In-Service Training Seminar that will take place in Limassol Cyprus in April, 2011 (16-20/04/2012). If you are a European citizen you can be funded by Grundtvig program in order to attend. Check your national contact point for the program.

1. In-Service Seminar We would like to invite teachers, trainers, instructors, counselors and care workers of all types from all over Europe to the seminar “PERSONAL MASTERY AND COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE IN ADULT EDUCATION”

2. SEMINAR OBJECTIVES The overarching aim of this particular seminar is to enhance individual capacity for personal mastery in the context of team learning for the simultaneous benefit of the whole team and each individual member. This 5-day seminar will assist a multi-national European group of adult educators to promote their creative and professional skills, enhance their personal development, learn new tools and techniques and connect with others in a meaningful way. By actively empowering educators to become master of themselves, they are also actively encouraged to become role models and to encourage others on the same path of self-empowerment. Specific objectives: •Develop their self-reflection, communication and creativity skills and discuss how they can be utilized in educational context •Learn to work diligently and mindfully to enhance their impact to adult learners •Develop leadership skills in order to bring about greater leadership skills in others •Understand how to work with adult learners in a meaningful way •Help educators understand their own qualities, talents, differences and how they can utilize them in adult education •Bring greater awareness to the team of what is happening in each moment in the ‘here and now’ •Help participants understand how they can benefit from the collective intelligence and wisdom of the team they are educating •Learn new methodologies and arts-informed tools that can be transferred to their home institutions •Introduce participants to working with self-reflective and arts-informed tools in order to increase their awareness and help them instigate desired change in an educational context •Bring together educators, trainers and coaches from different cultures and integrate their different capacities and uniqueness.

3. PREPARATION Prospective participants will receive a list of relevant study materials along with websites which are relevant to the content of the course. They will also receive worksheets which will help them prepare for the course. METHODOLOGY The methodology can be broken down in three main factors: 1.The use of the facilitator as instrument for enhancing awareness in participants. 2. The use of Gestalt Theory for teams and individuals and 3. The use of tools and exercises derived from the arts. Participants will be invited to try out potential solutions through creative experiments. Creative experimenting provides an opportunity to try on new ways of being in the world. By playing out possibilities for problem solving, we may begin to experience ourselves in new ways. The methodology of using the arts and Gestalt practice to enhance and develop creativity and awareness is very effective. Examples of arts-informed tools are the following: • Role plays • Theatrical games and exercises • Writing narratives, stories and poems • Constructing pieces of art in groups. Finally, it is imperative to stress that the collaborative efforts of each individual participant, the team and the facilitator can produce a fascinating process of discovery. FOLLOW UP The participants will be encouraged to form a network in order to continue exchange of ideas and support one another. They will also receive a questionnaire which will help identify what impact the skills learned on the course have on their professional and personal life. There will be opportunity for contact with the trainer via email. “

4. SEMINAR PROGRAM Day 1 Introduction to methodology that will be used Introduction of team members Ice-breakers - Bringing sensations, emotions and body in the process Getting to know the organism that the team is Working with the following questions: • What does each person bring into the group and into the process? • What are needs of individual members? • What expectations arise? Looking at fear and resistance Goal-setting for the seminar Using insights of Day 1 when working as educators, trainers or coaches Day 2 Skill Building – Effective Communication Learning to deeply listen Building our common ground Group working Enhancing the creativity of ourselves and the teams we work with Finding out what wants to emerge and what calls for a change Working with the following questions: • What does personal mastery mean to each team member? • How will it look like when I get there? Using insights of Day 2 when working as educators, trainers or coaches Day 3 Self-empowerment What is leadership? Finding leadership in our bodies Creating a character – The Hero Enhancing creativity through story-telling Bodywork The Challenges of the Hero Self-reflection through painting and writing poems as extraordinary tools in adult education Using insights of Day 3 when working as educators, trainers or coaches Day 4 Overcoming the obstacles to Personal Mastery Overcoming the obstacles to Personal Mastery Experiencing collective intelligence by engaging in deep exchange – Work in Pairs and Groups Learning from our differences - Integrating differences Collective Intelligence at work Brainstorming sessions Making meaning of the whole process and putting the pieces of the puzzle together Using insights of Day 4 when working as educators, trainers or coaches Day 5 Creating the vision of the future Handling Change Evaluating and giving feedback Transferring what was learned in the vocational field of participants Taking what one needs – Discarding what needs to be left behind Closing circles and Evaluation

5. Seminar details The seminar takes place from 16thuntil 20thof April 2012 in Limassol, Cyprus. Participants will come from different European countries. The language of the course is English. Maximum number of participants – 25. The classes will start everyday at 10 am and finish at 4:30 pm. The lunch break will be from 1 pm. until 2 pm. The participants will be accommodated in a 3 star hotel on full board. The seminar fee is 750 Euro. TRAINERS Mr. NaoumLiotas is an organizational consultant and his credentials include: • Cert. in Gestalt Organizational Consulting • Dipl. Electr. & Comp. Engineer, MBA • Specialization in Human Resource Management • More than 1000 hours of self-development work in Dramatherapy workshops • Working as a trainer in adult education and organizations • Work experience as a trainer for teachers, consultants, coaches, professionals and adult educators • Works with teams and individuals to enhance awareness, creativity, leadership and other personal skills • Work experience as a project manager and project coordinator and experience in working with multinational groups.

6. SHIPCON LIMASSOL LTD. AgiasFilaxeos 196, Office 301, Constantia Court, 3083, Limassol, Cyprus Telephone: 25 334250 Fax: 25 738314 Email: info@shipcon.eu.com Website: www.shipcon.eu.com DELIVERING SOLUTIONS TIMELY AND EFFECTIVELY