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EAST COAST DS SUMMER
INSTITUTE A SUCCESS!
This past August 2004, the East Coast Center for Dependable
Strengths and the Maryland Institute for Employment and Training
Professionals (MIETP) partnered to offer the first DSA training
for counselors on the East Coast in Columbia, Maryland. To
kick off and support the efforts of the East Coast Center,
Jean Haldane and Allen Bovin-Brown joined Anne Scholl-Fiedler
to facilitate the training. Participants were energized by
Jean and Allen’s presence, mentoring, and commitment
to the work and were continually looking at ways to bring
the process back to their organizations. Workforce development,
social services, private practitioners and educational professionals
made up the diversity of the group.
The success of the program is demonstrated through some
of the comments from the workshop participants:
“Superb…absolutely wonderful.
Empowering. Crystallizes life experiences. Worth the time,
money and hard work. Life changing. Spiritually uplifting.
Challenging, forces you to look outside of your comfort zone…worth
the discomfort. Expands your feelings of self-worth. Empowers
you to be more than you thought you were – to do more
than you thought you could.”
“I gained confidence to depend on
strengths I knew I had and identified new strengths. I received
concrete technical skills for helping others identify their
strengths. It has given me the ability to have a concrete
direction on how to be beneficial to my organization.”
“I was empowered
to make a conscience recommitment to the people I serve and
the mission of the work.”
“I learned more about the gifts
I have to bring to my work and my life, how to articulate
them better, and how to instruct others in the DSA process.”
“I am excited and enlightened by the
process! I can’t wait to share it!”
“I enjoyed this workshop more than
any other I have participated in.”
“I am so impressed with this process
and the facilitators that I feel overwhelmed by the power.”
As a result of this success, MIETP and the East Coast Center
for Dependable Strengths are teaming up again for training
during the week of February 14-18, 2005 at the Pearlstone
Retreat Center in Reisterstown, MD.
- For more information and registration details, please
visit MIETP’s website at www.mietp.org.
- To find out more about the process and applications,
please contact Anne Scholl-Fiedler at (301)529-7418 or (301)829-4685.
She can also be reached by e-mail at aefiedler@netstorm.net.
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