Coming together with others as part of an intentional learning community provides invaluable opportunities to build new relationships, share knowledge, gain new insights to advance our collective work and ultimately energize and inspire one another.
This page offers a listing of upcoming learning opportunities that you may want to be part of:
These face-to-face events offer you the opportunity to join with colleagues and peers who are actively working in their communities.
Leadership, Governance and Community Collaboratives
Join Liz Weaver of Tamarack – An Institute for Community Engagement for an interactive one-day workshop focused on leadership and governance in community-wide collaborative change efforts.
Explore the leadership qualities required for effective community collaboration
Learn about tools and strategies which enhance collaborative efforts
Learn about the four phases of collaborative efforts and the traps to avoid
Advance your community’s agenda by increasing knowledge and commitment of community partners
When and Where:
March 19, 2012 in Hamilton, Ontario
April 19, 2012 in Calgary, Alberta
2012 Communities Collaborating Institute: Innovating Together
The Communities Collaborating Institute (CCI), Tamarack’s signature, week-long learning event, provides a unique opportunity to join a dynamic learning community of practitioners from across Canada and beyond who are committed to deepening their capacity to lead community collaborations.
The 2012 Communities Collaborating Institute: Innovating Together is geared specifically for those wanting to rejuvenate and grow their collaborative leadership capacity.
A dynamic array of some of North America's most renowned and respected authorities on collaboration have now confirmed their participation at the CCI 2012, including Michael Jones, Al Etmanski, Tim Brodhead, and Margaret Wheatley.
When and Where:
October 1-5, 2012 at the Delta Kitchener-Waterloo, in Kitchener, Ontario.
Tamarack and Vibrant Communities offer free tele-learning seminars that are brought to you live via telephone
conference line. Dial-in
information will be emailed to you shortly after you register for an upcoming call. After the seminar,
we will send you a post email with a links and further resources for learning. Note: While there is no fee associated with your participation, the tele-bridge service we use is based in the U.S., so long distance charges through your long distance service provider may apply.
Title: Convening Social Change: Opportunities and Dilemmas Speakers: Jay Connor and Liz Weaver
Location: via conference call Date: Thursday, February 9th, 2012 - 11:55am - 1:00 pm, ET Details: Jay Connor, is the Founder/CEO of The Collaboratory for Community Support. He has extensive leadership experience in the business, non-profit, and public policy arenas. Jay has seen that in order to be effective, our emerging community leaders must be comfortable at the intersection not only of organizations and cultures but also at the intersection of the non-profit, business and government sectors. Join in the call and ask your questions as Jay and Liz Weaver discuss leadership, social change and the collaborative convenor.
Title: The Role of Government in Community Engagement Speakers: Don Lenihan and Liz Weaver Location: via conference call Date: Thursday, February 23rd, 2012 - 11:55am - 1:00 pm, ET Details: Don Lenihan is Vice President, Engagement at the Public Policy Forum. He is a recognized expert on democracy and public engagement, accountability and service delivery. He has over 25 years of experience as a project leader, writer, speaker, senior government advisor, trainer and facilitator, and has developed and led many research and consultation projects. Don recently wrote a piece about the Nunavut Poverty Reduction Strategy. Join in the call and ask your questions as Don and Liz Weaver discuss the government’s role, policy and community engagement.
Title: Power and Love: A Theory and Practice of Social Change Speakers: Adam Kahane and Liz Weaver
Location: via conference call Date: Thursday, March 8th, 2012 - 11:55am - 1:00 pm, ET Details: Adam Kahane is a partner in Reos Partners, an international organisation dedicated to supporting and building capacity for innovative collective action in complex social systems. Adam is a leading organizer, designer and facilitator of processes through which business, government, and civil society leaders can work together to address their toughest challenges. Adam is the author of Solving Tough Problems: An Open Way of Talking, Listening, and Creating New Realities and Power and Love: A Theory and Practice of Social Change. Join in this call and ask your questions as Adam and Liz Weaver discuss leadership, power and social change.
Title: Enhancing Collaborative Leadership Speakers: David Chrislip and Liz Weaver Location: via conference call Date: Thursday, March 29th, 2012 - 11:55am - 1:00 pm, ET Details: David Chrislip has spent the last 30 years helping people enhance their leadership capacities and create visions and strategies for their organizations and communities by working together. His work focuses on civic leadership development, collaboratively addressing complex community issues, and organizational strategy and development. Join in this call, listen and ask your questions as Liz Weaver and David discuss leadership, collaboration, and complex community problems.
Practitioners meet by telephone and online to learn and share their experiences.The calls will focus mainly on poverty reduction, but are open and relevant to anyone working with multi-sector, comprehensive and community-based approaches to social issues.
Each Community of Practice (CoP) usually meets every two months at a regular time via conference call; topics are determined by the members of the CoP. Dial-in information and background on each call are sent by email about a week before each call.
The CoPs are smaller, more interactive groups than Tamarack's open tele-learning calls; we expect CoP members will commit to participating regularly, to freely sharing their experience and occasionally leading a call.
You need only register once to join a specific CoP; you will then receive notices of future calls for that CoP. To register or if you no longer want to receive the emails for a specific CoP, please email us here.
