LIVE in Santa Barbara - Spiral Dynamics, Natural Designs: |
Level 1-2 Certification seminars in Santa Barbara! |
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Come learn from Dr. Don E. Beck live... followed by a special online Synthesis dialogue! For seminar Reservation Forms and hotel information, see the links below.....
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Seminar Reservations: Registration Form
Inquiries by Email: Contact Edu@Adizes.com
Telephone Inquiries: Call 253-884-2549 (PST 10AM - 4PM)
Graduate School: Contact Edu@Adizes.com or click here for an Application.
Did you know? Seminar expenses (including meals and lodging) for business related seminars may be 100% tax deductible to the corporation (your business or employer) and may not be included as part of your income. Check with your tax advisor!
Dates: Level 1 - Monday - Tuesday, 9AM - 5PM, Wednesday 9AM - 1PM
Level 2 - Thursday - Saturday 9AM - 5PM
Time: As above. We start and end on time!
Cost:
Level One: $995 USD Level Two: $850 USD Both: $1650 USD
Returning Guests are welcome at half price!
Three-week Synthesis Dialogue online: $400
Student/Teacher/Senior prices: $550 per session (Level 1, 2 total $1100)
Small Group Discount: if 3 attend, the fourth is free - which amounts to a 25% discount for small groups. Groups over 24, contact us.
Format: Get Level 1-2 Certification in live, interactive seminars with music, videos, self-testing materials, individual and group activities. These activities provide participants with the feeling of moving through the expressions of each of the first six value systems of the spiral experientially. Breakfast foods, snacks and beverages are provided daily. A fully catered lunch is provided on each full-day session. For more details on the seminar content... see below...
SPECIAL GUESTS!! 
Elza Maalouf, a Lebonese American (shown below with her husband, Said) is an attorney and organizational consultant working in several countries. Elza brings some very specific expertise, as she uses spiral dynamics in organizational settings and works with Dr. Beck as an agent of change and an educator in Israel and Palestine! Said Dawlabani did a presentation of the history and current conomic crisis seen through the eyes of vMemes.
The SDi Level 2 seminar will also feature Darrell Gooden, shown
below at left with Bjarni Jonsson, an AGS Ph.D. student in Iceland. Darrell, also a Ph.D. candidate at Adizes Graduate School, is an expert in managing sustainable change in the military and will provide a two hour presentation describing how he has integrated Spiral Dynamics and Adizes in his work in the military. Darrell has been approved by Dr. Beck to teach the three-week synthesis dialogue following the live Spiral Dynamics seminars, where Don reviews and grades the final papers. A live Adizes seminar is also available immediately following SDi. Below are some photos of Darrell presenting in 2009-10....
Don may invite other special presenters, too, such as (below) Marilyn Hamilton, who teaches spiral dynamics meshed with integral city planning in Canada; Sunil Dovedy, Senior Adizes Associate; and Dr. Ichak Adizes.
Below: Rachel Castagne introduces Katherine Woodward-Thomas, author of Calling in the One. Cherie Beck interprets the results of online scans that attendees complete prior to the seminar. At right, Ben Levi assists Don with preparing a group assessment demonstration.
Spiral Dynamics Integral Level 1-2 seminar - what is it like?
Below, Don demonstrates changing communication strategies and hierarchies as different value systems emerge within the First Tier of the Spiral. Red, blue and green communication structures are illustrated in the photos below. This experiential process takes place during the Level 1 training.
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In Level 1, below, the group gets a glimpse of the colorful world of Second Tier (yellow). 
We learn about the leap to Second Tier and how this value system is able to recognize and accept the values of each of the First Tier systems, understanding how each system in its
healthy manifestation contributes to the health of the Spiral. 
Below.... during Level 1, Don brings participants up front for a scripted role-playing demonstration... and later, in Level 2, provides his slant on the Middle East...
Below in Level 2, we separate into groups to analyze a specific case study challenge as an experiential learning exercise with regard to the complexity involved in large-scale applications.
Below, a lively exercise where individuals debate a controversial subject by impromptu role-playing within a specific memetic value system of their choice. In 2010 we also used this format to walk the spiral map of our life's path.
Sometimes in Level 2, small groups meet to work on specific projects important to the participants - both indoors and outside in the beautiful Santa Barbara sunshine. Group presentations are always full of insight on how to apply the spiral concepts in a specific context.
Below, a participant sculpts a meme-creature during a break using clay that Dr. Beck provided just for fun.
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Location, location, location??
Location: Pacifica Ladera Lane Campus (formerly La Casa de Maria). We will send local information for travelers and maps via email once you have made your reservation.
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Hotel Information: Book your room early! NOTE that our room block is not held until the last minute. Santa Barbara is a resort destination and the hotels book up very quickly! The Inn at East Beach - Call Frank or Linda for our special weekly rates! 805-965-0546 or email Linda@InnatEastBeach.com for reservations. Do not use the online booking service! 
The Inn provides a continental breakfast, has all the amenities you can think of in every room, and is just a few steps from the Pacific Ocean shore! The LAX airport shuttle and the Electric Trolley (only 25 cents to Stearn's Wharf and downtown Santa Barbara) - both stop across the street. The nearby MarMonte hotel provides high quality room service for us, and there is a beach grill on the sand for early risers. Santa Barbara
is a true resort destination in Southern California. Dining, activities, touring, and entertainment suggestions are available - just ask Frank (right) at the Inn at East Beach!
Left, Don's puppy "sniffs out orange".... just a little joke... Come and join us!
Click here for an SDi Seminar Registration Form or for a Graduate School Application
Where can I find more information? Click here to learn: What is Spiral Dynamics?
Contact and Registration Information:
Seminar Reservations: Registration Form
Inquiries by Email: Contact Edu@Adizes.com
Telephone Inquiries: Call 253-884-2549 (PST 9:30AM - 4PM)
Graduate School: Contact Edu@Adizes.com or click here for an Application.
Why Should I Attend?
A Day-by-Day Agenda is provided in the Level 1
and Level 2 Manuals.
Spiral Dynamics answers questions like:
IF it is time for change, then FROM what TO what?
WHY do people respond to different motivators?
WHY and HOW do values arise and spread?
WHAT is the nature of change?
HOW should who lead whom to do what, and when?
When using Spiral Dynamics, you:
o communicate with people in ways they understand best on their terms, not yours.
o motivate people in ways that matter to them, at this time, in this place.
o construct organizations that align the work to be done, the people who will be doing it,
the management style that fits those people, and the technologies that apply naturally
o design natural systems within a coherent framework.
Spiral Dynamics can be applied to:
o understand why medicine cannot prevent the spread of HIV
o understand why global crises, such as terrorism, exist and resist diplomacy,
o integrate and align the efforts of stake-holders in complex global hot spots
o integrate and align the efforts of stake-holders with regard to domestic economic and
social development issues
What Will I Learn?
Adizes Graduate School is pleased to announce a six-day Spiral Dynamics seminar, live with Dr. Don E. Beck in Santa Barbara, California. This course will have a distinct academic focus because participants may continue their learning with three-weeks online follow-up dialogue for graduate credit which can be applied to any degree program at Adizes Graduate School!
Natural Designs: Second Tier Leadership, Organizational Elegance and Integral Management
This graduate level exploration into the theoretical underpinnings within the Clare W. Graves "Levels of Existence" will provide a rare glimpse into both the research methodology and the early applications of his seminal work. Further, we will track the history and emergence of the Spiral Dynamics extension, and mesh both with similar developmental streams in what is now being called Integral Psychology. Finally, this academic course will describe the myriad of applications of the Graves-Spiral Dynamics-Integral sequences, including the major contributions by Ken Wilber and others, in dealing with real world problems. This first major paradigm of the 21st Century offers insight in such areas as geopolitics, economics, religion, the arts, coaching and counseling, organizational design, education, health care, and other such manifestations.
Each student will complete a full battery of research instruments and will be challenged to develop applications of the Integral theory in their own area of interest. A feature of the course will be a demonstration of the interrelationships of Spiral Dynamics with the Life Cycle theory of Ichak Adizes, System Dynamics and Constellation theory from Bert Hellinger, as well as a number of other evolutionary and consciousness-based approaches. We may use the "Live Wire" technology to interview, via telephone, several of the outstanding contributors to this emerging paradigm, both in the United States and elsewhere. Special presenters are often invited to attend Level Two.
Following the six days of instruction in Santa Barbara, join us for three weeks online. The online dialogue assists students in focusing on their individual applications of spiral dynamics concepts. Use the Registration Form above to enroll.
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