Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Squirrels


Can you see the squirrel in the garden outside the front door. Opotiki Opossums feel kinship!

Conference going OK. The best workshop so far was by Greg and Richard from Kaiapoi who have some wonderful PD activities to work with staff to keep the process moving along. Another dude, Ken Pierce, who seems slightly crazy in a good way, challenged us to look at bullying (and any traumatic incidents) in a different way. Start by asking victims what have been the good things for them about the incident! Sounds weird but he explained things well and I bought his book.

The conference dinner is on tonight and the final day is tomorrow with my presentation in the last workshop session in the afternoon!

Have met some great people, including a further meeting with Howard Zehr the acknowleged founder of Restorative Justice as an area of study. We presented together a couple of years ago in Auckland. He has used some of my material in his work and wants an updated copy of our Restorative Handbook for staff!!!! The boys from Kaiapoi had to acknowledge me in their presentation because their workbook was heavily based on ours, but quite enhanced so I will steal some ideas back!!!

For those who miss my normal food postings will be glad to know I had a beautiful Malaysian takeaway on the beach last night.

6 comments:

Lea said...

Sounds like some good stuff. We could have just sent you to Kaiapoi for the day! All the best with your presentation. Usual day in the office here.

Terry said...

Pleased to see that you are tasting the local medicine. I can't understand your comment about this "crazy" guy, all RP fanatics are crazy, thank god. Looking forward to catching up with you next week over a few beers

Terry

Terry said...

You haven't mentioned any of those churches and museums that you have been to -you obviously need a tour guide to point out the important stuff!

Terry

Unknown said...

Every hermes bag
is a section of art that is handcrafted appropriate from the time of acid the leather and even bond up the hermes wallets
. With so abundant of account accustomed to one hermes constance
you are abiding to get the best.

BLOSSOM
, is bringing the possibility of low-cost, professional-grade BLOSSOM DVD
authoring to Linux. Although it doesn't yet support all the features of the BLOSSOM DVD COLLECTION
specification.

Unknown said...

Every hermes bag
is a section of art that is handcrafted appropriate from the time of acid the leather and even bond up the hermes wallets
. With so abundant of account accustomed to one hermes constance
you are abiding to get the best.

BLOSSOM
, is bringing the possibility of low-cost, professional-grade BLOSSOM DVD
authoring to Linux. Although it doesn't yet support all the features of the BLOSSOM DVD COLLECTION
specification.

Unknown said...

Apart from getting warm, these ugg boots aswell avowal abundant backbone due to their suede heel guards and failing elastic soles. ugg accredit humans to abrasion both acquiescently and stylishly in algid days. You can acquisition a array of these uggs in bounded and online stores. To get the best deal, it is recommended that you acquirement them from the internet at the about-face of the division if a lot of retailers action their ugg suede boots at abatement prices. Bear in apperception to baddest ugg suede pairs to accommodate your anxiety with ultra amore and comfort.