From the Sustainable Silicon Valley Website …
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Sustainable Silicon Valley, a consortium of companies and other organizations in the south San Francisco Bay area, is sponsoring this in-depth, hands-on training for sustainability change agents with Alan AtKisson, internationally renowned author, strategic consultant and change agent. This course will deepen your understanding of sustainability and provide you with the tools necessary to facilitate real change. In this workshop, you will learn a suite of tools aimed at breaking sustainability down into its essential elements in order to identify levers for effecting change, bringing to life the method described in his new book, The ISIS Agreement: How Sustainability Can Improve Organizational Performance and Transform the World.
The ISIS Method helps you navigate through any process and maximize the impact of your actions.These tools enable groups to explore challenging problems in a systematic way and to generate solutions that take into account complex systems dynamics.
Topics include:
• Indicators and Assessment
• Systems Thinking
• Change Agent Skills
• Sustainability Process Design
• Communicating Sustainability
• Planning and Evaluation
AtKisson’s ISIS Intensive Workshop deepens your understanding of sustainability and raises the bar on your ability to lead and facilitate change.
For two decades, Alan AtKisson and his colleagues have been helping people and organizations to achieve their sustainability objectives … and turn a passion for change into a capacity for making things happen. Join us!
Who Should Attend:
This training is appropriate for anyone who wants to accelerate the adoption of sustainability in their company, organization or community. Executives, managers, sustainability or environmental coordinators/managers, citizens, Green Team Leaders, individual contributors, consultants, educators, elected leaders, students, people in career transition. We encourage you to attend with colleagues, so that you can work together to implement what you learn when you return to your organization.
Continental breakfast will start at 8am. Lunch and snacks will also be served.
Local Hotel Info:
For those coming from out of town, we suggest 3 local hotels.
Residence Inn-Silicon Valley / (408) 720-1000 750 / Lakeway Dr, Sunnyvale, CA
The Plaza Suites / (408) 748-9800 3100 / Lakeside Dr, Santa Clara, CA
Embassy Suites Hotel - Santa Clara / (408) 496-6400 2885 / Lakeside Dr, Santa Clara, CA
To buy a ticket and register for this two-day workshop, go to: http://changeagent.eventbrite.com/
For more detailed information about ticket prices, location and logistics, contact Marianna Grossman, Executive Director of Sustainable Silicon Valley, our partner in offering this workshop: mgrossman (at) sustainablesiliconvalley.org
Now based in Europe, Mr. AtKisson was the co-founder of Sustainable Seattle and has been helping sustainability change agents improve their skills for nearly two decades. Mr. AtKisson consults with large companies, business associations, governmental initiatives, cities, foundations, global NGOs, and the United Nations, helping people to find new and accelerated strategic pathways forward. His previous works include the book Believing Cassandra: An Optimist Looks at a Pessimist’s World.
