WHAT’S NEW?

The Facilitator’s Toolkit 16-17 Jan (Places Available) A small number of spaces are still available on our two-day facilitation skills training course, The Facilitator's Toolkit, next running on Monday 16 and Tuesday 17 January in Hook, Hampshire (between Reading and Basingstoke, and close to London/M4/M3). This module provides a grounding and builds confidence in skills for both new and experienced facilitators (managers, team leaders, chairs etc) and offers credit towards becoming an Accredited Facilitator. We can also offer this module at a generous [...]

Learning Day- Credibility and Impact Learning Days are an excellent opportunity for all facilitators (new, experienced and occasional) to meet, review and share good practice. These days are open to all AoF members and also offered as a Taster Day for those who are new to AoF and wish to work and learn in a collaborative environment. Do share details with those you know and feel free to come along if you want to find out more about [...]

Learning Day - Lego Serious Play “You can learn more about a person in an hour of play than you can from a lifetime of conversation” Plato LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® 11th October 2022 10am-4pm Our Learning Days offer you a rich day of collaborative learning and a gentle stretch. We anticipate leaving with new ideas, resources, and with our practice refreshed. See below for more information on this workshop. We also offer this day as a Taster Day [...]

Invitations - Next Steps and (Virtual) Lunch Invitation to join a new Learning Cohort – ‘What Next?’ Discussion This invitation is particularly for those who have participated in our courses, supervision days, accreditation days etc and expressed an interest in continuing your learning and development as a facilitator with AoF. It may also be of interest to those of you who are curious about what we offer and interested in experiential learning as a group member. Immediately following [...]

Another lunchtime catch up? and some good books Do join us for an online lunchtime chat Thurs 13th May 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. Over recent months we've enjoyed catching up in the virtual world with fellow facilitators, reconnecting with those we have trained with, met up with, worked with, learnt with... and making new connections. We thought it would be nice to offer another informal 'drop-in' for those who would like to meet up. There's no agenda other [...]

Online Group Supervision spaces available 8 March onwards Group Supervision Spaces available We have spaces available on the Online Group Supervision Sessions as below: Price: One supervision session is free to Accredited Members as a benefit of membership. Thereafter £45 per session for members and £55 per session for non-members. (There is no VAT to pay.) Dates/Times (UK Time) Mon 8 March 13.00 - 15.30 Wed 17 March 16.00 - 18.30 Wed 24 March 08.00 - 10.30 Thu [...]

Co-Coaching and Online Supervision opportunities We would like to invite both members and non-members to two new online programmes: Online Group Supervision and Fundamentals in Co-Coaching (see below). We hope to return to face-to-face training from May onwards, assuming it is safe to do so. Please see below or our website for more information and dates. In a global pandemic, with fundamental changes to home and work, and as the relationship between societal issues, personal stress and mental health becomes highly visible, both [...]

Co-operative Enquiry and Foundations in Facilitation Skills We hope you and your families are staying well, and handling the many changes that we have all experienced over the last few months. Our virtual office remains open and we are available for dialogue and connection, and keen to offer support for you in your facilitation practice. Zoom Cooperative Enquiry: In May, we hosted a cooperative enquiry session into our experiences of facilitating meetings using video technology. Our joint write-up, from our [...]

Peer Supervision Monday 1st June Hope you are well - just a quick reminder of our peer supervision session on Monday for Affiliate and Accredited Members. If you're not already booked in and wish to join, just email us and you will receive a link to join in advance of the call. Monday 1st June 11:00 – 12:30 (UK Time): Peer Supervision This is an open peer support and supervision opportunity. Participants have found benefit in meeting with other facilitators, to share experience, [...]

Cooperative Enquiry & Peer Supervision We trust this finds you well and are writing to offer our members two further support sessions. This is in the spirit of being a professional "home" for facilitators, to which you belong. Monday 18th May 11:00 – 12:30: Cooperative Enquiry By popular request we shall use this session to pool our experiences and ideas of how to facilitate in an online environment, in particular the use of zoom. Prior to the session we shall circulate a briefing [...]