The 3rd Asia Pacific Solution Focused Approach Conference was a resounding success   with  over  100  delegates  in attendance  on  11th - 12th  June  2010.

We had delegates from across the Asia Pacific Rim, Europe and the US.  

There   were two Pre-Conference workshops. One with Peter Szabo on "SURF Coaching" and one on "The Common Project" with
Harry Korman.  There was a Post-Conference workshop with Mark McKergow on "iFLOW: Deliver More, Stress Less."

Delegates at the 3rd Asia Pacific Solution Focused Approach Conference

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                Day one began with an interesting and thought-provoking plenary by Mark McKergow and Harry Korman 
                on "Inbetween" where they talked about the basics of SF as being defined by what we do as well as what
                we don't do as SF practitioners.
                            

                             This was followed by four workshops nominated by participants as topics of interest.

                        Parent as Coach, Edwin Choy                                                   Marriage & Families, Debbie Hogan
                             
       
                         SF in Organizations, Lilian Ing                                         Tools & Activities, Denise Wright & Lilian Ing
                               

           Peter Szabo presented the second plenary on "Coaching Reloaded - The Impact of SF" and entertained us
           with his humor and enlightened us with his creative use of the scaling tool.  He  challenged us  to think of
           our role as a coaches as being good observers and "witnesses" in the progress our clients make.
                            

            The first evening of the conference, the participants enjoyed a BBQ dinner on the beach on Jimbaran Bay
            where they feasted on fish, prawns and other local dishes.
                          

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         Day Two began with Mark McKergow presenting a plenary on "The Locust and the Bee: Why SF Consulting 
         is the Way Forward in Organizations".  Mark used the metaphor of locust-consultants and bee-consultants
         as a way of demonstrating how SF practitioners are more like bees that locusts.
                                                         

                   This was followed by another round of four different workshops based on topics of interest.

                        SF Coaching, Chris Robinson                                       Groups & Teams, Lilian Ing & Denise Wright
                          

               SF with Children & Adolescents, Alan Yeo                                 SF in Education, Dave & Debbie Hogan
                            

       A panel discussion was lead by Jenny Clarke, Peter Szabo, Jocelyne Korman, Harry Korman, Mark McKergow
       and Chris Robinson on "The Future and Evolution of SF."  Some very interesting questions were raised by the
       attendees.   The  conference  ended with a powerful  and  moving documentary by  Dewitt  Jones,  a  National
       Geographic photographer, entitled, "Celebrate What's Right With The World." 
                                   
          

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      On behalf of the Organizers, a big thank you to all the delegates who attended the conference, to the plenary  
      speakers, workshop presenters and all the helpers behind the scenes who contributed to making our 3rd Asia
      Pacific Solution Focused Approach Conference a huge success.