Diana Smith Email & Phone Number

Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Southern Ontario - Guelph And Area

I'm reframing and repositioning my work. Community is my place. Design in learning and human systems is my niche. Fostering demonstrable impact is my commitment. I engage with and strengthen collaboration beyond limiting boundaries in a interconnected world and enable social innovation and impact that makes a difference.I see myself as an 'animateur', integrating my experience as a consultant, teacher, manager, coach, mentor, and facilitator to: - Discern and enable leadership learning that leads to wise action - Generate dialogic learning that gets results - Build a relational self-directed culture in which collaboration and innovation flourish - Convene, and enable community initiatives to maximize impact- Engage in participatory planning and action research.that shapes the future to which groups, systems and teams aspire.Specifically:- Participatory inquiry and leadership processes - Blended learning design and delivery- Innovation in teaching at the post secondary levelI'm a Warrior for the Human Spirit. www.margaretwheatley.com/a-path-for-warriors-for-the-human-spirit. I'm part of a global community of individuals sharing this journey...awesome.*Smith, Mark K. (1999, 2009) ‘Animateurs, animation and fostering learning and change’, the encylopaedia of informal education. [www.infed.org/mobi/animateurs-animation-learning-and-change] ..."the role of the animateur is multi-faceted and requires ‘a wide variety of inter-connected teaching and learning strategies and skills. It draws on different components of knowledge and intelligences simultaneously’. When animation is understood and felt as something more than facilitation, and understood in its full social, human and political sense then it can become a very powerful idea".

Guelph, Ontario, Canada

A community of practice fostering learning and capacity development for social transformation and innovation at multiple scales.

Victoria British Columbia, Canada

Focused on leadership and management in the civil society, nonprofits, social enterprise, and community innovation.

Online

Instructor in Program Planning in Adult Education.

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Consultant, Facilitator, Director, DesignerWhole Systems Facilitation and Learning Processes- leading edge, competent and engaging facilitation of engaging processes of visioning, planning, decision-making and learning.- individual coaching, group training and guidance shifts to a self-directed learning culture. Learning becomes the strategic advantage, in a ‘knowledge-based’ environment.- shifting thinking and building capacity initiatives tailored to each client’s circumstances and goals.- learning design, teaching and program development [postsecondary]- a facilitator and supporter of the Art of Hosting community/methodologyLeadership, Change and Transition Management- Support and develop leadership and effectiveness through participatory planning, change and transition processes.- Encourage and develop strategies for partnering and collaborating.- Provide in-depth diagnosis, action strategies and implementation support.- Program and policy development and research in sustainability environment and human services.Examples of Projects [in progress]Summer Leadership Institute - 5 years - Co-Convenor - A week long residency program exploring 'Leading Beyond Knowing' for innovative and leading edge practitioners....

Victoria Bc

School of Leadership - focus on Systems Thinking, Organizational Learning and Change. Five years of residency teachingOngoing major consulting project supervision.Continuing Studies - focus on mentorship