"Birgitta, I just saw your note. Tell me more about what you do and if you use or have use of storytelling. I would love to have a conversation. Laura"
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Birgitta Schomaker's Requests
Home visits
Started this discussion. Last reply by Rituu B. Nanda Nov 15, 2017. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Dear all,Marlou and I are writing a proposal for the city of Amsterdam where we intend to do home visits in a newly built neighborhood. The home visits will be the first step towards building…Continue
Personal Life Competence Process
Started this discussion. Last reply by Birgitta Schomaker Jun 3, 2017. 6 Replies 2 Likes
Dear reader,I met a young woman called Sara here in the Netherlands of Syrian descent. Sara is taking the SALT course on community development for refugees (people that have received a legal status),…Continue
Birgitta Schomaker's Page
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Birgitta Schomaker commented on Marlou's blog post Loslaten, in veiligheid/Letting go, in safety"Mooi, Marlou! Wat prachtig om zo aanwezig te zijn bij jouw gesprek en ontmoeting met Kinana. Goed om te zien hoe Kinana de vertaalslag kan maken " (...) dat de dingen die ze al gedaan hebben in hun leven van belang zijn…"
Birgitta Schomaker replied to Nathalie Legros's discussion Can you appreciate conflicts?"Hi Nathalie, you brought in a key point! I find disagreement and conflict scary because we are not sure if the relationship will sustain.
As SALT facilitators we value connections and we focus on building a safe environment. And here…"
Birgitta Schomaker left a comment for jolanda kirpensteijn"Welkom Jolanda!
Goed je hier te zien. Ben benieuwd naar jouw blogs/video's. Als je wilt, zet ik Engelse ondertiteling bij de onbewerkte video's (met Windows Movie Maker is het makkelijk). Ik dacht dat de pitch van Winny geschikt zou zijn…"
Rituu B. Nanda liked Birgitta Schomaker's page Krachtgericht Begeleiden van groepen - Phase 2 of Strengths-based participatory community development with refugees in the Netherlands, #inclusion #diversityBirgitta Schomaker commented on Birgitta Schomaker's blog post What is so special about story telling?"It seems more people are discovering the universal power and application of story telling:
http://amandafenton.com/core-methods/what-is-the-collective-story-harvest/"
Birgitta Schomaker added a page to the group Dutch Competence
Phase 2 of Strengths-based participatory community development with refugees in the Netherlands
This year (2018) approx. 30 employees of the Dutch Council for Refugees will be on a learning journey to apply SALT in the groups they (will) facilitate.
One group in Amsterdam started in February with living room (home) visits to newcomers from…
Birgitta Schomaker commented on Jean-Louis Lamboray's blog post Isn't there a shortcut?"What a powerful and inspiring report, JL! And thought provoking:
"Maybe the general cause is the capacity of external influencers to project as superior their own way of living. They dismiss the spiritual dimension of humans-in-nature as…"
Birgitta Schomaker liked Rituu B. Nanda's blog post Why ASHA/health worker wants to transfer SALT to another village?Birgitta Schomaker commented on Gaston's blog post CLCP in our start-up team"Thank you for sharing, Gaston! Wonderful to read the practices that came up."
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- I'm a organizational and social psychologist, working with individuals, teams and organizations through coaching, training and change facilitation. I have a wealth of experience. Recently I've become more interested in community building through Appreciative Inquiry and other hosting methods.
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- To work more often as a change facilitator, working with concepts and tools from Deep Democracy, Theory U, Appreciate Inquiry and SALT to assist (self-directed) teams and communities.
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Where were you born? How did that shape you as to who you are today?
Posted on March 10, 2018 at 8:30pm 6 Comments 4 Likes
How to start a conversation on migration?
We started a 7-day course on strengths-based facilitation of refugee groups in the Netherlands by letting participants (some of them with migration/flight history, and some Dutch) ask each other the following questions:
- Where were you born?…
Continue Refugees help us understand, or: the power of diversity
Posted on March 10, 2018 at 12:00am 2 Comments 3 Likes
In Utrecht, in the center of the Netherlands, we came together to learn about SALT as a strengths-based approach to assist refugees in making a new home, building new networks etc. More importantly, we came together to learn from each other about diverse perspectives on inclusion of refugees in Dutch society.
Only 6 out of the 20+ participants are born in the Netherlands in a Dutch family. The rest of the group consisted of (former) refugees from Eritrea, Syria, Iraq, Kosovo, Burkina…
Continue What makes us human? Keeping an open mind towards integration of refugees
Posted on February 4, 2018 at 8:00pm 0 Comments 3 Likes
Marlou and I gathered with a diverse group of volunteers and employees of a housing corporation to kick off our project "Common Ground" in a new neighborhood in Amsterdam.
In one street of this neighborbood, one out of three households came to the Netherlands recently as refugees. They obtained a temporary residence permit and the local government provided housing to them. They come from Nigeria, Libia, China, Eritrea,…
stimulating ownership-in-action
Posted on January 17, 2018 at 12:30am 2 Comments 4 Likes
For me the S for Stimulating in SALT reminds me of Appreciative Inquiry (AI): what (behavior, routine, way of working) is already going well (even if it happens irregularily or not so often), and how can we stimulate its occurrence to spread or increase?
A few days ago Ayan (former refugee from Somalia) and I were visiting a community of single men that live together temporarily in a housing facility that the local government provided for them, while waiting for their new, individual…
ContinueComment Wall (4 comments)
- At 4:05pm on June 28, 2018,
Laura Simms said… Birgitta, I just saw your note. Tell me more about what you do and if you use or have use of storytelling. I would love to have a conversation. Laura
- At 5:30pm on April 3, 2018,
jolanda kirpensteijn said… goed idee ik zal t sturen
- At 11:29pm on July 3, 2016, Rituu B. Nanda said…
A big thank you for your valuable contribution to the online Constellation community, Birgitta! We are lucky to have you in this journey.
- At 11:41pm on December 9, 2015, Rituu B. Nanda said…
Dear Birgitta,
Welcome to Community Life Competence!
Could you add your picture as it adds a human touch to your profile? (go to 'settings' then 'upload photo')
Connect with members: We hope you will enjoy the opportunity to communicate with friends in all parts of the world. Under the Tab with ‘Members’ you can find people to connect with and members who share similar interest.
Post your experience: You can share your experiences with local responses and the competence process through putting up a blog. To post a blog, first sign in, then go to top of the page and click on the blue button ‘Our Stories’ and click on ‘+ Add ’. You can also comment on blogs posted by other members.
Requests: This the place where we learn together. If you want to discuss an element of the Competence process, or other issues related to local responses, please contribute to the forum. To participate in an ongoing discussion, sign in, go to the top of the page, click on the blue button ‘Requests’ and then click on topic of the discussion you are interested in. In the Request you have an option to start a discussion on a topic of your interest.
Again, we are very happy to have your voice on Community Life Competence and look forward to your contributions. You will find some suggestions and rules of play under the ‘help’ tab. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you need any assistance. If you want support contact rituu[@]communitylifecompetence.org. To know more about the Community Life Competence approach, please visit http://www.communitylifecompetence.org
Warm regards,
Marlou and Rituu
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