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Brian
W. Remer
The Firefly Group is led by Brian Remer, a designer
of interactive strategies for training, facilitation, and performance improvement.
He blends information, discussion, games, and participant input to insure
involvement and commitment from everyone. With
a B.A. in psychology and an M.A. in Intercultural Management, he has worked
with businesses and organizations in Egypt, Zaire, Ecuador, and throughout
the United States. For over ten years he has consulted with organizations
affiliated with the state of New Hampshire. Brian
is a member of the International Society for Performance Improvement and has
served on the Board of Directors and as chairman and president of the North
American Simulation and Gaming Association. He is noted for his ability to
create a low pressure, high impact learning environment.
View
Brian's Curriculum Vitae HERE.
Kathleen
Koski
Kate holds a doctorate focused on Intercultural Communication, an M.A. in
Intercultural Management and a B.A. in Conflict Resolution. After working
in Spain for many years, she was in human resource management and labor relations
in manufacturing for 18 years in California and Massachusetts, then taught
adults for 14 years with the University Without Walls of UMass. She has provided
training to teachers and managers in cross-cultural communication, multicultural
group dynamics, and conflict resolution throughout New England.
Nanci
Leitch
Nanci's areas of specialization include, events planning, public relations,
marketing, media relations, fine art photography, and videography. She has
a M.A. in International Administration and a
B.A. in International Relations and Photography. Nanci has worked in more
than 13 countries in Europe, South America, Africa, and Asia as a video producer
and college study abroad advisor. In the U.S., she has organized and planned
events lasting up to a week that included meetings, travel, and study for
over 200 people from 10 countries. Nanci works as Events Planner and Business
Manager for The Firefly Group.
Curriculum
Vitae: Brian Remer
PUBLICATIONS
- Shifting Power
and Control, Training Tools for the Self-Determination Journey. Book of
training activities for use with those who support people with disabilities,
188 pages, Monadnock Developmental Services, 1999.
GAMES FOR
LEARNING (Games designed and invented for learning purposes)
- DreamQuest:
a game to teach the dynamic process of person-centered planning
- Cosmic Questions:
the meaning of life, universal precautions and everything . . .
- PowerShift:
a game about the process of empowerment
- Black and
White and Gray: protecting the rights of the disadvantaged
TRAINING OF
TRAINERS (Workshops designed to teach others the art of facilitation)
- Play Learn
Perform: Interactive Strategies for Trainers, 2003, 2004, 2005.
- Girl Scouts,
Swift Water Council, Keene, NH, 2005.
- SABES Adult
Learning Center, Wooster, MA, 2005.
- The Moore
Center, Manchester, NH, 2003.
- Training of
Trainers in Self-Determination, Concord, NH, 1998, 1999, 2000.
- Monadnock
Developmental Services, Keene, NH, 1995.
CONFERENCE
PRESENTATIONS (Workshop facilitation at national conferences)
- Build it Now:
Rapid Game Design and Development, North American Simulation and Gaming
Association, Washington, DC, November 2004.
- Metaphors
for Dummies and Skills for Social Capital, North American Simulation and
Gaming Association, Montreal, October 2003.
- Sharks and
Dolphins, North American Simulation and Gaming Association, San Diego, CA,
October 2002.
- GURU: Learning
from Every Situation, North American Simulation and Gaming Association,
Indianapolis, IN, October 2001.
- What's in
a Metaphor? North American Simulation and Gaming Association, Minneapolis,
MN, October 2000.
- Playing with
Self-Organizing Systems and The Cocktail Party, North American Simulation
and Gaming Association, San Francisco, CA, November 1999.
- Using DreamQuest
for Person-Centered Planning, National Self-Determination Conference, Minneapolis,
MN, August, 1998.
- What is Self-Determination?
National Self-Determination Conference, Tempe, AZ, August, 1997.
CONSULTATION
(Training and facilitation at the request of other organizations)
- Leadership
Training Series, University of New Hampshire (IOD), 2005 and 2006.
- From Manager
to Mentor, State of Vermont, Cyprian Learning Center, 2005.
- Strategic
Planning, Landmark College, Putney, VT, 2005.
- Curriculum
Design, Center for Health and Learning, Brattleboro, VT, 2005.
- Training of
Trainers, Mid-level Management Series, Monadnock Family Services, Keene,
NH, 2003.
- The Changing
Role of Support Staff and Group Facilitation and Negotiation, The Moore
Center, Manchester, NH, 1999.
- Teaching Decision-Making
to People with Disabilities, Area Agency for Developmental Services for
Greater Nashua, Nashua, NH, 1997
- Team Building
and Organizational Development, Community Developmental Services, Portsmouth,
NH, 1995
- Cross-Cultural
Awareness, Nutrition Consortium of New York, Albany, NY, 1994.
WORK HISTORY
- Creative
Learning Director: The Firefly Group, Brattleboro, VT, 2004 - present.
- Director of
Training: Monadnock Developmental Services, Keene, NH, 1992 - present.
- Teacher of
English, Ecuador: Fulbright Commission and Colegio Americano, Quito, Ecuador,
2000 - 2002.
- Coordinator
of In-Country Training for Africa, Asia, and The Pacific: Habitat for Humanity
International, Americus, GA, 1990 - 1991.
- Medical Social
Worker: Omaha Tribe of Nebraska, Carl T. Curtis Health Education Center,
Macy, NE, January 1989 - July 1989.
- Program Associate
for Volunteers: Presbyterian Church (USA), Volunteers in Mission/USA, New
York, NY, 1986 - 1988.
- Teacher of
English, Egypt: Ramses College for Girls and Salaam Language School, Cairo
and Assiut, Egypt, 1983 - 1986.
EDUCATION
- Master's in
Intercultural Management & Administration, Concentration in Training & Sustainable
Development, 1992, School for International Training, Brattleboro, VT.
- B.A. Psychology,
1981, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA.
- Spanish language,
two years in-country experience.
- Arabic (Egyptian
Colloquial), FSI spoken level of 2.
- Fluency in
both Macintosh and Windows systems and software.
MEMBERSHIPS
and VOLUNTEER WORK
- North American
Simulation and Gaming Association, member, 1997 to present, Board Member,
2001 to present, Chair and President, 2005.
- Center for
Health and Learning, Board Member 2000 to 2006, Treasurer since 2003.
- International
Society for Performance Improvement, me,mber 2005 to present.
- Guilford Community
Church, Lay Leader, 2002 to present.
SPECIAL INTERESTS
Swimming, bicycling, collage, photography, super-8 filmmaking, lively conversation.
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