Open courses for 2011
This year In Dialogue offered and still offers two different open international courses; one on strength based coaching and one on appreciative inquiry. These courses are open to anyone who has an interest in the subjects and are open to some funding options (to cover board, lodging, course fees and travel) of the European Commission; Comenius programme for secondary education staff and the Grundtvig programme for adult education staff.
This interest and the feedback we got made us plan new courses for early and mid 2011. We offer 4 international courses, each of five days with a maximum of around 20 participants per course. The course fee for each course is 900 Euros. Click on the titles below to get more information on the course of your interest:
Narrative coaching
8-12 February 2011, Netherlands
21-25 June 2011, Denmark
Narrative coaching claims that reality is socially constructed through the way we talk about things, and the choices we make when deciding what to talk about and what to leave unsaid. Through storytelling we create meaning of the experiences in our life. The knowledge in our stories is often perceived as the truth about things and happenings, and this "truth" - or dominant story - guides us towards certain “obvious” ways of dealing with problems ... read more
Strength based coaching
25-29 January 2011, Denmark
31 May - 4 June 2011, Netherlands
Strength based coaching tries to bring the focus person from the person he or she is to the person he or she wants to be. The road goes via goals, wishes, previous experiences of success, and resources. Rather that getting blinded by starring at problems and all the things that fail, we ask about what the person wants and what the person succeeds with. We focus on what works rather than what doesn’t work. Concretely the approach consists of a set of questions that make the focus person reflect, and which eventually leads to change. ... read more
Appreciative leadership
22-26 February 2011, Netherlands
24-28 May 2011, Denmark
Appreciative leadership is a long-term leadership approach that takes the human factor of organisational reality serious and works with the employees good reasons for belonging to the organisation (such as feelings of involvement, active participation, development and learning, making a difference and belonging in a pleasant atmosphere). It is based on assumptions taken from systemic and social constructionist theory. ... read more
Facilitating change and learning
15-19 March 2011, Denmark
7-11 June 2011, Netherlands
The course will help you to develop your repertoire of process exercises to facilitate dialogue, change and learning in groups. This can for instance be to motivate groups, work on the atmosphere and cooperation within the group or evaluate and develop new ideas. The starting point will be social constructionist, systemic and appreciative approaches to change and learning. These approaches tell us that development happens when a space is created in which each single person is listened to, and his or her perspective fully appreciated and understood. ...
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Consultants
All courses are facilitated by at least two consultans, of which always one of In Dialogue. Other consultants we will be working with are Paul Andrew Costello (US), Ann Rubens Mortensen (DK) and Naomi ten Besten (NL).
Registering
If you are interested in registering, please
click here to find more information and registration forms.
The deadlines for applying for grants of the Grundtvig and Comenius programmes are the 15th of September for the winter courses and the 15th of January for the spring/summer courses.
