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2004-03-17 ISPI Vancouver Bulletin
April 13 Meeting
Rise'n Shine Breakfast Meeting!

COURAGE BY DESIGN
Creating Opportunities for Practitioners and Participants

Presenter | Topic | Networkers Table | Registration

  
  

 

 

The Presenter: David Gouthro

As president of The Consulting Edge, David Gouthro possesses a talent for provoking leaders in organizations to act with greater courage and passion. For over twenty years, he has been encouraging others to seize the day and act to develop greater personal effectiveness, regardless of their situation. His energetic and playful approach incorporates variety, humour and fun to all he undertakes and has earned him the reputation as facilitator and speaker of choice--for his four year old daughter, Anna!

David Gouthro
   

The Topic: Courage by Design - Creating Opportunities for Practitioners and Participants

What is courage and what does it have to do with Performance Technology?

Courage is an inner quality that becomes evident when you take action where each of the following three criteria are met: (i) there is an uncertain or unpredictable outcome; (ii) there is an emotion or feeling present that ranges somewhere between mild concern and terror (based on the perceived consequences of your efforts) and (iii) there is a positive value or belief which consciously or unconsciously compels you to act in spite of those consequences.

Another way to describe the outcome is "risky"! You have a sense of what you hope to accomplish--but there's no guarantee you'll do so. These types of outcomes are possibilities whenever you are designing an intervention, contracting with a client or delivering a program. They are present for your clients and their employees when they are deciding to use your services, participate in a program or work together to implement change.

What will you learn?

If you are willing to fully engage, there is the potential to learn:
  • How to identify opportunities where you may choose to exercise courage . . . or not
  • How to create opportunities in your interventions to allow participants to exercise courage . . . or not
  • What criteria to use when considering exercising personal courage or providing opportunities for others to do so
  • How to move yourself from unproductive worry to productive learning and action
 

 

   

New: ISPI Networkers Table

An ISPI Networkers Table will be available for ISPI members to display materials. Be sure to read the guidelines at:
http://www.ispi-van.org/htm/events/event_networkers_table.htm

 

New! ISPI Networkers Table
   

Registration Details

Cost: Guests $25 cash or cheque. Members free.

Date & Time: Rise 'n Shine Breakfast Meeting: Tuesday, April 13, 2004, 7:30am-10:00am. Light breakfast provided, 7:30-8:00am. More networking time at approx. 9:45am.

Venue: Plaza 500 Hotel, 500 W. 12th Ave., Vancouver - SW corner of 12th & Cambie. (Enter parking from 12th, or park at the nearby City Square Mall.)

To register: email Margy.Hayden@ICBC.com, subject "ISPI April 13," by April 8. If you register but have to cancel, please let us know.

 
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