The 2020 Conference is going to be held online during the month of October. Below is the list of amazing offerings (in date order). Click on the session title to find out more – such as learnings and toolkit takeaways.
If you can’t attend a session, we will be recording many of the sessions and making them available on a weekly basis to attendees. Sadly some sessions – such as those with zoom rooms won’t translate well to a recording, so not all will be available.
By registering for the full conference – you will get access to all the sessions below as well as the recordings!
You can still book any time during October.
All the times listed below are Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Time. If you would like to see a calendar view of events or if you are in another time zone, click here to download our calendar.
To register, click the image above or click here.
| Date | Time | Sesssion | Presenter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday 5 Oct | 12 noon | Conference Opening (120 mins) Click here to view the recording | 2020 Conference Organising Group |
| Tuesday 6 Oct | 12 noon | 1a. Our house is on fire - exploring our responsibilities as facilitators in this climate emergency (part 1) (90 mins) | Ross Allen, Laurel Freeland, Dr Hedy Bryant, Angela Andrews, Julia Curtis, Simone Maus, Pru Gell and Cassie Wright |
| Tuesday 6 Oct | 5pm | Daily get together (60 mins) | |
| Wednesday 7 Oct | 10am | 2. Reimagining a New Normal post-Covid with a Gestalt Lens. (120 mins) | Kerryn Miller (Velleman) and Steve McInnes |
| Wednesday 7 Oct | 1pm | 3. Holding space (180 mins) | Nicky Baker and Gene Johnson |
| Wednesday 7 Oct | 5pm | Daily get together (60 mins) | |
| Thursday 8 Oct | 10am | 4. ToP Focused Conversation (120 mins) | Dr Hedy Bryant, Helen Ritchie and Michelle Rush |
| Thursday 8 Oct | 5pm | Daily get together (60 mins) | |
| Friday 9 Oct | 12 noon | 1b. Our house is on fire - exploring our responsibilities as facilitators in this climate emergency (part 2) (90 mins) | Ross Allen, Laurel Freeland, Dr Hedy Bryant, Angela Andrews, Julia Curtis, Simone Maus, Pru Gell and Cassie Wright |
| Friday 9 Oct | 4pm | Weekly reflection (60 mins) | |
| Friday 9 Oct | 5pm | 6. MSR Music/Sound/Rhythm (90 mins) | Farid Abdul Hamid, Charlie Trindall and Pamela Bourke |
| Monday 12 Oct | 12 noon | 7. Discussing “I am because you are” in today’s world using Lewis Deep Democracy (120 mins) | Cath Elderton and Gillian Cochrane |
| Tuesday 13 Oct | 12 noon | 8. Ubuntu in facilitation’ an exploration using Open Space online (120 mins) | Dr Cathryn Lloyd |
| Tuesday 13 Oct | 5pm | Daily get together (60 mins) | |
| Wednesday 14 Oct | 8am | 9. Emergent Edges: Deepening into Possibility (90 mins) | Elsa Henderson |
| Wednesday 14 Oct | 1pm | 10. Using the NSW Health Facilitation Standards in Practice (180 mins) | Gene Johnson and Nicky Baker |
| Wednesday 14 Oct | 5pm | Daily get together (60 mins) | |
| Thursday 15 Oct | 10am | 11. (re) Awakening Your Creative Facilitator (120 mins) | Dr Cathryn Lloyd and Michelle Walker |
| Thursday 15 Oct | 5pm | Daily get together (60 mins) | |
| Friday 16 Oct | 10am | 12. The Power of Being Heard: Learning to Listen Differently (120 mins) | Jen Barrkman and Kris Plowman |
| Friday 16 Oct | 2pm | 13. Picnic on the line. (120 mins) | Gillian Cochrane, Carolyn Vincent and Rika Asaoka |
| Friday 16 Oct | 5pm | Weekly reflection (60 mins) | |
| Monday 19 Oct | 10am | 14. To lead with your story (90 mins) | Debra Driscoll |
| Monday 19 Oct | 2pm | 15. Restoring connections: trauma-informed therapeutic groups with people from refugee backgrounds. (120 mins) | Noémie Rigaud and Victor Kollie |
| Tuesday 20 Oct | 9am | 2. Reimagining a New Normal post-Covid with a Gestalt Lens. (120 mins) | Kerryn Miller (Velleman) and Steve McInnes |
| Tuesday 20 Oct | 12 noon | 16. Solutions Focus approaches to facilitation. Getting the Basics (120 mins) | Ian Colley and Andrew Huffer |
| Tuesday 20 Oct | 5pm | Daily get together (60 mins) | |
| Wednesday 21 Oct | 10am | 17. Creating places for happy humans (90-120 mins) | Martin Butcher |
| Wednesday 21 Oct | 2pm | 12. The Power of Being Heard: Learning to Listen Differently (120 mins) | Jen Barrkman and Kris Plowman |
| Wednesday 21 Oct | 5pm | Daily get together (60 mins) | |
| Thursday 22 Oct | 12 noon | 18. Facilitography: better observers make better facilitators (60 mins) | Jacinta Cubis |
| Thursday 22 Oct | 5pm | Daily get together (60 mins) | |
| Friday 23 Oct | 10am | 19. General Assembly (120 mins) | AFN Community |
| Friday 23 Oct | 2pm | 13. Picnic on the line. (120 mins) | Gillian Cochrane, Carolyn Vincent and Rika Asaoka |
| Friday 23 Oct | 5pm | Weekly reflection (60 mins) | |
| Monday 26 Oct | 12 noon | 20. Weaving communities (120 mins) | Gillian Cochrane |
| Monday 26 Oct | 3pm | 6. MSR Music/Sound/Rhythm (90 mins) | Farid Abdul Hamid, Charlie Trindall and Pamela Bourke |
| Monday 26 Oct | 7pm | 21. The story bistro (120 mins) | Dr Cathryn Lloyd and Andrew Rixon |
| Tuesday 27 Oct | 10am | 22. An introduction to Agile for facilitators: The value of team facilitation in agile team practice (60 mins) | Dr Stephen Thorpe |
| Tuesday 27 Oct | 2pm | 23. Top 10 Interactive Ubuntu Exercises for Virtual Settings (60 mins) | Mark Collard |
| Tuesday 27 Oct | 5pm | Daily get together (60 mins) | |
| Wednesday 28 Oct | 12 noon | 24. Why Your Ice-Breakers Don’t Work & How to Fix Them (60 mins) | Mark Collard |
| Wednesday 28 Oct | 2pm | 25. Nonsense to Newsense (90 mins) | Johanna de Ruyter, Deborah Collins and Caresse Cranwell |
| Wednesday 28 Oct | 5pm | Daily get together (60 mins) | |
| Thursday 29 Oct | 10am | 4. ToP Focused Conversation (120 mins) | Dr Hedy Bryant, Helen Ritchie and Michelle Rush |
| Thursday 29 Oct | 2pm | 26. Creating Relational Coherence (120 Mins) | Peter Wallman |
| Thursday 29 Oct | 5pm | Daily get together (60 mins) | |
| Friday 30 Oct | 12 noon | Conference Close (120 mins) | 2020 AFN Conference Organising Group |