1) Call for Volunteer Facilitators for Y2K Neighborhood Preparedness

We are putting together a Y2K Volunteer Facilitator Group to assist community and neighborhood organizers this fall. If you would like to find out more, please contact me.

2) Next GROUP FACILITATION SKILLS workshop: July 20-22, in San Francisco.

Workshop Leader: Sarah Fisk, PhD, co-author of the Facilitator's Guide to Participatory Decision-Making. (See full-page announcement, below.)

3) Dates for Future GROUP FACILITATION SKILLS Workshops:

August 10-12 San Jose August 17-19 Concord September 21-23 Sacramento September 28-30 San Francisco October 5-7 Seattle November 9-11 Los Angeles

Feel free to contact me. I'm happy to assist in any way I can.

Thanks,

Sunny Sabbini, Public Workshop Project Coordinator 415-641-9773 or email: Sunny@CommunityAtWork.com

**************************************************************** GROUP FACILITATION SKILLS: Putting Participatory Values into Practice

taught by Sarah Fisk, Ph.D.

July 20, 21 and 22, 1999 8:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. San Francisco

"...This is the highly-regarded 'core course' that provides intensive training in key competencies of facilitation. Participants learn to handle many common challenges, including time pressure, unrealistic agendas, confused decision-making and difficult group dynamics. This workshop passes the acid test: graduates leave with an impressive repertoire of marketable skills!" From "The Facilitator" (June 1999)

Sarah Fisk, Ph.D., is an expert in group facilitation skills. She is a co-author of the internationally acclaimed Facilitator's Guide to Participatory Decision-Making. She is an adjunct faculty at the California Institute of Integral Studies, and she has taught facilitation skills to many organizations including Hewlett-Packard, March of Dimes, and VISA International.

Cost: $975 includes all materials. (Discount available for nonprofits and self-employed.)

For more information Contact Sunny Sabbini, Public Workshop Project Coordinator 415-641-9773 or email: Sunny@CommunityAtWork.com --

-- Jean Wasp (jean@sonic.net), June 20, 1999