About
GFSC
[brochure (pdf)]
[brief
slide presentation (pdf)]
Facilitators...guide
people though participatory processes
so that the group identifies goals, makes
decisions, plans organization strategies
and learns from one another.
Successful
facilitation improves group functioning,
increases energy, effectiveness and efficiency
as group members learn new skills they can
apply to future challenges.
In the GFSC Online Library
Manuals
and Workbooks
helping
children, adults and facilitators
deal with disaster, crisis and change
English, Spanish and Chinese*
(*traditional and simplified)
Crisis
> Change > Choice:
GFSC Workshop for Building Community Resilience
Bearing
the Pain of Others:
How to Help the Helpers
Practical suggestions for recognizing
and taking care of yourself and others in helping roles
Bad
Things Happen to Good People
explaining the painful, but normal, necessary feelings
and emotions that are part of every crisis and loss [print
copy]
Debriefing
A Traumatic Event
a conversation framework best used after immediate emergency
needs are met, to help survivors work through shock and intial
reactions; also useful as outline for personal journaling [English,
Spanish,
French]
Working
With Groups After A Crisis
Sharing,
Processing, Learning
Suggestions
for working with
people under stress
Gratitude/Gracias
Our
continuing thanks to
Peggy
Bushee Services for
administrative support
Jason at
www.spectyrmedia.com
for his patience, creativity and
our ongoing website redesign (you
ain't seen nothin' yet!)
Kiosk/Hot
Conference
for web hosting services,
http://www.hotconference.com/GFSC/partners1.php
Slingshot Media, http://www.listcast.com
for
our newsletter distribution and
email list service
Ximena
Combariza, our Coordinator for Latin
America, for
translating our newsletter and other
documents from English to Spanish
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GFSC
News, August 2011
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What's
Inside
- Colombia:
Santa Lucia, Atlantico
- Mi
Pueblo Inundado
- Looking
Back and Looking Forward
- Volunteers
Needed
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Full Copy
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Authors Supporting GFSC
 
There
are still a few more copies of
Standing in the Fire...
Thanks to their generous
support, the first 50 donors of $100
or more received an autographed book by one of the following authors:
Gil Brenson Lazan, Larry Dressler, Izzy Gesell, Mirja Hanson, Chris
Roland, Sybil Stershic, Dale
Hunter/Stephen Thorpe.
Click
here to make your donation
http://globalfacilitators.org/donation.html
Or mail your check to:
GFSC
11 Sequin Road
West Hartford, CT 06117
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GFSC
provides networking, mentoring, methods, training, materials
and other support services to facilitators and other
professionals working with communities to strengthen
their resilience and self-reliance particulaly in areas
affected by crisis and change.
Read
more...
To
arrange for a workshop or other customized training
to meet your needs and the needs of your organization
or community, click here.
Global
Facilitators
Serving Communities...
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