Resources, Information, and Events
Ongoing Events
- Center Circle, A Women's Circle in Thousand Oaks, California. Regular bi-monthly meetings and extra-curricular outings for building community, personal development and empowering women who are manifesting their dreams. http://centercircle.info
- Personal Growth Workshops: Holding Sacred Space
- Whole Systems Thinking Workshops, Presentations, and Hosted Conversations
- Co-Creating Community Workshops and Hosted Conversations
Past Workshops and Presentations
May 2010
A presentation and discussion at the Society for Technical Communication May Event, titled Systems Thinking: Taking Your Personal and Professional Results to the Next Level. View the slides from that presentation in full screen by clicking on the blue slide inside the white box below. Contact me about bringing this or similar presentations or trainings to your organization.
The San Luis Obispo chapter of the Society for Technical Communication holds monthly meetings with a different speaker or presenter each month.
http://www.slostc.org/Open publication - Free publishingHandouts for this workshop included a reference list for resources, notes on the main points of the presentation, a focused note-taking page, and a page highlighting Habits of a Systems Thinker, which is one of my favorites from the Waters Foundation, and is available through their organization. They have created some beautiful tools for learning about systems.
http://watersfoundation.org/index.cfm? fuseaction=materials.mainApril 2010
In2:InThinking Network Forum workshop with Jon Bergstrom and Steve Byers on Systems Thinking.
http://www.in2in.org/forums/2010/April 2009
In2:InThinking Network Forum workshop with Ryan Schoenbeck and Steve Byers on Creating Our Space and transformation.
http://www.in2in.org/forums/2009/Networks and Resources I recommend
The aim of the In2:InThinking Network is to promote study and awareness of individual and collective thinking about sub-systems, psychology, variation, knowledge, and their interactions - elements recognized as the basis of Dr. W. Edwards Deming's “System of Profound Knowledge” (SoPK).
http://www.in2in.org/I have had extremely enlightening conversations in some of the professional networking groups on LinkedIn. I have connected with some extraordinary professionals there. I encourage the participation in the group discussions and starting a conversation with an intriguing question. Use the group search and find a group that fits your needs.
http://www.linkedin.com/The Waters Foundation Web site has a comprehensive list of resources for learning about systems and systems thinking.
http://watersfoundation.org/index.cfm? fuseaction=materials.main