Australasian Facilitators Network Conference - Expressions of Interest

Theme

Te Pitau Whakarei – Creating a bow wave for facilitation
Flow, partnership, embedded - grounded in the land and culture.
Expanded experience.
Community.
Facilitation grounded in land, culture and community.
Rippling and flowing.

In line with the image of weaving which is prominent in Maori culture this conference will weave five strands of learning and fun throughout the conference programme.

Strands

Plenary sessions

Opening and closing the conference
Opening and closing the day’s proceedings

Concurrent workshops each day
Open space strand – includes a conservation pit
Local clinics - facilitators have an opportunity to practise their skills with local groups who need facilitation to help them solve a problem. More details about this later.
Local tours

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Saturday November 21 - Sunday November 22

International Association of Facilitators Certified Professional Facilitator™ Accreditation (2-day)

Monday November 23 - Pre-conference Workshops

9:00am - 5:00pm Designing and Facilitating Complex Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration - Sam Kaner (2-day)

9:00am - 5:00pm Facilitation – Maori Styles - Michael Elkington (2-day)

Tuesday November 24 - Pre-conference Workshops

9:00am - 5:00pm Facilitation – Māori Styles - Michael Elkington (continues)

9:00am - 5:00pm Designing and Facilitating Complex Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration - Sam Kaner (continues)

9:00am - 5:00pm Facilitating Conflict Creatively in Communities - Brendan McKeague (1-day)

9:00am - 5:00pm Facilitating Action Learning for the Culturally Appropriate Development of Leadership and Resilience - Bob Dick (1-day)

Wednesday November 25

9.00am Assemble and prepare for powhiri at Whakatu Marae.

9.30am Marae welcome – Powhiri – Hongi - Words of Welcome from Conference organisers – www.whakatumarae.co.nz

10.10am After the powhiri gather in wharekai (eating hall) for tea and coffee, registration and take the opportunity to sign up for activities.

11.00am Opening plenary whakawhaunaungatanga (way of forming us into a family) - Who is here?

12.30pm Lunch

1.30pm Concurrent session 1

	Strand A	A Practical Theory for Changing Society – Peter Rennie
	Strand B	Enviroschools – Facilitation grounded in a kaupapa – Helen Ritchie & Kerry Gosling
	Strand C	Working with Ritual – Shirley O’Toole
	Strand D	What would you do if…ripples and flow in debriefing - Sascha Rixon & Dr. Andrew Rixon
	Strand E	Facilitating for High Performance in a Self-Organising World: Riding the Waves of Chaos, Conflict and Confusion - with Passion! - Brendan McKeague and Father Brian Bainbridge

3.00pm Afternoon tea

3.30pm Concurrent Session 2

	Strand A	... A Practical Theory for Changing Society (continued) – Peter Rennie
	Strand B	The Meeting Marketplace – Carla Rogers & Nigel Russell
	Strand C	...Working with Ritual (continued) – Shirley O’Toole
	Strand D	IAF Competencies Applied to Public Policy Meetings - Linda Mather
	Strand E	Open Space

5.00pm Evening Tauranga Waka (safe harbour)

5.30pm Free time

7.00pm Hangi (Meal cooked in a Maori earth oven)

8.00pm Organic beer event at Founders www.biobrew.co.nz

Thursday November 26

7.15am Wake up call Wake up with Soul – Shirley O’Toole

Massage ongoing offered through day

9.00am Morning Tauranga Waka – Check in, news and announcements

9.30am Concurrent session 3

	Strand A	Contracting as a Collaborative Process – Sam Kaner
	Strand B	Making magical metaphors work for you – Carol Sherriff & Simon Wilson
	Strand C	Generating a Quantum Shift in Group Consciousness – Dale Hunter
	Strand D	Conversational Leadership – facilitating effective meetings – Dena Hurst & Jennifer Connell
	Strand E	Open Space

11.00am Morning tea

11.30am Concurrent session 4

	Strand A	... Contracting as a Collaborative Process (continued) – Sam Kaner
	Strand B	... Magical Metaphors (continued) – Carol Sherriff & Simon Wilson
	Strand C	... Generating a Quantum Shift in Group Consciousness (continued) – Dale Hunter
	Strand D	Open House as a Facilitated Learning Technique - Martin Butcher
	Strand E	Open Space

1.00pm Lunch

2.00pm Concurrent session 5

	Strand A	Co-facilitation: Chartering the pathways to success when you are in the boat together - Rhonda Tranks & Sheryl Smail
	Strand B	The Scenario Tool – Mary Maher & Pam Bourke
	Strand C	Facing fear: Principles to facilitating amazing online events – Nigel Russell and Carla Rogers
	Strand D	‘Sustainable Change’ for high-diversity communities – Tom Schwarz
	Strand E	Open Space

3.30pm Afternoon tea & Merchant Market

5.00pm Free Time

6.30pm Bus to Seifrieds www.seifried.co.nz

7.00pm Dinner and dance at Seifrieds

Buses will be provided to return to accommodation at 10.00 pm and 11.00 pm

Friday November 27

8.00am Wake up calls

9.00am Plenary Tauranga Waka - check in, news and announcements

9.30am Concurrent session 6

	Strand A	Introduction to Grounded Facilitation through Consensus Facilitation – Sheryl Smail
	Strand B	How to Engage Stakeholders by Mapping the Social System – Peter Rennie
	Strand C	Story Telling – purposeful, spontaneous and playful – Christine Carlton
	Strand D	Diving deeper: Anchoring to the dynamics and stances of facilitation - Sue Gregory, Hedy Bryant and Tom Schwarz
	Strand E	Open Space

11.00am Morning tea

11.30am Concurrent session 7

	Strand A	... Introduction to Grounded Facilitation through Consensus Facilitation (continued) – Sheryl Smail
	Strand B	... How to Engage Stakeholders by Mapping the Social System (continued) – Peter Rennie
	Strand C	Enhance Your Online Facilitation with Storytelling. – Stephen Thorpe
	Strand D	...Diving deeper: Anchoring to the dynamics and stances of facilitation (continued)- Sue Gregory, Hedy Bryant and Tom Schwarz
	Strand E	Open Space

1.00pm Hakari (Feast)
www.newzealand.com/travel/about-nz/features/powhiri/the-ceremony/hakari-feast.cfm

2.30pm Porporoaki (Closing event)

3.30pm Close

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