Virtual Training-of-Facilitators
Seminar: Winter 2012

A Professional Development Opportunity with
‘Personal Leadership Seminars’

Begins January 2012 | Online - Worldwide

Would you like to:

If you said "Yes" to any of these questions, here is your opportunity to participate in PLSeminars' upcoming virtual ToF seminar. It starts in January 2012 and continues through June 2012. We will take a blended learning approach that integrates individual reading and reflection, partner discussion and project work, and five 2-hour synchronous online meetings. The Seminar will be co-facilitated by Barbara Schaetti and Rita Wuebbeler.

About the Seminar

The Learning Objectives: By the end of this virtual ToF seminar, you will have advanced your ability to:

Within the structure of this virtual ToF, you will also have the unique opportunity to organize, design, and facilitate a two-day introductory Personal Leadership seminar for a group of your choice: your clients or students, your colleagues, the general public, or your family and friends.

Who Should Attend: This program is specifically for first-time ToFers and Associate Facilitators still in training, who are unable because of travel or time to participate in an in-person ToF seminar.

If you would like to maximize your development as a PL facilitator, we encourage you to register for both this virtual ToF and the in-person seminar we are running in Portland in May 2012. Because each forum is able to highlight different developmental possibilities, combining the two will exponentially leverage your confidence and skill.

Logistics

The Schedule: The seminar consists of individual reflection, partner discussion and project work, and virtual meetings. We will send out details about the individual reflection and partner discussion and project work when we receive your registration.

The virtual meetings are scheduled as follows:

  1. Thursday Jan 26, 2-4pm Pacific
  2. Thursday Feb 23, 2-4 pm Pacific
  3. Thursday Mar 22, 2-4 pm Pacific
  4. Thursday Jun 07, 2-4 pm Pacific
  5. Thursday Jun 28, 2-4 pm Pacific

Sessions 1-3, plus your individual and partner work, will lay the seminar foundation. Between session 3 and 4 (about 10 weeks) you will organize and design a 2-day seminar which you will then facilitate between sessions 4 and 5. This seminar can be for 1) a client or student group, 2) a group of family and friends, 3) a group of colleagues, or 4) something else of your choosing. The point is for you to have an experience facilitating PL in the context of the virtual ToF. Session 4 will be focused on final preparations for your PL facilitation, and Session 5 will focus on debriefing, key learnings, and next steps.

Fees:

Current members of the PLSeminars Community of Practice (CoP) are afforded a registration discount: $2,000.

Incoming members of the CoP have their 2012 CoP membership dues included in the registration fee: $2,500.

Registration: http://virtualtof12.eventbrite.com

Technology: You will need a broadband/highspeed internet connection. Our use of technology will be quite simple, using Skype and potentially Pirate Pad. Please be sure you have Skype downloaded and active on your computer as you will need it for both your partner work and to access the virtual meetings.

Contact

If you need more information or have specific questions, please contact the Seminar Administrator.