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Greetings,
 welcomes you to the Muse, our monthly
email newsletter! The focus of our newsletter
is learning - in all its various forms - and
we're going to do our best to keep it
informative, engaging, and motivational. We
also invite you to forward this to a friend!
Curious about the name of the newsletter?
The
Muse refers to Calliope, who is the goddess of
epic poetry, one of the 12 Greek muses who,
collectively, looked after learning and the
arts. We're hoping you find our monthly
newsletter a bit of learning ... and a bit of
art.
Last month's survey asked about the future
importance of m-learning. About half the
respondants said it would be extremely
important. All the others said it would be very
important. It looks as if we're all looking
forward to a wireless future!
| Appreciative Inquiry Briefing Paper |
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In April we attended an Appreciative Inquiry
Intensive, facilitated by Cathy Royal. There was
a lot of learning over the
three days and we've now done our best to
summarise this in an AI Briefing Paper.
We've integrated some basic information about AI
with some of own insight and experience. We hope
you find it useful.
AI Briefing Paper »
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| ICA Courses |
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Tammy first became aware of the Institute
of Cultural
Affairs (ICA) in 1990 when she took a 16 day
intensive retreat on leadership in Chicago, a
transformative learning experience. She recently
renewed her learning by taking two courses this
June, Facilitation Skills and the Organizational
Journey.
The highlight of the facilitation
skills course was the opportunity to practice
each method and gain feedback from other
participants. The other "gem" was a September,
1994 Edges article included with the course
manual, "The Magic of the Facilitator" which
listed 14 competencies for facilitators,
including a metaphorical name for each
competency. Competencies such as The Evocateur, The
Orchestrator, The Drano Function, Highwire
Balancing Act and Big Shoulders inspired Tammy
to think more deeply about her role as an
educator/facilitator. You can order this
article from their website.
The Organizational Journey course introduced a
fascinating tool, Mapping the Organization
(which can also be ordered from their website),
developed out of ICA's ongoing research and
consulting with organizations. It examined 8
aspects of organizational life - skills,
leadership, structure, preoccupation, mission
context, the worker, communication and values -
and outlined 4 main types of organizations -
hierarchical, institutional, collaborative and
learning. This tool would be a helpful addition
to using the LearningEdge Learning Signature, and
is an excellent diagnostic for helping any
consultant determine the readiness of the
organization for specific kinds of interventions.
Learn more about ICA »
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| BCHRMA Conference Review |
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A big thank you to Janeen McClellan, recently
certified in LearningEdge, for helping to staff
the booth at the BCHRMA Conference in Vancouver
June 11 and 12. We enjoyed meeting lots of new
people and the great food at the Vancouver
Conference Center!
Congrats to our Chapters gift certificate
winners - Ruth Comisarow of Comisarow
Consulting Psychology Inc, Suzanne Wright of
Chris Green & Associates, Darlene Dean of
Westminster Savings Credit Union, Diana Millen
of the BC Public Service Agency, and Rikki
Jacobson of the City of Vancouver. We hope you
enjoy your reading!
The highlight of the conference for Tammy was
meeting Carole
Kanchier, whose research and book on
Questers, was an early and important influence
for Tammy. Carole challenges us to remain
committed to our "quest" for meaningful work.
Check out her website (linked above) for
information about her book and other services.
Conference Website »
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| LearningEdge News |
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Updates
Calliope Learning have teamed up with Heydon
Graphics to print and distribute LearningEdge
consumables from Victoria BC. This will mean
that shipping costs and time are kept to a
minimum. A big thanks to Teresa Hamilton of
Heydon Graphics for working with us on this.
Early Bird Discounts
Early bird discounts are now available for
anyone booking a place on the Vancouver,
Edmonton or Toronto certification workshops. If
you register six weeks before the start of the
workshop you'll receive a two hundred dollar
discount. Click
here to register for LearningEdge.
2003 LearningEdge
Certification Dates
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Dates |
Location
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Early Bird
Cut
Off |
Registration
Deadline |
| September
8, 9, 10 |
Vancouver |
July
28 |
August
11 |
| September 15, 16, 17 |
Edmonton |
August
4 |
August
18 |
| December 8, 9, 10 |
Toronto |
October
27 |
November
24 |
Certification
Sponsorship Opportunities
Contact us if you are interested in taking the
LearningEdge Certification but need some help
financially. We've tried to come up with a
creative solution that could be especially
attractive to independent consultants.
Online Presentation Based on
feedback
from those of you who couldn't
make it to our last set of information sessions,
we've now made the presentation available
online as a powerpoint show. We've got plans
for a full multi-media version of our
presentation so stay tuned!
If you'd like to explore these online
presentations, simply click on the link below.
(NOTE: It could take a few minutes to download.
This presentation is provided
for information purposes only and should not be
reproduced in any form.)
LearningEdge Online Presentation »
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| What's New? |
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Our news ...
Dave is half way through an online communities
of practice workshop with Etienne Wenger (hence
the cartoon) and will share his learning with
everyone in next month's edition. Tammy has
just completed two
face to face workshops with the Institute of
Cultural Affairs, and offers her insights in
this edition.
We've also completed our AI briefing paper, and
that's our lead story this month.
We've had a lot of fun (and
some learning!) putting together a conference
booth. (Thanks to Teresa Hamilton of Heydon
Grahics for her invaluable assistance!) Its
first outing was the BCHRMA
conference where it had a great reception.
Look out for the Calliope Learning booth at the International
Association of Facilitators Annual
Conference in Ottawa on June 19-22.
Find out more about LearningEdge....
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