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Principal Trainer: Rob Voyle

Episcopal priest
Psychologist
Executive Coach

Rob is an accomplished speaker and trainer. Participants consistently rate his training programs as:

"one of the best workshops I've attended in years"

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Humorous, and Healing
approach to training

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The Appreciative Way

The Appreciative Way, is Rob and Kim Voyle's synthesis of:

The practice and philosophy of Appreciative Inquiry
The work of Milton Erickson and his students
Positive Psychology
Compassion as the agent of transformation
Contemplative Spirituality

Discover the essentials of the
Appreciative Way in this fast
read format book by Rob and
Kim Voyle.

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Assessing Skills and
Discerning Calls

Assessing Skills and Discerning Calls

Theological Perspective of the Search Process
Overview of Appreciative Inquiry
Conducting a Congregational AI Summit
Developing Job Requirements
Evaluating Supplemental Written Questions
Evaluating a Structured Interview
Checking References and Past Performance
Assessing Work Samples Such as Preaching and Celebrating
Discernment; Vestry Interviewing and Simulated Vestry Retreat Exercises

Features:

Readily Adaptable to Specific Parish Needs
Copyright Licenses Available for Congregational Use
Augments Adjudicatory and National Church Procedures

Search Consultancy

Use the Appreciative Way to coach a congregation through their search for a new leader.

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Continuing Education

We are approved sponsors of Continuing Education for Psychologists and Professional Counselors through the APA and NBCC.

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Please contact Dr. Robert Voyle, if you have questions regarding the suitability of a program to meet your continuing education needs.

The Appreciative Way of Leading Congregational Development

This Appreciative Inquiry based program is a natural follow-on from our Introduction to Appreciative Inquiry. The focus of this program is to apply the introductory information specifically to the work of congregational development.

This program would be helpful to any clergy wanting to engage in congregational development and especially to those starting a new ministry or congregational consultants.

All Sustainable Change is an Inside Job

Development plans that are inflicted upon people rarely succeed or are sustainable, regardless of the merits of the plan. In the incarnation Jesus did not come and inflict salvation on us he came and lived as one of us. In this training program appreciative strategies will be provided to help leaders discover and incarnationally join congregations at their life-giving core and then from this God-given place co-create with the parishioners their preferred future.

Some of the training topics will include:

The Incarnational Ministry Fractal for Leading Change
Joining the System: Working From The Inside Out
Assessing Congregational Performance
Creating and Facilitating an Appreciative Inquiry Summit
Developing Vision, Purpose and Plan
Identifying Resources, Moving From Problems to Solutions

Eligibility

This program is built on the core understanding of Appreciative Inquiry and is open to those who have completed the Clergy Leadership Institute Appreciative Inquiry training.

Who Should Attend This Program

Clergy wanting to engage in congregational development
Clergy beginning new ministries*
Psychologists, Consultants and Counselors
who work with clergy and churches in transition

*Because this program focuses on incarnational issues of entering and joining systems to ensure that all change is an inside job this program is very applicable to clergy beginning new ministries.

Continuing Education Credit

This program qualifies for 15 contact hours of continuing education credit.

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Learning Objectives

To provide participants with a basic understanding of the work of Congregational Development utilizing an Appreciative Inquiry philosophy and process.
To provide participants with an incarnational model of ministry that enables clergy to effectively join with diverse congregations to co-create sustainable change.
To provide participants with the resources to plan, design, and lead an appreciative inquiry summit.

Workshop Format

The workshop will typically be conducted in a retreat setting with:

Didactic presentations
Practice and experiential exercises
Time for personal reflection and synthesis

Typical Workshop Schedule:

The following is a typical workshop schedule. The exact schedule may vary depending on location.

For each specific program a flyer with dates, schedule times, and continuing education hours can be found on the training schedule page.

This program usually starts after lunch on the third day of the appreciative inquiry training.

Day 3:
1:30-3:15 pm Session 8
3:15-3:45 pm Walking Meditation and Reflection
3:45-5:30 pm Session 9

Day 4:
9:00-12:00 Session 10
12:00-1:30 pm Lunch
1:30-3:15 pm Session 11
3:15-3:45 pm Walking Meditation and Reflection
3:45-5:30 pm Session 12

Day 5:
9:00-12:00 Session 13

Specific times and costs may vary depending on the sponsoring organization.

Please check the schedule and registration page for additional workshop specific information.

Note: The above schedule includes meals for commuters. When residential accommodation is provided, residential participants will also be provided with Breakfast and Supper during the course of the week.

Costs for 2009

Tuition Fee

Early Bird 4 weeks before session:
Within 4 weeks of session:

$375
$425

Participants who register at the same time for the consecutive Introduction to Appreciative Inquiry and The Congregational Development program will receive a $50 discount.

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Accommodation

Accommodation and facility use fees are extra and are dependent on the training locations and will be specified on the registration forms. Meals between sessions are typically provided for commuters.

Presenter

Rob Voyle is an ordained Episcopal priest, psychologist, and coach. He is the Director of the Clergy Leadership Institute. Rob's parish ministry of over 20 years was primarily in the field of Interim Ministry and he has subsequently worked as a consultant helping congregations develop strategic plans and development using appreciative inquiry based processes.

Registration for Workshop

To register for the workshop please go to the training schedule and select register for the appropriate workshop. For additional information please contact Rob Voyle

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What Participants Say

The Rev. Robert Voyle was invaluable to making our search process a success. He led the committee members in Appreciative Inquiry exercises to build up the relationships of the team members and to begin to articulate some common understandings of the core values of our diocese.

Rob coached us to keep a clear perspective of what we had discerned as the skills and gifts necessary for our next bishop and to let this guide our work. He was also at the other end of the telephone or email when specific issues came up that would be helped by his experience and knowledge.

Joanna Shreve, Co-Chair Diocese of El Camino Real Bishop Search Committee

Rob's combination of organizational savvy, teaching skills, theological & spiritual integration, and ability to rapidly build supportive, learning communities is quite simply the best in any of the churches today.
Gray Temple, Episcopal Priest, Author & Coach

After 45 years in the pastoral ministry and attending three events led by Rob Voyle, I have finally learned a better way to help church leaders help themselves and the people they serve.
John Wilkerson, Director: Church Leadership Coaching & Consulting

Rob's appreciative coach training helped me to rethink the way I approach and provide therapy; Thanks!
Dr. George Moses, Pastoral Counselor

Rob will enhance your ability to delight in yourself, your neighbor and God through his insightful, practical, loving, professionally grounded, appreciative and often mischievous coaching and teaching skills; and that will make you a better leader and citizen in God's creation.
Ed Leidel, Episcopal Bishop and Congregational Coach serving North America

"I have been fully engaged emotionally, intellectually, and spiritually. Thank you for touching me at the core of my being."
M.E. Member of the UCC Church.

"Of all the training I have been to, your notes are the ones I keep coming back to time and again for practical resources."
P.W. Conference Pastor.

Rob's training is full of heart, wit, and passion.
E.R. Executive Coach

Rob's educational model brings body, mind and spirit together. I have been challenged intellectually, transformed spiritually, touched emotionally, gathering in communally. He came into my life at just the right time.

Jean Holmes, Presbyterian Pastor

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