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november, 2020

This is a repeating eventdecember 3, 2020 9:00 am

26nov9:00 am- 3:30 pmThe Power of Social RolesOIFN Building Capacity in Independent Facilitation Shared Learning Series

Event Details

Building Capacity in Independent Facilitation - An OIFN Shared Learning Series Course 1: The Power of Social Roles This webinar helps to build a more robust understanding of how social roles define

Event Details

Building Capacity in Independent Facilitation – An OIFN Shared Learning Series

Course 1: The Power of Social Roles

This webinar helps to build a more robust understanding of how social roles define how we come to know others in social contexts and how we become known. Without this role “lens” it is difficult to help adults to take up a meaningful life in the community where they can offer their gifts and make a contribution.
The webinar also aims at helping independent facilitators develop an analysis about what puts people in increased jeopardy and how to support people and families to build practical safeguards.

Part One: Thursday, November 26, 2020, 9:00am – 3:30pm

Part Two: Thursday, December 3, 2020, 10:00am – 12:00pm

COST

$65 for the course

or register for the whole series for $390.00

Courses will be held virtually using Zoom Video Conferencing.

Links to the Zoom meeting will be sent by e-mail, once registration is confirmed.

 

ABOUT THE SERIES
OIFN is offering this shared learning series for people living with developmental disabilities, family members and/or loved ones, and aspiring and experienced independent facilitators.

Please see the series flyer to learn more.

DOWNLOAD THE EVENT FLYER
REGISTER HERE

 

Time

(Thursday) 9:00 am - 3:30 pm EST

Location

Zoom Video Conferencing

Organizer

Ontario Independent Facilitation Network

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Events

january

20jan9:00 am- 3:30 pmDeveloping Leisure IdentitiesOIFN Building Capacity in Independent Facilitation Shared Learning Series

Event Details

Building Capacity in Independent Facilitation - An OIFN Shared Learning Series Course 2: Developing Leisure Identities This energizing webinar begins with personal introspection around the ways each of us creates a life

Event Details

Building Capacity in Independent Facilitation – An OIFN Shared Learning Series

Course 2: Developing Leisure Identities

This energizing webinar begins with personal introspection around the ways each of us creates a life for ourselves.  The unique exercises and dialogue lead to a fuller appreciation of leisure and how it can create aliveness and balance in our lives.

Key Dialogues:

  • What does it take to support others to go after their dreams, to really do what they have always imagined doing?
  • How can people be supported to get on with creating a passionate life for themselves?

Part One: Wednesday, January 13, 2021, 9:00am – 3:30pm

Part Two: Wednesday, January 20, 2021, 10:00am – 12:00pm

COST

$65 for the course

or register for the whole series for $390.00

Courses will be held virtually using Zoom Video Conferencing.

Links to the Zoom meeting will be sent by e-mail, once registration is confirmed.

 

ABOUT THE SERIES
OIFN is offering this shared learning series for people living with developmental disabilities, family members and/or loved ones, and aspiring and experienced independent facilitators.

Please see the series flyer to learn more.

DOWNLOAD THE EVENT FLYER
REGISTER HERE

 

Time

(Wednesday) 9:00 am - 3:30 pm EST

Location

Zoom Video Conferencing

Organizer

Ontario Independent Facilitation Network

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march

24mar9:00 am- 3:30 pmConscious Listening and SpeakingOIFN Building Capacity in Independent Facilitation Shared Learning Series

Event Details

Building Capacity in Independent Facilitation - An OIFN Shared Learning Series Course 3: Conscious Listening and Speaking We are called to find a way to listen with our entire being to what

Event Details

Building Capacity in Independent Facilitation – An OIFN Shared Learning Series

Course 3: Conscious Listening and Speaking

We are called to find a way to listen with our entire being to what matters the most to the people we serve and our family members who live with a disability.  Our aim is to meaningfully come to know those we serve so that we can support them set the pace and direction of change.

Today conversation is skewed by a barrage of questions with little space left to have something new emerge spontaneously in our speaking and listening.

This in-depth webinar offers participants an expanded imagination of what it takes to be truly present in a conversation and hold space.

Part One: Wednesday, March 24, 2021, 9:00am – 3:30pm

Part Two: Wednesday, March 31, 2021, 10:00am – 12:00pm

Optional Mentoring Conversation – times will be scheduled in consultation with participants

COST

$65 for the course

+ $50 for the mentoring conversation

or register for the whole series for $390.00

Courses will be held virtually using Zoom Video Conferencing.

Links to the Zoom meeting will be sent by e-mail, once registration is confirmed.

 

ABOUT THE SERIES
OIFN is offering this shared learning series for people living with developmental disabilities, family members and/or loved ones, and aspiring and experienced independent facilitators.

Please see the series flyer to learn more.

DOWNLOAD THE EVENT FLYER
REGISTER HERE

 

Time

(Wednesday) 9:00 am - 3:30 pm EST

Location

Zoom Video Conferencing

Organizer

Ontario Independent Facilitation Network

CalendarGoogleCal

31mar9:00 am- 3:30 pmConscious Listening and SpeakingOIFN Building Capacity in Independent Facilitation Shared Learning Series

Event Details

Building Capacity in Independent Facilitation - An OIFN Shared Learning Series Course 3: Conscious Listening and Speaking We are called to find a way to listen with our entire being to what

Event Details

Building Capacity in Independent Facilitation – An OIFN Shared Learning Series

Course 3: Conscious Listening and Speaking

We are called to find a way to listen with our entire being to what matters the most to the people we serve and our family members who live with a disability.  Our aim is to meaningfully come to know those we serve so that we can support them set the pace and direction of change.

Today conversation is skewed by a barrage of questions with little space left to have something new emerge spontaneously in our speaking and listening.

This in-depth webinar offers participants an expanded imagination of what it takes to be truly present in a conversation and hold space.

Part One: Wednesday, March 24, 2021, 9:00am – 3:30pm

Part Two: Wednesday, March 31, 2021, 10:00am – 12:00pm

Optional Mentoring Conversation – times will be scheduled in consultation with participants

COST

$65 for the course

+ $50 for the mentoring conversation

or register for the whole series for $390.00

Courses will be held virtually using Zoom Video Conferencing.

Links to the Zoom meeting will be sent by e-mail, once registration is confirmed.

 

ABOUT THE SERIES
OIFN is offering this shared learning series for people living with developmental disabilities, family members and/or loved ones, and aspiring and experienced independent facilitators.

Please see the series flyer to learn more.

DOWNLOAD THE EVENT FLYER
REGISTER HERE

 

Time

(Wednesday) 9:00 am - 3:30 pm EST

Location

Zoom Video Conferencing

Organizer

Ontario Independent Facilitation Network

CalendarGoogleCal

may

17may9:00 am- 3:30 pmDeepening Mindful PracticeOIFN Building Capacity in Independent Facilitation Shared Learning Series

Event Details

Building Capacity in Independent Facilitation - An OIFN Shared Learning Series Course 4: Deepening Mindful Practice Independent facilitators are called upon on a day to day basis to bear witness to other

Event Details

Building Capacity in Independent Facilitation – An OIFN Shared Learning Series

Course 4: Deepening Mindful Practice

Independent facilitators are called upon on a day to day basis to bear witness to other people’s vulnerability and wounding life experiences. Many of the life circumstances that people experience are complex and defy simple answers. Facilitators come to understand while doing this work that relationships are the only real safeguard and begin to understand the necessity of building shared purpose between people. This webinar helps Facilitators understand their role in walking alongside people as they transform their lives. To genuinely build this capacity for taking a “liberation mindset” requires facilitators to develop several practices that will help renew their commitment to and deepen their capacity for mindful presence.

Capacities include:

  • To contemplate the role of attention and intention in your practice and in your life.
  • To become more mindful in every moment.
  • To cultivate a questioning stance.
  • To develop a better understanding of and appreciation for power dynamics.
  • To cultivate situational awareness.
  • To intentionally develop a “community of practice” for ourselves.
  • To build the capacity to observe what is there without projecting.
  • To honour and hold people’s lived experience and stories.

Part One: Monday, May 17, 2021, 9:00am – 3:30pm

Part Two: Monday, May 31, 2021, 10:00am – 3:30pm

Required Mentoring Conversation – times will be scheduled in consultation with participants

COST

$100 for the course and required mentoring session

or register for the whole series for $390.00

Courses will be held virtually using Zoom Video Conferencing.

Links to the Zoom meeting will be sent by e-mail, once registration is confirmed.

 

ABOUT THE SERIES
OIFN is offering this shared learning series for people living with developmental disabilities, family members and/or loved ones, and aspiring and experienced independent facilitators.

Please see the series flyer to learn more.

DOWNLOAD THE EVENT FLYER
REGISTER HERE

 

Time

(Monday) 9:00 am - 3:30 pm EST

Location

Zoom Video Conferencing

Organizer

Ontario Independent Facilitation Network

CalendarGoogleCal

31may9:00 am- 3:30 pmDeepening Mindful PracticeOIFN Building Capacity in Independent Facilitation Shared Learning Series

Event Details

Building Capacity in Independent Facilitation - An OIFN Shared Learning Series Course 4: Deepening Mindful Practice Independent facilitators are called upon on a day to day basis to bear witness to other

Event Details

Building Capacity in Independent Facilitation – An OIFN Shared Learning Series

Course 4: Deepening Mindful Practice

Independent facilitators are called upon on a day to day basis to bear witness to other people’s vulnerability and wounding life experiences. Many of the life circumstances that people experience are complex and defy simple answers. Facilitators come to understand while doing this work that relationships are the only real safeguard and begin to understand the necessity of building shared purpose between people. This webinar helps Facilitators understand their role in walking alongside people as they transform their lives. To genuinely build this capacity for taking a “liberation mindset” requires facilitators to develop several practices that will help renew their commitment to and deepen their capacity for mindful presence.

Capacities include:

  • To contemplate the role of attention and intention in your practice and in your life.
  • To become more mindful in every moment.
  • To cultivate a questioning stance.
  • To develop a better understanding of and appreciation for power dynamics.
  • To cultivate situational awareness.
  • To intentionally develop a “community of practice” for ourselves.
  • To build the capacity to observe what is there without projecting.
  • To honour and hold people’s lived experience and stories.

Part One: Monday, May 17, 2021, 9:00am – 3:30pm

Part Two: Monday, May 31, 2021, 10:00am – 3:30pm

Required Mentoring Conversation – times will be scheduled in consultation with participants

COST

$100 for the course and required mentoring session

or register for the whole series for $390.00

Courses will be held virtually using Zoom Video Conferencing.

Links to the Zoom meeting will be sent by e-mail, once registration is confirmed.

 

ABOUT THE SERIES
OIFN is offering this shared learning series for people living with developmental disabilities, family members and/or loved ones, and aspiring and experienced independent facilitators.

Please see the series flyer to learn more.

DOWNLOAD THE EVENT FLYER
REGISTER HERE

 

Time

(Monday) 9:00 am - 3:30 pm EST

Location

Zoom Video Conferencing

Organizer

Ontario Independent Facilitation Network

CalendarGoogleCal

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