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AFN18 Conference Program

 

 

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Conference Program

Monday 26 November 2018

8.30am	Welcome & Registration Light Refreshments
10.00am (60 mins)	WELCOME TO COUNTRY / WELCOME TO AFN18 Wurundjeri Welcome (Kulin Nation) Wayapa (Alana Marsh, Wayapa Wuurrk)
11.00am (60 mins)	CELEBRATING WISDOM Reflections from the AFN community, reflecting on the AFN Concurrent Sessions intro.
12.00 Noon	Lunch
1.00pm (90 mins)	Accessing Wisdom & Presence in Groups Dale Hunter & Stephen Thorpe	“I’d Love to do That” – Confessions of an Imperfect Sketcher Jacinta Cubis	The Experience of the Spiritual (Unity and Diversity) Farid Bin Abdul Hamid	Exploring Complexity Theory for Greater Creativity and Wisdom. Martin Butcher	Peer Mentoring - Is it Useful? Marg Leser & Ian Smith
2.30pm	Afternoon Tea
3.00pm (90 mins)	Is There Change in the Air?... Stephen Hanman & Ian George	Diving Deeper with Spontaneity and Creativity Sarah Norton	Supercharge Your Business By Activating Your Innate Wisdom. Cindy Turner	Poutiria te Aroha: Facilitating cultural restoration, honouring sacred connection. Katarina Mataria, Tuihana Borsch & Helen Ritchie	The Emotional Facilitator Paul Micallef
4.30pm (90 mins)	Inter-generational exchange Weaving the energy of new practice with the wisdom of experience			Yarning circles (open space) Self-organising groups, yarning about what matters

Tuesday 27 November 2018

9.30am (60 mins)	CELEBRATING DIVERSITY Exploring people, perspectives, practices Concurrent sessions intro.
10.30am	Morning Tea
11.00am (90 mins)	Facilitating the Wisdom Within You Andrea Jones	Working with the Mental Maps of Groups Ian Smith	Creativity & Music Karen Hunter ___________ Celebrating Diversity Chris Scott	Come Meet us in the Field – Beyond Thinking About Diversity, Creativity … Pam Searle & Heather Lawrence	Evaluating from Diverse Perspectives Vanessa Hood & Sharyn Cox
12.30pm	Lunch
1.30pm (90 mins)	Creating Environments for Happy Humans Martin Butcher	Facilitating Deep Democracy Liz Scarfe & Grzegorz Zielinski	Developing your own Professional Development Plan Marie Martin	The ups and downs of the facilitator-client relationship_on a board game! Jacinta Cubis & Kathlin Mayer	Stocktaking and Celebrating the Elements of Creative, Dynamic and Effective Group Facilitation Robin Clayfield
3.00pm	Afternoon Tea
3.30pm (90 Mins)	Working Together Ways Michelle Howard & Carol Vale			Yarning Circles (open space) Self-organising groups, yarning about what matters
7.00pm - midnight	AFN Celebration Dinner

Wednesday 28 November 2018

9.30am (60 mins)	CELEBRATING CREATIVITY Creatively embracing change and uncertainty Concurrent sessions intro
10.30am	Morning Tea
11.00am (90 mins)	Exploring the Diversity, Creativity and Wisdom held in Facilitator Fairy Tales Andrew Rixon	Markers and Other Magical Tools for Creative Facilitation Michelle Walker	Being Open to Being Closed Peter Rennie	Applying Complexity: Creating Change Through Understanding Jai Allison	Emerging Technologies for Remote Group Facilitation: An Edge Thinking Exercise Stephen Thorpe & Rick Sommerford
12.30pm	Lunch
1.30pm (45 mins)	General Assembly AFN: from here to there
2.15pm (90 mins)	Closing Ceremony Robyn Clayfield with Dale Hunter & others (to be confirmed)
3.45pm	Afternoon Tea & Close (4:30pm)

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