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Training and Development WorkshopsGraphics(VISTA Consulting & Don Braisby - organised by PinPoint) Graphic recording is a helpful tool to facilitate the work of many different types of groups working on complex problems. A well-executed graphic display supports people to work more effectively, efficiently and creatively. Why not enhance your skills as a leader of change and/or improvement facilitator by using powerful visual images to
The workshop is highly experiential, lively and creative for people who wish to unlock the basic skills needed to use visual language in their personal world, presentations and team development. Every participant will receive a personal toolkit for graphic facilitation. Dress code is very relaxed and informal! How many people can take part? The workshop can accommodate 10-25 people at a time. How long is the workshop? One-day What's included?
Graphic Facilitation Workshop Fee is £395 + VAT per person, including complete photo-record of your programme and progress. You can see Don's work at www.donbraisby.co.uk For more details contact: Other WorkshopsThe following workshops are run on an ad-hoc basis as demand dictates. We do not have a formal programme but will set up the workshops when enough clients / public send us their requests. Please contact 01527 837930 or email enquiries@vista.uk.com to let us know you are interested Large Group EngagementA powerful two-day workshop that discovers the strength, possibilities and practicalities of large-scale engagement.
This workshop programme offers a powerful set of tools and techniques to help you engage huge numbers of people in the process of change. These tools help to develop new approaches to leadership and increase the likelihood of success from many modernisation/change efforts. It will help you to:
How many people can take part? The workshop can accommodate 25-100 people at a time. The higher the number, of delegates - the more staff to help with one-to-one coaching. How long is the workshop There is a two-day and a five-day version. The two-day version starts at 9.30 am and closes at 4.30 pm. The weeklong experience starts at 11.00 am on day 1 through to 1.00 pm on day 5. We organise this workshop when we have sufficient demand. For the 5-day version we had 4 clients who each sent one or two teams of six people. For the two-day version, Roffey Park requested we run this and we have run it for our clients. You can place you name on a waiting list (contact enquiries@vista.uk.com) and we will let you know if we've got anything planned or, why not generate interest in your own organisation or the networks you belong to. What's included? Everything you need including workbook and handouts, a copy of our book 'Meetings by Design' and 'design cards' for you to use when planning events back home. Large Group Interventions- Engaging the Whole System for Rapid ChangeThe workshop is a presentation by Billie Alban and Barbara Bunker of the important design elements of the twelve major large group intervention methodologies. It is for change agents, managers, consultants, administrators, officials and community leaders who want an in-depth look at Large Group Interventions. The objectives of this workshop are to:
Billie and Barbara use a variety of methods in the workshop:
And there will be lots of interactions, both in sessions and informally In 1992, Billie Alban and Barbara Bunker edited a special issue of The Journal of Applied Behavioural Science on Large Group Interventions. Their book on this topic "Large Group Interventions - Engaging the Whole Organization for Rapid Change" was published in October 1996 (by Jossey Bass). How many people can take part? The workshop can accommodate 25-50 people at a time. How long is the workshop? 2 ½ days running from 9.00am to 5.30pm on days 1 and 2 and from 9.00am to 1.00pm on day 3. Residential accommodation is not essential. What's included? All materials including workbook and copy of Billie and Barbara's book - Large Group Interventions. Future SearchIn collaboration with Marvin Weisbord and Sandra Janoff, VISTA will organise this workshop bi-annually if demand exists. Marvin Weisbord and Sandra Janoff, Ph.D., are authors of FUTURE SEARCH: An Action Guide to Finding Common Ground in Organizations and Communities (Berrett-Koehler, 1995). Together they have nearly 60 years of professional group leadership experience. Marv and Sandra are co-directors of Future Search Network, a non-profit voluntary association of 500 practitioners' worldwide dedicated to learning, colleagueship, and community service. Future search is a planning meeting that enables a system to transform its capability for action in a very short time. The meeting is task-focused and brings together 60-70 people assumed to have a stake in the future of "X". They stay engaged for 16 hours across 3 days. People explore their past, present and desired future, discover common ground, and make concrete action plans. Future search is purposeful, requires no expert speakers and encourages dialogue and learning as a catalyst for action and follow-up. As people build a community based on a motivating goal and a shared appreciation of the "whole elephant" they may devise new forms of co-operative action that will persist for months or years. Broad Applications - Future search can be used to:
The workshop is built around a simulated Future Search. The purpose and stakeholder roles are chosen by the whole group as part of the learning design. People then have a basis for a shared experience with the techniques for building community, helping a diverse group develop a mutual worldview, creating desired futures, establishing common ground, expanding the range of choices and moving into action. Included are interactive sessions on planning, facilitation and follow up. How many people can take part? The workshop requires 50 to 70 people to make it learning-viable. How long is the workshop? Three-days What's included? All handouts, materials and workbook. Copies of Future Search books, information on the Future Search Network and other resources are available to purchase during the workshop Polarity ManagementIn collaboration with Dr. Barry Johnson (www.polaritymanagement.com). Barry is the author of "Polarity Management - Identifying and Managing Unsolvable Problems". He also works with organisations to identify and manage issues where there are no apparent "right" answers. We know that some of our friends and colleagues may have already seen this user-friendly way of dealing with the polarities in organisations (and life) and are keen to learn more. For those of you who are new to this, an example of a polarity is breathing - the cycle of breathing in, and breathing out, is a polarity that we all subconsciously manage thousands of times every day. But how does that translate into business/ organisations? Polarities are ongoing, chronic issues that are unavoidable and unsolvable. Attempting to address them with traditional problem solving skills only makes things worse. In organisations we are constantly asking ourselves how do we manage what we see as the problem between competition and collaboration, centralisation and decentralisation, rigid structures and flexibility? These can in fact be seen as polarities to manage, not problems to be solved. At this workshop you will: 1.Learn
2.Which will help improve your effectiveness in
3.So that at the end of the workshop
How many people can take part? The workshop can accommodate 30-50 people at a time. How long is the workshop? There is a one-day version and a two-day version. The days start at 9.30 am and close at 4.30pm What's included? Everything you need including workbook. Details of how to purchase the Polarity Management computer program will be available. For more information on Polarity Management go to Polarity Management Associates. Organisation WorkshopThis workshop sets a down-to-earth tone by connecting with life in your organisation as you experience it. It's not just theoretical chatter; you actually live through experiences that make theories and solutions real. Even self-confessed sceptics say how much they have enjoyed and learned from this workshop. The workshop is designed so you will:
Let us bring the power of this dynamic and engaging experience into your organisation!
What is it? The core of the in-house workshop is:
What will we get out of it? Participants will:
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How many people can take part? The workshop can accommodate 25-50 people at a time. The Jumbo Organisation Workshop can accommodate up to 150 participants. In this version two organisations, each with their own executives, middle managers and workers, compete for the business of several customers. How long is the workshop? Although originally designed as a two-day programme, for those with limited time, we can shorten this to a one-day workshop. We will work with you to ensure that you get what you want out of the Workshop within the time you have available. What's included? Everything you need including all stationery, handouts and materials. This workshop has specific requirements in terms of space, layout and numbers of delegates. To find out more go to Power and Systems Change ManagementThis is an in-house workshop we design with clients specific to their needs. The range of materials we cover really depends on the skills within the organisation. We would work with a small group of people from the organisation to enable us to gather 'their' data and build the design. An example of what this might look like is:
How many people can take part? The workshop can accommodate 10-50 people at a time although you could run it with as many as 100 people. This would require more staff to enable small group coaching. How long is the workshop? Two days from 9.00 am to 4.30 pm. What's included? All handouts, materials and workbook. Mix 'n' MatchSome clients have asked us for a varity of workshops to match the needs of their organisation. For example, we have put together packages that include:
If you would like to discuss the range of workshops we can organise in-house then please do not hesitate to contact us on 01527 837930 or email enquiries@vista.uk.com Over the years we have organised workshops on practically all aspects of large group engagement including methodologies such as the Confernce Model, Real Time Work Design, Facilitating the Whole System in the Room and many more. If an organisation would like to run a workshop but doesn't think they can fill it, then we have creative solutions that we can talk to you about. Talk to us first! |
