Play~Well Consulting
Play ~ Well2030
Educational inHouse and virtual Sessions/Consultances:
cultural diplomacy
corporate culture, corporate communication,
Health-Wellbeing , language play, creativity
Bricks:
LEGO,+
feathers, stripes, breath, bodily movement, ...
in a language play
we compose, draw, move, breath, talk
3 steps, spiral learning process +2 feather- sequences
Flow concept_in time
“The best moments in our lives are not the passive, receptive, relaxing times . . .
The best moments usually occur if a person’s body or mind is stretched to its limits in a voluntary effort to accomplish something difficult and worthwhile”
(Csikszentmihalyi, 1990).
In the past 28 years of work as a consultant for intercultural education at the Lower Austrian Government and lecturer for educational institutions in Austria, I could observe and experience the great potential of play with constructing bricks for development of soft skills and competences which are required for individuals and teams in the current global society and world, such as intercultural sensitivity, multilingual communication, cooperative and co-constructive problem solving, creative thinking and attentive use of time, space and other resources.
Creative design and multilingual storytelling practice which I have started with LEGO bricks including other materials, could empower the children and adults in their expression at all levels, enrich the variety of creations and encourage cooperation.
Such experiences have led me to develop the Play ~ Well concept, which leans on to LEGO-Brick principle. The concept provides a connection between action strategies and forms of behaviour (attitudes)
through cooperative-
Play- thoughts.
The name LEGO derives from "Leg godt" in Danish. The translation into German as "spiele gut" can be perceived as a code for a strategic attitude which in the concept of cultural change2030 in the global sustainable transformation process, is illuminated more closely. The "wave" (tilde) between terms "play" and "well" acts as a mathematical sign of proportionality and as a symbolical form of connection, which in this context is given between the action and emotional perception and creates space for practice of the mindful reflexivity by Well ~ Acts (sequences consists of art practices, design and wellness area) to increase the holistic vitality of action. The term "Session" relates to the format, frame and timeline of the educational modules and should be associated with passages of time and actions.
"Make attention, be in time, play"
are the three main sources for starting activities which relate to curiosity, awareness and creativity as essential attitudes for performance excellence at all life stages. Critical thinking is endorsed and raised by curiosity gained, awareness increases by the soothing effects evoked through multi-sensory perception, creative potential activated by play.
3/17:
Global Goals 3 and 17 stand for health, well-being and partnerships to achieve goals.
The Play ~
Well
concept promotes sustainability as a life-sustaining practice that creates interference in all relationships and actions. The approaches of intercultural education and Cultural Diplomacy2030
are an essential part of the theory
and of the
Play ~
Well
practice.
Within such activities, participants will elaborate the main pillars for creation of their optimal Wellbeing&Health strategy at the individual level and within their professional field.
The
Play ~ Well
modules should support the change management in the process of the global transformation toward sustainable development on a cross-sectoral base with relevant examples for raising of awareness on Global goals as an universal frame of values and to support the development of competences to act as responsible individuals, leaders, partners and colleagues.
Educational modules will be held in a special format with local and with international guest speakers. For each module, participants will receive learning materials in a digital form, mind markers and memo cards..
Venues: InHouse-Partner institutions, Spa resorts, other and by appointment,
at the working place of the customer.
Working Languages: basically starting in english/german, all modules can embrace other languages and open space for mindful use
of the Module-related terms. Language variety will enrich the program and bring various perspectives into insights and practice.
Play ~ Well Spa programs
for leaders and for professional staff from elementary education, museums, schools, youth centres, ... will be included in the program from 2020 and offered internationally.
These programs aim is to stimulate international exchanges in the field and to optimize the Work-Life Balance of the professional groups concerned.
Education/consulting modules from September 2019:
1st module: Kulturwandel2030: Let's brick!
In terms of content, the Talk Sessions include intercultural education related to sustainability discourses with digital and analogue forms of communication, including the inputs for
development of the Cultural Diplomacy2030- strategy at the individual and at community level;
the methods from arts and cultural mediation, with agile methods for creative service design will be practiced to explore the principle of complementarity, by facing the challenges of the "Kulturwandel"2030" (cultural change2030). Templates for the Strategy2030 will be developed in cooperation with participants.
The UN Agenda 2030 forms a conceptual framework. The work and ecological ideas of the Vienna-born international artist Hundertwasser and in particular his environmental campaigns are presented as a source of inspiration for the development of pedagogical concepts and for creative design2030.
Bono:
individual understanding and relation to UN Global Goals 2030, elaborated institutional / corporate strategy, optimised work-life balance through educational partnerships; practical learning about sustainable intercultural education methods according to the IkuBi2030 learning model starting from elementary education
3 Sessions á 50 min: for groups of 6 or more
2nd module:
Play Well ~ Cultures of Communication
Talk Sessions & Movement Series for senior executives and employees in field of education, cultural promotion, HR professionals, media operators,
and other interested
The Sessions are structured in three sequences:
articulatory phonetic exercises, strategic imagination and presentation techniques.
Bono:
Optimisation of expressional and presentational skills on individual basis, diplomatic sensitivity for tactful communication culture, contributions to the development of Corporate Communications culture and PR2030, conflict-sensitivity through strengthening of multilingual competences.
3 Sessions á 50 min: for groups of 4 or more
Play ~ Well Design
Composition from Fine Arts, Dance exercises and Service Design:
individual pillars of mindfulness will be explored in a 10-minute practice sequences, presented with constructing material, by use of visual art techniques and expressive dance forms; the individual
Pillars of Attention
will be defined on memo cards, than the Pillars
will be designed with creative material to keep them in the pocket and mind.
Hundertwasser's pillars will be presented for mindful inspiration.
Bono:
Increasing awareness through creative processes in combination with agile methods, individual value transparency enhancement, basics of the modern dance practice for daily work-out danceIn- Acts
3 Sessions á 50 min: for groups of 8 or more
Contact:
Please forward Your request for Play ~
Well
Sessions (companies, international institutions, governments, as well as educational institutions, museums),
to the following address:
t.christelbauer@gmail.com
Subject: please choose the Modul-es and add desired time, place and the number of participants
Extra Bono for Institutions, Organisations:
by becoming associate member of the nonprofit association ACD-Agency for Cultural Diplomacy you will support the current projects and initiatives for the realisation of the Global Goals within the civilian sector and in return, you will receive 50% discount for the 3-Modul-program or free consulting for one module, depending on form of Your membership. By Your interests see more here:
Open events
in Spa resorts will be announced on the following website:
https://www.acdvienna.org/let-s-brick/play-well2030/
I look forward meeting You by Play ~ Well Sessions!
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