[ICANN Academy WG] ICANN Academy - Call for Coaches and Content for the New Chairing Skills Programme
Robert Guerra
rguerra at privaterra.org
Fri Dec 23 16:38:54 UTC 2016
Sandra,
I’m interested ! Count me in!
Keen to bring not only a perspective from the SSAC, but also from
someone who has brought many new comers to ICANN and other Internet
Governance related fora.
In regards to the questions asked, below are my quick thoughts:
>> 1. We want to know what is challenging to chairs, new and old.
- Understanding group dynamics, cross cultural issues and gender issues,
and utilizing techniques so that all in the group can engage and
participate actively.
- Saboteurs and/or Passionate views that make it challenging for a group
to come to a common understanding and consensus.
- Keeping the group focused & on time: Keeping groups on track, both in
regards to agreed to scope & focus as well as agreed to timeline
- Keeping the chair as a neutral facilitator and not getting caught up
in the dynamics of contested issues that might arise.
- Participants not declaring their conflicts & interests.
>> 2. What skills would be helpful to chairs so they can be highly
>> effective with their groups?
techniques and processes that can be used to diffuse, at times
passionate views, so that groups can develop their work product.
>> 3. What got in the way of being effective facilitators?
- Not being sufficiently neutral
- Not being able to handle passionate and strong personalities
>> 4. What worked for them?
- Learning from experts (such as those present at the ICANN academy)
- Participating in role playing exercises , that is followed-up with
recommendations
- Better understanding of how different social/cultural aspects can be
used to strengthen group dynamics.
Regards
Robert
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On 23 Dec 2016, at 3:22, Thomas Rickert wrote:
> Hi Sandra,
> I am also interested.
>
> Thomas
>
> ...
> rickert.net
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>> Am 14.12.2016 um 12:00 schrieb sandra hoferichter
>> <info at hoferichter.eu>:
>>
>> Hey there! Is this ICANN Academy working group still alive? Please
>> reply on the red parts if you would like to get involved in the new
>> course!
>> Dear all, it has be quiet around this working group, but there was
>> little but steady activity. With the IANA transition now
>> accomplished, I hope the ICANN community has more bandwidth and we
>> can re-activate this group. A next chance to get involved again is
>> the new course which was proposed by participants and facilitators of
>> the last Leadership Programme in Dublin (2015):
>> ICANN Academy - Chairing Skills Programme
>> We need your help! We are creating a new ICANN Academy course called
>> Chairing Skills Programme (CSP). You may have recognised the
>> announcement during the ICANN meeting in Hyderabad for this new
>> course but also for the next Leadership Programme (LP) taking place
>> in conjunction with ICANN 58 in Copenhagen. (see:
>> https://community.icann.org/x/7IU0Aw) I enclose a detailed outline of
>> this new course to this email.
>> Given this context we are in search of CONTENT and COACHES.
>> Regarding CONTENT we would like to hear from all of the SO/AC/SGs:
>> 1. We want to know what is challenging to chairs, new and old.
>>
>> 2. What skills would be helpful to chairs so they can be highly
>> effective with their groups?
>>
>> 3. What got in the way of being effective facilitators?
>>
>> 4. What worked for them?
>>
>> We want to get a clear picture of chairing across the ICANN
>> Community. You are invited to send your input until 5th January 2017
>> to: info at hoferichter.eu and staff at atlarge.icann.org who will
>> synthesize it.
>> Even more important we need COACHES from across the community.
>> Ideally, we are looking for alumni of the Academy LTP programme and
>> former chairs as well. The time commitment will involve several phone
>> calls and concluding at ICANN 58. As a coach you will be trained in
>> coaching skills and course content to be determined by this request.
>> You will have other community coaches and professional coach and
>> professional facilitators from Incite Learning to support you.
>> You will be assigned one or two trainees to work with during the
>> programme.
>> You will set up times to sit in on their calls and provide feedback
>> afterwards on chairing skills. Some coordination and training calls
>> will occur among the coaches - then work with the trainees will
>> commence and continue through ICANN 58 in Copenhagen
>> The most important task you will take on is having impact on the
>> ICANN Chairs and how they lead the community into the future.
>> Please let us know until 20th December if you are interested to
>> become a coach for this training and if yes if you are available for
>> both parts of the course (telephonic and F2F). Please note: for
>> acting as a coach during the F2F part at ICANN 58 in Copenhagen this
>> programme cannot provide additional travel support.
>> Preliminary timeline
>>
>> Date estimate
>> Description
>> During ICANN 57 (HYD)
>> Announcement of the Chairing Skills Programme (CSP)
>> 20th December
>> Reach out and confirmation of trainees and coaches
>> Early - mid January
>> · Briefing and with coaches and external facilitator (Incite
>> Learning)
>>
>> · Introduction call with trainees and coaches to discuss the
>> course part 1 (telephonic facilitation)
>>
>> January and February
>> · Observation calls (1) coaches to trainees
>>
>> · Calls between coaches to discuss feedback across trainees
>>
>> · Feedback calls coaches to trainees
>>
>> Early March
>> Call with coaches and trainees to discuss ICANN 58 observations and
>> training
>>
>> March 13-15 (ICANN 58)
>> Face-to-Face observations, briefing and evaluation session during
>> meeting
>> Post ICANN 58
>> · Observation calls (2) coaches to trainees - to see how the
>> training helped to develop chairing skills
>>
>> · Final feedback calls coaches to trainees
>>
>> · Evaluation of CSP (part 1 and 2); recommendations for next
>> steps
>>
>>
>> Please let me know if you have any additional questions.
>>
>> Best Sandra
>> Chair of the ICANN Academy Working Group
>>
>> <ICANN Academy_Chairing Skills Program_Outline_20161214.pdf>
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