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Posted on Oct 01 2006 | Tagged as: MN SCC, Resources, Topics

Suggested Topic: Falling Into Place

MCA Seasoned Coaches Circles (SCC): adding spice and kick to life, profession, and community through conversation

Engage the Minnesota coaching community thought leaders
Inspire the community & ourselves
Nourish the soul

Check Out the NEW website for SCC:
http://www.seasonedcoachescircles.com

Come Gather by the Campfire (fireplace) Being Minnesota we may have snow!

Why We Meet: Each time we convene the SCC it reaffirms the unique gift we bring to eachother by gathering. We learn, share, & expand with each other’s "seasoning" in ways that we don’t or can’t easily do with “novice or new” coaches. The SCC provides a space for us to question, to be vulnerable, explore and not be THE expert. The SCC about our finding new ways: To stretch us. To reinvigorate us. To question the unquestionable. To challenge the assumptions. To be the coaching rebels which many of us feel that we are. To talk about issues that aren’t normally talked about. To explore arenas never thought of before now. To find comfort and safety among true peers.

QUASI AGENDA
9-9:30 Welcome, graze, drink, chat like normal
9:30 - Convene the circle 9:40ish String the Beads (check-in)
10:00 Conversation Circle - engage the conversation
11:15 close the circle
11:30 Lunch if you are available - Fun Local eateries Edina Grill, Turtlebread, Cafe Twenty Eight

What to bring: Yourself; Space of Curiosity; Notepad for ideas or thoughts; Breakfasty thing if you wish (FYI your host is wheat intolerant)

Refreshments: Coffee (caf&decaf), teas (all kinds) will be available.

Dress: Be comfortable.

Directions: Click on the Yahoo Link

Parking: Street Parking

Resources: To learn more about the process and what we are doing visit these two websites. http://www.seasonedcoachescircles.com
http://www.conversationcircle.com

Move away from debate and into curiosity.
Its not about what you know its about what you want to know.

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Conversation Circle Movie

Posted on Sep 20 2006 | Tagged as: Resources

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created & designed by Matthew Rochte & produced by

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Resources: Websites

Posted on Sep 20 2006 | Tagged as: Resources

Circles:
ConversationCircle.com ~ History, theory, application and resources for conversation circles. Flash Movie. www.conversationcircle.com

Conversation Circle Movie ~ 10minute flash movie about conversation and the use of the conversation circle to thinktogether. www.conversationcircle.com/ccmovie.htm

Margaret Wheatley Meg Wheatley has been a major supporter of life affirming leadership through conversation circle. Meg has written several books with the latest being Turning to One Another which is a simple and amazingly powerful book on how to create the circle (see review). She is best known for her work Leadership and the New Science and A Simpler Way. www.margaretwheatley.com

Heartland Circle – The Art of Convening Teleclasses and founders of the Thought Leader Gathering (see below) - Twin Cities - www.heartlandcircle.com

Turning To One Another This is the website for Meg Wheatley's book by the same name and has several resources and links www.turningtooneanother.net

PeerSpirit - Christina Baldwin and Ann Linnea, co-founders of PeerSpirit, www.peerspirit.com

Conversation Initiatives around the world http://www.turningtooneanother.net/world.html

Coaching:
SeasonedCoachesCircles.com ~ (this site) Using the conversation circle to bring seasoned coaches together in community to strengthen the larger coaching community.

Leadership:
Thought Leader Gathering, Minneapolis / St. Paul & San Francisco Bay Area. Member based "Community of Practice for Thought Leaders". A powerful gathering of people and ideas. www.thoughtleadergathering.com

Berkana Institute - This is the organization that Meg Wheatley and followers formed to support the Life Affirming Leadership Movement.www.berkana.org

From The Four Directions ~ spinoff from Berkana to work with and support Life Affirming Leadership conversations http://www.fromthefourdirections.org

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Resources: Books

Posted on Sep 20 2006 | Tagged as: Resources

Turning To One Another: Simple Conversations To Restore Hope To The Future by Margaret J. Wheatley
Want to start having real conversations with people?- get this book!

Here are some questions, conversation starters, and beliefs that Wheatley offers that resonated deeply with me and I hope you as well:
"Are you becoming someone you respect?"
"Do you feel a vocation to be fully human?"

"The cure for dispair is not hope. It’s discovering (and conversing about) what we want to do about something we care about."

Calling the Circle: The First and Future Culture

Christina Baldwin. Christina is probably the formost expert on peer circles.

From The Four Directions Conversation Starter Kit - Berkana Institute -

Six Thinking Hats:by Edward De Bono; 173pages - I read a chapter per workout on the stairmaster -seemed to work out just fine. De Bono resets the way meetings function to communicate information, brainstorm and create new ideas. It has been nearly 15 years since it was first published. The revised edition brings in real world examples of this work with phenomenal success. Using this method he shows how what would have been a frustrating four hour meeting can be reduced to 45 minutes with impact and intention. For more of the review check out Living Intentionally Vol1No4