Where to Next?

Learning to Learn – Issues and Opportunities

21-22 February 2004

Two days of action, creativity and experiential learning for people wanting to find a better balance of work and family life and explore new ways of living, working and building community

“The World Bank people I was working in Open Space with in Bali, Indonesia, last July saw Education and Job Creation as the two elements most needed if we are to help nations grow and prosper ...” Fr Brian Bainbridge, OS Listserv Dec 4, 2003

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This workshop is for all of us who relate to any of the following ...

• Wondering about the next step
• Wanting to run our own lives
• Looking for ways to make our passion a reality
• Feeling isolated, dis-empowered, alienated and seeking change
• Wanting to explore new and creative part- or full-time life/work options
• Looking for others in similar positions to share our stories
• Being out-placed and needing to make a new start
• Seeking greater balance in our lives through a combination of paid and volunteer work
• Interested in new options for collaborative work
• Facing the prospect of losing your job
• Experiencing a sense of disconnection and separation from others
• Wanting to reconnect with people
• Concerned about the future of education

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Where to next? – Learning to Learn: Issues and Opportunities

Presented by Stuart Tripp and Dr Justus Lewis

Invitation

You are invited to participate in Learning To Learn In The New Economy – Issues And Opportunities, an experiential/Open Space two-day event.

Day One will consist of interactive discussion and activities on the theme of Learning to Learn (see Topics and Issues below). This will be led by Stuart who will share some of his experiences of learning to learn and invite discussion and participation in related group activities.

Day Two will use Open Space Technology*, led by Justus, to address specific issues of concern identified by the participants.

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Program details

Dates and times: Saturday 21 February 2004, 10.00am-4.00pm

Sunday 22 February 2004, 10.00am-4.30pm

Venue: Metropole Hotel and Conference Centre, 44 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Vic. 3065. Telephone: 03 9411 8100

Cost: The workshop fee is $350 ($250 for students and unemployed), inclusive of resources folder, lunches and refreshments, parking at the Metropole, plus two hours personal coaching after the workshop.

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Issues to be addressed

This workshop is planned as a collaborative process in which facilitators and participants work together on issues of joint concern.

You are invited to nominate your three most pressing issues on the registration form.

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Issues participants may wish to explore might include:

· Life stages · Values · Leisure and enjoyment · Building and sustaining supportive communities · Developing a community of practice · Life Planning Options · Current trends in the workforce · Strengths and skills · Lifestyles for today and tomorrow · Peer coaching and support · Creating the future you desire · Creating opportunities for employment · Job creation · Starting a small business · Being an entrepreneur · Resumes and cover letters · Auditing your employability · Interview skills · Networking · Developing a self directive mindset · Becoming part of the new economy · Action planning

· And others ...

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How this event can benefit you ...

A major aim of this workshop is to invite people into a continuing conversation about work and community based on genuine relationships, supportive networking and learning to learn. A personal two hours of coaching (included in the cost of attendance) is included so that participants may consolidate their learning from the workshop.

Some of the potential take aways ...

· Plan a personal learning to learn program based on your specific needs and interests · Expand your network of people and resources · Initiate new business relationships based on common concerns and trust · Form a working group to continue the action after the workshop · Experience a range of strategies for personal and group development

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About Open Space?

· Open Space Technology (OST) is a process of working collaboratively in a large or small group to address people’s real needs and agree on doing something about them.

· OST creates an environment where people who have issues and are prepared to do something about them, can have conversations with others to articulate common concerns.

· OST allows concerns underlying issues to be raised and increases the potential for resolving conflict.

· OST encourages people to express who they are and where they have come from and invites dialogue about how together we can achieve consensus to create something new.

For more about Open Space; www.transformasia.com.au/articles.html and www.transformasia.com.au/open.html

For Open Space Technology stories;

www.openspaceworld.org/wiki/wiki/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceSoundBites

For Open space Technology business applications; www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceTech/TheBusinessCase

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About the presenters

Stuart Tripp is a learning and development consultant, facilitator, motivator and speaker. He delivers a powerful message on where we can go and how we can get there. Drawing on experience of a lifetime of change, Stuart shares strategies that have helped him make the transition through three distinct career paths, two round the world journeys, and surviving a horrific car accident. His presentation is inspiring, enlightening and entertaining, where everyone walks away with something to reflect on.

Justus Lewis, PhD, is an international consultant, coach, facilitator, educator and hypnotherapist. She partners with organizations to facilitate more fulfilling and productive workplaces through the practice of Open Space Technology and other people-focused approaches. As a business and executive coach, she ‘inspires, motivates and informs her clients’. She is co-author of Get Ahead: a Life Skills Approach to Study Skills and Switch on Your Mind: Accelerative Learning at Work.

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TransformAsia Pty Ltd
ACN 097 139 725
Tel: +61 3 9525 3409 (Australia), +65 9069 7189 (Singapore)
E-mail: justus@transformasia.com.au
www.transformasia.com.au