Workshop: Facilitation through Art in Europe

10.5.2010

Would you like to better understand what facilitation through art in organizational development is all about? In this workshop you will hear real-life art & business cases from across Europe. You will gain insight into how to apply art-based facilitation methods to create understanding about complex business issues and social situations.

This participatory workshop will kick off with an introduction to Facilitation through art in Europe. A variety of real-life business cases will then be presented and participants brainstorm how they would tackle these challenges if they were artists. We will discuss the outcome of the group work and close the workshop creatively. (Notice: the workshop is not about graphic facilitation and we will not learn art-based group tools due to its short duration)

Learning objectives: Gain insight into how to incorporate art-based facilitation tools into problem-solving methods and share experiences about tools and processes.

Target group: Experienced facilitators, developers, trainers, consultants, managers, and directors who are interested in new trends in organizational development.

Language: English

Date: 10.5.2010

Time: 9:00-11:00

Cost: free

Location: Grape premises at the Cable Factory in Helsinki

Trainer/facilitator: Piritta Kantojärvi (she will run a similar workshop at the CPSI conference in June in Buffalo, www.cpsiconference.com)

Program

9:00 Coffee.

9:15 Kick off: Program outline, goals, participants’ expectations, introductions, and few words about the participatory method of working.

Presentation: What is facilitation through art? Frameworks, processes, cases, tips, and what's going on in Europe.

Discussion: Creating understanding about the presentation.

10:00 Challenge workshop: Work in small groups and create ideas for a process plan to solve a given problem through art.

Reflections, questions, and answers.

Closing: Did we meet the participants’ expectations, wrap up, and debrief.

11:00 End of the workshop.

Registrations

Interested in participating in this workshop? Welcome! Sign-up to our producer Netta Norro by email: Please note, places are limited to 26 on this workshop.