Whole-Brain Practices and Principles for
Faciliting Creativity, Agility, and Learning
and Establishing
Innovative Cultures
2 Fridays ~ 9:30am-5:00pm
Led by Michelle James, CEO of The Center for Creative Emergence
NEW FORMAT: 2-Day Program PLUS 1 Personal Follow-up Coaching
Session
This workshop is for professional facilitators, trainers, OD practitioners, coaches, consultants, educators,
entrepreneurs, leaders and anyone else who wants to facilitate creativity, dynamic learning and positive
culture change for their participants.
Join the creativity training revolution! In this workshop
you will learn and experience a variety of both right and left brain creativity approaches and techniques designed to enliven
your workshops and accelerate participant learning.
"Michelle's workshop for facilitators
is fun, effective and you'll be glad you did it." - Harrison Snow, Director, Team Building Associates, Professional Facilitator
You will learn how to:
>
Quickly and easily engage participants >
Modify activities for the particular group and learning
objectives
> Draw forth the energy, passion, and assets already in the room
> Cultivate the
attitudes and behaviors for using creative, whole-brain approaches
> Create a safe and receptive
learning environment
Effectively getting groups to open up to experiential creative approaches begins with increasing
your own comfort and flexibility with the techniques you facilitate. This workshop will focus on two
levels at the same time - you as a professional, authentic facilitator and you as a creative individual. You will
have the opportunity for personal expansion as you gather useful tools.
You will experience whole-brain training
activities based in storytelling, improvisational theater, visual imagery, somatics, accelerated learning, ritual, systems
thinking, Socratic and analytical processes... and more! You will learn key creative facilitation principles, creativity training
design guidelines, and whole brain approaches to design and facilitate innovative learning environments.
You
will explore using whole brain methods to:
>
Get your own creative juices flowing
> Draw forth your natural gifts as a facilitator
> Explore the applications
of these new tools
> Have fun. Surprise yourself and each other
> Let go of controls; think
and respond spontaneously
You will leave with creative activities for:
> Icebreakers
> Energizers
> Creating group
story
> Innovation & idea generation
>
Team & community building; strategy sessions
> Creative thinking in any group context
Don't get left behind! These days, with creativity as one of the top organizational
values for success, facilitators and leaders who know how to create conditions for creativity to emerge and flourish are in
greater demand! That requires an additional skill set, and way of being, than those needed to succeed in the "business
as usual" paradigm. This program is designed to be a "yes-and" to your existing facilitation repertoire to
take you to your next level of thrive-ability! In this pattern-breaking program, you will learn
how to let go of controls and mindsets that otherwise inhibit your creative thinking. As you facilitate this for your participants,
they will experience a deeper level of meaning and learning.
"Just wanted to say how much I enjoyed your
workshop! It was really fun and very instructive! It was a great class and I learned tons. I definitely got what I came for
- so thank you." - Mary Abbajay, Consultant for Organizational Effectiveness
When: This
program meets on 2 Fridays, 2 weeks apart: October 15 and October 29, 9:30am-5:00pm. Personal coaching sessions
set up upon registration. Where: Falls Church Community Center, VA, just minutes from both RT. 66 and the
beltway. Free and plentiful parking. 1.4 miles (approx. 4-minute cab ride) from Falls Church West metro.
Program includes:
> 2 full-day workshops
> 1 individual 90-minute integration coaching session
($250+ value)
> Creative Facilitation Workbook
(contains everything
we will cover, including detailed write-ups of each acitivity)
> Additional phone support, when needed, during
the program
Registration: $477
for both days. $277 for one day (one-day
option still includes the workbook with all activities and the 90-minute coaching session). Registration closes on 3/13. If
(1) you would like to take this program, but know in advance you can only make one of the days or (2) you would like to discuss
payment plan options, please call Michelle at 703-760-9009.
To Sign Up: To register, please send a confirmation
email to michelle@creativeemergence.com and (1) scroll down this page for online credit card payment OR (2) send a check to:
Michelle James, 1867 Old Meadow Road #T-3, McLean, VA 22102.
Questions? Call Michelle at 703-760-9009.
"For facilitators looking for ways to enliven their techniques, this workshop is a winner." - Bill Olsen,
President, Olsen Innovations, Certified Professional Facilitator
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What Participants Say
"Michelle, your workshop on creative whole-brain facilitation
was superb. Loved having an opportunity to work with you, and my fellow participants were all delightful. You created a wonderful
community. It was content rich information and activities that I can't wait to use with my clients! Thanks you so much!"
- Linda W. Cassell, Quantum Leap Coaching & Training "Michelle has an extraordinary gift for guiding us in excavating our own special gifts: bringing
to the surface with great joy, surprise– and fun– what was silently lingering just outside our awareness. It is
exhilarating to meet with one’s own emerging creativity—to confront the possibilities, to be introduced to parts
of the self previously invisible, to learn how we can retrain our thought patterns. This workshop liberates your brain so
you can stretch your limits, launch yourself into unexplored territories, both personally and professionally." - Robin
Horton, Robin Horton Design "Michelle
is a gifted facilitator of creative emergence. She gave me a whole new set of exercises to add to my practice, as well as
a firm grounding in principles for supporting creativity. She is one of the best. I recommend her highly and without hesitation."
- Alicia Korten, CEO, ReNual
"Thank
you so much for sharing your wisdom and for two days of fun-filled active learning! It was an awesome class." - Tina
Kraus, Creating Connections for Change
"Your workshop was great! You are a great trainer and the principles and activities are fantastic. Just what
I need to freshen my training sessions." - Angela Churchill, Organizational Development Specialist, Department of Human
Services "Thanks
Michelle for a wonderful workshop. I learned a lot and enjoyed the company." - John B. Bennett, USEPA Office of Water
"I've already
brought back some of the exercises we did, and will be incorporating them into our HR Conference." - Bruce Barishman,
Senior Manager, Training, Organizational Development & Learning Services, Interstate Hotels & Resorts "Thanks for a great training, and coaching session!"
- Alex Greenland, Associate, Greenland & Associates
"Michelle creates a context in which the wonder and beauty
of true co-creation among participants can emerge. Under her warm and spontaneous guidance
humor, beauty, and truth come to the surface in a spirit of learning. I came away with
new skills, friendships, and gratitude." - Kathleen Fimmell, Psychotherapist and Organizational
Consultant
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