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Brisbane ALARA Conversations
You are invited to ALARA’s next conversation with Ron Passfield, titled "Leadership in Organisations in the Digital World of Work” on Thursday 21 March from 5.30pm to 8pm at Yeronga Village. See here for more information.
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AREOL Course
AREOL is a free 15-week online course in action research and evaluation. Twice a year ALARA sponsors this online course on action research and evaluation. The next program runs from mid-February to late May, with orientation material sent out in early February. The course is conducted by plain text email, to keep bandwidth low. Bob Dick facilitates it. If you wish to subscribe to it, email Bob - bd@bigpond.net.au.
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New Publications
ALARA has published a new Monograph and ALARj. Members can access the Journal via the OJS website. Both the Journal and the Monograph will be available on the ALARA website by the end of January.
The Monograph is by Eileen Piggot-Irvine, Wendy Rowe and Lesley Ferkins,entitled Thumbs Up for Action Research in Case Studies from the Evaluation Study of Action Research. It is available for ALARA Members on the Monographs page.
ALARA is seeking a print-on-demand service provider to replace Sydney University Press. Any suggestions or assistance in this pursuit would be welcomed - please contact Colin Bradley. Once ALARA has signed with a new provider, these publications will be available in hard copy.
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Secretary Assistance Requested
Action Learning, Action Research Association Ltd is seeking assistance in two roles, which could be performed by one or two people. These roles are Minute Secretary and Administration Support Secretary.
- Minute Secretary: The Minute Secretary may attend meetings of the Board (usually 11 per year), and does attend meetings of the Committees Group (between 6 and 10 per year) and the Annual General Meeting.
- Administration Support Secretary: The Administration Support Secretary supports the Board on all matters related to the general administration of ALARA.
Each role requires between about 2 and 10 hours per month. A full description of the work is available here. ALARA will consider applicants in a volunteer or paid capacity.
ALARA also have a number of important initiatives for which we are seeking assistance, such as developing a marketing plan, helping to create local networks or conversation events in any location where members wish to meet, approaching organisations that utilise Action Learning / Action Research that may wish to support ALARA and its activities, and developing relationships with organisations that will provide benefits to members and the wider Action Learning / Action Research community.
A description of the initiatives is available here. If you would like to discuss these roles or initiatives, or would like to undertake one or more of them, please contact ALARA (secretary@alarassociation.org or president@alarassociation.org).
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Call for papers for Action Learning and Action Research Journal
ALARA has published the Action Learning and Action Research Journal for 23 years, and you are invited to submit papers for the 2019 issues. Please visit the ALARj on the OJS site or see the submission guidelines on ALARA's website for more information.
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ALARA Monograph available
As well as the ALARA 7th Monograph, mentioned above, ALARA has published the 6th Monograph in its series: Beyond the boundary: Is there Something Called 'Real Knowledge'? by Davies, Shamshoum, Nyland and Clarke. The full Monograph is available via the Monograph's page.
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Other Events and Information
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Leaders as facilitators: workshop and free ebook - 28-29 March
Bob Dick is conducting a two-day workshop where he will also offer a free ebook. Both are about some far-reaching shifts happening now in organisational structures and in the associated leadership styles. You can view the workshop and ebook as an application of action research and action learning to some current organisational and leadership issues.
The workshop , "Facilitative leadership", will be held at Walkabout Creek, in Brisbane's western suburbs, on 28-29 March. Fee for the workshop is $770, or $660 up until the early bird date of 4 March.
Workshop details: http://www.aral.com.au/wshops/wsfl.html
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Lowitja Institute International Indigenous Health and Wellbeing Conference
Early bird registration for the Lowitja Institute International Indigenous Health and Wellbeing Conference in Darwin on 18-20 June 2019 is open until until 29 March 2019. Register now. There are a number of major events happening in Darwin around June, so be sure to book your travel and accommodation early!
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Special Issue of Action Learning: Research & Practice: Action Learning & Social Action
Submissions are invited for a Special Issue of Action Learning: Research & Practice to be published in Spring 2020. See here for more information.
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EJOLTS 10th Anniversary.
The December issue of EJOLTS is now available, concluding the year of celebration of EJOLTS 10th anniversary. Also available is Jack Whitehead's book - Whitehead, J. (2018). Living Theory research as a way of life. Bath UK: Brown Dog Books - is now available in hard copy and e-copy from Amazon and other online bookshopsinformation.
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AR+ Transformations Gathering March 7-10 2019 in Gothenburg Sweden
Hilary Bradbury has been organising AR+ Transformations gathering at Chalmers University event. Expect to enjoy yourself (yoga every day if that's your thing!) and tons of sharing of mutually transformative action-oriented learning. They are already putting a structure in place to support collective follow up. If you're feeling called to this unfolding tribe of action-oriented transformations researchers, it's time to register.
The pre-Gathering (free) webinars are now underway, so go to the website for more information.
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Call for WERA-IRN Proposals.
The World Education Research Association (WERA) invites proposals to establish International Research Networks (IRNs). IRNs are collaborative groups of scholars working on a specific research topic primarily through virtual communication or other channels. For more information.
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