85 Things you could learn at this years Story Conference
Wondering what you can learn from coming to this years conference? Here’s a starter list for you! 
1. learn how to explore below the surface
2. learn how to use story elicitation and action research to access the less accessible aspects of organisational life
3. learn how to use story circles for story elicitation
4. learn how to do a history trip to build the collective story
5. learn how to use fairy story for an engaging organisational diagnosis
6. learn the power of song
7. learn how the power of music and melody can be harnessed to work with individuals, groups and/or communities
8. learn how to use music and song in your work, even if you consider yourself ‘not musical’
9. learn how to rescue lyrics from the words people speak
10. learn how to craft and perform songs that give voice to preferred stories of identity
11. learn key principles and practices of narrative song-writing
12. learn how to create a collective song
13. learn about the intriguing relationship between music and memory
14. learn the secrets of flourishing in consulting
15. learn the intellectual, physical, social, mental and spiritual habits which mean you, can ride the ups and downs of clients and assignments, and still maintain your balance.
16. learn self promotion within organisations and beyond
17. learn how to frame proposals in a way that clients want to go ahead
18. learn how to network for your career
19. learn how to negotiate briefs, fee structures, deadlines and scope creep
20. learn how to deal with intimidating clients; push back to the client; keep your head together
21. learn how to take your business beyond your city, your state and your own country
22. learn how to create space for deeper conversations
23. learn how to move meetings away from top down, death-by-powerpoint models
24. learn how to have fun with complexity instead of getting tripped up by it
25. learn how to extend the emotional bandwidth within groups to get much more from meetings
26. learn the furfies of organisations the myths that are used as excuses to stay put and carry on business as usual
27. learn how to move beyond the language trap
28. learn how to snap out of the teacher trance to uncover new resources
29. learn how to trade stressful control for meaningful influence
30. learn how to uncover and disrupt status games that kill energy in meetings
31. learn a corporate approach to improvisation
32. learn ways to tailor your own creative offerings to reach a corporate market.
33. learn how you bend the creative side to adjust to the way they work
34. learn how you can shape your own practice to include more and different organisations
35. learn improv games
36. learn how to listen to stories
37. learn your own capacities in listening
38. learn your own values, beliefs, obstacles and prejudices
39. learn some helpful theoretical models to support listening capacity
40. learn how to develop and deepen listening
41. learn some creative ideas to use in workshops, training and coaching
42. learn new strategies to engage businesses
43. learn how to master authenticity and audience rapport
44. learn to identify and shift key challenges that you face in delivering your message with greatest impact
45. learn tools to improve your presentations (walking your talk, release a limiting communication style)
46. learn how to deliver your signature speech
47. learn to maximise the effectiveness of live presentations
48. learn to transform your presentation abilities
49. learn how to streamline your speech preparation
50. learn how to improve audience engagement and impactful delivery
51. learn how to strengthen your stage presence
52. learn how to put the “play” back into role play
53. learn how to facilitate well-run/relevant/fun/engaging/moving role-plays of real life situations to invigorate the learning environment
54. learn how to create an authentic play space which values warm up and spontaneity
55. learn ways to help a group warm up to playful yet real learning
56. learn an introduction to the concepts of warm up and spontaneity
57. learn how employees of an organisation used creative methods to capture employees’ personal success stories and reflect on achievements within the organisation as a whole
58. learn about a new creative reporting (and celebratory) style
59. learn about the positive outcomes of articulating, sharing and celebrating personal success stories within an organisation that works in the area of behaviour change where hard measures of performance such as tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions saved often fail to reflect significant achievements
60. learn how to vision the future
61. learn to collaborate in one of four different creative methods to express your vision of a sustainable city
62. learn to evaluate the effectiveness of different creative methods for visioning.
63. learn how to facilitate an action research project
64. learn new ways of seeing and thinking
65. learn new ways of seeing that lead to new ways of thinking
66. learn art-based tools and methods
67. learn to use modes of creative thinking beyond words that are capable of generating radically different perspectives
68. learn a new way to benefit your own development and your applied practice with clients
69. learn how to extend workings of mind and heart
70. learn how to work with disturbance
71. learn methods for working with disturbance and helping organisations, leaders and their staff to make the most of unwelcome and unexpected experiences
72. learn how to harness the potential for change in situations that interrupt our usual and often habitual ways of seeing and engaging with the world
73. learn a new way of responding creatively to apparent problems and frustrations in the workplace
74. learn practical skills for helping people appreciate and access the opportunities inherent in problem scenarios
75. learn how to get lasting results from all involved
76. learn to use the skills and knowledge of the community effectively through storytelling to develop and appreciate the complexity of living and working in the 21st century
77. learn to inspire action which expects diversity and honours a wide range of input from others
78. learn Creative Intelligence
79. learn the secret process used by the great artists, scientists, and entrepreneurs throughout history where you create your life from your highest future potential
80. learn a process to follow for congruent decision-making
81. learn self trust
82. learn the power of play
83. learn an art-therapy based process which is designed to have aha moments arise
84. learn how to create exquisite shifts in being, in lives, in human potential
85. learn how to centre yourself when you are off-centre
Wetting the appetite?
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September 18th, 2011 at 2:37 am
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