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January 17, 2010
Creative Touch - Review of 2009
Happy New Year! Already we're half way through January and I'm only just getting started on 'blogging' for the year. Before looking forward to exciting projects in 2010, I wanted to spend a little time reflecting on one of the major initiatives that I worked on in 2009.
This was of course, the programme of Creative Touch Workshops and Master Classes that Louise and I ran for coaches and consultants.
Some of the things that stood out for me:
* Louise and I 'practised' i.e. facilitated each other in every exercise that we chose to use in our workshops, which of course gave us the experience of being a participant. This really helped us as facilitators, to empathise with the participants, to anticipate possible hiccups and to determine how best to set up the exercises.
* In our last workshop, by way of preparation, we invited people to consider what creativity meant to them instead of identifying a problem that they wanted to work on during the workshop. This made a huge impact on the engagement of the participants.
* A huge thank you to everyone who came and shared our learning. Without everyone being willing to disclose their nervousness about creativity, be willing to experiment and take risks trying new techniques, this programme wouldn't have been nearly so rewarding.
* With practice in using new and different resources, I came to appreciate that any nervousness that my client may feel about using creative tools may well come from my own anxiety or discomfort in applying them. So, while there are some resources such as picture cards that I'm very comfortable with, I know I hesitate to invite clients to draw or paint, because I personally don't feel so comfortable working with these methods. More practice!
Posted by Alison at January 17, 2010 02:44 PM
