Programs

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Harnessing the Power of Experiential Learning
A Live, In Person, "Train the Trainer" Experience!
A Next Level Workshop
With Tom Courry and Ken Mossman

Join Tom and Ken in the Boston Area, April 11-13, 2008, to:

• Give your leadership skills an experiential boost
• Have fun creating learning that sticks to your client’s ribs… and brain… and heart…
• Discover new ways to bring movement and fun to training
• Splash around in a tub of crazy wisdom
• Learn and use The Next Level’s ARCTIC™ training/coaching model
• Put fresh, sharp arrows in your experiential training quiver
• Add depth and breadth (and a healthy dose of play) to your team offerings
• Answer the question: What happens when you mix metaphors, mousetraps, irreverence and a mess of different colored foamy things all in the same space?

Harnessing the Power of Experiential Learning is a three-day romp through the rich world of learning games, activities, creative course design and leadership. From the moment we begin, we'll be jumping in to the world of learning by playing. Over the course of the workshop, participants will experience a wide variety of activities, and games, as well as leading and debriefing techniques. Each "player" will also be designing and presenting their own activities, receiving valuable feedback from your peers, and stretching your leadership muscles.

Participants will receive a manual stuffed with great activities and tips to make trainings successful, powerful and engaging experiences.

You'll walk away with a solid grounding in The Next Level's ARCTIC™ Training/Coaching model, more ideas than you can shake a stick at (What? You don't shake a stick at ideas..?) and so much more. Oh, and you'll have big fun along the way!

Logistics:

• Three days of blissful play and learning...
• Dates: Boston Area: Friday to Sunday, April 11-13, 2008
• Time: 9:00 AM to 5 PM each day
• Tuition: $650
• Registration: Visit The Next Level activities page
• For more information, contact Tom or Ken.

Leaders:

Tom Courry, MA, MSU, the founder of The Next Level, believes that through using experiential processes that engage people in their learning experiences, a deep memory and strength can be occur that will stay with participants and help them integrate their learning into their lives.
A perennial favorite of Co-Active Leadership graduates around the world, Tom has 20 years of experience in organizational consulting, team development and experiential learning. He has designed and led team and leadership programs for corporate groups, work teams and at–risk populations. Tom’s unique ability to bring people present in the moment – out of their heads and into their bodies – opens them to a new dimension of awareness from which they can transform their lives and relationships.
He consults, coaches and plays with organizations internationally. Visit Tom at The Next Level.

Ken Mossman, PCC, CPCC, specializes in coaching Creative Cliff-Jumpers: men and women with creative dreams that refuse to be silenced. Ken’s leadership and coaching style is fun, irreverent, full of humor, and just a little bit dangerous.
He is a faculty member of the The Coaches Training Institute and travels extensively leading their internationally acclaimed coach-training programs. Ken coaches and trains individuals and groups on issues of creativity, masculine and feminine energies and conscious relationships.
Formerly a professional skier and owner of a company providing personal fitness training services and continuing education programs for fitness professionals, Ken lives in Upstate New York with his wife Danielle and their fire-headed son, Cai. While Ken loves his work and gets to spend his winters skiing (fast) and his summers tending his gardens, his secret dream is to have a closet full of Hawaiian shirts just like Tom. Visit Ken at Cirrus Leadership.

The Power of Polarity:

Expanding What's Possible by Exploring the Edges of Masculine and Feminine Power

May 16-18, 2008, St. Paul, Minnesota

Here's what past "Power of Polarity" participants have to say:

"This was a life transforming/solidifying weekend for me. I changed at a cellular level. I'm not the same person I was when I arrived... Thank you all and keep it coming!"

"I'm able to finally feel fully the energy that I have known was always there. Anything is possible! You guys rock! The passion, love and commitment just oozes!"

“The workshop was life enhancing for me. I broke through to something I have been trying to access for years.”

“Thank you for creating a space which allowed me to get more in touch with some of the hidden or rejected parts of me...the good, bad, feminine, masculine, sensitive, defeated, rebellious, fragile... the works... Thank all of you for the time and effort you put into this work... It feels big and important.”

Join us for a 3-day experiential journey to…

o Gain a deeper awareness of masculine and feminine energies within yourself and others.
o Learn to discern between masculine and feminine energies that serve you… or hold you back.
o Experience your own personal blend of aligned masculine and feminine energies, creating a third energy – a new spark of life force and creativity.
o Explore and experience archetypes and “shadows,” and learn to consciously harness their powerful gifts.

More from past participants:
“This work has been at least as powerful as my experience of leadership. I would say, ‘get yourself there as soon as possible.’”

“The design of the workshop was nothing less than brilliant.”

“The importance of this work is that although it is complex and the imbalances may be ingrained, the Third Way provides a very accessible portal to creating the balance we seek.”

“(This lens) is important because it appears to be out of balance worldwide and permeates everything from the environment to world peace. Any lens that can help human kind find divinity within will only serve to better our inter/intra personal relationships, community, and world at large! It's huge!!!”

We’ll begin with an examination of how social constructs - conscious and unconscious - silently influence how we view ourselves, each other, and the world…
From there, we’ll explore pathways to awakening and expressing our unique and evolving masculine/feminine energies.

As our journey continues, you will:

o Discover the composition of your own unique Masculine/Feminine “masks.”
o Learn how to express, work and play with Third Way energies.
o Take home a conceptual framework, language, exercises and tools to apply this work in tangible ways—in your view of yourself, in your relationships, and at work.
o Be a vital part of groundbreaking work and a growing community… be a leader in the much-needed evolution of these energies in our world.

Discover how to work with these powerful energies to invite more joy and creativity into your work, your play, and your relationships!

Logistics:

• Course Dates: May 16 - 18, 2008
• Hours: Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 9:30 AM to 6 PM
• Sunday, 9 AM to 5 PM
• Workshop Location: Carondelet Center, 1890 Randolph Ave., St. Paul, Minnesota
• Tuition: $495
• Course will be led by: The Polarities Pathway Group Team: Ken Mossman, Debra Wilton-Kinney, Patricia Drury, Sam House, Maria Yunis and Don Jacobs
• To register, use the Pay Pal link below:

For other information - including hosting "The Power of Polarity" in your area, contact Ken at: 518.580-0550 or via email.

To find out more about the work of the Polarity Pathways Group, visit our blog.

Behind the Curtain

Creating Magic by Bridging Experiential Training with Coaching

A Next Level Teleclass Series
With Tom Courry and Ken Mossman

Join Tom and Ken and:

• Discover the nuances of using experiential programs for teams and groups
• Learn and use The Next Level’s ARCTIC ™ training/coaching model
• Learn fun and effective ways to sequence experiential activities for maximal impact
• Put fresh, new arrows in your experiential training quiver
• Have fun creating learning that sticks to your client’s ribs…and brain… and heart…
• Add depth and breadth to your team offerings
• Learn handy ways of modifying activities to stretch your experiential toolbox
• Dig into the power of metaphor
• Receive an ebook packed with cool exercises, resources and other fun goodies

Behind the Curtain: Creating Magic by Bridging Experiential Training with Coaching is a four-part teleclass for anyone who wants to bring their team or group training and coaching to the Next Level.
Each class will give you fresh ideas for experiential activities, coaching and debriefing that you can use with groups or teams. You’ll also learn about selecting activities to suit specific situations, how to “play with playing” in team and group settings, how to use consequences to teach real-world lessons, and much more.

Logistics:

• Four 75-minute teleclasses
• Dates: Tuesdays, February 26, March 4, 11, 18, 2008.
• Time: 9:00 to 10:15 AM Pacific, Noon to 1:15 PM Eastern, 5 to 6:15 PM GMT
• Tuition: $150
• Registration: Visit The Next Level activities page
• For more information, contact Tom or Ken.

Leaders:

Tom Courry, MA, MSU, the founder of The Next Level, believes that through using experiential processes that engage people in their learning experiences, a deep memory and strength can be occur that will stay with participants and help them integrate their learning into their lives.
A perennial favorite of CoActive Leadership graduates around the world, Tom has 20 years of experience in organizational consulting, team development and experiential learning. He has designed and led team and leadership programs for corporate groups, work teams and at–risk populations. Tom’s unique ability to bring people present in the moment – out of their heads and into their bodies – opens them to a new dimension of awareness from which they can transform their lives and relationships.
He consults, coaches and plays with organizations internationally.

Nibbled by the Muse

Jumpstart your Creativity Already!

"Nibbled" is a 60-minute introduction to the 4-part "Bitten By the Muse" program... and to your own personal Muse! This class is for folks who want:
• A solid connection to their creative energies.
• To spend a little one-on-one time with their creative spirit.
• To claim their creative birthright.
• Openings to new creative pathways in everyday life.
• To begin to take creative action now.

"Nibbled" dates and times (please choose one): Oops!! We just wrapped up the last of the current round of "live" nibbles... And you can listen in on a recorded class by using the link below! Even if it's 3 AM...

Click here to listen to our class on your ipod, or use the button below!

Bitten by the Muse

A Fiendishly Fun Creative Journey in Four Parts

Knock-knock-knock..! Ding-dong..! Ya wanna come out and play... even more??

We have a mud puddle, a forest full of interesting creatures, the hugest playground around, (yes, "hugest" is a word) crayons, paint and some colorful goop that - well, no one really knows exactly what the colorful goop is - but it sure is fun to play with!

On a serious note, (must we..?) "Bitten by the Muse" is for folks who want:
• A solid connection to their creative energies.
• A little intimate, one-on-one time with their creative spirit.
• To get to know their creative inner child... again.
• The opportunity to meet their inner judge - and play games with him or her.
• To claim their creative birthright.
• To reveal how creative their best excuses really are.
• New pathways to creative expression in everyday life.
• Some hang-out time with other cool creative travellers.
• To begin to take creative action now... as in "this now..."

Geez... Do you really need to know a whole lot more..? Who needs all those serious notes when "Bitten by the Muse" is really about having big fun with your creative self? (And that colorful goop, too...)

The creative urges you feel are as much a part of your individual experience as they are our common human cultural history. From ancient cave paintings (evidently made with some very high quality, long-lasting colorful goop) to working your mojo in the kitchen (tasty goop) with the stereo blasting while no one is looking, creativity will always seek an expression. The Muse will bite. How you choose to respond is your business…

“Bitten by the Muse” is a fun, colorfully goopy - and more than occasionally irreverent - invitation to explore and respond to your creative urges. If you’ve ever dreamed of tapping into your creative energies – whether to create your first masterpiece or simply to expand your range and appreciation for full-out living – well, what are you waiting for?

Take a bite of your creative birthright!

Muse Buzz:

“I am now very much centered with the fact that I’m an incredibly creative person. I’m even somewhat artistic. I’ve more confidence in myself, and more trust…”

“Suddenly I got that I could just sit down and write a book. It’s a breakthrough in my ability to see the actual possibility of writing something that people will pick up and read!”

“I'm bitten - I mean smitten...”

The Facts:
• “Bitten by the Muse” is a four-part teleclass.
• Dates: Currently underway... Come back and check for the next start date... most likely just after the Summer of 2007...
• Time: We'll let you know...
• Tuition: $99
• Maximum class size – 12 curious creative souls. So intimate!
• Materials: Could be a little glue and paper, pen and ink… Then again maybe a little flour, sugar and chocolate… Don’t sweat it – you’ll find out!
• To register: use the Pay Pal link below, or call Ken at 518.580.0550.

More Muse Buzz:

“I have come to see more of what I do as creative, and to tune into creative impulses that I might not have recognized.”

“I’m clearer about the fact that I have barely tapped my creative potential. I also got clear that much of my difficulty in letting myself be more creative has to do with my own negative self-assessments, and my deep-seated belief that ‘Art is just silly stuff. It’s playing, not work, and I have real serious work to do!’ I get that doing art unleashes my creative energy in many ways that directly enhance my work performance… Besides, it’s ok to just have fun, too!”

“So far a lot of my creativity has been around word shaping, I feel more open now to take that to a different medium - song, paint, clay, dance.”

The "Bitten" Big Kahunas - aka Leaders:

Melanie Keveles, CPCC, MA is a midwife for new ideas and a Dream Champion for all she meets. She coaches people who are starting small businesses, finding greater creative expression in their work, and who dream of publishing their work in the real world. She is also a Certification Program Leader for CTI.

Melanie is the author of a book and hundreds of articles on career change and entrepreneurship. On the visual side of the expressive rainbow, she creates wearable art, decoupage and mandalas. Her Jewish-Hungarian heritage shows up in the kitchen, where she is a real balebusteh! (That’s Yiddish… Look it up...)

Ken Mossman, MFA, CPCC, PCC, lives surrounded by his paintings and drawings –- with his wife and fire-headed son (and part-time muse) in Upstate New York. Committed to leading an unapologetically fun and creative life, he is a gifted storyteller who makes up great tales at bed time, then sneaks into his office to write them down.

After a decade-plus hiatus, Ken recently picked up his guitar, purchased a new set of strings, and re-discovered his inner rock & roll animal.

A member of CTI’s core curriculum and certification faculty, he also finds pathways to expression in the kitchen – where he cooks like nobody’s business. Ken specializes in coaching “Creative Cliff-Jumpers” – men and women ready to boot the status quo out the window and pursue their creative callings.

The Power of Polarity:
Expanding What's Possible by Exploring the Edges of Masculine and Feminine Power

Join us for a 3-day experiential journey to…

As our journey continues, you will:

Discover how to work with these powerful energies to invite more joy and creativity into your work, your play, and your relationships!

Logistics:

For other information - including hosting "The Power of Polarity" in your area, contact Ken at: 518.580-0550 or via email.

To find out more about the work of the MF3 Group, visit our blog!

Masks and Shadows: Unwrapping the Essential Masculine and Feminine Energies Within

A Four-Part Teleclass

Feminine and masculine energies are infused in everything, from negative and positive electrically charged sub-atomic particles to individual men and women, to whole corporate cultures - not to mention countries and social systems. What is possible when we fully honor the core masculine and feminine energies within ourselves and others?

Here's what "Masks and Shadows" participants from past teleclasses have to say:

From Damien Churton, Chamonix, France: "This was a life changing experience, and gave me a whole new area to explore, which is unleashing all sorts of brilliant stuff for me... It rates among the best developmental material I have ever experienced. Stunning!!!"

From Cathy McGavin, Totness, UK: "It stirred me, had me look round corners previously unseen. I felt remarkably safe, held and inspired. The combination of humour and depth, and the delightful, powerful dance between you and Debra. I was deeply moved by the uncharted territory you were willing to take us."

From Grace Menzel, Michigan: "I am hooked! I truly appreciate the fresh ground you are breaking. It is very exciting and holds huge promise for big change in the world..."

“Masks and Shadows” is an engaging, fun and challenging 4-call Teleclass Series in which we will:

• Define Masks and shadows as they relate to Masculine and Feminine energies
• Identify personal shadows and masks
• Learn and experience ways to listen to, understand, embrace and powerfully integrate your shadows and masks
• Find the gift of the shadow - and discover how it can serve you
• Provide creative "Homeplay" between calls

Presented by the "MF3" Group

Leaders: Ken Mossman and Mary Kuentz

• Venue: Four-week Tele-Class
• Dates: Keep your eyes peeled...
• Teleclass Tuition: $125
• For more information, contact Ken