SOLWorld2024-03-29T08:50:44ZZarine Jacobhttp://solworld.org/profile/ZarineJacobhttp://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/357583289?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1http://solworld.org/group/londonsf/forum/topic/listForContributor?user=2re92f7adv2wq&feed=yes&xn_auth=noWhat is different about solution-focused evaluation? Summary of January meetingtag:solworld.org,2012-04-02:2102269:Topic:529932012-04-02T14:20:57.686ZZarine Jacobhttp://solworld.org/profile/ZarineJacob
<p>In the London SF Group's first meeting of 2012, Ali Abington facilitated an interactive discussion on the topic, “What is different about solution-focused evaluation?” The session included a two-part exercise in which Ali invited members to think back to an evaluation they had done in the past year and reflect on which aspects of their approach they found to have worked particularly well. She then asked them to consider what different or new elements they might introduce to a ‘best possible’…</p>
<p>In the London SF Group's first meeting of 2012, Ali Abington facilitated an interactive discussion on the topic, “What is different about solution-focused evaluation?” The session included a two-part exercise in which Ali invited members to think back to an evaluation they had done in the past year and reflect on which aspects of their approach they found to have worked particularly well. She then asked them to consider what different or new elements they might introduce to a ‘best possible’ SF evaluation of a project or case they would deliver in 2012.</p>
<p>Unsurprisingly, this thought-provoking ‘What is different?’ question from Paul Z Jackson generated a wide-ranging list of best hopes for the session, together with rich discussion and resource suggestions. Among the wealth of ideas: using an SF approach to evaluate the Group itself; SF evaluation in a commercial context; SF elements to introduce into leadership forums; evaluation using Duncan and Millers’ ORS (Outcome Rating Scale) and SRS (Session Rating Scale) and using expectations as part of the evaluation process. Thanks to everyone who attended, not only for their valued input but also for their high levels of energy and enthusiasm on the second working day of 2012!</p> Group Meeting Feb 2012tag:solworld.org,2012-02-08:2102269:Topic:520902012-02-08T11:26:37.396ZZarine Jacobhttp://solworld.org/profile/ZarineJacob
<p>A lively group of about a dozen people gathered last night for the monthly meeting of the London SF Group.</p>
<p>As is our custom, we started the meeting by introducing ourselves with a few words about what we had been pleased to notice recently or what was going well for us. The conversation then turned to the topic of the conduct of the monthly meetings: what would we like to see? Working in 3 groups, we generated a long list – and we’d welcome more ideas from any SF practitioner with…</p>
<p>A lively group of about a dozen people gathered last night for the monthly meeting of the London SF Group.</p>
<p>As is our custom, we started the meeting by introducing ourselves with a few words about what we had been pleased to notice recently or what was going well for us. The conversation then turned to the topic of the conduct of the monthly meetings: what would we like to see? Working in 3 groups, we generated a long list – and we’d welcome more ideas from any SF practitioner with easy access to central London, whether you have ever attended a meeting or not. This is what we came up with:</p>
<ul>
<li>We like the intimacy and security of the group and the mutual trust it engenders</li>
<li>We value the exchange of ideas about what works (and what doesn’t) and the connections made in this multidisciplinary group</li>
<li>The emergent nature of the meetings with no pre-announced agenda or topic for discussion has great strength AND there could be value in introducing more structure occasionally. </li>
<li>Several possible topics were suggested including IGNITE sessions (<a href="http://igniteshow.com">http://igniteshow.com</a>) where everyone who wants to has 5 minutes to show 20 slides on a topic of their choice; Skill swap sessions; technique/exercise practice sessions; connections between SF and the world eg Switch (Chip & Dan Heath), Gregory Bateson; radical psychiatry/psychology ...; case studies; how to promote SF in the wider world where there are so many issues it could address; invited speakers.</li>
</ul>
<p>We discussed the location – the wine bars we use give us the room for nothing which means that we don’t have to charge for the meetings. Does the location put some people off? – Please let us know.</p>
<p>We discussed the format:</p>
<ul>
<li>having 3 or 4 stages to each meeting works well – the gathering , chatting and drinks buying; the hellos from everyone present; a topic on which to focus; and a closing piece. We could think about varying the opening question</li>
<li>adding some structure to the programme through the year for example by having pre-announced topics every 2 or 3 months with a lead speaker/facilitator and everyone encouraged to think about it beforehand</li>
<li>another possible rhythm would be a 4 month cycle: a topic; cases or skill swaps; no agenda – allow emergence; invites guests as speakers.</li>
</ul>
<p>We briefly discussed “positive promotion” – how to bring the world’s attention to SF. It is already used in a wide variety of settings but how do we inspire people who don’t know about it? Using blogs and twitter were seen as valuable resource. #solutionfocus has already been set up in twitter-land – we don’t know by whom.</p> 2010 meetings - dates, times, locations...tag:solworld.org,2010-03-19:2102269:Topic:209422010-03-19T08:33:17.715ZZarine Jacobhttp://solworld.org/profile/ZarineJacob
<p>Confirmed meeting dates are:</p>
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<p>Tues 6th April <br></br>Weds 5th May<br></br>Tues 1st June<br></br>Weds 7th July<br></br><br></br>The venue: Balls Brothers bar (downstairs function room) <a href="http://www.ballsbrothers.co.uk/ludgate/"></a><a href="http://www.ballsbrothers.co.uk/ludgate/%3C/A%3E" target="_blank"><font color="#B95A21">http://www.ballsbrothers.co.uk/ludgate/</font></a> <br></br><br></br>The structure: <br></br>6.00: drink buying/gossip<br></br>6.30: 30 mins saying something going well this…</p>
<p>Confirmed meeting dates are:</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Tues 6th April <br/>Weds 5th May<br/>Tues 1st June<br/>Weds 7th July<br/><br/>The venue: Balls Brothers bar (downstairs function room) <a href="http://www.ballsbrothers.co.uk/ludgate/"></a><a href="http://www.ballsbrothers.co.uk/ludgate/%3C/A%3E" target="_blank"><font color="#B95A21">http://www.ballsbrothers.co.uk/ludgate/</font></a> <br/><br/>The structure: <br/>6.00: drink buying/gossip<br/>6.30: 30 mins saying something going well this month/week/day/hour!<br/>7.00: Topic of session - facillitated discussion on topic or reflecting team on someone's issue or case. <br/>8.00 end/more drinks... !</p>
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<td class="details"><div style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18px; FLOAT: left">Balls Brothers, Ludgate Hill<br/>Ludgate Hill<br/>London, London EC4M 7JU UK</div>
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<p> </p> March 2010 reporttag:solworld.org,2010-03-19:2102269:Topic:209412010-03-19T08:30:53.734ZZarine Jacobhttp://solworld.org/profile/ZarineJacob
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Verdana" size="2"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">A short report from our March meeting at Balls Brothers, Ludgate Hill.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Verdana" size="2"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">As…</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">A short report from our March meeting at Balls Brothers, Ludgate Hill.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">As well as lively round of what was going well, we discussed the degree of structure that was important for SF conversations, and how much departure from our structures we tended to use. </span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">We also discussed how to approach coaching sessions with two clients in the room together.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">In the case presented, one partner in a business was speaking during the session a great deal more than the other. This did not appear to concern either partner, but the coach was sensitive to the possibility of a lack of balance or fairness, and was wondering how to address that.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Among the tips offered were:</span></font></p>
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<li style="COLOR: navy; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3" class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Explaining that time was limited, and so each partner would be offered say 3 minutes to answer a question – with an added advantage of keeping them on track with the question asked</span></font></li>
<li style="COLOR: navy; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3" class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Offer them separate sessions as well as the joint sessions</span></font></li>
<li style="COLOR: navy; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3" class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Interrupting the client that’s taking up a lot of time, and turning with authoritative body language to the other</span></font></li>
<li style="COLOR: navy; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3" class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Address the concern directly – “I notice that one of you is saying more than the other – is that OK with each of you?”</span></font></li>
</ul> April - September 2009 dates for meetingstag:solworld.org,2009-04-07:2102269:Topic:134812009-04-07T07:38:29.922ZZarine Jacobhttp://solworld.org/profile/ZarineJacob
Here are the dates for London group meetings.<br />
<br />
Tue 7 April<br />
Wed 6 May<br />
Tue 2 Jun<br />
Wed 1 Jul<br />
Tue 4 Aug<br />
Wed 2 Sep<br />
<br />
For April and May, we've booked La Grande Marque on Ludgate Hill (downstairs club room) from 6 pm to 8.30 pm.<br />
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<a href="http://www.lagrandemarque.co.uk/">http://www.lagrandemarque.co.uk/</a><br />
<br />
The format for a meeting of up to 2 hours:<br />
<br />
Each event is hosted by Host of the Month.<br />
<br />
We'll have taking of turns to host, decided either month by month, or a bit further in advance. Host ensures…
Here are the dates for London group meetings.<br />
<br />
Tue 7 April<br />
Wed 6 May<br />
Tue 2 Jun<br />
Wed 1 Jul<br />
Tue 4 Aug<br />
Wed 2 Sep<br />
<br />
For April and May, we've booked La Grande Marque on Ludgate Hill (downstairs club room) from 6 pm to 8.30 pm.<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.lagrandemarque.co.uk/">http://www.lagrandemarque.co.uk/</a><br />
<br />
The format for a meeting of up to 2 hours:<br />
<br />
Each event is hosted by Host of the Month.<br />
<br />
We'll have taking of turns to host, decided either month by month, or a bit further in advance. Host ensures the meeting runs to time, according to the plan, or facilitates a change in plan if that seems more appropriate.<br />
Ensures everyone gets a fair turn in, for example, the Hello section.<br />
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1 As people arrive, about 30 minutes free-for-all conversation, drink-buying, gossip, whatever.<br />
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2 Saying Hello; a hosted 20' round of a solutions-focused saying hello<br />
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eg, Something going well this week - for each person to introduce themselves.<br />
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3 Topic of the session. This may be a topic that emerges from the Hello section, that the host discovers is what people want to discuss. It may be a Reflecting Team on someone's issue. It may be a presentation by a guest or a regular member. The topic may be announced in advance - eg if it's a guest who will lead something - or may emerge on the night. But there will be something, and it will be facilitated either by the host or by someone else present.<br />
<br />
4 London Chapter agenda items - eg eg dates, hosts, speakers, news, etc).<br />
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5 Remaining time - free-for-all meeting on 7th Jantag:solworld.org,2009-01-02:2102269:Topic:105812009-01-02T18:37:16.299ZZarine Jacobhttp://solworld.org/profile/ZarineJacob
Here's hoping some of you can make it to raise a glass to the new year next Wednesday.<br />
<br />
I know that David said he would be away, so how many will be attending?<br />
I can make it and would like to encourage others on the UKASFP list but I can't seem to send messages to the new list. So if someone could do that .....?<br />
<br />
Kidge
Here's hoping some of you can make it to raise a glass to the new year next Wednesday.<br />
<br />
I know that David said he would be away, so how many will be attending?<br />
I can make it and would like to encourage others on the UKASFP list but I can't seem to send messages to the new list. So if someone could do that .....?<br />
<br />
Kidge Dates for London meetingstag:solworld.org,2008-10-03:2102269:Topic:80412008-10-03T11:29:56.238ZZarine Jacobhttp://solworld.org/profile/ZarineJacob
Those of you within reach of London might be interested to come along to monthly meetings of a recently-established London SF group. It includes practitioners from organisations, coaches, therapists - a lively mix. We have a facilitated group discussion for about 90 minutes, then sometimes people go for a meal together. (Lasagne last time).<br />
<br />
The next meeting is on 6:00 pm Tuesday 7th October at The Rising Sun, 38 Cloth Fair, London, EC1A 7JQ. Near Farringdon and Barbican tube.<br />
<br />
Please let David…
Those of you within reach of London might be interested to come along to monthly meetings of a recently-established London SF group. It includes practitioners from organisations, coaches, therapists - a lively mix. We have a facilitated group discussion for about 90 minutes, then sometimes people go for a meal together. (Lasagne last time).<br />
<br />
The next meeting is on 6:00 pm Tuesday 7th October at The Rising Sun, 38 Cloth Fair, London, EC1A 7JQ. Near Farringdon and Barbican tube.<br />
<br />
Please let David Taylor thedavidtaylor@yahoo.com know if you'd like to come, so he can reserve enough space.<br />
<br />
Subsequent dates are:<br />
Wed 5th Nov<br />
Tue 2nd Dec<br />
Wed 7th Jan<br />
Tue 3rd Feb<br />
<br />
<br />
Hope to see you at a meeting soon.