[Springboard] Operationalizing the 4 levels

[James Wiegel]

Yes, I like it.  Along those lines, there were descriptions at our Trainers meeting of ToP and facilitation as a life style, and Jo Nelson recently found and sent round an article that describes facilitative leadership as a style -- recent Harvard Business Review certainly points that direction, but does not use the f word.
   
  My impression is that facilitation, etc. is bustin' out all over your part of the world.  eh?

Kevin Balm <kbalm at topfacilitators.com> wrote:
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  I appreciated your two contributions so much that I felt emboldened to share a similar vein of thought I’ve been engaged in. The attached piece is something I use in facilitation training to highlight the journey of developing one’s prowess in facilitation (beyond any particular facilitation school or technique) while locating ToP in the ‘field’ of facilitation. I suppose its been my way of inviting participants to the possibility of facilitation as something more than an occupation or engagement. The MS Word format may suffer some in transmission.
   
  By the way Jim, in the Integrated category, have you tried the word ‘aligned’ in the place of ‘fascinated’? And I don’t know why but Occupation, Engagement, Vocation and Integration speak more to me.
   
  Regards from humid Bangkok
  Kevin Balm
      
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  From: R Williams [mailto:rcwmbw at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Sunday, 20 January 2008 12:53 AM
To: Springboard Dialogue
Subject: Re: [Springboard] Operationalizing the 4 levels

   
    Jim,

     

    These four levels as they apply to ToP facilitators are fascinating.  I have done a similar thing regarding commitment in the workplace that I use with businesses, under the three categories of "job, career, calling."  When  you and Judy visited with me last year I gave you a chart depicting these three levels of work.  I suspect you may not remember or still have this so I am attaching it.  I created it  Carel Draw but have it here in pdf format.  I hope you will be able to open it.

     

    Randy

James Wiegel <jfwiegel at yahoo.com> wrote:

      Jim Wiegel here.

     

    I am trying to create a description of the 4 levels we talk about -- occupied to paravocated in a way that people could check which level they are at and therefore you could figure out how to care accordingly.  In the example below, I am considering the 15,000 or so ToP trained people in the US sort of as my "guild" or "guild network" and trying to come up with indicators re:  what level they are at.  Would appreciate wisdom and additions.

     

    LEVELS OF INTEREST

    Across the several hundred of us, there are many different kinds and levels of interest between our work / our life and the values and methods of the Technology of Participation.  In addition to understanding the kind of interest you have it will also be helpful to know the level of your interest re:  ToP and facilitation.  Please check the item below that best describes your level of interest in ToP.

     

    Occupied.  These methods and values are interesting and helpful in my work and life and I like using them as part of my tool kit, especially in my current position

     

    Engaged.  My experience with ToP has created a significant professional and emotional commitment in me.  I get excited in using them and in seeing what happens / can happen to groups and teams as they move down the road together.  I would like to use ToP more regularly

     

    Vocated.  My acquaintance with and use of ToP resonates inside me.  Something in ToP is in clear alignment with my heart and my life and touches me at a deeper level.  I see this approach as a significant social innovation that is clearly needed in our time.

     

    Integrated.  I am deeply fascinated with ToP and find myself integrating ToP values, methods and approaches in many areas of my life. ToP and facilitation will be part of what I do long beyond my current work.  I look for ways to develop ToP consciousness in others

  

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401 North Beverly Way   
Tolleson, Arizona 85353-2401
+1  623-936-8671
+1  623-363-3277
   jfwiegel at yahoo.com
   www.partnersinparticipation.com

Strangely enough, this is the past that somebody in the future is longing to go back to.    Ashleigh Brilliant
       
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