Dear First name / Love, Welcome to The Immersive Facilitation Experience! This retreat, scheduled for October 10-14, 2024, is designed to be a transformative journey that will elevate your skills and deepen your understanding of facilitation. As we prepare for this powerful experience, there are a few key elements you’ll need to focus on. 1. Live Speaker Series Preparation and Practice: - You’ll be delivering a 7-8 minute talk as part of our Live Speaker Series. This is an opportunity for you to articulate your message with confidence and poise.
- Topic Submission: Please submit your chosen topic by SEPTEMBER 15, 2024.
- If you’ve already developed a talk, feel free to continue refining it into your signature presentation. This will be a chance to enhance and polish your content in front of a supportive audience.
2. Mini-Retreat Sessions What to Prepare: - You are required to prepare 3 sessions or a total of 3 hours’ worth of presentations for the mini-retreat. These sessions will be a critical component of your facilitation practice.
- Submission: Your session outlines should be submitted using the attached template by September 20th, 2024. This will allow us to review and incorporate your sessions into the retreat schedule.
3. Dynamic Facilitation Exciting Opportunity: - During the retreat, you’ll have the exciting opportunity to demonstrate your facilitation skills in a spontaneous setting, which we are calling “Dynamic Facilitation.”
What to Expect: - These impromptu workshops will allow you to showcase your ability to teach extemporaneously—a vital skill for any facilitator. The topics for these sessions may include:
- Leading a guided meditation
- Facilitating a breathing class
- Conducting an embodied experience such as movement or dance
- Explaining the difference between masculine and feminine energies
- Discussing the power of the feminine
- Sharing ways for women to embody their feminine energy
- Exploring concepts like the shadow and the golden shadow
- Discussing intuition and how to develop it
- Addressing the cost of maintaining limiting beliefs
Session Duration:
These workshops will be concise, lasting 20-25 minutes, but they are designed to be impactful. Your ability to adapt and demonstrate your competencies in these dynamic situations will be a highlight of your development as a facilitator. 4. Podcast Experience Preparation and Participation: - You’ll also participate in a collaborative Podcast Experience during the retreat. This will be a relaxed, conversational session where we’ll banter about life, pick a topic, and riff off it in a dynamic group setting.
- Dress to Impress: This session will be recorded, so please come dressed to impress.
- Skill Development: This is an excellent opportunity to refine your interview and facilitation skills in a real-world setting. To maximize the benefits, try to participate in as many podcasts as possible beforehand to gain visibility and hone your skills.
No Formal Preparation Needed:
There’s no need to prepare a specific script—just come ready to contribute to the discussion and share your insights. This is a chance to practice being present and engaging in spontaneous dialogue. |
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Next Steps - Submit your Live Speaker Series topic by September 15, 2024
- Submit your mini-retreat session outlines by September 20th, 2024.
- Begin preparing for both your planned presentations and Dynamic Facilitation sessions.
This retreat is an incredible opportunity to refine your skills, build your confidence, and connect deeply with your fellow participants. I’m excited to see how each of you will contribute to and grow from this experience. If you have any questions or need assistance as you prepare, please feel free to reach out. We’re here to support you every step of the way.
Ico Gonzales
Assistant to Veronica Lynn Clark
admin@veronicalynnclark.com
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