Welcome
Welcome to the Australia and New Zealand regional website of the International Association of Facilitators (IAF). Find professional facilitation resources, facilitation events and training, attain your Certified professional Accreditation (CPF), read the latest newsletter and contact facilitators in the Australia and New Zealand region.
The mission of the IAF is is to promote, support and advance the art and practice of professional facilitation through methods exchange, professional growth, practical research, collegial networking and support services. This is accomplished through peer-to-peer networking, professional development and annual conferences which are critical means for fulfilling the mission and reflecting our core values. more >>>
IAF Conferences
IAF
Asia
27 - 28 August 2008
Kuching, Sarawak, East Malaysia
IAF
Europe
2 - 5 October 2008
Groningen, The Netherlands
AFN
Australia/New Zealand
26-28 November 2008
Bathurst, New South Wales
IAF
North America
9 - 12 April 2009
Vancouver, BC, Canada
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News and Events
IAF ANZ Regional Newsletter
Click
here for the Issue 15, the August 2008 Issue of the IAF
Regional Newsletter put together by Stephen Thorpe.
IAF-AFN Conference
Bathurst, New South Wales Australia
26-32 November 2008
The 11th Annual Australasian Facilitators' Network (AFN) Conference is at the Charles Sturt University in Bathurst, New South Wales this year. The theme of the conference is Pushing the Boundaries: Facilitation Frontiers. Click here for the conference website. Enquiries email
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CPF Accreditation at Bathurst
Attain the Certified Professional Facilitator (CPF) Accreditation in Bathurst this November on 24-25 November, just prior to the IAF-AFN Conference. The assessment process is based on rigorous peer review of
knowledge, experience and demonstration of skills. The IAF
Certified™ Professional Facilitator designation indicates
attainment of these foundational competencies. The professional
facilitator designation offers clients an assurance that those
who are certified are qualified to design and provide basic
group facilitation services. Click
here for the IAF-CPF Certification Process Overview (93kb
pdf). The closing date for part 1 of the CPF process is 31 August. Get your application in and begin collecting your evidence today. Contact
to register.
The IAF Facilitator Forum
The IAF Forum is up and running again. After a shaky start with several challenges with several different email servers it is now running in digest mode. There are 3 options for viewing posted messages online, daily digest, and weekly digest. To setup your forum to receive the daily digest. Log into www.iaf-forum.org and go to My Profile. Select Edit Options from the list on the left-hand side of the screen. Scroll down the centre of the page to the section titled Messaging & Notification. In that section, make sure your Default Thread Subscription Mode is set to Daily Email Notification.
Download IAF Journal Issue 8 Now
Current and back issues
of the journal may be downloaded in PDF format by IAF members
at no charge - click
here >>>.
IAF Journal Now available in hard copy
Issue #7 of the Group
Facilitation: A Research and Applications Journal
is now available in hard copy from Virtual
Bookworm and Amazon.com
for US$14.95 (+ Postage).
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