in Clean Language and Symbolic Modelling
Introductory Courses
October 7 - 8, 2009
See also:
Clean Language
Training in Portland,
Oregon, USA
2010 Dates to be Announced
Clean Language Practice GroupIf you've an interest in Clean Language and are looking for some opportunities to practise and hone your skills, please join us. Meetings are held at the Gosport Business Centre, usually on the THIRD MONDAY of each month. The timings are:
7.15pm - 7.40pm is for people who are new to Clean Language or who want a quick refresher. There'll be a short introduction to the subject and an opportunity to ask questions before the main meeting begins.
7.45pm - 9.45pm is for everyone. Those with two or more days training in Clean Language get a chance to work with one another, and beginners are able observe and have a go.
The journal entries below will give you a flavour of the meetings. If you would like to attend, please contact Marian...
Phone: 023 9221 5355; email: marian@apricotisland.com
Please click here for information about meeting fees.
We haven't decided yet on a topic for the next meeting. If you have any suggestions, please let me know.
Please email me (marian@apricotisland.com) or give me a call (023 9221 5355) if you are planning to come along, so we know how many people to expect.July 19th, 2010
DingbatsWelcome to Sara and Rob who joined us for the first time this month. We hope you enjoyed the meeting and that you'll come again. :)
Our topic was 'Prepositions' and we started with a page of 'Dingbats' to decipher, shown right (answers below). This got us into the topic (all involve prepositions) and we talked briefly about what prepositions and why we, as Clean Language facilitators, might be interested in them...
A preposition is a word that shows the relationship between a noun and the rest of a sentence. The word preposition literally means 'in front of' and generally speaking, a preposition comes in front of the noun to which it refers. Examples of simple prepositions are:
June 21st, 2010
Welcome to Kim who joined us for the first time this month. We hope you enjoyed the meeting in our new venue at Gosport Business Park. It was certainly a lot less noisy and most people found us OK, although a couple didn't (I am so sorry about that) so next time we'll need to have more signs around the place.
Our topic for the evening was modelling how we make decisions, and before we got going we discussed what kinds of decisions it would be best to model, and agreed that we were looking for decisions that either (a) worked out OK (we recognised that sometimes we don't know whether a decision has worked out for several years) and/or (b) seemed to involve a good decision-making process. We ruled out not making a decision until one is made for you.
May 17th, 2010
Welcome to Terry who joined us for the first time last night. And thanks to everyone else who came along - it was good to see you! Our topic this month was Developing Resource Metaphors and we started with a discussion about what is a resource, concluding that anything could be a resource, depending on how it is used / perceived.April 19th, 2010
Welcome to Jerry, Liz, Brigitte, David, Letty, Alfie and Jackie who joined us for the first time. It is lovely to know there is so much interest in Clean Language. We hope you enjoyed the meeting and found it interesting, and will come again. :) After the 'new member orientation' there was a choice of two activities:March 15th, 2010
Welcome to Jewels, Marion and Judith who joined us for the first time this month. Marion and Judith had already attended Less is More, so were able to benefit from the practice opportunity straight away. We hope you enjoyed the meeting and will come again!
Our topic was Metaphors and Values. This was inspired by conversations with coaches who want to practise their Clean Language skills but do not yet feel confident to use Clean Language for a whole session. One way to achieve this is to use Clean Language for a specific task. Many coaches spend time with their clients looking at their values, which are ideally suited for metaphor work.
Marian Way