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Mastering Your Skills of Facilitated, Creative Problem Solving (CPS)

Price: $55.00
Availability: Sorry, registration is closed. Due to security regulations, walk-ins are not permitted. Please join us next month for an informative MAFN workshop. Thank you!
Prod. Code: 09101105

 

28 January 2011
8:00 am - Check-in / Breakfast / Networking
8:45 am - Begin Workshop
12 pm - End Workshop


Bill Olsen, CPF

Non-Member Fee
Regular: $55
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 Brainstorming is… ho-hum. It’s often done poorly and that’s only half of the real tool… Creative Problem Solving (CPS). Managers and work teams already know how to do normal meetings, normal discussion and “normal problem solving”. They call facilitators when problems are so demanding, or the issues, urgency or team dynamics are so complex, they require creativity. Hence, they need creative problem solving.   CPS will springboard your skills with a creative, masterful jolt you’ll apply for your customers’ success. Learn and apply the real CPS, from the place that gave birth to Brainstorming, Ideation, WIIFM, Diverge-Converge and more. 

 
What we’ll explore, learn & apply:
•    Principles:
➢    Importance of getting clients, and groups to be creative
➢    Importance of including individual, pairs, team and group creativity
➢    Importance of Timing & Transition
•    What are creativity, Ideation, and creative problem solving, anyway?
•    When do you use it? When do you transition between steps? 
•    How: Key steps, processes, tools & techniques
•    Huh? Practice it. Apply it to your toolkit.
Bill Olsen, CPF, is a nationally-ranked professional facilitator and trainer focused on delivering accelerated results through creative problem solving. Whether facilitating, training or presenting, he delivers dynamic workshops, tangible outcomes and strong consensus. How? He ensures workshops are creative, interactive and practical. Having supported clients in 10 countries and 26 US states, he serves those with a genuine need for meaningful change.   His MAFN workshop is based on the principles and energy of the Creative Problem Solving Institute (CPSI), where he is a frequent leader and its 2010 Master of Ceremonies. His mission is clear… to accelerate yours… creatively!

Registration ends at noon on the Wednesday, 2 days, before the workshop. Payment must be made in advance and received before the specific registration period ends. Advanced online payment via credit card is our preferred method of registration. However, payment can be made via check in advance by mail to:

Mid-Atlantic Faciltiator's Network
c/o Synergy Forces, LLC
PMB 117 11006 Veirs Mill Road
Suite L-15
Silver Spring, MD 20920

We accept cash or checks at the door.

Workshops are hosted by:

Government Accountability Office (GAO)
441 G St NW Room 2N30
Washington, DC 20548

Get a Map & Directions. Cynthia Miller, CPF is the Director of the DC Facilitator's Workshop Series. She can be reached at 703-442-8221 or at cmfacilt8r@aol.com.

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