The Intercultural Communication Institute is pleased to offer training
presented by Personal Leadership Seminars.

Personal Leadership seminars are designed for those who wish to examine the directions and commitments they are making in their own lives as they live and work in environments of unfamiliarity and difference—at home, in the workplace, in the community.

 

Making a World of Difference:
A Foundations Seminar

May 21-24, 2012
Portland, Oregon USA

The seminar begins Monday, May 21, 2012 at 6:30 pm with an opening reception, and ends Thursday, May 24, 2012 with a 6:30 pm closing dinner.


Fees: $1675

 

 

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The Artistry of Personal Leadership
Training-of-Facilitators

May 19-26, 2012
Portland, Oregon USA

The seminar begins Saturday, May 19, 2012 at 6:30 pm with an opening reception, and ends Saturday, May 26, 2012 with a 6:30 pm closing dinner.

Fees:

  • Standard: $3475
  • Early Bird (registrations made before April 20th, 2012): $3075
  • Continuing (prior ToF participants registering before April 20th, 2012): $2975

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Making a World of Difference: A Foundations Seminar

Introduction

Today’s realities demand that more of us learn to interact effectively with people who are different from ourselves and within situations that are not at all what we expect. We are called to form dynamic healthy personal and professional relationships as well as to harness the inherent innovation and creativity offered when differing ideas come together.

Leadership across difference is a critical skill for global navigation.

It is our time to take this lead as never before; we can:

  • lead at work, as we harness the inherent creative potential of difference to innovate with inspiration and purpose
  • lead in our difference laden communities, as we organize for sustainability and civic action,
  • lead and learn with our neighbors and co-workers, especially those that are very different from us, as we cultivate genuine relationships, and
  • lead our families as dynamic systems and ourselves as complex, multi-faceted individuals as we nurture both strength and compassion.

In whatever situations we find ourselves needing to lead across difference, the challenge is in HOW we lead. We ultimately have two broad choices:

  1. move from habit, the way we always have done, letting our automatic assumptions and emotional reactions (however seemingly justified) rule us and cause us to do more-of-the-same, or
  2. move forward from purpose, using a process to see that each event is unique and can, if approached consciously, illuminate the particular dynamics of the situation we're in and what we are to do.

This program is grounded in the Personal Leadership™ methodology of two principles, six practices, and the process technology called the Critical Moment Dialogue. As a tool, it offers a

  • practice-based,
  • reliable, and
  • infinitely repeatable process

for determining the best way to move forward (now, and now, and now) with confidence and ease. It is designed to help people stay connected to their internal wisdom and creativity and to discern right action at all times, especially when faced with change, the unfamiliar, and in times of personal or professional transition.

Personal Leadership is used by individuals, communities, and business teams around the world. For more information, please visit: PLSeminars.com.

Seminar Objectives

The seminar will help you:

  • Expand what you know is possible exactly when you are feeling the most restricted;
  • Engage changing circumstances with confidence, and with a stance both of clear purpose and openness to outcome;
  • Skillfully meet conflict with curiosity, and move yourself and others towards appreciation and mutual meaning-making;
  • Engage the uplifting energetic shift from resistance into inspiration;
  • Maximize the alignment of your personal vision with your commitment and life purpose; and
  • Explore what it means to live an active life from the inside out, guided not by our cultural constraints, but by employing our full intelligence.

What to Expect:

  • This seminar is designed to be highly engaging as well as profoundly personal.
  • We will use multiple modes to stimulate learning, including short presentations; pair and small group interactions; personal reflection involving drawing, journaling, and meditative movement; in-depth collaborative discussion; and peer exchange and consultation on real-life and real-time scenarios.
  • By the end of the seminar, you will have significant experience applying the Personal Leadership tools in both very practical and inspiring ways.
  • Completion of this seminar qualifies for at a PL Foundations level and you would be able to enroll in a PL Facilitators program. For more information see: PLSeminars.com.

Fees: $1675

The Artistry of Personal Leadership Training-of-Facilitator

The Learning Objectives: As a participant in this Training-of-Facilitators (ToF) seminar, you will increase your ability to do the following:

  • Adapt Personal Leadership to your individualized professional situations.
  • Design activities that are appropriate to your specific clients or industry to illustrate the two principles and six practices.
  • Articulate the background and history of Personal Leadership.
  • Place Personal Leadership within contexts, including: leadership development, positive psychology, change theory, whole-person self-development, conflict transformation, and intercultural communication.
  • Explain Personal Leadership’s guiding tenets and answer frequently asked questions.
  • Use personal stories/examples to illustrate the principles and practices of Personal Leadership and the Critical Moment Dialogue.
  • Assess yourself against the ToF Developmental Benchmarks and create a personalized plan for on-going development as a Facilitator of PL.

Together we will augment and amend these goals in response to the learning agendas you and the other participants bring to the seminar. The final design of this program will be tailored to the experience level and developmental need of those who register.

Who Should Attend: This program is specifically for first-time ToFers and Associate Facilitators still in training. As this is designed with attention to ToF basics, it will not generally be open to participation by Senior Facilitators (unless by special request, because of a developmental benchmark interest).

The Schedule: The Training-of-Facilitators Seminar is comprised of two simultaneous and interactive components: 1) a PL Foundations seminar, in which you will be a full participant, and 2) ToF-specific sessions held before, during, and after the Foundations seminar. The ToF sessions will:

  • bring your attention specifically to the facilitation process, refining your facilitation practice, focusing on capacity and knowledge development, and addressing individualized applications of Personal Leadership,
  • involve independent design work, small group collaboration, and delivery experimentations,
  • deepen your own personal PL practice and
  • provide an opportunity for small group coaching with the seminar leaders.

Seminar Leaders: ToF sessions will be designed and facilitated by Sheila J. Ramsey, Ph.D, Barbara F. Schaetti, Ph.D., and Gordon Watanabe, Ed.D. The Foundations seminar will be designed and facilitated by Gordon Watanabe, Ed.D.

We hope you will join us for a uniquely powerful and joyous experience.

For more information, please contact the Seminar Administrator.

Fees:

  • Standard: $3475
  • Early Bird (registrations made before April 20th, 2012): $3075
  • Continuing (prior ToF participants registering before April 20th, 2012): $2975
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  • A limited number of partial scholarships are available. All applications are due by April 2, 2012. Please contact us for an electronic application.

Meals: With the exception of the opening reception and closing dinner, you will be on your own for all meals. Downtown Portland has a vibrant food truck scene as well as excellent restaurants and nearby groceries. Before the seminar begins, you will be given the option of ordering and pre-paying for a catered lunch to be brought to you on one or more of the seminar days.

Lodging: Rooms have been reserved at the Mark Spencer Hotel in downtown Portland, where the seminar is being held. All rooms have simple kitchen facilities. You are responsible for booking your own hotel; we are available to facilitate roommate matching for those who prefer double occupancy rates.

Mark Spencer Hotel
409 SW 11th Ave
Portland, Oregon 97205

Travel Considerations: Portland offers an international airport with excellent public transportation to downtown. The Mark Spencer Hotel offers a parking garage for guests at an additional fee.

Please direct all question about seminar purpose, outcomes, and curriculum, as well as questions about The Artistry of Personal Leadership seminar, to PLSeminars.

Please direct all questions about logistics for the Making a World of Difference seminar to:

Intercultural Communication Institute
Phone: 503-297-4622
pl@intercultural.org