2010 Schedule of Events

Four sessions are planned for the 2010 summer season based on the area of specialization:

White Water Institute for Community Development

June 27 - July 1, 2010

Empowering Our Youth

This session will:

• Apply five principles that distinguish “living systems to the way we as individuals, groups and organizations carry out our work.
• Use the simple language of river systems to explain how efforts grow and sustain.
• Build interpersonal relationships in our community among youth and adults.
• Build relationships beyond our comfort zones.
• Use new ways to get youth and adults talking about what they care about.

White Water Institute for College Leadership

July 25-29, 2010

Learning Assessment: Sustaining the Effort and Maximizing Your Investment

A workshop on the River for College Administrators and Faculty

This summer experience on the Deschutes River in Maupin, Oregon is designed specifically for both college administrators and instructors to explore their complementary roles in assessment planning and practices using the river as an inspiring metaphor and learning environment. The workshop will address the common and unique responsibilities of both administrators and instructors.

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Learning Guides: Ruth Stiehl, Ph.D., Rebecca Kenney, Ph.D., Don Prickel, Ph.D., & Lynn Null, M.S.

August 15-19, 2010

Community Initiative 'Community as Natural Contexts for Learning.'

Recommended for community leaders from business, industry, education, social service, government, and others connected to a specific community issue. Community teams use the river to learn to think systemically by creating learning community networks to achieve intended outcomes.

Currently focused on Clatsop County, Oregon this session uses community conversations facilitated by The White Water Institute staff to help community teams focus more deeply on:

• Apply five principles that distinguish “living systems to the way we as individuals, groups and organizations carry out our work.
• Use the simple language of river systems to explain how efforts grow and sustain.
• Build interpersonal relationships in our community.
• Build relationships beyond our comfort zones.
• Use new ways to get people talking with each other about what they care about at for themselves, work, home and in the community.

This session is currently open to be designed to meet participant need choosing from either our community college assessments program described above or our community initiative described below.

White Water Institute for Transformational Learning

September 7-11, 2010

Exploring Deeper Streams -- A collaborative session with W2I and The Center for Transformative Learning

Recommended for individuals and or small groups who view themselves as change agents or “stewards of change” in their organization, and who want to understand the concept of change not as a random chaotic event, but as part of a living organism seeking balance and fuller expression. As a small group, we will spend time rafting the river as well as time reflecting on what the river has to teach us about why change is important, how to successfully guide a change process, how to prepare people for the unknown (rapids), and why the 21st century skills of interdependence, trust, listening, dialogue and safety make the critical difference.