Nobel-laureate scientists. Award-winning filmmakers. World-champion athletes. These are people that change the world. They operate with peak performance. And they all have something else in common.

They think not just in words, but in images.

Whether it’s imagining a new vaccine in the lab, a blockbuster at the studio, or a perfect shot on the court, these amazing people bring both the verbal and the visual together.

By using images to go beyond words alone, visual images can be used to help improve performance, resolve conflict, and achieve results.

VisualsSpeak trains facilitators in the use of tools using images to drive discussion, insight, and transformation.

Christine Martell is principal of VisualsSpeak, and she will be our guest for this special IATF Train-The-Trainer TeleSeminar.

This TeleSeminar will focus on strategies for building relationships in teams using visual images.

Christine will share a special series of images (digital download) with all who participate in this call.  You'll be able to use these same images with the groups you serve.

Topics we'll be covering include:

• Overview of ways you can use images in team building
• When and why to use images
• Experience of using visuals to build relationships in teams

Christine Martell has been facilitating with a variety of organizations worldwide for 25 years. Her work integrating visuals with traditional corporate performance improvement methods has brought her global recognition. Her work at VisualsSpeak is focused on developing fun, experiential, transformational tools for team building, leadership development, and strategic visioning.

Call Details

TITLE

How To Strengthen Relationships on Teams Using Visual Images

DATE

Thursday, July 8, 2010

TIME

Starts at 1 pm Eastern (NY City time zone)
runs for 70 minutes

PRESENTERS

Christine Martell of VisualsSpeak.com
Tom Heck, President & Founder of the IATF

WHAT TO EXPECT

Come to the call ready to participate in small group discussions, share ideas and resources, ask questions, answer quick polls, and be fully engaged as we put the newest distance learning telephone conferencing technology to use!

RECORDING

This call was recorded and is now archived in the IATF Members Only Area.  Not yet an IATF member?  Join HERE.

REGISTER HERE

CLICK HERE to register. It's free!  After you register, we'll send you the secret phone number and "PIN".  Registration is closed.

CLASS HANDOUT

CLICK HERE to download the 10 page class handout which teaches you how to lead a process that will strengthen team relationships.  This handout is available in the IATF members only area HERE.  Not yet an IATF member?  Join HERE.

FACT:  Inspired teams have a stronger bottom line than "average" teams.

No surprises there.

But HOW do you build and lead inspired teams?

This question is best answered by inspiration in the workplace expert Dr. Lance Secretan who is the author of the new best seller "The Spark, The Flame, and the Torch"

Dr. Secretan's much anticipated new book is broad, effective and extraordinarily inspiring. The Spark, The Flame, and the Torch  is Dr. Secretan's masterwork in which he has taken 35 years of intellectual property—which he calls Higher Ground Leadership—developed through his research, client engagements, coaching and teaching experience, and integrated it into a unified theory of inspired leadership, that offers a comprehensive approach to being an inspiring person and therefore an inspiring leader.

You will learn how to be a transformational leader and how to be the change the world needs for a brighter future. It is a brilliant work that helps leaders:

• rethink the role of modern organizations
• reassess our personal contribution
• develop greater meaning and fulfillment
• overhaul performance management and coaching practice
• become clearer about future visioning
• build stronger personal relationships and teams
• rethink leadership, and
• focus on inspiration

We all long for greater authenticity, integrity, and inspiration from our corporations and institutions. The Spark, the Flame, and the Torch reveals a leadership path that will forever change your perception of yourself, others, your organization and the world around you—enabling you to live a more effective, purposeful, and inspiring life.

Join us for this inspiring TeleSeminar and gain important lessons for building and leading inspired teams. 

Call Details

TITLE

How To Build & Lead Inspired Teams with Dr. Lance Secretan

DATE

Thursday, June 17, 2010

TIME

Starts at 1 pm Eastern (NY City time zone)
runs for 70 minutes

PRESENTERS

Dr. Lance Secretan, IATF Visiting Faculty Member
Tom Heck, President & Founder of the IATF

WHAT TO EXPECT

Come to the call ready to participate in small group discussions, share ideas and resources, ask questions, answer quick polls, and be fully engaged as we put the newest distance learning telephone conferencing technology to use!

RECORDING

This call was recorded and is available in the IATF Members Only Area HERE.

Non IATF members can get the recording HERE free for a limited time.

REGISTER HERE

CLICK HERE to register. It's free!  After you register, we'll send you the secret phone number and "PIN".  Registration is closed.

Hello Teamwork Facilitators!  It's Tom Heck, President & Founder of the International Association of Teamwork Facilitators, with your June 2010 teamwork ideas e-newsletter.

In this issue you'll find lots of great training opportunities, both live and recorded (get the recordings before they disappear). 

A new feature is the IATF Member Buzz Roundup which showcases the wonderful work IATF members are doing around the world.  One of the greatest joys I have is connecting with IATF community members and learning about how they're growing inspired teams.  Now, through the Member Buzz Roundup, everyone gets to learn about the inspiring work of IATF members.

If you have ideas, suggestions, or feedback about the IATF please share them with me.  As we grow, I want to make sure we grow in the highest and best way.

Upcoming TeleSeminars

NEW! -- Member Buzz Roundup

The IATF community is AMAZING.  Check out what our members are up to: 

• Brian Wilson helps 4th graders become leaders.  CLICK HERE for more.
• Karen Valencic helps shift team success with "Accountability Value Credos".  CLICK HERE for more.
• Theresa Gran uses the power of fun and "SimpleTruths" at lunch time to inspire.  CLICK HERE for more.
• Susan Johnson heads up a new EDGE-y training center near DC.  CLICK HERE for more.
• Mike Cardus has developed a top leadership blog.  CLICK HERE for more.

NEW! -- Calendar of IATF Events

With so much happening at the IATF we thought it would be a good idea to create a calendar of events.  Take a look HERE. 

Free Training for 24 hours

For 24 hours only download the following IATF team and leadership development TeleSeminar recordings (IATF members can access all of these at anytime in the IATF members only area):

• Do More Great Work with guest Michael Bungay Stanier
• How Linchpins Are Transforming Organizations with guest Seth Godin
• Secrets to Leading Gen-Y with guest Bea Fields
• Teams In Transition: 6 Tips to Coach Teams Through the Storm with Tom Heck
• DRIVE - The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us with guest Dan Pink

NEW!  The IATF "Member Buzz Roundup" is a new monthly feature showcasing some of the amazing work IATF Members are doing around the world.

4th Graders Become Leaders

Brian Wilson of Adventure Teamworks, LLC in Charleston, SC just finished delivering a powerful series of leadership development programs for 4th, 5th, and 6th grade inner-city students.  Brian reports that the 4th grade students were quick to embrace the curriculum and immediately started using their newly acquired leadership skills for the betterment of the school. Read more HERE.

Accountability Value Credos

Karen Valencic of Spiral Impact led an extremely popular TeleSeminar for the IATF community entitled "How To Use Conflict Creatively In Teams".  Karen has growing requests this year to create ‘group accountability value credos.’  Karen has had the opportunity to work with several large groups (100+) and take them through a large group process to create a short series of questions they can hold each other accountable to.

Movies Make Training Fun

Theresa Gran is a mover and shaker in the Training, Development, and Performance Reporting division at Assurant and is a graduate of the IATF Leader As Coach Fast Track Program.  During the course, Theresa became inspired by the videos we shared through SimpleTruths.com.  Starting this month (June) Theresa is facilitating a "Friday Film Fest".  It's a fun way to bring the week to a positive ending.  Assurant team members are invited to watch a SimpleTruth DVD over lunch together and are provided with a "reflections handout" to carry the lesson with them.  To keep it fun, Theresa shows a short, relavant preview cartoon (and popcorn is provided!).  A new movie is featured each month.  Email Theresa for details.

EDGE-y Training

Susan Johnson is the Center Manager of The EDGE, the new hands-on team and organizational learning center at George Mason University near Washington, DC.  The EDGE features a state of the art Alpine Tower high ropes course.

Top Leadership Blog

Mike Cardus at Create Learning has a leadership blog that was recently rated as one of the best in the world!  It's should come as no surprise.  Mike is always sharing great ideas  blog shares great team and leadership resources.

Submissions

Would you like to be included in the next IATF Member Buzz Roundup?  IATF members CLICK HERE for instructions.  If you're not yet a member, please JOIN HERE.

 

 

Are you planning to write a teambuilding book?

You might be writing a teambuilding book (or considering it) for the following reasons:

• Legacy - the book will outlive you and likely reach more people than you ever will.
• Marketing - the book can help you build you establish credibility and grow your business.
• Message - writing your book will help you clarify and strengthen your message.
• Income - your book will become one of your streams of passive revenue

  In this live an interactive TeleSeminar we'll explore many aspects of book writing with the help of noted teambuilding book author Sam Sikes of DoingWorks.com.

 

 

Sam has written 7 teambuilding books.  He has authored some of the books on his own and has coauthored others.  Sam is not only a teambuilding leader, he has a wealth of information about how and why to publish your own book. 

Some of the topics we plan to cover include:

• How to self publish (traditional offset, print on demand, e-book)
• Working with a publisher
• Cover design
• Marketing
• Working with resellers
• ISBN numbers
• Pricing
• Sales on amazon
• Writing solo and with coauthors
• Benefits of writing a book (marketing, helping others, passive revenue, etc.)
• Order fulfillment
• Including multimedia (CD, DVD)
• Password protected website
• Dedicated website for sales
• How to get endorsements and what to do with them
• Editor / proofreader - where to find
• Images & illustrations

This is a perfect opportunity to get your book writing questions answered!

Call Details

TITLE

How To Write and Publish Your Teamwork Book

DATE

Thursday, June 10, 2010

TIME

Starts at 1 pm Eastern (NY City time zone)
runs for 60-75 minutes

PRESENTERS

• Sam Sikes of DoingWorks.com
• Tom Heck, President & Founder of the IATF

WHAT TO EXPECT

Come to the call ready to participate in small group discussions, share ideas and resources, ask questions, answer quick polls, and be fully engaged as we put the newest distance learning telephone conferencing technology to use!

RECORDING

This call was recorded and is now archived in the IATF members only area.  Not yet a member? Join HERE.

REGISTER HERE

• IATF members CLICK HERE to register for free.  Registration is closed.  Members CLICK HERE to access the recording.

• Non-members CLICK HERE to pay $59. Registration is closed. Not an IATF member?  CLICK HERE to join and get immediate access to the recording and class notes.

NEW training for managers of Virtual Teams led by Tom Heck, President and Founder of the International Association of Teamwork Facilitators.

Learn How To Lead Virtual Teams In This Dynamic LIVE Distance Learning Program!

The Virtual Team Leader training program is designed for managers and supervisors who need real world solutions for leading remote teams.

• Delivered LIVE via telephone conference calls.  Fully participate from anywhere in the world; no travel required.
• Leverages the power of a dedicated and focused learning community; learn in the company of like-minded professionals.
• Application oriented.  You'll learn strategies, tactics and tools for leading virtual teams and then return to your group to apply what you've learned.  Then you'll return to class to share your success (or challenges) and receive support and coaching from the instructor and community.
• Professional instruction with personal attention.

CLICK HERE to register.  IATF members receive a discount!