Last chance - Free workshop - Action Oriented Personal Support Networks

[Guest guest]

Learn about one of the necessary components for quality lives for people with

disabilities – Action oriented personal support networks!

It’s free, it’s proven effective time and again to improve the lives of

people with disabilities~ AND energetic, compassionate, skilled field organizers

are available to assist you in making it happen J

Join us!

Partridge

Join this Online Workshop, Tuesday, May 4 at 7 pm CDT. To join:

1. Go to https://iamc.webex.com/iamc/j.php?ED=135057777

<https://iamc.webex.com/iamc/j.php?ED=135057777 & UID=0 & RT=MiM3> & UID=0 & RT=MiM3

2. If requested, enter your name and email address.

3. If a password is required, enter the meeting password: (This meeting does not

require a password.)

4. Click " Join " .

To view in other time zones or languages, please click the link:

https://iamc.webex.com/iamc/j.php?ED=135057777

<https://iamc.webex.com/iamc/j.php?ED=135057777 & UID=0 & ORT=MiM3> & UID=0 & ORT=MiM3

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To join the audio conference only

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Call-in toll number (US/Canada): +1-408-600-3600

Access code:804 390 223

The Star Raft offers a robust set of tools and strategies for developing and

maintaining

action-oriented personal support networks that are:

★ asset-based,

★ family-friendly, and

★ anchored in valued community relationships.

Using the metaphor of a ʻStar Raftʼ (a pattern used by sailors

to anchor in community), participants will learn how to:

★ Identify, invite and mobilize a rich array of people, places and resources

that

are just a step or two away when we tap into our own personal networks

★ ʻFollow the threadsʼ of individual interests, gifts and capacities in the

direction

of companionship, connection and contribution

★ Keep support circles on track and sustain involvement in turbulent times

★ Teach network members how to mobilize their own connections

★ Teach members how they can leave without breaking the circle

★ Work within existing trust networks and use patterns that maintain safety

★ Work in ways that donʼt depend upon formal system resources and that can

survive system turbulence

★ Multiply the effort by supporting experienced members to start new networks

★ Apply the pattern in wider contexts, including justice, child protection,

foster

care, care for aging parents, injured worker and veteransʼ rehabilitation

The workshop is practice-based and action-oriented. Participants will work in

teams, practicing the tools and patterns they will ultimately use in the field.

The tools can be used in conversation and on paper, but they are also

supported by powerful social networking websites and mind-mapping software

to explore, develop and strengthen individual networks. The workshop will

provide access to the basic software tools and a ʻtemplateʼ for mapping

relationship networks.

Following the workshop, each participant will be encouraged to start a

network for someone who is important in their lives. Everyone who starts or

joins an active network will be invited to join a web-based community for

ongoing support.

Presenter Wetherow brings thirty years of experience in designing

individual and family supports, developing Microboards, conducting valuesbased

training and teaching person-centered planning

We look forward to seeing you in the Star Raft Webinar with Wetherow on

May 4 at 7 pm CST.

Before 'the day', take a few minutes to download and install the Adobe Connect

Pro add-in.

Just go to https://na1.connect.acrobat.com/common/help/en/support/downloads.htm

Click the Windows or Mac link (depending on your computer brand):and follow the

Yellow Brick Road.

It's quick, safe and easy to do.

On the day of the Webinar, you can join at:

http://connectpro90645313.na5.acrobat.com/illinois_star_raft/

You will sign in as a guest. We'll set the room so that anyone who has the site

address will be welcomed automatically.

You can use your computer for the audio connection, but if you'd prefer to use a

regular phone for audio, you can call:

Toll-Free: 1-866-231-6479

Passcode: 260305 (you'll be prompted to key in the 'pound sign' (#) at the end

of the number)

This will give you telephone-quality audio for the meeting.

Once you're logged in, you can turn on your webcam by clicking the little 'Start

my camera and voice' button in the lower left-hand corner of the video panel.

If you're using computer-based audio, you can use the 'Hold to talk' button in

the lower left-hand corner of the meeting panel.

I'll set up the call about 1/2 hour ahead, so if you want to join early to get a

bit of practice and tune up your connection before the meeting starts, I'll see

you then.

Cheers,

Wetherow

[Guest guest]

Learn about one of the necessary components for quality lives for people with

disabilities – Action oriented personal support networks!

It’s free, it’s proven effective time and again to improve the lives of

people with disabilities~ AND energetic, compassionate, skilled field organizers

are available to assist you in making it happen J

Join us!

Partridge

Join this Online Workshop, Tuesday, May 4 at 7 pm CDT. To join:

1. Go to https://iamc.webex.com/iamc/j.php?ED=135057777

<https://iamc.webex.com/iamc/j.php?ED=135057777 & UID=0 & RT=MiM3> & UID=0 & RT=MiM3

2. If requested, enter your name and email address.

3. If a password is required, enter the meeting password: (This meeting does not

require a password.)

4. Click " Join " .

To view in other time zones or languages, please click the link:

https://iamc.webex.com/iamc/j.php?ED=135057777

<https://iamc.webex.com/iamc/j.php?ED=135057777 & UID=0 & ORT=MiM3> & UID=0 & ORT=MiM3

-------------------------------------------------------

To join the audio conference only

-------------------------------------------------------

Call-in toll number (US/Canada): +1-408-600-3600

Access code:804 390 223

The Star Raft offers a robust set of tools and strategies for developing and

maintaining

action-oriented personal support networks that are:

★ asset-based,

★ family-friendly, and

★ anchored in valued community relationships.

Using the metaphor of a ʻStar Raftʼ (a pattern used by sailors

to anchor in community), participants will learn how to:

★ Identify, invite and mobilize a rich array of people, places and resources

that

are just a step or two away when we tap into our own personal networks

★ ʻFollow the threadsʼ of individual interests, gifts and capacities in the

direction

of companionship, connection and contribution

★ Keep support circles on track and sustain involvement in turbulent times

★ Teach network members how to mobilize their own connections

★ Teach members how they can leave without breaking the circle

★ Work within existing trust networks and use patterns that maintain safety

★ Work in ways that donʼt depend upon formal system resources and that can

survive system turbulence

★ Multiply the effort by supporting experienced members to start new networks

★ Apply the pattern in wider contexts, including justice, child protection,

foster

care, care for aging parents, injured worker and veteransʼ rehabilitation

The workshop is practice-based and action-oriented. Participants will work in

teams, practicing the tools and patterns they will ultimately use in the field.

The tools can be used in conversation and on paper, but they are also

supported by powerful social networking websites and mind-mapping software

to explore, develop and strengthen individual networks. The workshop will

provide access to the basic software tools and a ʻtemplateʼ for mapping

relationship networks.

Following the workshop, each participant will be encouraged to start a

network for someone who is important in their lives. Everyone who starts or

joins an active network will be invited to join a web-based community for

ongoing support.

Presenter Wetherow brings thirty years of experience in designing

individual and family supports, developing Microboards, conducting valuesbased

training and teaching person-centered planning

We look forward to seeing you in the Star Raft Webinar with Wetherow on

May 4 at 7 pm CST.

Before 'the day', take a few minutes to download and install the Adobe Connect

Pro add-in.

Just go to https://na1.connect.acrobat.com/common/help/en/support/downloads.htm

Click the Windows or Mac link (depending on your computer brand):and follow the

Yellow Brick Road.

It's quick, safe and easy to do.

On the day of the Webinar, you can join at:

http://connectpro90645313.na5.acrobat.com/illinois_star_raft/

You will sign in as a guest. We'll set the room so that anyone who has the site

address will be welcomed automatically.

You can use your computer for the audio connection, but if you'd prefer to use a

regular phone for audio, you can call:

Toll-Free: 1-866-231-6479

Passcode: 260305 (you'll be prompted to key in the 'pound sign' (#) at the end

of the number)

This will give you telephone-quality audio for the meeting.

Once you're logged in, you can turn on your webcam by clicking the little 'Start

my camera and voice' button in the lower left-hand corner of the video panel.

If you're using computer-based audio, you can use the 'Hold to talk' button in

the lower left-hand corner of the meeting panel.

I'll set up the call about 1/2 hour ahead, so if you want to join early to get a

bit of practice and tune up your connection before the meeting starts, I'll see

you then.

Cheers,

Wetherow