The Moreno Collegium

This sociodrama training program is designed as an integrated week long program. It will benefit sociodrama trainees and practitioners as well as change agents, Organisation Development consultants and HR managers.

Sociodrama in Organisational and Community Development: Program 1

This first program is designed for change agents, OD consultants and HR managers. Ideally they will be actively working to progress the organisation or community they are committed to. Participants will be invited to work with their own organisations or those they consult to. Systemic exploration and analyses will be used and taught - with models such as Social Systems Theory, Transformational Learning and Role Theory.

Setting out the system

Together we will set out concretely the organisational and community systems of participants and make working hypothesis of the systems displayed, and teach how to do this in action and explore possible interventions. We will explore the wide range of relevant social forces. This way participants can see the arrays of dynamics operating in their situation. They can understand their roles in it and their points of influence. Working from the lived experience within the system we will investigate where life is blocked,. We will look at what might progress that system (or not) with a view to enabling the expression of spontaneity. Participants will emerge with some concrete processes and action plans. These will progress the learning and their work as change agents, sociodramatists or revolutionaries in the system.

Sociometric, group and sociodramatic principles

The workshop will apply sociometric, group and sociodramatic principles, techniques and theory in the living moments of the group as well as to systems being reflected on by participants. Together we will expand our individual capability to work in the service of progressing issues of deep social concern, our capacity yo remain firm in the face of resistances to learning and to live with the consequences of being organisational and social activists. All those who attend this workshop are encouraged to attend Workshop 2 for further consolidation of learning and expansion of your professional identity.

Training in Sociodrama: Program 2

This second program will builds on the focus of the first. Sociodrama has as its aim the regeneration of life in participants and in the organisations and communities where they live and work. The focus in this group is the further integration of sociodrama into your practice and lives. We will explore what is involved in a sociodramatic approach to group life and experiment with:

• Sociometry,
• Leading, following and unifying group warm ups.
• Sociodramatic questions and interventions,
• Application of the group focal conflict model,
• Directing sociodramas with supervision,
• Reading, writing and discussing Moreno's work,

Methodology

During the workshops there will be experiential sessions in the morning and afternoons. After lunch each day there will be one hour written reflection sessions with a suggested proforma and discussion that will expand your learning. It is likely that the evening session will be a study session and will involve reading, writing and discussing the day with colleagues.

Professionals in these fields will gain from getting together with like-minded colleagues who are dedicated to the progress of places of work and living. In both workshops you will be touched personally and will warm up to undertaking development work to allow us to expand your work capabilities. Expect to bring forward the delights and dilemmas of your work.

Outcomes

Participants in both workshops can anticipate

• The joy and demands of collegiality,
• In-common experiences with social systems, social forces and social life to discuss and extensively reflect upon,
• Intellectual and emotional satisfaction and challenges that expand our capability,
• The study of Moreno and other social systems theory and its application to your work,
• Expansion of, and unification in your professional identity.

Dates

Program 1 Sociodrama in Organisational and Community Development from 2.00 pm Thursday 12^th - 5.00 pm Saturday 14^th June 2008

Program 2 Training in Sociodrama from 9.00 am Monday 16^th to 3.00 pm Wednesday 18^th June 2008

Schedule

Within the frame of the advertised starting and finishing times sessions will include coffee/tea breaks and be conducted as follows:

Contact

To enrol please phone Rollo or Diz for a phone interview to ensure these workshops will address your development. Or contact Diz through the booking button on the left of this screen or by clicking here.

Rollo Browne M: 0417 682 085, Ph: 02 9555 8424, Diz Synnot M: 0411 876 969, Ph: 07 3836 3665

Cost

One workshop: $1,035

Two workshops: $1,970 for both workshops

10% discount applies for Associate and Ordinary members of ANZPA. Active trainees will get a further discount to be determined as well.

This fee includes the provision of a modest morning and afternoon tea, catering for lunches and dinners, some written material, use of an extensive library (Organisational Development, Moreno, and Leadership).

Enrolment

You can secure your place on the program immediately by forwarding a 10% deposit. Full payment is to be received by 1^st June, 2008. Minimum numbers are 8 and maximum numbers are 20.

Note: Attendance can be at either or both of the workshops. Attendance at workshop 1 is not a pre-requisite for attendance at workshop 2.

Upon enquiry you will receive the curriculum outline. Upon enrolment, you will receive pre-reading materials, and some work to be completed prior to their commencement.

For an invoice to raise payment please email Carolyn McAuley using the contact email form on left

If unable to pay the full amount prior to the workshop, your attendance is dependant on negotiating with Elizabeth Synnot a form of regular payment over time. This must be done prior to the workshop's commencement. You will appreciate that there are many outgoings from such an undertaking and so a firm grip on our cash flow is required.

Cancellations that result from unforeseen circumstances will be made less a 20% administrative fee.

Accommodation

Organising overnight accommodation is the responsibility of the participant.

Go to www.wotif.com for a range of options from 3 - 5 star.

Macquarie House is very handy to an inner city railway station and bus lines.

Contact 13 12 30 for detailed instructions to use public transport from your accommodation venue. Print off map and directions at www.whereis.com.au. It may be possible to organise billeting depending on the numbers of local enrolments.

Travel to the venue

The cheapest and easiest way from the airport to Macquarie House is by rail into the city and then on the Coorparoo line. Cost of a taxi will be about $45 and is a comparably cheap option if there are two or more sharing the fare.

This sociodrama training program is designed as an integrated week long program. It will benefit sociodrama trainees and practitioners as well as change agents, Organisation Development consultants and HR managers.