Processing the Experience Laurie Frank GOAL Consulting 27 July, 2011

Ground Rules/Community Agreements In order to create a workshop that is useful and meaningful for all participants… What do you need? What can you give?

We should be careful to get out of experience only the wisdom that is in it, and stop there, lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove lid again and that is well, but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore. ~ Mark Twain

Thematic/Focused From: Cain, J., Cummings, M, & Stanchfield, J. (2005). A Teachable Moment. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company (p. 8)

The Adventure Wave

The Adventure Wave

Now What? What? So What?

The Experiential Learning cycle & Adventure Wave

The Experiential Learning cycle & Adventure Wave

Does that happen in real life? Experiential Learning Cycle David Kolb WHAT? NOW WHAT? How can you use that? Did you notice?… SO WHAT? Why did that happen? Does that happen in real life? Why does that happen?

Processing Experience with Groups Reflective Observation and Asking Questions How can you use that? Did you notice?… Why did that happen? Does that happen in real life?

This profession might become wearisome through the repetition of the same climbs time after time, but the guide is more than a mere machine for climbing rocks and ice slopes, for knowing the weather and the way. He knows that such-and-such a climb is particularly interesting, that at this turn the view is quite suddenly very beautiful, and that this ice ridge is delicate as lace. He says nothing of all this but his reward is in his companion’s smile of discovery. ~ Gaston Rebuffat

Processing Tools and Strategies Formats Ratings Words and Drawings Metaphorical Artistic Activities And more…

The wise leader does not intervene unnecessarily The wise leader does not intervene unnecessarily. The leader’s presence is felt, but often the group runs itself.   Lesser leaders do a lot, say a lot, have followers, and form cults. Even worse ones use fear to energize the group and force to overcome resistance. Only the most dreadful leaders have bad reputations. Remember that you are facilitating another person’s process. It is not your process. Do not intrude. Do not control. Do not force your own needs and insights into the foreground.

If you do not trust a person’s process, that person will not trust you If you do not trust a person’s process, that person will not trust you. Imagine that you are a midwife; you are assisting at someone else’s birth. Do good without show or fuss. Facilitate what is happening rather than what you think ought to be happening. If you must take the lead, lead so that the mother is helped, yet still free and in charge.   When the baby is born, the mother will rightly say: “We did it ourselves!” ~ Lao Tzu

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