SEAF AWARDS
The SEAF Board of Directors is proud to announce the 2009 SEAF Awards Program. In keeping with our mission, our awards program has been created to:
·Recognize excellence in facilitation practices
·Promote awareness of the role of facilitation in achieving results
·Reward the use of facilitation within organizations and our communities
·Acknowledge outstanding contributions by SEAF members
·Promote SEAF as a vehicle for advancing facilitation skills
2009 Awards
Atlanta, GA, December 31, , 2009. The Southeast Association of Facilitators (SEAF) announced the winners of the 2009 awards. Each year the Association presents The Facilitator of the Year Award, Facilitation Impact Award, and the President’s Award.
The Facilitator of the Year (FOY) recipient is assessed based on the areas of: benefits, (tangible and intangible) utilization (how integral facilitation was to the project’s success), involvement (Percent of client’s organization involved in the process and the degree to which they were involved), client relationship management, community service, innovative approaches, and key lessons learned.
The Facilitator of the Year for 2009 is given to Kimberly Douglas, a SEAF member, for advancing the field of facilitation through innovative practices, participation in the industry and publications.
Ms. Douglas facilitated a meeting with McKesson Provider Technologies for their senior managers, and worked with them to develop solutions to critical business problems/opportunities. She has already been contacted to work with them again.
The FOY also has as a “community service” component. Kim has volunteered several hours with the Georgia Center for Nonprofits, LEAD Atlanta and SHRM – Atlanta leadership Academy, facilitating a series of ½ - full day planning meetings.
She wrote a book titled the FireFly Effect: Build Teams that Capture Creativity and Catapult Results, that was published by Wiley in 2009 and she has written several articles that have published in various HR magazines. The SEAF Board is very pleased to congratulate and present this award to Kimberly Douglas, Facilitator of the Year.
This year we would also like to present an “Honorable Mention’ 2009 Facilitator of the Year award. Dana Browlnee is an experienced facilitator who showcased a facilitation retreat for CDC Epidemiology and Applied Research Branch for 40 members. Additionally, Ms. Brownlee recently produced two videos, Are you Running a meeting or Drowning in Chaos, and 5 Secrets to Virtually cut your Meeting Time in Half plus numerous other publications. The SEAF Board is pleased to present this award to Dana Brownlee.
Facilitation Impact Awards
The Facilitation Impact Award recipient is assessed based on the areas of: benefits, (tangible and intangible) utilization (how integral facilitation was to the project’s success), involvement (Percent of client’s organization involved in the process and the degree to which they were involved), client relationship management, planning, innovative approaches, and key lessons learned. These awards are presented for excellence in achieving impact through facilitation, and will be given to the client and the corresponding facilitator.
The first recipients of the Facilitation Impact Award is the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, a client ofMichael Wilkinson, of Leadership Strategies, Mr. Wilkinson, a Master Facilitator was selected to assist the Division with their Strategic Plan. The facilitative session began in Aug 2007 and ended Sept 2009. The agenda began with “Planning for the Plan” with several strategy retreats and 18 months later began Quarterly Reviews. For these reviews, mid month, an email is distributed to the action plan leaders reminding them of the specific deliverable due at the end of the month; a second email is sent at the end of the month and the action plan leaders indicates what was accomplished and the % complete. The responses are compiled into a score board (green, yellow, red) that is distributed to the entire division to indicate those strategies that are on track, almost on track, or behind. One of the most significant challenges for the CDC Cancer Prevention Office was leadership turnover. During this project there were 3 different Division Leaders. Each time a new one came on they were impressed enough to continue. Congratulations to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Division of Cancer for utilizing facilitative services to make an impact.
The second recipients of the Facilitation Impact Award is the South Atlantic Division of the American Cancer Society and Tierah Chorba from Veritas Visioning – The South Atlantic American Cancer Society used 3 two-day sessions, approx. 2 month apart, with the full Executive team, 3 half day sessions with various nested teams and multiple conferences with the sponsor and/or other participants and their support staff for a 6-month period (May-Nov) The session ended with the creation of the motto. “All processes have holes…so don’t fall in.” It became a source of comedic relief. The participants would call out to one another, “Don’t fall in” or “I won’t let you fall in” or “That is a big pot-hole, bear to your left.” It allowed them to acknowledge the deficiencies without being stalled by them. This division of the American Cancer Society is the only one that chose to adopt a facilitated process to make these decisions. This is also the ONLY division of the American Cancer Society that did not have to reduce staff in the last quarter of 2008. Congratulations to the South Atlantic Division of the American Cancer Society for utilizing facilitative services to impact the American Society.
The third recipient of the Facilitation Impact Award is the Tobacco Technical Assistance Consortium (TTAC) – and the Center for Disease Prevention and Control’s (CDC) Office on Smoking and Health. Mr. Ron Chapman led a group of 14 other facilitators and delivered facilitation services to 450 public health leaders nationwide in four regional cohorts (Atlanta, Providence, San Diego and Dallas) over a two week period in July and August 2009. The overall purpose of the workshop was to facilitate the shift toward integrative approaches to advancing public health impact across chronic diseases. Forty-nine state-based departments of health, two territorial departments of health, and four program divisions participated. To the best of their knowledge this is the first design attempting this breadth and range of coverage as well as the first workshop targeting leadership development and change management for this audience. Congratulations to TTAC and CDC for utilizing facilitative services to make a difference.
The 2009 President’s Award is given to the member who demonstrates contributions to the association that go “above and beyond the call of duty”.
The President’s Award is to recognize a member that has gone “above and beyond.” Most will describe the President’s Award recipient as - inquisitive, productive, effective, dependable, and a loyal servant to the organization, its members and the profession.
This year’s winner brought five fabulous programs to the members –contributing to a boost in member attendance by 11%. She introduced a new “members only” benefit - virtual training - which will enable more members and facilitators from the larger southeast area to participate. She tackled and mastered maintenance and updates to the newly designed website and 123 sign- up registration system that were both installed late 2008. She revamped the Scorecard -a performance management tool that the Board uses. She implemented the electronic (survey monkey) member feedback system. She actively participated on the Professional Development Day Committee and was instrumental for its success. She is, SEAF Board Member – VP of Programs, Linda Duncan. Congratulations to Linda Duncan for receipt of the 2009 SEAF President’s Award.
Members of the Month
Two SEAF members were recognized as SEAF Members of the Month for November 2009. This recognition is presented to SEAF members who go above and beyond the call of duty and devote their time and expertise to enhancing the efforts of the SEAF. This recognition was given to Jayne Wallace and Brian Baskette. Ms. Wallace and Mr. Baskette worked with the SEAF Board member to plan and deliver the first SEAF Mentoring Program for Certified Professional Facilitators (CPF). Tthis was a successful first year initiative that resulted in certification of a new CPF. Congratulations to Jayne Wallace and Brian Baskette as recipients of the SEAF Member of the Month award.
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