I thought it would be easy to present the workshop after it actually happened, but... (as Brian says).

In the times we live in, trust has a special meaning. I hope that through our interesting discussions we got some productive insight on how, as a community of educators, we can help our clients face their trust issues - with their communities, organizations, teams, relations and specially themselves. Thank you for your feedback and encouragement and for being there!

Just another game, one of the eye-opening type when it comes to communication and co-operation. May I invite all who don't know it yet to find out about it, and all who work with it or have worked with it, to share approaches of de-briefing, etc.?

It will be a 1.5 hrs workshop. It works well in groups of 8-16 people, but I can also run 2 groups in parallel (up to 30something people) if there's an interest.

Indoors or outdoors. No McGuiver gear requested.

This workshop will integrate a series of activities and discussions centered around what it takes to break free of personal limitations.

What is possible?

Expanding creativity. 

What prevents me from attempting difficult or "impossible" things?  What barriers prevent people from achieving?

What if I fail?  What am I afraid of?  Where does my comfort zone begin and end?  

How can I change my perspective on what is possible in my life?  in schools?  in the community?  The world?

What can I do to start?

Coaching conversations take two approaches: free-form and directed. This session will explore the use of practical tools (blue paper and white cards) and techniques (questions, seeds, and follow-ups) for making coaching conversations, and any conversation, even more  fun, focused, and effective. Bring a working pen and a sharp mind.

“We live in language, a sea of consciousness.” – Peter Koestenbaum

The session format will be experiential, discussion, and Q&A-based.

1.5 hours. Open to everyone interested.

Are you interested in exploring the impact of cultural backround on teamwork in multicultural groups? Come and join us to play an easy card game and discuss with us the results in addition to some light theory about intercultural processes.

Time slot: 1 - 1,5 h
Participants: at least 6 up to 40...60 ;-)

During the workshop we will explore an try out a unique swedish model for komplex, dynamic cooperation and change. The KIM-model is elucidative, creative and concrete. It represents a new way of thinking about teams and organizations that engage.

You will have the opportunity to examine your own organization with the KIM-model. It will be a brief example of the initial step working with this model.

/Erik Vesterlund 

Does fake laughing bring joy and can it be used as an experimental learning method? Play, laugh and discussions. For persons not familiar with laughing yoga. Duration about 1½ -2 hrs, minimum 8 persons.

Equipment needed: gym matresses*, peaceful indoor space with some space to move around, can be held outdoors if the weather is really warm and nice.

*nice to have but can be done without if not available

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“The Magic Experience”

In our times children loosing there abilities and possibilities to learn according to there natural demand. Children need a time and a space to explore and develop there skills. Nowadays where cities are growing rapidly, and most children are growing up in urban area, certain social and physical skills getting lost. A lot of these children are getting exposed to rough life circumstances where they have to make decision and take responsibility at a time where there not able to. These children are loosing there actual childhood and the ability to play. This is a similar process all around the world, in India as well as in Germany. The United Nations declares the “Right to play” for every child. A couple of NGO are working towards this goal. Experiential education is very close to the natural way of how children are exploring there environment, and to there need to play.

I would like to present you two NGO’s I worked with in the last 6 years and discuss how we can support the idea of providing experiential education to as much children as possible. These two examples should give you an idea about what is possible, and maybe we can develop some ideas together what everybody of us can do to make a difference within there own communities. Both NGO’s having a similar purpose, but a totally different and very interesting concept.

Timetable:

Two Presentations each / 15 minutes

1)  „Seilgarten Hannover“ / Germany –

www.seilgartenhannover.de

A network Project from 8 different NGO’s, providing Team Training Programmes at the Ropes Course Hanover, reaching out to 7000 children each year

 2) „Magic Bus” / India

 “Empowering Children to develop and discover through sports” / Sport for Development, reaching out to 3500 children each year, based in Mumbai/ India

Brainstorming in small groups / 20 minutes

Sharing and Presentation / 20 minutes

I am very open minded for any kind of inputs. I think a conference like ours has a very big potential and I am very curious to hear about your experiences and ideas.

A bicycle in the perspective of lifespan psychology and arts

Did you ever take the fenders off your father’s or mother’s bicycle in order to make it more of a race bike, when you were a kid? We did. And when we asked our friends from different countries, they said they did, too. We would like to invite you to hop once again on the bicycle from your childhood and let you see how far you’ve ridden on your way to independence, path, on which we remember our bicycle to once be the best company.

An old bicycle is as photogenic as an old person’s face. Planted, stuck, overhanging, floating, tumbled, wedged in the landscape, bicycle as a contrast, memento, memory. Bicycle proud, beautiful and independent, collapsed, broken, downfallen. Bicycle half buried. Caught on a photograph, or as an exhibit in a land art gallery, a bicycle may become the course participants’ statement about the wings and fetters of their inner worlds. We would like to take you for a ride on the thin edge between experiential learning and arts, making bicycle an action art or land art object. Using a bicycle to express feelings is not so usual but it is more than possible.

Cheers, Jana, Ludek and Mike