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the nlp conference 15–17 April 2016, Millennium Gloucester Hotel, London Sessions to suit all levels of interest in the field of NLP … for newcomers … for NLP Practitioners … for all applications of NLP For full details and online booking visit: www.nlpconference.co.uk Presentations from: Top international trainers Every year we invite the very best trainers from around the world to present at the conference. Lead trainers from major UK NLP institutes The Conference is truly independent and welcomes participation from all organisations and institutes. Most of the major UK NLP training institutes are represented. Leading NLP authors, trainers and coaches Many of the best known British and international NLP authors are presenting as well as NLP institute lead trainers. Learn how to Move Someone from the Problem to the Solution Shelle Rose Charvet 1400-1800 Shelle introduces what she calls “Conversational Coaching”, an informal, yet highly skilled coaching methodology. Neurosemantics and NLP Michael Hall 1000-1300 Michael Hall presents an introduction to Neurosemantics and how it relates to and advances the traditional NLP model. Loes Bon Fran Burgess Michael Carroll Joe Cheal Melody Cheal Jan Cisek Andy Coley Frank Daniels Terry Elston Marie Faire Paul Field Dido Fisher Peter Freeth Laura Gallina Roger Gilbert Art Giser Jonathan Goldsmith Michael Hall Olive Hickmott David Hodgson Cricket Kemp Sue Knight James Lawley Kevin Laye Jeremy Lazarus Janey Lee Grace Judith Lowe Dianne Lowther Daksha Malik Ian McDermott John McLachlan John McWhirter Karen Meager Marzuki Mohamed Susan Norman Aart Pijl Frank Pucelik Shelle Rose Charvet Richard Rudman David Shephard Christoph Sollmann Robbie Steinhouse Alexander Sudarkin Wendy Sullivan Fiona Sutherland Janet Thomson Penny Tompkins Reb Veale Caitlin Walker Helen Walker Jo Wilson Friday 15 April The conference opens with two half day workshops:
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the nlp conference15–17 April 2016, Millennium Gloucester Hotel, London
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For full details and online booking visit: www.nlpconference.co.uk
Presentations from:
Top international trainers Every year we invite the very best trainers from around the world to present at the conference.
Lead trainers from major UK NLP institutesThe Conference is truly independent and welcomes participation from all organisations and institutes. Most of the major UK NLP training institutes are represented.
Leading NLP authors, trainers and coachesMany of the best known British and international NLP authors are presenting as well as NLP institute lead trainers.
Learn how to Move Someone from the Problem to the SolutionShelle Rose Charvet1400-1800Shelle introduces what she calls “Conversational Coaching”, an informal, yet highly skilled coaching methodology.
Neurosemantics and NLPMichael Hall1000-1300Michael Hall presents an introduction to Neurosemantics and how it relates to and advances the traditional NLP model.
Loes BonFran Burgess
Michael CarrollJoe Cheal
Melody ChealJan Cisek
Andy ColeyFrank Daniels
Terry ElstonMarie Faire
Paul FieldDido Fisher
Peter FreethLaura GallinaRoger Gilbert
Art GiserJonathan Goldsmith
Michael HallOlive HickmottDavid Hodgson
Cricket KempSue Knight
James LawleyKevin Laye
Jeremy LazarusJaney Lee Grace
Judith LoweDianne Lowther
Daksha MalikIan McDermott
John McLachlanJohn McWhirter
Karen MeagerMarzuki Mohamed
Susan NormanAart Pijl
Frank PucelikShelle Rose Charvet
Richard RudmanDavid Shephard
Christoph SollmannRobbie Steinhouse
Alexander SudarkinWendy Sullivan
Fiona SutherlandJanet Thomson
Penny TompkinsReb Veale
Caitlin WalkerHelen Walker
Jo Wilson
Friday 15 AprilThe conference opens with two half day workshops:
Learn how to Move Someone from the Problem to the SolutionShelle Rose CharvetOpen to allThe vast majority of coaching happens outside of the official coaching session, in the hallway, on a phone call, or as a ‘by the way’ at the end of a meeting.In this workshop Shelle introduces what she calls “Conversational Coaching”, an informal, yet highly skilled coaching methodology.
■ Influencing Language to shift the client into their own solution mode ■ Verbal and non-verbal ways to get permission to help vs. suffering from Healitis ■ How to ensure your client will succeed
Neurosemantics and NLPMichael HallOpen to allHave you ever wondered what Neurosemantics is and how it relates to the traditional NLP model? In this extended workshop Michael Hall will provide an introduction to Neurosemantics and detail some of the advances he has made that provide new tools, techniques and ways of thinking for the modern Practitioner.In Modeling Resilience (1990–1994), Michael articulated the
nature of self-reflexive consciousness as the Meta-States Model. This was recognized in 1995 by the NLP Trainer’s Association as a significant contribution to NLP and it established the foundation of Neuro-Semantics. Today Neuro-Semantics continues to add multiple new models and distinctions to NLP. Learn about the Meaning-Performance Axes of Neuro-Semantics and how they enable you to close the Knowing-Doing Gap, follow a person’s frames of meaning up through one’s matrix of frames. Learn how Neuro-Semantics establishes the source of Meta-Programs and places cognitive distortions and the difference this can make in your training, coaching, consulting and therapy work. Also discover “the secret history of NLP” that Michael discovered regarding the connection between Maslow’s and Rogers’ Human Potential Movement and NLP and the difference that that makes today.This promises to be a fascinating session from one of the greatest NLP developers around today.
0930–1000 Welcome and opening keynote
The NLP Three Stage Coaching Process for non-linear changeMichael CarrollNLP practitioners and aboveThis process integrates Classic NLP and New Code NLP formats in a unique way enabling clients to achieve radical changes in their lives which are beyond their linear conscious perception. Most coaching situations will have a stuck representational system, a stuck perceptual position and will feature 2 or 3 stuck meta model patterns. To shift perception, the coach will manoeuvre attention to different representational systems, different perceptual positions and break the meta model patterns. The coach will also elicit the secondary gain underpinning the situation. The coach will then use predominantly New Code NLP formats to create new choices which operate at a different logical level than the client is currently operating on. The final stage, future orientations includes tasking, metaphor, generative outcomes and timelines to get ready for an exciting future full of new choices.
The Collaborative LeaderIan McDermott and L. Michael Hall Open to allWhat is the structure of the experience of collaborative leadership? L. Michael Hall and Ian McDermott, along with Shelle Rose Charvet, modelled their own and others’ collaborative leadership and this is the subject of their new book. What is the heart of collaboration, what stops people from collaborating effectively, and how can this collaborative leadership enrich the field of NLP? These are the questions that Ian and Michael will explore in a workshop that’s designed to expand “leadership” and especially leadership for the future of NLP.
Clean Interviewing: how Clean is Clean enough?Caitlin Walker and James LawleySome NLP experience requiredInterview technique is important in a range of areas. The interviewer’s primary tool is the ability to direct attention to relevant information via a question.The value of data gathered, however, depends on the quality of questions asked and the attention paid to the answers. Research shows that even a single word or presupposition can materially ‘lead the witness’. Data may then be subject to ‘acquiescence bias’ by the interviewee and/or ‘confirmation bias’ by the interviewer. Clean Interviewing, an application of Clean Language, reduces unintended interviewer bias and protects the integrity of interviewee information. Clean questions keep interviewees focused on the research topic but not by restricting or leading them. This session is a series of short bursts of theory, followed by practice, reflection and then application.
Extended descriptions of all sessions are available at www.nlpconference.co.uk
0830–0930 Refreshments
1300–1400 Lunch Please note: we are not providing lunch at this conference. There are many lunch outlets close to the hotel.
0930–1230 6 parallel sessions including refreshment break
Extended descriptions of all sessions are available at www.nlpconference.co.uk
1230–1430 Lunch
0830–0930 Refreshments
Spd RdngSusan Norman and Jan CisekOpen to allState • Purpose • Download • pReview • Detail • Notes • GistA fuller explanation of this summary should lead to you doubling your reading speed within the session. Using an NLP framework, you will also learn skills to increase your mastery of written information.
Re-Sourcing LanguageJoe ChealSome NLP experience requiredLanguage has a history… but in what ways might the origins of words affect us? Every word you understand (that is stored in your neural network) has a personal, subjective history for you… but every word has its own history too. The English language (for example) has developed through the millennia, experiencing evolution and, at times, revolution. Indeed, as language journeyed across the world, it shifted and transmuted… might it
have succumbed to the three ‘Universal Modelling Processes’? In this session we will be exploring the etymology, the derivations and the origins of language in order to better understand the potential impact of words. By discovering some of the long buried sources of language, might we also unearth some valuable resources?
Making a difference in the class with the P.O.W.E. R. of NLPLaura V GallinaSome NLP experience requiredWould you like to make a difference in your class? Would you like your students to smile while learning in a resonant classroom? In this session we will explore how we can use NLP to enhance learning and positive behaviour. Positiveness Objectives Words Evidence and Resources will be shared to prove how NLP techniques can be used with your learners. Metaphors, anchoring, rapport and humour will make this session a memorable one. The aim of this session is to raise awareness of the fact that, by having a positive attitude, accentuating the positive and implementing some NLP techniques, a teacher
can make a difference in the life of the person/groups he/she teaches. Teachers who attend the workshop will leave the session with a kit of ideas to put into practise right away.
The technique of covert anchoring in the treatment of addiction Christoph SollmannOpen to allThe technique described here combines elements of aversion therapy and hypnotherapy and concepts from NLP. Covert anchoring in the form presented here was developed from its practical application in treating specific, persistent disorders. Among them there are such disorders as smoking and excessive consumption of alcohol, which are typically difficult to treat with cognitive techniques alone. This technique can also be used effectively to treat poor eating habits, such as consuming too many sweets or junk food and intractable habits such as fingernail biting. The success attained so far with this technique is presented in a case vignette involving alcohol abuse.
How is who you are stopping you from being who you could be?Marie FaireOpen to allIf the answer to the last question is “nothing”, you’ll probably need to go to another session or maybe even run this one! If you are a mere mortal like the rest of us, you will still have “issues” in spite of years of NLP training. Sometimes these seemingly intractable challenges get in the way of us being ‘all we could be’. ‘People make sense to themselves’ is a working presupposition for this session. The hypothesis we will play with is that there is a logical internal coherence that generates both the very best of us and also the most dysfunctional and
seemingly irrational behaviours that keeps us from living our bliss. Come willing to play, explore and laugh at yourself and you might even find that, even if you don’t like everything about yourself at the end of the session, you may at least accept your imperfections.
Re-Modelling: Re-Modelling NLP and Re-Modelling TherapyJohn McWhirterNLP Practitioners and aboveRe-Modelling is one of the many modelling applications created through Developmental Modelling DBM® which was in part created through the Re-Modelling of NLP in the late 80’s
and early 90’s. DBM® is a universal modelling methodology. This is very different from modelling methods. Modelling methods, including all the NLP modelling methods, begin with a limited pre-selected content and limited range of distinctions which are then applied to create a model. A universal modelling methodology has to be capable of being legitimately applied to ALL content, whether it is an orange, a pen, a flower, an attitude, ideas, love, emotions, Physics, Chemistry, Psychology, mind, or even to itself; the Modelling of Modelling.
Strategic Evolution and Superhero Training SchoolDavid HodgsonNLP practitioners and aboveIt’s amazing to think that everything we are, everything we do and everything we think are the result of five strategies running in eerily predictable VAK loops. David will share how we can install a simple learning strategy to help anybody change any limiting belief, identity, motivation or memory strategy. All change is possible as soon as we think we are a learner. The technique shared is based on a modelling project David undertook with some of the best learners in the UK. In the second half of the session, David will help you unleash your inner Super-Hero by turning some of NLP’s meta programs into easily learned skills. You’ll discover and hone the ten essential qualities every person needs to be successful. Learn how to control energy, openness, attention, imagination, connection and more. David will take you on a high speed journey of personal development that will be fun and powerful.
Sessions: These run in parallel and are stand-alone workshops – you can attend one session per time slot. All speakers are confirmed but the organisers reserve the right to make changes to the programme if necessary.
Ian McDermott Michael Carroll
0930–1230 6 parallel sessions including refreshment break
1245–1345 4 parallel sessions
Caitlin Walker David Hodgson
1630–1800 6 parallel sessions
Saturday 16 NovemberSaturday 16 April
Creating your own Miltonian StoriesMelody ChealNLP practitioners and aboveMilton Erickson was famous for his metaphorical storytelling, however he was also brilliant at re-cycling a core number of stories to fit many different clients and outcomes. In this workshop we will explore how to take your own stories and create narratives that can be adapted and personalised in both one to one sessions and when training. Starting with core ideas, you will be learning how to layer in a structure and then add the bells and whistles from the Milton Model Language patterns. Finally you will learn how to add in spatial placing and analogue marking patterns. You will need to have a basic understanding of the Milton Model and some “raw” story ideas to work up in the exercises.
NLPsychotherapy: what to do whenFrank DanielsNLP practitioners and aboveWhen I’m working therapeutically, and sometimes in coaching, I make choices about what ‘change technique’ to use – what to use when (and with whom). These choices are based on what I’ve been trained in, supervision discussions, and over 25 years’ experience. This workshop will present my model for change, based on modelling and the frames (such as NLP Domains and Neuro-Logical Levels) I hold in the back of my mind that influence which technique to use. You’ll then have a go at putting this into practise, experimenting with what’s new for you. The aim/outcome of this session is for you to have greater understanding, skill and flexibility in how to help others change.
Principles, Skills or Techniques?Sue KnightOpen to allA guitarist friend of mine, commenting on his struggle to learn to play the guitar like Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac said “I can play the notes but to play like him you need to feel the music”For years I have banged on about the fact that NLP is not a set of techniques or rules. A rule says: ‘You must do it this way.’ A principle says: ‘this works and has done through all remembered time.’ The difference is crucial. As a coach, the strategies you use need not be exact replicas of those that other excellent coaches employ – you can find your own excellence within the frameworks that you learn. Anxious, cautious, self-conscious coaches obey the ‘rules’. My approach can be summed up as ‘Teach me how
1430–1600 6 parallel sessions
Making Our Language Skills Work HarderFran BurgessNLP practitioners and aboveFor Master Practitioners and above, this practical workshop offers a series of challenging exercises to extend your awareness and your linguistic practice. No tricks or artfully smart contortions. Only good clean integrated understanding of the impact words have on us! Are you up for some mind stretching? The aim of this session us to expand your awareness – even more – of the great potential our linguistic frames have to offer us – and our clients.
Selling Speed – Rapid interventions for a time poor societyKevin LayeOpen to allPsy-TaP, is the brainchild of Kevin Laye. Having trained in multiple modalities, he decided to ‘model’ his own skill set, take out the ‘smoke’ and create an integrative, expansive and developmental approach to therapy. Wanting proof of the efficacy of what he is teaching through Psy-TaP, he has integrated biofeedback tools, which have an abundance of respected research behind them. Finally, we can prove we are doing what we say we are doing. Kevin has also blended the processes of neuroscience with neurobiology, energy healing and intuition. So there is plenty more for you to learn during this programme, more to give you the edge in this ever-expanding field. Kevin will show you how speed is a key to successful practice in a time where having ‘time’ is a problem in itself.
Mental Health Issues – what every NLP Practitioner needs to knowKaren MeagerNLP practitioners and aboveHaving some knowledge of mental health issues is key for anyone working with people 1:1 irrespective of the context. This session will give you an insight into the key issues you are likely to come across in your work, how they are clinically defined, and how to work with them safely and appropriately. One reason NLP Practitioners lose confidence or are not as successful as they could be in 1:1 work is that they are blindsided by someone who has mental health issues, or unintentionally get out of their depth. If you’ve ever had an unsuccessful client (and haven’t we all!), then this could shed some light on why the intervention used didn’t work as well as you would have predicted.
1600–1630 Refreshments
Extended descriptions of all sessions are available at www.nlpconference.co.uk
Dianne LowtherSue KnightFran BurgessKaren Meager
Banish Time Management ForeverJohn McLachlanOpen to allIf you have mastered time then this is not the workshop for you. No? Not you either? In the leadership research John conducted for his first book, Real Leaders for the Real World, over 75% of participants cited time as a key issue which prevented them from achieving all they want to. Time has less to do with to do lists and good processes and in this session John will take you behind traditional time management to explore the psychology of time. How we use our time is about how we consciously or unconsciously choose to spend our lives. The problem, for most people, is that a lot of their time wasting issues are outside their conscious awareness and were created for a good reason. John will help you understand the key drivers of why people use time the way they do and help you unpack your own construct around how you do time.
The Leadership Matrix: The archetypes of business successRobbie SteinhouseOpen to allRobbie has successfully applied NLP and coaching to his own businesses and seen them grow and flourish. He also teaches NLP and coaches internationally. This fusion of application and knowledge has produced something new and powerful. Robbie’s additional experience in leadership programmes has now led to a new model, the Leadership Matrix. He has identified 17 core characteristics, or archetypes, building on the 3rd Generation work of Robert Dilts and Stephen Gilligan. This model was presented in last year’s NLP Conference in China and has been used in leadership and business trainings in London, Tokyo, Shanghai, Paris, Moscow and beyond!
De-nominalize Your Life with Wabi Sabi NLPReb VealeSome NLP experience requiredWabi Sabi is the ancient Japanese art of appreciating impermanence and imperfection. It represents everything that today’s slick, technology-saturated culture isn’t. It’s home-made, not mass-produced; comically misshapen veg, not homogenous waxen fruit. It is a real challenge within a society seemingly addicted to sleek appearances, hyperbole and the ultimate this and that. If NLP is defined as the study of excellence, how can we actively pursue imperfection in an NLP way? Shouldn’t we be striving to be the best, biggest, most amazing, first, last or ultimate?! But NLP is also pragmatic…’whatever works’, so perhaps there is room for a slightly wonky but authentic, or righteous fifth largest! This highly interactive session will enable us to become more self-tolerant, facilitate others more elegantly and to deeply appreciate how less is often more.
1630–1800 6 parallel sessions
1845–2000 3 parallel sessions
Extended descriptions of all sessions are available at www.nlpconference.co.uk
1800–1845
Drinks ReceptionWe invite you to join us in the Cromwell Suite for drinks. Relax and chat to speakers and authors, who will be happy to sign their books for you.
Michael Hall Judith Lowe James Lawley & Penny Tompkins
Frank Pucelik Frank Daniels Robbie Steinhouse
to be, not what to do.’ I want to help you rediscover the underlying tenets of change, the guiding principles that can liberate people’s talents and lives. That is what I call coaching. This is about learning to feel the ‘music’!
Case Study: Using the LAB Profile to lead culture change in a technology sales organisationDianne LowtherOpen to allThe Language and Behaviour (LAB) Profile is a popular tool in the NLP community. It’s used mostly for profiling an individual for recruitment, as part of a coaching programme, or as part of a team development activity. Did you know the LAB Profile can also be used to facilitate culture change? In this session I will present a case study of recent work with the leadership team of a technology sales organisation and explain how we used the LAB Profile to identify and drive the key behavioural changes required to make a shift in the culture of the organisation. This session will give you a deeper knowledge of the LAB Profile and how to apply it in organisational change.
Public Presentations with NLPAlexander SudarkinOpen to allPresentations have become a part of our professional lives. We share ideas, concepts and project descriptions, we invite people to join efforts and create something new. And we need to know how to present these ideas to people. But people are interested in one question first: why do I have to listen to what you have to say? NLP gives you elegant ways to organize and deliver information during public presentations. We will learn how to use the neurological levels model to organise your presentation organized in a logical manner. Then we will place embedded suggestions in such a way as to ensure that people know what to do after they have listened to you. And then we will learn how to connect the information you want to present to their internal motivation.
The Placebo DietJanet ThomsonOpen to allEvery day we make over 200 decisions on what to eat; yet 90% of these are unconscious. Often we eat “without thinking” because we believe something will make us feel good and, because we believe it will, it does. As a result we create neurological pathways or maps in response to certain triggers. That’s the Placebo Effect at work. Using the process of Self Directive Neuroplasticity (SDN) we can reprogramme how we think and feel about food. We can create brand new habit loops so that clients naturally make different food choices – no willpower required. In this informative, inspirational session you will learn the basic principles of SDN and how to achieve it using NLP and other techniques to bring your clients the permanent change they want. Its unique approach will mean The Placebo Diet is the last diet they will ever need. The aim of this session is to allow therapists to understand how to create brand new neurological maps and create new habit loops and behaviours.
1600–1630 Refreshments
Supercharge Your Media RelationsJaney Lee GraceOpen to allRaise your profile and become the go-to expert in your field, learn how to become your own best PR and get clarity on your USP, how best to connect with your ideal clients and how to attract and maximise local, national and international media opportunities.
Speak with ConvictionRichard RudmanOpen to allThe aim of this session is to enable you to enhance your ability to ‘speak with conviction’. The session will cover the strategies deployed by exemplars in this area – individuals with an apparent natural ability to speak with authority / gravitas / presence. It will include a 3 minute video clip and a demonstration. This will be a practical workshop where you will work in threes to practice strategies for speaking with conviction and receive feedback. Style: Relaxed, interactive workshop – with a splash of humour.
Playful Change: the serious use of humour in NLP and coaching to enhance life choicesRoger GilbertSome NLP experience requiredIn this workshop Roger will give participants a brief overview of the use of humour in coaching, therapy and NLP with particular reference to recent developments by Phil Jeremiah, linking this to research on the benefits of play and laughter. He will demonstrate the use of playful coaching and introduce delegates to a framework for using humour safely and ethically. Delegates will also have the opportunity to coach each other using simple yet highly effective formats to challenge habitual ways of thinking with playful humour. You do not need any comedic skills. Just bring an open mind and a readiness to enjoy the session - and prepare to have a good time! Roger will not be responsible for any laughter and fun in this workshop - but will happily surf on the wave of any that occurs.
Use NLP and Energetic Processes to Enhance Your Health and VitalityArt GiserOpen to allArt Giser has been applying NLP, spiritual principles, and human energy field work to health for 32 years. This workshop is both for people who have health challenges and people who are in good health and want to have enhanced health and vitality now and in the future. NLP has many wonderful processes that enhance health and vitality. As wonderful as NLP is there are factors that have an incredible influence on health that are not part of the NLP model. When you combine NLP processes with processes from Energetic NLP that work with the human energy field you can create even more miraculous results. Not only will you learn concepts but you will also be taken through powerful health and vitality enhancing energetic processes. You will leave knowing several simple and very effective energetic processes that you can continue to use to enhance your health for the rest of your life
Perspectives of the Master Modellers – 6 ways to do itJames Lawley and Penny TompkinsNLP Practitioners and aboveWhat goes on in the minds of expert modellers? Despite 40 years of NLP there is still remarkably little on the how-to of modelling. Modelling can be regarded as a way to replicate excellence, as a form of accelerated learning, as an enabler of intuitive decisions, as a tool for self-awareness and personal development, as a research methodology and more. At least a dozen different modelling methods have been employed to enrich the field of NLP. A crucial distinction between them is where and how the modeller constructs his or her internal model. In this workshop you will explore six different ways the experts do this. Increasing your flexibility and ability to switch between these perspectives and perceptual positions will take your modelling skills to the next level.
Making Great Decisions using NLPJeremy LazarusOpen to allAlthough the number of decisions made each day varies significantly between individual people, according to multiple sources on the Internet the average number of remotely conscious decisions an adult makes each day equals about 35,000. The vast majority of these decisions have relatively little impact, for example which hand to use to pick up your drink. However, there are some decisions that are potentially life-changing, for example, where to live, which subjects to study at school/university, which career to pursue, which person to start a relationship with or whether to question your manager’s opinion. In this highly interactive and practical session, you will learn at
least three tried and tested NLP approaches to making great decisions that you will be able to use repeatedly for the rest of your life.
Coaching at Identity Level with NLPJudith Lowe NLP Practitioners and aboveHuman beings are wired to learn and adapt at multi-levels. Sometimes, though, we get stuck, seem to lose ourselves, feel we don’t fit any more and don’t deserve better. We want to grow, grow up even, and expand our sense of who we are, of our place in the world, our mission and vision. In this advanced, practical and experiential session, we’ll explore how to work with these systemic and complex processes of healing and renewal. NLP approaches have many connections with mainstream psychology in this area, including research in ‘post-traumatic growth’ and central concepts in contemporary neuro-psychology that humans are ‘embodied’ and ‘embedded’. Working with your ‘shadow’, with stories and metaphors, and learning to re-calibrate survival responses, can help you reconnect with your potential and with your strengths, joy and direction in life.
Masters of InfluenceDavid ShephardOpen to allIn business and life you don’t get what you deserve - you get what you influence! The ability to influence is probably one of the most important life skills, although it’s not taught in school. During this session you’ll learn: how to use the latest discoveries in Neuroscience and NLP to create emotional engagement; that therapy is probably the most cutting edge influence there is; how to use Ericksonian techniques outside of the application of therapy; how to apply Cialdini’s 6 Rules of Influence; the use of techniques from Cold Reading and Mentalism; and how to use NLP techniques covertly. You will discover how some of the world’s most powerful people are already using these techniques.
New discoveries about time and space arrangements and how to transform them with TPMFiona SutherlandNLP Practitioners and aboveThought Pattern Management™ provides a model to understand more fully the massive impact the structure of time, space and location of memories has on a client’s experience of reality. Certain time and space arrangements sabotage success. When you recognise them, and you follow TPM principles to ‘make it safe’, you can help the client change things to make everything much better. The location of certain memories can also lead to problems accessing information and resources and can contribute to unwanted behaviour and thought patterns. When you follow TPM principles, long term challenges can be resolved easily.
Saturday 16 NovemberSunday 17 April
1230-1430 Lunch break
The five points of transformationTerry ElstonOpen to allWhen we are running trainings or working with clients there are conscious physical properties we are working on (matching mirroring, sensory awareness etc.), yet what is not normally evident are the points of transformation and what really causes them. Which are the crucial practises and presuppositions that a trainer or practitioner must have to cause the most change with the least amount of effort? The session will cover how the five points of transformation cover all aspects of training and personal client work.
Everything You Know about NLP is WrongPeter FreethNLP Practitioners and abovePeter Freeth argues that everything you think you know about NLP is wrong. And that’s why you can’t always get the results you intended. This workshop will bring delegates’ knowledge of NLP up to date and give them a new understanding of the subject, which will make them measurably more effective in applying techniques with their clients. Peter delivers hundreds of hours of training and hundreds of coaching sessions every year but does that mean that he knows best? No, it only means that he’s open to the challenge, that to evolve we must often let go of our most valued beliefs.
Looking for LiteracyCricket KempOpen to allAfter teaching Magical Spelling for 20 years, Cricket was sure that this spelling model was part of a larger model of literacy. To explore this idea she modelled fluent adult readers and then pre-school children who seemed to have taught themselves to read. Based on the findings I created a literacy teaching process for individuals and then for small groups. In both cases, the learners learned to spell as a consequence of learning to read this way. Cricket will talk about, demonstrate and get feedback on this simple process, which has been very successful with both children and adults.
Frank PucelikTo be advised
0930–1230 6 parallel sessions including refreshment break
0830–0930 Refreshments
Extended descriptions of all sessions are available at www.nlpconference.co.uk
1245–1345 4 parallel sessions
David Shephard Art Giser
A Different Approach to Self Concept and Self EsteemArt GiserOpen to allIn the early 1980s NLP co-developer Leslie Cameron-Bandler developed a unique and beautiful approach to self-concept and self-esteem that has helped thousands of people. Unfortunately, this system is rarely taught anymore. Art Giser has been teaching and using this system since he learned it from her in 1984 as part of her research group. He quickly started weaving into it spiritual principles and work with the human energy field. In this session you will not only apply these principles to your life you will also be able to use them in coaching or therapy and with partners, children and friends.
Be More Creative: NLP tools for understanding your creativityJonathan Goldsmith and Dido FisherNLP Practitioners and aboveThis session will explore Creativity as the conversation between your conscious and unconscious minds. Creativity exists within all of us as a process. This process is a product of each individual’s map, so an artist’s map may be different to that of a scientist. There is no right or wrong way to ‘do’ creativity – it all depends on what context you are using it for. By being given the tools to model your own creative processes, you can learn to consciously understand your own map and how to incorporate more creativity into your everyday life. You’ll experience how your creative process can be ignited when your cognitive, somatic and field minds are communicating and you’ll explore ways to practice this for yourself.
BB Writing: Bounce BackHelen WalkerOpen to allA simple writing framework is being piloted with Asylum Seeker and Refugee children in Newcastle upon Tyne. The children make up their own fictional and real-life stories and, over time, the writing process has become a scaffold for overcoming hurdles, bouncing back and effecting social change in real life. At this very practical workshop you are invited to trial the process and write both autobiographical and fictional short pieces. You will be invited to join a ‘BB Writing’ community to feedback and trial the process with colleagues, friends and family.
mBraining – Using your Multiple Brains for Wisdom and SuccessDaksha MalikOpen to allContinued from 1430-1600 session
Applying Robert Dilts’ Neurological Levels of Change in a business contextAndy Coley and Jo WilsonOpen to allThe Neurological Levels of Change model by Robert Dilts is often applied in a coaching context with individuals. Andy and Jo have been utilising the essence of this model in a business context whilst running their in-house training programme – The 6i’s Programme. This programme gains insights into the direction of the business/team and allows them to find and shape their image so that they are seen as they wish to be seen. It then finds the impetus and key drivers, ensuring that motivation of the individuals and of course their management are met, before looking at what they already have to achieve this. Finally changes are implemented and feedback taken before the final impact is felt by both the individuals and management.
Could NLP and E-NLP help prevent Dementia and Alzheimer’s?Olive HickmottOpen to allThis session will give you a very different perspective on the daily challenges of patients with Dementia or Alzheimer’s and on your own long-term health. NLP and Energetic NLP provide very useful models for understanding many patients’ behaviours, empowering you and the patient to have an improved quality of life. You will learn how loss of memory progresses and how it creates frightening disconnects in people’s lives that can, to an extent, be mitigated, through understanding and the use of language. From working with relatives of those with Dementia some common themes have emerged where NLP and ENLP can assist and maybe slow down the process and possibly even prevent it from happening.
mBraining – Using your Multiple Brains for Wisdom and SuccessDaksha MalikOpen to allFurther to the very popular workshop delivered by Marvin Oka at last year’s NLP Conference, this session will provide an insight into the new field of mBraining, providing anybody that missed the opportunity to see Marvin speak with an insight into mBraining and how it can be used to enhance your coaching practice. Science has proven that we have more than just one brain and mBraining enables you to access the intelligences within each of these and helps you to align them to bring about an inner wisdom that supports a much more creative, compassionate and courageous way of living and being. With special permission, Daksha will also be sharing findings from some of the latest research carried out by Dr Suzanne Henwood (Master Trainer) and Grant Soosalu.
1600–1630 Refreshments
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Grow or Die! – How to Stay Relevant in Business and Your CareerMarzuki MohamedOpen to allThe specialist construction company that Marzuki grew for six years died the day he left it in 1998. Working in a specialist construction company meant that Marzuki had to keep ahead of the industry in terms of specialist knowledge. He did that by continuing to learn in areas of technical and leadership competencies as well as systems and systemic thinking. The company was relying on the expertise of individuals. It was not systemising the expertise of the individuals into the organisational learning and operating systems. So, when the individuals left the company, they left with its expertise. He grew and lived. The company did not grow and died. The aim of this session is to impress that growth is mandatory – both for individuals and for organisations.
Uncover the blind spots when it comes to your business, your team or a challenge in lifeAart Pijl and Loes BonNLP Practitioners and aboveLearn to create breakthroughs and make real progress on the important issues in your work or life using Aart and Loes’s playful and CLEAN process. Tap into your unconscious to discover what was overlooked and what blocked you from seeing previously hidden solutions. Each participant will work individually with and get support from the others in the room, yet there will be no need to explain or discuss each other’s topic. As consultants and team coaches, Aart and Loes use this process effectively in boardrooms, business teams and leadership programs. Experience the elegance and brilliance of their process, suitable for a wide range of situations you experience in your work with clients.
‘Yeah, right … we’ll see!’Wendy Sullivan and Paul FieldNLP Practitioners and aboveWhen the coachee is asked for a desired outcome, the ‘I’ that sets and explores that outcome, may not be the ‘I’ that is responsible for taking action to achieve the outcome in the real world. If the ‘Action I’ isn’t on side, it will take no action, or may even surreptitiously work against the outcome – starting by not declaring its opposition. In this interactive session we will explore what you can do when you suspect that different parts of the coachee have different, non-complimentary outcomes. The aim of this session is to: discover when there may be two or more ‘I’s who don’t see eye-to-eye, how to work with more than one ‘I’ and get them to communicate and reach a desired outcome that they both want or can live with.
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