Deep Talk What is this new thing Talk’? ‘Deep takes a number of Godly Play principles and some Godly Play stories—along with Deep Talk some new stories—and adapts these for a spiritual process suitable to secular and religious settings, to help groups consider their organisation’s / workplace’s vision, mission, issues or challenges. This has been used in Finland, Britain and Australia in secular and church contexts usually with existing adult teams, such as a staff team. sessions are a lot like Play. They begin with the making of a circle; the Deep Talk showing of a story; and the wondering time; but then everyone changes places and a dialogue game is played, arising from the story. This is when the group explores their work and life together. Then a celebration follows before a farewell. Jerome Berryman says: is a perceptive adaptation of Godly Play Talk “Deep to help develop work communities in creative ways. The groups gather around significant stories and wonder what they might mean for each person and how to work together. The guide quietly lays out the story to discover how untie knots’ ‘to as one critic observed. Other critics, familiar with all kinds of techniques’, ‘group found this to be a promising way to keep things open and creative in the work place. A Deep Talk session ends by asking, this good enough?'” ‘Is Jerome Berryman: recommending Tuula Valkonen’s book Talk’ ‘Deep Tuula Valkonen devised and developed in her words to uncover flowers from Deep Talk, “the the weeds” so that a garden could be made, with Godly Play principles, for people at work to talk together. is adaptation of Godly Play to help work communities Deep Talk “an … develop in creative ways” (Jerome Berryman). Tuula Valkonen began to use the techniques of Deep Talk in 2000 to enable the language acquisition methodology of Godly Play (story and wondering) for the corporate world. Like Godly Play, it is best to experience the stories and the wondering. There are some Godly Play storytellers in Australia who are able to offer an introduction and demonstration of Deep Talk. For more information contact Judyth Roberts: judythroberts@gmail.com
Deep Talk What is this new thing ‘Deep Talk’? Deep Talk takes a number of Godly Play principles and some Godly Play stories—along with some new stories—and adapts these for a spiritual process suitable to secular and religious settings, to help groups consider their organisation’s / workplace’s vision, mission, issues or challenges. This has been used in Finland, Britain and Australia in secular and church contexts usually with existing adult teams, such as a staff team. Deep Talk sessions are a lot like Play. They begin with the making of a circle; the showing of a story; and the wondering time; but then everyone changes places and a dialogue game is played, arising from the story. This is when the group explores their work and life together. Then a celebration follows before a farewell. Jerome Berryman says: “Deep Talk is a perceptive adaptation of Godly Play to help develop work communities in creative ways. The groups gather around significant stories and wonder what they might mean for each person and how to work together. The guide quietly lays out the story to discover how ‘to untie knots’ as one critic observed. Other critics, familiar with all kinds of ‘group techniques’, found this to be a promising way to keep things open and creative in the work place. A Deep Talk session ends by asking, ‘Is this good enough?'” Jerome Berryman: recommending Tuula Valkonen’s book ‘Deep Talk’ Tuula Valkonen devised and developed Deep Talk, in her words to uncover “the flowers from the weeds” so that a garden could be made, with Godly Play principles, for people at work to talk together. Deep Talk is “an adaptation of Godly Play … to help work communities develop in creative ways” (Jerome Berryman). Tuula Valkonen began to use the techniques of Deep Talk in 2000 to enable the language acquisition methodology of Godly Play (story and wondering) for the corporate world. Like Godly Play, it is best to experience the stories and the wondering. There are some Godly Play storytellers in Australia who are able to offer an introduction and demonstration of Deep Talk. For more information contact Judyth Roberts: judythroberts@gmail.com
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