Dear Barbara and colleagues,
Thank you for your note. Yes, I strongly believe that the "culture" and its
attendant "languages" are most important to take in consideration in all
aspects of a workshop.
From my own experience when I was doing NLP and Neuro-Semantics workshops
while still working and living in the US was that there is a huge
difference between getting people in the door and working with them. A
workshop, even my three hour evening workshops here in Peru, are an event.
Organizing an event which includes the publicity, the answering the phone
intelligently when they call with questions, the finding the locale and all
the logistics involved in insuring that the participant`s logistical
experience is first class is a completely different kettle of fish than
their experience in and of the workshop per se.
This distinction is of primer importance in the overall experience of the
participant/client/patient. And, will make the difference in the individual
returning for another workshop experience or not. The mindset and modus
operandi of the event planner and manager is diametrically opposed to the
facilitator of the workshop.
In an effort to maximize our "take home" from the workshop we attempt to
play a role in both camps. Some of us may be successful, others not so. My
own experience is that I am "good" at both. I am a salesperson by nature
so enrolling people in my workshops was never an issue. However, I learned
that there others out there who are far better and are set up to do all
that needs to be done to get a goodly number of folks sitting in chairs for
which they have paid the agreed upon sum. So, I have stepped away
completely from this aspect of workshop organization. I arrive, create the
ambiance, open up the Field and go about doing my work for which I was
trained and will be paid.
Reminds me of something a suite mate of mine at university said, "Hire
people to do what you don't do well". This counsel has served me well
through out my life. My other cardinal rule is that I would rather have 70%
of something than 100% of nothing. So, I cede to those who either have
client bases who can use my service or know how to better enroll people
than I. What I "take home" is just recompense for my work and the
"organizers" all seem to be happy with their remuneration for their
efforts. Moreover, I get a fair number of individual sessions from these
workshops; because, as you all so well know, we can not work with everyone
who attends a workshop. So, if people see the effect of the work on/with
others they contact me for individual sessions. In all my introductions and
closing remarks of a workshop I make it known that I do individual work and
have name cards available for those who want them at the end of the
workshop. In a recent evening workshop I had 12 participants, average for
the early summer and just after the Holidays. I worked with three
individuals during the workshop and I now have four inquiries for private
sessions.
Perhaps this is a model you might want to consider to expand your practice.
Fondly,
Stephen
On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 1:45 PM, Barbara Morgan
<theknowingfield@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
Interesting to hear your experience Stephen. Thank you. Having run an
apprenticeship for many years, which I have found very helpful and a very
good way for people to learn, I am about to set up an apprenticeship
training here in the Uk and it is useful to hear what works and what
doesn't. I am becoming increasingly aware also that different cultures need
different things and I guess also different individuals need different
things too at any given time, which is why I firmly believe that whilst it
is important and very useful to have a basic structure for training and
some things really do need covering, it is also good to respond to the
group and their particular needs for learning. This is what I have found so
invaluable in working in Romania over the last few years.
Barbara.
On 2 January 2013 21:20, Stephen Campbell <coachuno@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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Dearest Colleagues,
May this year be one of great prosperity in all aspects of each of your
lives.
I have found this thread of much interest and like Sheila, with whom I
resonate, I would like to add my two centavos from the perspective of
bilingual and bicultural Facilitator here in Perú.
I was privileged to be part of the first Facilitator training ever held
this country. Our training was ably managed and coordinated by TiiuBozeman
of the Centro Hellinger de Argentina. Our training spanned over 3.5 yearsWe
of bi-monthly trainings by members of the teaching staff as well as a
number of invited teachers such as Stephan Hausner and Anngwyn St Just.
not only learned the theory of this work in a classroom setting, we readfacilitated
extensively and each module included an entire day of workshop
by the visiting professor and open to the public at large. Theseworkshops
were amply attended and we got to live and experience the Field andobserve
and learn from true masters. I personally travelled to Argentina to seein
Bert himself work and teach. Additionally, I travelled to Bernreid to be
the presence of a wider array of true masters at this craft. All oftherapeutic
which contributed enormously to the Facilitator i have become. And, I
continue to evolve almost on a daily basis as I bring my other
skills to this systemic solution.and
Early on in my training, a fellow colleague and physician friend and I,
over lunch, came to the realization that in order to really become
competent at this craft we could not merely observe the work of others
read everything we could get our hands on. We had to get in the pool andbecause
dog paddle if necessary. My dear friend and colleague, who works as a
physician in the national health service, has a private clinic and
of his professional exposure attracted 40-60 attendees to our weeklywas
workshops. For well over two years our Friday nights were dedicated to
learning and serving the patients who came to our workshops. He charged a
very modest stipend to each person who attended. We have reminisced that
our early work, way before we had been given "permission" to practice,
not the most elegant but it was effective. People resolved life alteringoffering
issues both physical and emotional through our work. Word of mouth has
kept his clinic full as he continues. I, on the other hand, began
workshops at a Healing Center run by dear friends and addressing a wholenow
different strata of clients. In the early days it was weekly and it is
twice to three times per month. Like Bill mentioned, I have had threemaintained
people show up and we did meaningful work; while discouraging I
my consistency of being there every Thursday evening. This consistencyhas
paid huge dividends as now my workshops consistently have 15-30centers
participants. I have replicated this model in several other healing
and now do 6-8 workshops per month.The effectiveness of the work speaksfor
itself and the word of mouth ( lip radio as it is know here) keeps mybe
practice vibrant and my workshops well attended.
As Dan mentioned, some people don't like their soiled family laundry to
aired in public. This is particularly true of a certain socio-economicprivate
strata in this country. So, they choose to come to my office for a
session in which I use sheets of paper with the following largepast,
inscription on each 0 ^ 0. This represents the individual\s eyes and nose
so the client can position them looking in a given direction. In the
each sheet had a name of the element I, as the facilitator, consideredsmall
important. Now, other than the sheet which represents the client
him/herself which has their name on it, all the others merely have a
Roman numeral in the bottom right hand corner. This evolving coverttheir
constellation is evolving and producing some astounding results. That is
subject of another future post or article.
About six months ago I had the privilege of working with two well known
psychiatrists and three psychologists each individually on issues in
lives. The results of our work in each case were so fruitful that theyhave
put me on their respective referral lists and until just before thethat
holidays I had a waiting list of patients.
The purpose of this post is not to say, "Hey,look at me!" it is share
it is possible to create a vibrant practice and well attended workshops.As
I look back, I see several factors which have contributed to my currentclinic,
status. Consistency is the primary one. Not only did I hang in there for
the workshops where attendance was minimal and compensation
equally tenuous; but, for the time I worked at the above mentioned
where I occasionally received taxi fare, I also held workshops to dealwith
macro issues relating to Peru as a country at no cost to participants. Iorganized
have travelled extensively throughout the country doing workshops
by others and this too has borne fruit in that I do private in personLima,
sessions as well as through Skype. And in some cases people travel to
where I am based, to work with me.something
I don't think language per se is the tipping point to well attended
workshops. I have written and let others write, with my oversight,
description of what this work is all about. I speak it of as being
"psychology of the soul" and that captivates many. When I speak of the
Field I relate to those times when we have had an intuition about
and remark that we are then connected to the Field which is the Field ofmany,
all information since the beginning of time. I am sure that there are
perhaps including Dr. Sheldrake, but it works. This work I highlight iscreated
about feeling not about thinking. For some this is HARD but even the
bulwarks cave in once in the Field. Dan, I know that you could have
the success in the Massachusetts Prison System that you did and haveis
written about if language was the issue.
Word of this effective methodology has spread and colleagues of mine
throughout the country who were trained similarly are using this
methodology to help their patients resolve issues they present. And, it
not all bright and sunny as we occasionally have to repair work done bycomplete
professionals who attended but did not complete the full training. So,
limited knowledge and experience can damage do.
So, in conclusion, I do believe that lengthy training and exposure is a
must. Experience in group dynamics is also a necessary skill to hone such
has been mentioned to provide a safe and loving environment where
strangers connect with one and other at such a deep level that theythe
willingly participate by representing or being the person who receives
contributions of others. I have others organize my workshops and I
compensate them for their efforts. It is a win win for all. And word of
mouth is unbelievably powerful.
I trust that mis dos centavos (two cents) have value to you.
Abrazos to each of you from summery Peru
Stephen
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Barbara Morgan
Family Constellations Trainer, Supervisor & Practitioner
Editor of
The Knowing Field
International Constellations Journal
www.theknowingfield.com
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