Ordinary Meetings DON'T Interest Me!: What Is Facilitation? (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781533207067)

IWONA POLOWY Inspired by what's possible when working with people rather than processes, Iwona left a well-paid career in Quality Assurance in the UK and moved to Australia to start again as a facilitator and trainer. She has worked for an Australia's largest independent oil and gas supplier as a specialist facilitator and trainer. She runs workshops with dozens of internal decision makers, external companies, and community representatives. More recently, Iwona founded Red Hot Bananas workshops, including a highly successful Business Master Class that brings dozens of small businesses together with experienced business people. She is a member of Australian Asian Facilitator's Network group and the International Association of Facilitators. Since March 2015, she's been coordinating the IAF Perth chapter. In May 2016, Iwona became a Certified Professional Facilitator (CPF) through the International Association of Facilitators (IAF). For more information about Iwona's workshops and educational programs, please visit www.iwonapolowy.com. AUSTIN WILSON was born in Manchester, UK and swam competitively until his late twenties. He soon learnt the value of discipline, commitment, and, most importantly, delayed gratification! After completing his degree in chemical engineering, he started his career as a Plant Superintendent with the largest international oil and gas company in the UK. The industry has taken him to work in various places around the world, where he has worked on many complex world-class oil and gas developments. He had a number of business successes beyond his ordinary work, including Database Design and Property Investment. When standing as a president of CASM (Contemporary Artists Surrealist Movement), he employed his partner Iwona to facilitate a Strategic Planning workshop for his club. He was stunned to see what was possible through the use of only one facilitated workshop, and he loved the energy created in the room that helped the Artists get together, create a vision for the future, and clear a pathway forward. Since then, he has become passionate about empowering Iwona to complete this series of books, as he truly believes facilitation does make a difference for people working well together. Austin lives in Perth with his lovely partner, Iwona, anticipating his new life adventures as a dad, which inspires him to be the best he can be each and every day.