The Colchester NLP Group

SOME OF THE PAST TOPICS PRESENTED

The Group has held well over 180 meetings during the last thirteen years and more.

 

 
Topics for 2009

26th Jan

"2008 has been quite a year . . . and? . . . and 2009 . . . ?"
With all that has gone on over the last year and all the doom and gloom thrust at us, apparently from almost everywhere we turn, many people feel they have good enough an excuse to act fearfully, helplessly and are worried or unhappy. Oh dear!
The saying goes 'The better it gets, the better it gets; or the worse it gets, the worse it gets". Yes, however how do we learn or show others how to thrive at all times?
This evening let's look at how we can use NLP attitudes and techniques to change this, for ourselves or others.

23rd Feb

 "Talk With the Animals" - Meet Pamela Gawler-Wright and Dibley!
We were delighted to welcome Pamela Gawler-Wright of Beeleaf Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy back to Colchester this month.
Since an Arctic expedition with sled dogs, Pamela has longed to add a canine colleague to her Psychotherapy practice and has found the ideal talent in Dibley.
Pam and Dibley will demonstrate the ultimate in cross-cultural modelling, where two physiologically contrasting species learn about the difference and sameness of the sensory world they inhabit.
Taking NLP principles of meaning-making to a deeper level, both animals can establish a common language for mutual enrichment. Non-coercive dog-and-human training will be enjoyed and an experience of Animal Assisted Therapy demonstrated.
Participants can instinctively absorb these principles and practices to enlighten and enhance their own skills for communicating, teaching, learning, managing state and motivating self and others to meaningful relationships and excellent achievements. 

1st Apr

An inItial exploration of symbolic modelling and using metaphor for change (Clean Language).

27th April

Judy Rees of the Clean Change Company ran a tremendous workshop for us on Clean Language: Harnessing the Knowledge Inside with fun sized chunks partical value.
22nd June

.Workshop on by Julian Campbell
. 27th July

David Klaasen of Inspired Working: A further exploration of LAB Profiles:' Soft Skills with a Hard Edge'

11th Aug

We held an evening NLP Group summer picnic, followed by what was a fantastic and magical open-air performance of The Winter's Tale, put on by The Theatre in The Forest. in Rendlesham Forest
   
   
   
   
 
Topics for 2008

28th Jan

 At this session our topic we will be Basic and Advanced Anchoring
Excellent communicators have usually developed a high degree of skill in the effective use of anchors. Here's an opportunity to work on your own skills.
To start, we will look at how we set anchors in ourselves and others, using all the representational systems. Through exercises and experience try out what best helps you to change your state or maintain a state. Later we'll work on how we anchor states in others.
While self-anchoring and triggering anchors is in the main a conscious process, setting anchors in others is unconscious and requires creating a trance state.
11th Feb

Developing the power of your Unconscious Mind . . . Y
One of the Presuppositions of NLP suggests is that all change is created at an unconscious level.
NLP and Hypnosis go hand-in-hand and both tap into the power of the unconscious mind so understanding the trance state is an important element in understanding the process of personal or behavioural change. This evening we will look at the relationship between your unconscious and conscious mind and how you can go inside and make changes.
As with most of our meetings, this will be a combination of giving you information, discussion and practical experience.

25th Feb

Using NLP Presentation Skills
Most of us are required to make presentations of some sort from time to time, if not regularly. This evening we will work on applying NLP patterning to enhance our abilities to create a memorable and positive learning experience for our audiences.
When making NLP Presentations we work to capture the whole of our audience by using multi representational system language to capture and anchor powerful learning states, communicating to both the conscious and unconscious minds of our clients.
Imagine the effect you can have when doing this well.
Keeping it at an easy level of detail, we ran through the 4 Mat system with it's 4 learning styles and try out some practical applications using the 'Why', 'What', 'How' and 'What If' frames in presenting, while addressing your personal congruency as presenter.

10th Mar

Motivation
This evening we worked on the patterns we employ to create motivation and those needed to maintain it in ourselves and in others.
This comes under the NLP heading of Meta Programmes, the ingrained habitual thinking patterns that we don't always know are there and could be described as the default settings of our brain.
How do you spur yourself into action?
How do you keep yourself going through challenges and distractions?
How well do you encourage others to do the same?

14th Apr

Creating Inspired Relationships - How to make your intimate relationship fire on all four cylinders
What is it that allows some relationships to flourish, while others flounder?
How can you remove judgment from your relationship?
How can you deepen understanding of your partner, predict their behaviour and influence them with elegance and grace?
While it may be true that opposites attract, unless you have practical non-judgmental way of addressing differences, things can rapidly get out of hand!
David Klaasen and his wife Pam gave another fascinating session about the Language And Behavioural Profile (LAB), this time focusing on relationships. It is said that by using the language and behavioural profile you can learn more about someone in 20 minutes than 20 years of marriage. While David and Pam have only been married for 12 years, both of them have learned how to use the language and behavioural profile to transform their relationship .Tonight, they will be sharing some of the insights they have gained from the LAB Profile. You will get a chance to practice some of the key questions to ask that will help you uncover and recognise the fundamental motivational patterns that your partner is running. They will focus on some of the patterns that can easily cause friction in a relationship if they are out of sync. On this fun and highly interactive evening, we asked our partners some interesting questions and gained new insights that allowed an even more profound and deeper understanding of what really motivates them.

28th Apr

Catch up and review session From time to time, it is worth while taking time to stop and review the NLP experiences and learnings that you have had recently. This evening we did just that, revisiting further exercises on some of the topics we've covered over the last 7 months.

9th June

Applying Confidence Skills and Techniques
Confidence issues are among the favourites that I like to work with in my 'day job' and is the topic for this session.
What would you do if you were totally confident about everything you did?
How would it be if those whom you influence were totally confident about everything they did?
What do you not do because you lack the confidence to act as you want now?
How is it for you when those whom you influence do not act as you know they could because they lack confidence to act now?
Many NLP techniques and skills are to do with changing state, - i.e. changing from an unresourceful to a resourceful state - in other words gaining the confidence to act, communicate or respond appropriately and effectively. While we learn and see these techniques being demonstrated in training rooms, how do we apply these lessons to ourselves and to others outside the classroom?

23rd June

'Get good at saying No' - Be Assertive
Following on from our previous successful session, this evening we will work with that very important element of communication skill and confidence - assertiveness.
Learn to distinguish between assertive communication strategies and those of aggression or passivity.
Let's look at how we deal with personal boundaries, our own and others.
How do you defend your personal boundaries against aggressive incursions?
How do you respect the boundaries of others?
What changes will you make to communicate more effectively what you really want and mean?
Our approach, as usual, will be to place emphasis on finding practical day-to-day applications for the lessons we learn.
Before you get too much better at saying 'No', do say 'Yes' this time and join us!
   
   
   
   

Topics presented in the 2006/2007 season.

9th July NLP Summer Picnic at Brantham Lodge.
11th June More on practical work on common areas of NLP and EFT
14th May The Palace of Possibilties and the Writing on your Walls. There are many common areas in EFT and NLP, in particular the questioning techniques and skills used to identify the 'aspects' of a problem work with our Possibilities and Beliefs and with an emphasis on marketing yourself.
23rd April The Secret of The Secret. We held an animated and lively discussion workshop on developing a better understanding of the meaning of the Law of Attraction and how to apply it.
26th March Geoff Tuff presented an practical introduction using Clean Language.
12th March The Law of Attraction: we watched the worldwide phenomenon film 'The Secret'. We also held what turned out to be the first of a series of discussions on issues raised and its relevance in terms of understanding NLP.
The concept of The Secret is that the energy you put into the world - both good and bad - is exactly what comes back to you: i.e. it is attracted to you.
12th February David Klaasen presented a further LAB Profiles Workshop
22nd January State Managment exploring how we become aware on our physical and mental state and make appropriate change.
8th January Come as you'll be in 2012 party! A great fun way to see what it's like to live your dreams. We ended by doing the powerful 1 inch board break, a great metaphor for breaking barriers between you and achieving your goals.
11th December We had breat pleasure in being inspired by Neil Davidson, a social entrepreneur, lifecoach and trainer with a passion for personal growth and living a full life and the founder of the Wellbeing Network. www.wellbeingnetwork.co.uk.
27th November Review of NLP Conference topics that Julian Russell of PPC presented.
 13th November - Geoff Tuff presented a useful workshop on the very PPRC Model, (a Perceiver, the Perceived, the Relationship between the perceiver and the perceived, and the Context) and using Clean Language.
5th November - A number of us attended a charity bonfire night FIREWALK, kindly laid on near Upminster by Richard Wells and Elliott Wald of the British Firewalk Association
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23rd October - An interesting session looking at Attitudes, Limiting Beliefs, Goals and Values, particularly regarding money and wealth, whatever that might mean to us individually.
9th October - A Wealth Workout Workshop - A wealth psychology for NLPers and the like. Presented by Marcus de Maria of Investment Mastery in London. A great fun evening that stimulated great interest that we followed through on at the next meeting.
25th September - Our 10th Birthday! Topic: The Importance of Values - Personal and Corporate Values. Presented by Martin Eldon, who helped us to set up this group and facilitated at our first meeting in September 1996. We were delighted to welcome him back yet again.

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11th September - Core NLP Principles ~ Language: The 'L' in NLP. T the significance of language in NLP, including the power of verbal presuppositions and 'verbal reframes' otherwise known as Sleight of Mouth patterns.

Topics presented in the 2005/2006 season.

17th July - Time Lines and Time Line Re-Patterning - looking at the basic and some advanced techniques.
26th June - NLP and Human Energy.An exploratory workshop.
12th June - David Klaasen on understanding and triggering motivation. A brief Introduction to the Language and Behavioural Profile (LAB Profile)
8th May - NLP Core Practice and Refresher Evening IV - Meta Mirrors
24th April - NLP Core Practice and Refresher Evening III - Anchoring
10th April - NLP Core Practice and Refresher Evening II. Following the successful format used on 13th March, we continued in the same vein and covered personal filters - aka Meta Programmes.
27th March - Jeremy Lazarus, (see) leading performance coach and trainer will present a practical and experiential session on
Winning the Mental Game of Sport and all other performance activities.
13th March - An NLP Core Practice and Refresher Evening I . A fun and valuable session exploring the other person's map of the world through perceptual positions modelling and other basic NLP lessons.
27th February - (Regina Mason on The Five Elements (Fire, Metal, Water, Earth, Wood) in Traditional Chinese Medicine and our understanding and practice of NLP. Also meeting with Toby and Kate McCarthy founders of the BBNLP (see)
10th October - Paul McKenna real life cases and techniques used - Video and discussion
13th February - Persuasion/Influencing Skills. An exploration and practice session.
23rd January - David Klaasen: Presenting to Sceptical People using LAB (Language & Behaviour) Profiles
 12th December - Stephen Brooks Master Class: Video and exploration of his Ericksonian hypnosis techniques.
28th November - Two Lessons from the London NLP Conference. "The Smallest Act" (based on part of "Be the Change" given by Robert Dilts and Sara Boaz) - exercises helping you to create change in the world. "You must be the change you want to see in the world" Mahatma Gandhi
and "For What Purpose" based on work of Dr Susi Strang "What you see outside you is really you" how does your view of the world serve you and how might you change it.
14th November - Julie McCracken ran a highly enjoyable practical workshop on using your brain together with physical movement as an aid to developing your learning state.
24th October - EMDR - Eye Movement Desenitization and Reprocessing - Liz and Julian Campbell showed how they used this this established psychological tool to help clients.

And earlier in 2004/05 . . .

Categorical Change by Charles Faulkner - NLP Conference session CD and interactive discussion
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) Introduction with Mary Jones, EFT Coach and Trainer www.thefuturestartsnow.com
Shyness - 45-minute video of Richard Bandler working with a client followed by discussion of the techniques and issues.
LAB Profiles (Language and Behaviour Profiles) & "Presenting to the Sceptical", facilitated by David Klaasen of Inspired Working.
Luscher Cards - Dr Richard Laing - on this colour diagnostic and psychological profile tool.
The NLP Quest Game
Cutting through the jargon of NLP - Simplifying questions about NLP and terminology.
NLP in Counselling within a GP practice. - Dr Brian Gough, GP from Witham.
Personal Change - NLP training video and discussion session - Richard Bandler
Forgiveness - Geoff Tuff - Learning our own patterns or strategies for forgiving and then comparison with generic models produced by Steve and Connirae Andreas and others
Networking for the Terrified - with Tim Mills of the Still Point. www.thestillpoint.co.uk
De-mystifying Networking using explanation and examples from the room and working on practical skills to support networking.
Defence Mechanisms - Julian Campbell
Examining our own mechanisms and the strategies we use to overcome the mechanisms of others.
Making the lessons of NLP more easily understood.
Noticing the differences that make the difference.