Self-Questioning

Dear All,

After the busy months of the Summer and the Fall, I still feel the great emptiness of those speedy days and I miss them. However, my family insist on my resting for some time and thus they want me to support my tired body. My feelings & my love for creating more projects are in one hand and my health & wishes of my family are on the other. They are trying to convince me to lessen the burden of my projects upon my shoulders. For me, the former is more important but for them; the latter!

Working hard for long hours never makes me step back but the obstacles before us... This is the most important criterion to lessen my work. For years and years, I have been working hard to create and to lead many projects. If you have a supporting body behind you to lead successful projects, there exists no problem. However, we all know that educational projects are rarely supported and publicized by media. The world has changed a lot, and the education seems to have lost its affect and charm on people. What a pity!

The newly appeared values & beliefs lead our youngesters to dangerous and violent-focused valleys...How will we save them? It seems to be difficult. We need the support of not only schools and parents but also the other powerful environments and means like; media, politicians, and even religious people. Ethical side of human beings seems to have changed its target. Money is the most powerful motivator for the youth. Is it so, in reality? To realize this, what are needed? To reach at a certain age? T have a different type of training? Friends? What?

I have been combatting for improving the quality level of individuals, organizations and especially schools since 1992. How successful have I become? Was it and also is it easy? Why and why not? What are the main ingredients? Do we have all of them for the sustainability? As you guess; these are very difficult questions... This puzzle must be solved but how? Such kind of self- questioning makes my mind busy nowadays. I wanted to share one part of it. Do you feel the same? If you do, why do not you write to me? Sharing is one important way of creating synergy. If you agree, please share your thoughts...

With love and peace.

Hayal Köksal

Dali, Village Institutions & Lions and A Dost from USA

Dear Dosts,

We spent a wonderful weekend. It was lovely to return to my busy and active days again.

On Friday, I had a very nice day with my friend who came here from Seattle to give a seminer_Shelee King George. On that night we participated in a piano Concert and a special night which was organized by Lions to support and resonstruct the old Kepirtepe Village Institution buildings on the way of making them Culture Center. On Sunday we went to the Dali Exhibition with my friends and it was excellent.

This morning with the e mails of my friends I have filled with positive energy. There are also good developments for our efforts for the "1.ICCSE" Mauritius Organization. All these things have given me motivating signals for a fruitful week. Loves and peace...

Hayal KÖKSAL

This Week & Quality Day!

Dear Dosts,

After the "Conflict management Seminar" at the Plaza Hotel last week, this week educators are attending the "European Culture Symposium" at the Marmara Hotel which has been held by the 2010 organizing committee and Istanbul Culture and Art Foundation (İKSV).
The project presentations started yesterday at my Innovative Teaching course at Boğaziçi University. During the first grop there were 12 projects. Next week we will go on the second group projects.
Have a fruitful QUALITY DAY! (I would like to thank my dearest dost Prof. Dr. Dinesh Chapagain for reminding of this).
With Love,
Hayal Köksal

The Great Leader who realized not only his but also our dreams: Atatürk!

The great leader atatürk is always with us after so many years of his passing away. He had his great dreams and he realized all of them one by one and thus caused us to have dreams, as well. His place is in our hearts and his principles are just at the center of our deeds.
We have been aware of the importance of his reforms. Without them, we would not be able to live freely on such a beautiful and free land. Nothing or no one can change his place within our hearts. We feel a great honour and pride for being his followers and one of his children. All the Turkish people must be aware of the great chance of being one of his sons and/or daughters of him. Even most of the foreign people feel like this, after learning about his wonderful life story. The only way of training real TQPs is to lead them with Atatürk's rules and principles. The only source for this is his "Lecture (Nutuk)". Read it, internalize it and accept is as a "real life guide" to become productive, happy, healthy and contemporary citizen. We commemorate our great Leader Atatürk with a deeper love after 70 years of his death physically.
H.Köksal

Our Projects and Seminars Start.

Dear Colleagues,
Quality and Peace Education Center (KALBE-MER) and the Association for Continuous Improvement (SÜ GE DER) are going to start the collaborative Projects and Seminars which will be designed and delivered upon your needs and wants at a modular format. I want to share them with you:
A- FOR SCHOOL-INDUSTRY & NGO COLLABORATION:

1. “ICT seagulls Project” (www.bilisimcimartilar.com)

2. 2010 Istanbul European Cultural Capital City Project: An ICT Puzzle: From Past to the Future Istanbul” (www.bigg-ist.com)

3. Bonstingl Leadership Collaboration for; "Thinking like Ataturk" Project (www.kalbemer.com)

4. For teacher trainees and Faculties of Education: “Teaching the Village Institutions' Philosophy to the teacher Trainees" Project

5. CMS, Lucknow, India Collaboration and “Internationally Certified Peace & Harmony Training" Project for teachers (www.cmseducation.org)

B- FOR INDIVIDUALS & COMPANIES:

1. “Happiness & Creativity Workshop": The program includes; personal quality strategies of Bonstingl, Techniques of combatting with anger, creativity improvement for all age and gender groups, empathy and synergy development tactics, correct breathing, relaxing and anti-aging methodology to support individuals both physically and spiritually.

TRAINERS:

1. Dr. Hayal KÖKSAL

2. Tülay ÇELLEK
3. Belgin EKİZ
FOR REGISTRATION:

WEEK DAYS: Thursdays, 9.00-13.00 (120 YTL/person)

WEEKEND: Saturdays, 9.30-13.30 (150 YTL/person)
For total participations and company staff, negotiation is required.
PLEASE CALL for REGISTRATION:

Tel: +90 212 341 26 01 Cell: +90 532 373 84 87 Fax: +90 212 341 26 02 E-mails: hayal@hayalkoksal.com koksalhayal@gmail.com

Address: Sinpaş Boğaziçi Malikaneleri, Safir 4, D.:17 Sarıyer, ISTANBUL TÜRKİYE

With love and peace...

Hayal KÖKSAL

Recent Sharings...

Dear Dosts,
It is nice to be back to write to my blog again. We have lived very very busy days during the last few months. After the realization of the 11th ICSQCC in August, we held a wedding ceremony. We have had a dearest son-in-law after the wedding ceremony of our daughter Evrim to Burçin on 24th October. It is a magnificent feeling! I wish all my friends witness the same feelings. We wish a happy and long life together for the newly-married couple.
The 6th year of the "ICT Seagulls Project" has started. In order to learn the changes and the conditions of registration, please visit the following address: http://www.bilisimcimartilar.com/ .
We are going to start "Happiness and Creativity Workshops" in our new office at Sarıyer. Ms Tülay Çellek, an alternative healing trainer and me will be in the modulled-seminar. The trainings will last 4 hours and take place on Thursdays and Saturdays. please call us and learn more... You might be in a very fruitful and peaceful atmosphere to help yourself and others on the way of improving yourself countinuously.
If you are interested in handicapped students' training, please call us to participate in the "First International Convention on Challenged Students' Empowerment" which will be held on 17-19 December, 2008 in Mauritius.
Have a lovely weekend...
Hayal KÖKSAL