AGENDA for Thursday, February 11, 2010

5:30 p.m. Light Supper and Networking

6:30 p.m. MFN News and Business

6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Program: Emotion: A Core Component of Facilitating Implementation

8:30 Adjourn (Leave, More Networking, or Help with Cleanup)

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

How do you feel about IMPLEMENTATION? No, not what do you think about it; how do you feel about it? What emotions do you experience when you are faced with implementing a decision or plan? What emotions do you have when you try to facilitate a group that is faced with implementation?

Emotion is at the core of every human interaction. It can trigger resistance, stonewalling, manipulation and undermining. It can also trigger motivation, commitment, positive action and team spirit.

EMOTION: A Core Component of Facilitating Implementation

Implementation is the practical step of design and planning. Facilitating implementation plans can be a great challenge in overcoming fear and inertia. Knowing and using the academic language of emotion does not facilitate groups trying to implement their plans. Facilitators need awareness of their own emotional triggers (like fear of conflict), and they need to know what language to use and how to interact with groups in a way that acknowledges the real emotions in the room. Successful facilitation depends on it.

If you can be more aware of your own emotional triggers and know how to acknowledge and address the emotions of groups you facilitate, you can be more effective in helping groups implement their plans.

Please join us as we examine this important topic in the first of our series of 2010 meetings on the theme of Implementation.


PRESENTER

Cat Thompson, owner and principal instructor of Emotional Technologies, consults with individuals, businesses and organizations on the role of emotions in human interaction. She "has spent over a decade researching the relationship between emotional health, self-actualization, and success".

To learn more about Cat and her work, visit her web site at:

www.EmotionalTechnologies.com

MEETING FEES

Members, Online: $15.00
Members, At The Door: $20.00

Non-Members, Online: $25.00
Non-Members, At The Door: $30.00

Online registration ends at 2:00 p.m. the day of the meeting.

If you decide to pay at the door, please register before the meeting through an email request to: rcottone@tcq.net. Print your email request and bring it to the meeting. You may pay by check or cash at the door. We do not take credit cards at the door.

Registering helps us know how many people to plan for food, plus you get the online registration price which is $5.00 less than if you do not register before the meeting. Print your ticket or email request to show you registered. To meet your needs and those of MFN, refunds will be handled on a case by case basis.

For additional information, contact Ron Cottone: rcottone@tcq.net

Web Site: www.mnfacilitators.org