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Appreciative Facilitation Invitation to join an on-line action learning set
“I believe that emotions urge us to action, so action learning has to dive into the emotional landscape of the present at all times. If we stay in denial of our emotions, we are susceptible to endless anxiety and stuckness”. … Continue reading →
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Grow As We Go
It’s exciting to announce a new initiative – Grow As We Go originates in and builds from the legacy of My Home Life, a highly successful relationship-centred leadership programme to enhance the experience of those who live, die, visit and … Continue reading →
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What can we do with our stories? Reflections from the Faroes
In my efforts to refresh my social theory and develop new perspectives on evaluation I recently attended a social constructivism conference on Communication, Collaboration and Relationships in the Faroe Islands[1]. I’d be alerted to this opportunity by one of the … Continue reading →
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Where nothing is clear, and everything keeps changing – new territories for evaluation
Greetings from the Faroe Islands. In my efforts to develop new perspectives on evaluation I’m attending a conference on Communication, Collaboration and Relationships. This is my annual dose of CPD – like many people from the UK, this is new … Continue reading →
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Reigniting Evaluation – Unfolding Stories
Today about 24 people gathered in Edinburgh to explore what they value about evaluation, as part of the 2018 Fire Starter Festival. Working with our own stories of experience of evaluation at it’s best, we identified what values and qualities … Continue reading →
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When are you ever not prototyping?
I’m co-hosting an event at the forthcoming Fire Starter Festival. We want to ignite conversations about learning-in-action to stimulate thinking about how evaluation practices might flourish to promote learning and innovation. We put prototyping in the title as a deliberate … Continue reading →
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