.articulate.com/rapid-elearning/3-visual-design-tips-for-effective-e-learning/

MF