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Reviewing the past to prepare for the future

demonstrating the ToP Historical Scan method to discern a shared image of the past & future journey of the facilitation profession

Session documentation – IAF Festival of Facilitation

Edinburgh - October 5-7, 2007 – Sunday morning

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“Delusions of grandeur?”

“From machines to people” “Networking and joining

up”

“Development” “Building a sustainable profession”

Key events / milestones

pre 1980s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s post 2010

The wider environment of facilitation

e.g. political, economic, cultural, technological

• Cold war • Feminist movement

• Growth of development organisations/ WEOs

• League of Nations

• Bretton Woods

• World War II

• Declaration of Human Rights

• Internet • Globalisation • Global institution models lead to blocked process

• End of tradition leading to anything goes

• Globalisation • Global organisations in corporate sector

• World wide travel easier and cheaper

• Teleconferencing / video link

• Democratisation in Eastern Europe and Latin America (through to ‘90s)

• The internet • Internet - opening up of communication, sharing ideas/ methodologies

• Interactive processes

• The massive flow of information

• Multi culture • Globality • Virtual working 5 • www: tools available

• Constraints on CO2

• Participants design more active

• Skype

• Aging population

• Lots more poor than rich

• China / India

• Right wing movement

• Islam / West

• Global community

Reviewing the past to prepare for the future – session documentation 3 ICA:UK – www.ica-uk.org.uk

“Delusions of grandeur?”

“From machines to people” “Networking and joining

up”

“Development” “Building a sustainable profession”

Key events / milestones

pre 1980s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s post 2010

Our facilitation profession

e.g. publications, conferences, organisations, facilitated events

• Quakerism

- consensus decision making methodology

• Kurt Lewin:

- field theory

- action research

• NTL/ Tavistock

• Maslow

• Psychology

• PRA

• North / South standards set by whom?

• Synergy between sectors re approaches and methods

• Open space

• PLA

• Gender studies

• IAF formed

• From management to leadership

• SEAGA

• HPRG/ UNIS/ CASS

• Teams – concept

• Emotional intelligence

• IAF Handbook published

• Professional networks

• Consultation leads to training leads to facilitation

• IAF Festival of Facilitation, Edinburgh 2007

• 10-24 Coaching

• System thinking and facilitation

• Facilitation in schools and kindergartens

• Language

• Global facilitation profession

• All / some

• North / South

• Need recognition

Reviewing the past to prepare for the future – session documentation 4 ICA:UK – www.ica-uk.org.uk

“Delusions of grandeur?”

“From machines to people” “Networking and joining

up”

“Development” “Building a sustainable profession”

Key events / milestones

pre 1980s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s post 2010

Ourselves and our journeys as facilitators

e.g. trainings, reading, meetings, workshops, conferences, CPF…

• Community work, training and experience

• Paris to Canberra

• Growing up in Edinburgh

• University / AIESEC

• International volunteer training – Martin 1986

• NPL – Tool’s power

• “I am a facilitator”

• Respect and communication - not tools 3

• FAO- ToT 1997 • Group Facilitation Methods training in Cairo – Martin 1993

• From non-profit to profit

• Experience of facilitators in local government

• Facilitation and design courses 3

• British Red Cross – new Royal Charter

• World

• Developing quality assurance for leadership development consultants

• MBA – overall business view

• Martin’s CPF 2008? • IAF member conference 2007-10-24

• Negotiating with clients 2007

• Joining IAF • International Festival of Facilitation Edinburgh IAF 2007

• Managing facilitators 2007-10-24 IAF conferences 2006, 2007

• RC / RC

• Moi there are others!

• Book • Conservatism • Cognitive psychotherapy

• Facilitation with elders

• Facilitation beyond flipcharts