Call for Workshop Proposals
Action Learning, Action Research and Process Management Association (ALARPM)
National ALARPM Professional Development Conference
Riverglenn, Indooroopilly, Brisbane, Australia
24-25 September 2006
"Invigorating the Politics of Participation"
A
potential consequence of increasing pressure and less time in our
personal and professional lives is decreased commitment, energy and
motivation for collaboration and participation. Yet "collaborative
interdependence" - people sharing information and working together to
achieve mutually beneficial goals in a political environment is needed
more that ever. This conference explores how collaboration and
participation in organisations, workplaces, communities and families
can provide benefits for all stakeholders in today's high pressure,
political world.
You are invited to express your interest in
presenting a workshop at the 2006 National ALARPM Professional
Development conference (we invite you not to interpret the title too
tightly). Could you please indicate approximate percentages of the
following components:
o Input: ?%
o Activity: ?%
o Discussion: ?%
o Debrief/application: ?%
You should also indicate if you have any needs e.g. equipment, size of room, layout of room etc.
We
welcome contributions from people in any discipline or background, who
use innovative processes to pursue learning and change simultaneously.
Proposals and enquiries may be emailed to [log in to unmask]
The
Organising Committee will meet in April to compile the program and will
advise successful presenters. Therefore it would be appreciated if we
receive your proposal by 30 March 2006 at the latest.
Proposals will be considered in terms of the following:
o their potential contribution to the theme of "Invigorating the Politics of Participation";
o their practical and theoretical relevance to action learning, action research and/or process management;
o
the opportunity offered to participants to be involved and acquire
relevant skills and understanding and apply the session contents to the
projects or problems in their professional, academic or student lives;
o their contribution to the balance and variety of the program; and
o the quality of their process and content and their likely appeal to participants.
Presenters
should assume that participants will bring with them some project or
problem which they would like to resolve. Preference will be given to
proposals which include some time and opportunity for participants to
reflect on the application of the session contents to their project or
problem.
You may want to take into account that ALARPM is a
multidisciplinary and international association, and the skills and
experience levels and background of participants are likely to be
diverse.
A draft program will be announced in early May.
Registration details will also be available at that time. Abstracts
will be posted on the ALARPM website as they become available.
ALARPM
is a strategic network of people interested or involved in using action
learning or action research to generate collaborative learning,
research and action to transform workplaces, school, colleges,
universities, communities, voluntary organizations, governments and
business.
ALARPM's vision is that action learning and action
research will be widely used and publicly shared by individuals and
groups creating local and global change for the achievement of a more
equitable and, just and joyful, productive and sustainable society.
--
Caitlin Cahill, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
University of Utah
Community Studies
225 South 1400 East, Room 228
Alfred Emery Building
Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0080
(801)585-0437
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