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International organisations

SFCT www.asfct.org is the professional organisation for SF consultants, trainers and coaches. Mark and Jenny are both Founder Members.
SFCT publishes the journal InterAction www.asfct.org/journal.php - Mark is one of the editors.

SolWorld (www.solworld.org) is the international community of SF practitioners in organisations, management and business settings. Mark and Jenny were instrumental in organising the first two SolWorld conferences in 2002 and 2003, and continue to be at the centre of new developments within the group. We hold an international conference and a week-long summer university each year. There is also a free-to-join lively online SOLWorld community at solworld.ning.com.

SOLUTIONS-L is the email discussion group which forms part of SolWorld. It's free to join, and in November 2006 had around 400 members. To join, send a blank email to

SOLUTIONS-L-SUBSCRIBE-REQUEST@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM

Within a few moments, you should receive a confirmatory email - just follow the instructions, and you will be subscribed. The list features searchable archives for list members. The SOLUTIONS-L list is hosted by Lsoft (www.lsoft.com)

www.thesolutionsfocus.com - the website supporting The Solutions Focus book

Key international partners of sfwork
Our international partners - organisations with whom we have continuing collaborations in developing Solutions Focused ideas in the workplace.

www.glasgrp.com Alan Kay and the Glasgow Group, Toronto, Canada.

www.clues.se CLUes, Sweden - Bjorn Johansson and Eva Persson and the Centre for SF Development

www.sf-academy.com The Academy of Solution Focused Training, Singapore. Debbie Hogan and colleagues.

www.solutionsacademy.com Kirsten Dierolf with teleclasses, SF heros cards and more.

www.solutionfocus.jp Yasuteru Aoki and SF in Japan.

www.openchanges.com Michael Hjerth's site from Sweden - interesting blog.

www.solutionsurfers.com - Peter Szabo, Daniel Meier and colleages in Switzerland

www.solutionsdoc.co.uk/ Dr Alasdair Macdonald, our Consultant Supervisor, has the latest on SF research.

Other bloggers in SF & organisations

www.openchanges.com - Michael Hjerth from Sweden

www.solutionsacademy.net - Kirsten Dierolf from Germany

solutionfocusedchange.blogspot.com - Coert Visser from the Netherlands

www.solutionfocuscoach.com - Peter West from Canada

SF in organisations

www.thesolutionsfocus.co.uk Mark's co-author Paul Z Jackson and Janine Waldman offer coaching, facilitation and training design

www.johnhendenconsultancy.co.uk - John Henden, Mark and Jenny's Bristol Solutions Group colleague

www.solutionwork.com with Michael Hjerth and Caroline Klingenstierna in Stockholm

NOAM Coert Visser and Gwenda Schlundt Bodien's Dutch organisation for solution focused management and career development, featuring trainings in Dutch and English and interesting articles.

www.solutionsurfers.com Peter Szabo's site with Skaleboards and much more.

www.weiterbildungsforum.ch/de/ Weiterbildungsforum, Basel. Coaching and coach training in Switzerland with Peter Szabo.

www.louiscauffman.com Belgium. Louis Cauffman's Solutions Tango book and more.

www.syst-strukturaufstellungen.de Matthias Varga von Kibéd and Insa Sparrer's institute for Systemic Stuctural Constellations and Solution Focused work.

www.korn.ch Hans-Peter Korn's 'Playground for Team Solutions' - an interactive hyper-show and much more.

Buy SOL 2006 DVDs from Hans-Peter, including panels on the Roots of Solutions Focused Work and the Future of SF Managemant. Money goes to Insoo Kim Berg fund

www.nexttools.net Günter Lueger's website for SF management tools (in German).

www.taitoba.fi - Peter Sundman and colleagues in Finland with coaching, therapy, consulting and more

www.reteaming.com Ben Furman's Reteaming homepages, Finland.

www.fkc.se FKC Mellansjö school - The most SF organisation in the world?

www.psych.usyd.edu.au/coach/ Tony Grant, University of Sydney Coaching Psychology Unit

www.fletcherpeacockcommunicationsolutions.com Fletcher Peacock Enterprises. Solution Focused Communication, seminars and talks, based in Quebec, Canada. Includes information in French.

www.loesbar.org Loesbar, platform for SF coaching in Switzerland with Kati Hankivsky and Stephanie von Bidder.

www.agens.as AGENS Positiv Utvikling. SF and other positive approaches in Norway.

www.handlungsspielraeume.com Kati Hankovsky. Team and individual SF coaching and training, also in German and Hungarian.

www.brief-coaching.com Peter Szabo's new site relating to his work and book on Brief Coaching.

www.breakthrough-solutions.com John Sproson

www.mehlem-institut.de Dr Peter Röhrig (in German).

www.corpjesters.com Mike Goran makes fun out of business in Canada.

www.synergia.co.nz Miles Shepheard with consulting and coaching in New Zealand.

www.ilfaro.be Anton Stellamans, Liselotte Baeijaert and others with peace building and consulting from Belgium.

www.sfe4u.org os Kerstin Mahlberg and Maud Sjoblom's site about SF Education, which also features their excellent book

www.focusonsolutions.co.uk Bill O'Connell's site has downloadable resources and a great book list

Mark is a fully-elected member of the Transformational Leadership Council, and on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Leadership in Public Services

Appreciative Inquiry and other new wave approaches

appreciativeinquiry.case.edu The Ai Commons with lots of Ai resources and cases.

www.lasadev.com Tricia Lustig's pages on Ai, featuring book reviews.

www.aradford.co.uk Anne Radford's pages on the international Ai network - seminars, conferences.
www.emergence-solutions.com Canadaian Pierre-Claude Elie's site about Ai and emergent change (in French)

Self-Help and other interesting places

www.stretchlearning.com Stretch Learning, UK, Tim Andrews helps you stretch your learning abilities.

www.weiner-davis.com Michelle Weiner-Davis's pages for self-help, relationships and women's issues.

www.sueknight.co.uk Sue Knight - NLP training and more for business.

www.isct.net Institute for Systemic Coaching and Training in Vienna, runs conferences and trainings on all aspects of systemic work.

SF in therapy

www.brief-therapy.org Brief Family Therapy Centre, Milwaukee - the home of Solution Focused Brief Therapy.

www.solutionfocused.net The Institute for Solution-Focused Therapy, Yvonne Dolan and Terry Trepper.

www.possibilitycenter.com Bill O'Hanlon's Possibility Centre.

www.brieftherapysydney.com.au Michael Durrant including an excellent selection of SF links.

www.talkingcure.com ISTC - The Institute for the Study of Therapeutic Change.

www.angelfire.com/biz/sikt/engindex.html Harry Korman.

www.0to10.net Joel Simon, New York State, USA.

www.brieftherapy.org.uk Brief Therapy Practice, London - training, educational applications, conferences.

www.solutionfocus.dk Solutionfocus, Denmark - training, therapy, events.

www.loesungsfokussiert.de ILK - Institut für lösungsfokussierte Kommunikation, Bielefeld - therapy, training, coaching, supervision.

www.brief-therapy-uk.com Eileen Murphy Consultants - SF training, particularly for schools and community projects in the UK.

www.btne.org Brief Therapy North East - a regional network for Solution Focused practitioners working in the North East of the UK.

www.solution-focused-practice.co.uk SF therapy and training with Rob Black.

www.northwestsolutions.co.uk Northwest Solutions - Carole Waskett, based in Northwest England.

www.masterswork.com DVDs and videos of leaders in SF and social construction, including Matthias Varga and Steve de Shazer.

The Solution Focused Therapy listserver provides a forum for discussion of solution focused therapy and related ideas:

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