Links for Trainers

The EfM programme revolves around the weekly seminar sessions, led by a trained Mentor. Mentors must be certified by an EfM Trainer. The Canadian programme has eight Trainers who train all of our Mentors. They represent all areas of this country and travel a great deal in order to carry out their responsibilites.

Welcome to our two newest trainers, Annette Cowan and Patricia Martin

Meet the trainers:

Cathy Hall      Chris Ross      Annette Cowan

Kelowna, B.C.      Kelowna, B.C.      Victoria, B.C.

Norman Knowles

Calgary, Alberta

Patricia Bays      Pat Martin

Ottawa, Ontario         Almonte, Ontario

David Fletcher

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Tim Smart

Montreal, Quebec

The Canadian Trainers met on our mountain at the Seton House of Prayer, Retreat Centre in August of 2011 for our Bi-annual refresher training. Two American trainers, including the Director of EfM from Sewanee, joined us for the week. We had a wonderful re-newing time, re-connecting, worshiping together, and working hard on a number of things including exercises looking at group dynamics and group interaction. At the end of the week we were tired, exilerated, full of new ideas and renewed for whatever experiences the next training sessions might bring. We will be posting a picture shortly.

Thanks to Patricia and Norman, the staff trainers, and to all the participants who made it such a great week.

LINKS FOR TRAINERS

Please note that all the links listed will open into a new browser page. You need only close the new page in order to return to the EfM Canada website.

Community Building
This site is a concise explanation of Scott Peck's Theory of Community Building.

Community Building Ilustrations
This is an simple illustration of Scott Peck's four stages of Community Building.

Critical Thinking
Here is a site with information on Critical Thinking, for those Trainers who wish to use some of this information for Mentor trainings.

Exercises for Group Sessions
An excellent site to icebreakers, team building exercises, and trust building activities

Group Dynamics Resources
The site has discussion papers, exercises and other helpful information about Group Dynamics.

Non Verbal Communication
A resource for trainers who want to do some work on non-verbal communication in training sessions.

Principles of Adult Learners
A good site about how adults learn and the principles that govern their learning.

Stages of Group Development
A site with a simple schematic explanation of the Tuckman Stages of Group Development, plus links to other pages on the subject.

Tuckman Stages of Group Development
This site has in the depth explanations of the Tuckman Stages of Group Development.

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