Conversation [kon-ver-sey-shuhn] (n)

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Informal interchange thoughts, Retreat
information, etc., by spoken words between persons.

Conversations of Change Retreat:

A Jennifer Frahm Collaborations Event
Talk
The Conversations of Change Retreat provides a safe and structured opportunity for conversations with like-minded strangers.
It is a chance for you to share your change challenges and gain the collective insight of a carefully selected entrepreneurial group
during a weekend retreat. No whiteboards, no PowerPoint, no fluorescent lighting, no Internet. Possibly wombats and koalas, Listen
probably magpies, butcher birds, maybe a spider or two... and Conversations of Change…

The Conversation Concept Conversation Challenges Share

You have the opportunity to present a 90-minute session
on a business or career challenge. The session will be
facilitated by an experienced facilitator who will help you
get value from the group’s collective knowledge.
Your conversation can be about any change challenge you
are facing. Whether it be a new business venture, a
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change of role, dealing with a “difficult” client, or
repositioning of existing product lines.

You can outline your issue verbally, provide handouts, or At the inaugural retreat, the types of challenges presented Challenge
pose a series of questions to the group. included:

How to better manage client expectations
You can expect the group to:
How to manage the transition from manager to CEO Offer

Constructively challenge your assumptions
How to move into the mindset of ‘maintenance’ when

Reframe issues to unearth alternative solutions you are motivated by ‘crisis’

Offer feedback and ideas
How to move from tactical communications to strategic

Relate similar experiences. communications Resolve

How to move from delivery to management
You can expect to get as much from other participants’
How to improve on communication and social media
sessions as you do from your own dedicated session. plans. Converse

Jennifer Frahm Collaborations | email: jf@jenniferfrahm.com | phone: 0422417155 | www.jenniferfrahm.com

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The Conversation Unfolds

“Jennifer’s sensitive selection of like-minded participants, and her

C O N N E C T
Day 1 – from 4pm
• Arrive at venue for dinner and group introductions.
C O N V E R S E
Day 2 – All day
• Group session: “Work/ Life Balance – A tightrope? ”
• Five presenters provide 8 - minute synopsis of what they intend to discuss
• Individual facilitated sessions where participants share their change
challenges with the group – three sessions of 90 minutes
• Recharge your conversation batteries with fun activities
• Group dinner and drinks.
skilful facilitation of our group discussions, allowed us to explore
the challenges and opportunities open to us in our businesses. As
a group, we assisted each other to draw out concrete insights
specific to each individual participants, and yet common to many
of us, which we can immediately implement in our own
businesses.”
(Amanda, Australasian CRC for Interaction Design)
“My Conversations of Change experience provided the
opportunity to collaborate in a non-threatening environment
with generous, self- aware professionals who gave me honest and
constructive feedback on my personal and professional
development and helped me to flesh out a realistic path forward
for success in my current role.”
(Susan – Aker Solutions)

C O N T I N U E
Day 3 – 8am – 3pm
• Group session “Guest Provocateur TBA”
• Continue with individual sessions (two sessions of 90 minutes each)
• Wrap up and focus for the future, record the action items
•Complete the experience by staying one more night or head back to get ready
for some serious change!

Jennifer Frahm Collaborations | email: jf@jenniferfrahm.com | phone: 0422417155 | www.jenniferfrahm.com

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Talk Conversation of Change Retreat Details

The retreat will be held 12 – 14 of February, 2010. Jennifer Frahm
(PhD, AFAIM, MAICD)
Listen Venue to be advised – within 90 minutes of Brisbane, Qld
Jennifer is an experienced
It will be an intimate gathering of 5-6 people who are: facilitator who uses her specialised
• Entrepreneurial in nature knowledge of behaviour change,
Share • Have a track record of accomplishments (and probably a failure change management, interpersonal
or two as well) communications, and interviewing
• Open minded skills to facilitate.
• Reflective and possessing emotional intelligence She has a breadth of experience in business with
Learn • Well networked and solution focussed more than 20 years experience in marketing, project
• Pragmatic and like to laugh. management, and change communication roles
across a range of diverse industries. Her tool kit is
The retreat costs $750 (ex GST) if paid in full by drawn from NLP and Appreciative Inquiry.
Challenge February 10th or $300 a month paid over three
months ($900 + GST) and includes:
- Two days of Conversations of Change Kelly (Curly) Quinn
-Three nights accommodation (you don’t have to use all
Offer Kelly has a wealth of experience
three nights, may leave on the 14th)
in creating and building brands
- All meals
and businesses. She is a sensitive
- Fully facilitated sessions with experienced facilitators.
and intuitive facilitator who draws
Resolve - Tangible takeaway actions on your change challenge.
upon her considerable experience
To register for the Conversation of Change with personal and professional
retreat, please complete the Application Form. development programs.
Converse A non refundable deposit of $250 is required to Jennifer hand picked Kelly for this role after watching
secure your place. her in action at the first Conversation of Change
Retreat in 2009.

Jennifer Frahm Collaborations | email: jf@jenniferfrahm.com | phone: 0422417155 | www.jenniferfrahm.com