The Colchester NLP Group

PAST TOPICS PRESENTED

The Group has held well over 150 meetings during the last twelve and a half years, but I only have an accurate record of topics from 2004.

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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.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Cutting our 10th year birthday cake!

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.