“The destiny of men and women is to create a new world, to reveal a new life, to remember that there exists a frontier for everything except dreams… In history there are no solitary dreamers; one dreamer breaths life into the next.”
Sebastião Salgado
I am an enthusiastic and passionate leadership educator, facilitator, activist… dreamer.
I’ve been working with youth and adult learners for over ten years, creating educational experiences that challenge and transform our way of being, thinking and doing. Most of my work has been in the context of higher education, although I’ve also worked with high school students and community organizations. I love facilitating learning processes where we can all learn from each other, where synergy is created and where all people feel connected, transformed and empowered to take action.
My professional experience working in higher education institutions in Canada and Mexico has given me opportunities to implement different ways of experiential learning and popular education: I have facilitated outdoor education and team-building programs, world cafés, open-space technology, image theatre, forum theatre, arts-based learning, cooperative learning and participatory-based workshops on topics such as conflict resolution, communication and group facilitation skills. In addition, I have experience developing and coordinating programs for undergrad and graduate students.
I have an Engineering degree and a Master’s in Education from Tecnólogico de Monterrey. My graduate research was in the area of leadership development and social responsibility of students involved in campus organizations.
I’m currently a Leadership Studies graduate student at the University of Victoria where I hope to continue my learning of leadership for a better world.
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Hello
I am an executive coach here in Toronto, and am also certified to use the leadership effectiveness assessment of the leadership circle. I will be happy to meet with you and share my knowledge and experience in Leadership development, these tools and executive coaching.
Warmest regards
Ayelet
Hi,
I wanted to know if you facilitated World Cafe sessions in Toronto. If so, could you please email me so we could further discuss. I would need three World Cafe sessions consisting of approx. 100 people.
Thanks.
Hello,
My name is Reuven and I got your name through Jorge (who is working with me and my colleague, Leila, on an environmental psychology project involving eye-tracking). I am contacting you because I am currently preparing another environmental psychology study taking place on campus at UVic, and I think your expertise might really help.
The project I have proposed involves recruiting students in residence with particularly high environmental concern and training them to (1) become more charismatic and expand their social networks, and (2) persuade their peers to adopt more pro-environmental attitudes and behaviours (particularly toward waste diversion).
Given your strong background in leadership studies and teaching workshops, I would be very interested in your thoughts and any ideas you might have about training my participants. I have published other research on the effects of social influence on pro-environmental behaviour, but never attempted to teach leadership, charisma, or the art of persuasion myself.
What do you think?
Thanks,
Reuven