| Venue: The training workshop will be held at SDPI or in a local hotel in Islamabad. |
Introduction
Normally when we approach any thinking situation like problem solving, making a decision, answering questions etc. we face confusion. The main problems are: Where do I start? How do I know if I have looked objectively at the subject? Are there important factors I have omitted? Are my conclusions accurate? Have I covered all the necessary points? Are my priorities correct? Have I been biased in my thinking? Have I been creative enough? Have I looked at alternatives?
This workshop is based on research and application of two of Edward de Bono’s world famous thinking courses – CoRT Thinking and Six Thinking Hats - in Pakistan since the last 20 years.
Who should attend
There is no restriction on the level or category of participants – the training will be useful for junior, middle, and senior level managers, field staff, as well as teachers and trainers.
Objectives
By attending the three-day comprehensive training workshop, the participants will be able to:
- identify opportunities and risks appropriate to situations
- improve their planning and decision making skills
- learn tools of creative and lateral thinking
- learn to use de Bono’s methodology for creative thinking
Methodology
The workshop uses a variety of training methodologies, including a visual presentation of 20 years of teaching and research in thinking skills in Pakistan, practice of thinking skills individually and in groups, thinking games to develop flexibility of the mind, excerpts from a video program on thinking, application of thinking tools on a variety of personal, organizational and other issues and conducting a meeting using the Six Thinking Hats. Participants will take a pre and post-test of thinking to assess the improvement in thinking as a result of the training. They will also read material based on research in Pakistan and outside on thinking skills.
Workshop Content
Planning and decision making: identify and clarify objectives, consider all factors, generate and assess alternative solutions, look at short and long term consequences, understand others’ point of view, identify priorities
Lateral thinking: generate new ideas using provocation, stepping stones and random inputs; combine existing ideas into new ones
Practical thinking: move from thinking to action; thinking frameworks
Six Thinking Hats: Informative, Intuitive; Constructive; Cautious; Creative; Reflective
Research on thinking: research on development of thinking skills in Pakistan in the corporate, development and education sector
Medium
of instructions
English will be the medium of instruction for this workshop. However, an effort will be made to conduct the workshop using a mixture of English and Urdu.
Resource
person
Mr. Rafiq Jaffer has been conducting research, providing training, and producing materials in HRD, particularly education, management, psychology, and community development, for over 30 years. He has conducted seminars and workshops in Pakistan, Tajikistan, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Vietnam, and Afghanistan. He has conducted thinking courses for over four thousand people in Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan, including corporate executives, staff of non-profit organisations, scientists, school heads, teachers, and students. He is the only person to have co-lectured with Dr. Edward de Bono.
Mr. Rafiq Jaffer has written four books and over 250 research and training reports, manuals and papers in English/Urdu published nationally and internationally. He has worked in Gordon College, Rawalpindi, Punjab University, Government College of Science Education, Aga Khan Foundation and the Ali Institute of Education. He is Director of the Institute of Social Sciences, Lahore since 1991.
Deadline for registration
Please return the registration form to the Program Support Associate, SDPI-Centre for Capacity Building, by 13 August 2008 at the latest via fax or mail. The institute will confirm the registration upon receipt of fee by a return fax. Please use a separate registration form for each nominee. Seats are limited; the applicants will be registered on a first come, first serve basis. Bookings will close for registration if all the seats are taken up before the last date.
Registration fee
Rs
11,500/=
per participant.
Discount
- 25% discount is available to the following:
- Women
- SDPI members
- HRDN members on each nomination
- Students registering through their institutions
- Other organizations registering two or more persons
- Special discount for journalists:
- One free seat is available to nominees of Press Clubs. 25% discount will be given on additional nominations
Withdrawal requests will be processed
as under:
| 10
or more days before workshop |
Full
refund |
| Nine
to four days before workshop |
75 percent
refund |
| Three
days before workshop |
50 percent
refund |
| Two
or less days before workshop |
No refund |
Cancellation/postponement
SDPI reserves the right to cancel or postpone
the workshop if circumstances require. In such an event, SDPI will ensure
that registered participants are informed as soon as possible. SDPI will
also refund registration fees according to our refund procedures.
Award
of certificates
- Trainees successfully completing 85 percent of the instructional sessions will be awarded completion certificates.
- Trainees who for genuine reasons are unable of complete 85 percent attendance but attend 60 to 84 percent instructional sessions will be given partial attendance certificates.
- Trainees attending less than 60 percent of instructional sessions will be given letters specifying the sessions that they attended.
Time
9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (daily)
Further information
For further details, please contact Program Support Associate at Tel: 92-51-2278134 or Fax: 92-51-2278135.
Registration form
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