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Recommended Reading

June 16th, 2011

Recommended Reading

- – Expand your knowledge – - Learn New Tools and Methods – - Deepen your Practice – -

We would like to recommend the following resources. These are books that can help you “sharpen the saw”; to use Covey’s metaphor for continuous reflection and learning. We know most of these authors personally and we trust their wisdom and experience.  As we discover new resources, we’ll pass them along to you.

The 9 Disciplines of a Facilitator
Leading groups by transforming yourself
Jon C. Jenkins and Maureen R. Jenkins
Jossey Bass 2006

Clues to Achieving Consensus
A leaders guide to navigating collaborative problem solving
Mirja P. Hanson
Rowman and Littlefield Education 2005

Facilitating to Lead
Leadership Strategies for a Networked World
Ingrid Bens

Facilitating with Ease
Core skils for facilitators, team leader and members, managers, consultants and trainers
Ingrid Bens
Jossey Bass 2006

The IAF Handbook of Group Facilitation
Best practices from the leading organizations in facilitation
Sandy Schuman – Editor
Jossey Bass – 2005

Creating a Culture of Collaboration
an Internationational Association of Facilitators handbook
Sandy Schuman – Editor
Jossey Bass – 2006

Facilitators Guide to Participatory Decision-Making
Sam Kaner with Lenny Lind, Catherine Toldi, Sarah Fisk and Duane Berger
New Society Publishers – 2007

The Change Handbook
The definitive resource on today’s best methods for engaging whole systems
Peggy Holman, Tom Devane and Steven Cady plus 90 contributors
Berrett-Koehler Publishers Inc – 2007

Getting to Maybe
How the world is changed
Frances Westley, Brenda Zimmerman and Michael Quinn Patton
Random House Canada 2006

Excited participants join in clustering

November 22nd, 2010

James Bay Cree Build Consensus about Governance

The James Bay Cree are holding consultation with all communities to develop new models for governance. Jo Nelson, on the right, is excited about this project, because it is enabling local people to make a genuine contribution to the future of the whole Cree Nation

ICA Associates Course Schedule – Saskatchewan 2011

November 12th, 2010

ICA Associates Course Schedule

2010 – 2011

Courses in Saskatchewan

Art and Science of Participation
  • September 26 – Oct 1,  2011
Group Facilitation Methods
  • November 1 – 2, 2011
Facilitated Planning
  • November 3 – 4, 2011

Please call Linda O’Halloran at SIAST at 306-798-1270

Email her at linda.ohalloran@siast.sk.ca

You must register for these courses directly with SIAST

ICA Courses – British Colombia – 2011

November 12th, 2010

ICA Associates Course Schedule

2011

Courses in British Colombia

Group Facilitation Methods
  • November 15 – 16, 2011
Facilitated Planning
  • November 17 – 18, 2011
Organizational Transformation
  • November 21 – 23, 2011

Please call Darlene Fisher at 416-691-2316 – - Email her at dfisher@ica-associates.ca

ICA Courses – Toronto – 2011

November 12th, 2010

ICA Associates Course Schedule

2011
Courses in Toronto

Meetings That Work
  • July 5 – 6, 2011
  • October 18 – 19, 2011
  • November 15 – 16, 2011
Group Facilitation Methods
  • July 7 – 8, 2011
  • September 19 – 20, 2011
  • November 17 – 18, 2011
Art & Science of Participation
  • July 11 – 16, 2011
Facilitated Planning
  • June 20 – 21, 2011
  • October 20 – 21, 2011
Advanced Facilitation Tools
  • June 22 – 24, 2011
  • October 24 – 26, 2011
Organizational Transformation
  • September 21 – 23, 2011
Human Development
  • November 30 – December 2, 2011
Community Development
  • Aug 15 – 19, 2011
Facilitating Conciliation
  • November 28 – 29, 2011

Please call Darlene Fisher at 416- 691-2316 – - Email her at ica@ica – associates.ca

ToP Facilitator Networking Event in January

October 12th, 2010

Plans are in the works for a ToP Facilitator Networking event on Friday and Saturday, January 14-15, 2011, in Toronto.
The agenda and venue are not finalized as of October 12, 2010.

What if part of our discussion was about “Current Explorations, Innovations, and Adaptations within ToP Methods”, and we all shared some of our new edges or gathered input into topics we are exploring?

There are regional ToP meetings happening in Australia, the US, and Europe within a short timeframe, and we could share our results with the other regions.

If you’d like to help design or set up this event, please email Jo at jnelson@ica-associates.ca

Participatory Governance

October 12th, 2010

The Cree Nation in Northern Quebec is a pioneer in gathering all its citizen’s ideas to form a governance model.
As Grand Chief Dr. Matthew Coon Come has said: We are asserting our rights, not waiting for someone to tell us we have them or not, and we govern ourselves as a government, providing services and support to our people. It is important that we remember this is not a package we’ve already decided on and are asking the people to ratify. This process is all inclusive. When we bring people to the table, we’ll bring our elders, our youth, and our women. We work as a family unit, the traplines are based on a family unit, and we need to maintain those values.”

http://www.cngwg.ca/

We are privileged to be facilitators of this visionary process.

Online help for clients of ICA Associates Inc.

October 1st, 2010

This is where you can get tools and templates for your facilitation practice. Each client organization may have its own special site for those tools. Your password will be available from ICA Associates Inc. or from your course organizer.

Facilitation Worksheets and Templates

Online help for GWL, LL and MI

October 1st, 2010

Course graduates of ICA Associates Inc.’s Group Facilitation course can get help online. This website includes tools and templates for the use of the course participants. Use your password to access the tools and templates.

New for Quality Healthcare Network practitioners

October 1st, 2010

This website includes templates, pictures and tools developed by the Facilitation Fundamentals course graduates from the Quality Healthcare Network. Use your password to access all the templates and tools. Comment on your own practice of facilitation skills.