February 22, 2009

KM - Workshops - 2009

The KM process is designed to tap every person’s innate ability to express themselves visually. There is almost no learning curve for participants. However, if you decide use KM in your coaching practice or as a facilitator with small teams in your organization you will need to need to come to our workshops. They are held frequently in the San Francisco Bay Area, Washington DC area, and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico*. And there is one planned for Montreal to tag onto the IFVP (International Forum of Visual Practitioners) conference there in August.














KM workshops are experientially driven. We do the things you will want to do with your clients and colleagues. Then we discuss the KM principles behind the activities. The KM concepts and process are fully documented. The fee is $150 US. Specific locations to be announced.
2009 KM WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
March 28 – San Francisco Bay Area – OCSC Sailing School, Berkeley Marina
May 9 – Washington DC Area
June 7 – San Francisco Bay Area
August 1 & 2 – San Miguel de Allende, Mexico*
August 8 – Montreal, Hilton Montreal Bonaventure
September 12 – Washington DC area
November 7 – San Francisco Bay Area
December 28 & 29 – San Miguel de Allende, Mexico*
* – It takes 2 days to hold a 1 day workshop in San Miguel – something about Mexican time! The September and December sessions coincide with Festival San Miguel and Christmas rituals respectively that make the trip alone worth making.
We hope you will join us.
Contact John Ward for more information at johnward (at) manyminds (dot) com



February 14, 2009

Kinesthethic Modeling at the VizThink09 Conference

VizThink is an annual conference of designers, artists, media and technology people who gather to explore the edges of what it is to think visually. Participants at this year’s event in San Jose, California will be able to have a go at Kinesthetic Modeling. We are providing a 90 minute hands on introduction to the KM process at 2:00pm Monday 23 February. I am being assisted by an international team of co-facilitators. Nick Payne from the UK, Julie Gieseke from San Francisco, Regina Rowland from Vienna and San Francisco. And I will be coming up from San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.

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