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One workshop, Two leading facilitators, Two books, Four locations—Priceless insights.

Instructors: Dorothy Strachan & Marian Pitters

* Halifax-Dartmouth (October 15-16)
* Edmonton (October 26-27)
* Winnipeg (October 29-30)
* Vancouver (November 5-6)

Organized by the International Association of Facilitators, this is a must-participate professional development event for facilitators in a broad range of situations: consultants, managers, coaches, educators, event planners and others who facilitate groups.

* Are you interested in optimizing group outcomes?
* Do you want dynamic techniques and tools at your fingertips for designing and managing facilitated processes?
* Do you spend a lot of time looking for the right questions to drive group processes?
* Are you looking for an excellent learning opportunity to enhance your facilitation knowledge?
* Would you like to expand your facilitation network?

This hands-on, interactive workshop combines useful knowledge with practical skill development in a collegial learning atmosphere.

Dorothy Strachan and Marian Pitters are two of the most experienced and respected practitioners, authors, and trainers in the world-wide facilitation community. Marian and Dorothy are long-time, successful consultants with their own extensive process consulting/facilitation businesses. Their approaches and ideas are tested and refined in daily practice. What they say is also what they do!

Early-bird pricing (a savings of $100) is in effect until October 1 ($595.00 for IAF members, and $745.00 for non-members).

The low workshop price includes books:

Managing Facilitated Processes: A Guide for Consultants, Facilitators, Managers, Trainers, Event Planners and Educators, by Dorothy Strachan and Marian Pitters (2009).

And either Making Questions Work: A Guide to What and How to Ask for Facilitators, Consultants, Managers, Coaches and Educators, by Dorothy Strachan (2007), or, at the Halifax workshop, Process Design: Making It Work: A Practical Guide to What to Do When and How for Facilitators, Consultants, Managers and Coaches, by Dorothy Strachan and Paul Tomlinson (2008).

Additional workshop resource materials, continental breakfasts, lunches, and breaks are also included.

For more details on each workshop and to register, go to: www.goldenplanners.ca/IAF/IAF2009. Or contact tour organizers by e-mail.