Triangle Type
The Newsletter of the RTP Chapter of the Association for Psychological Type / Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
Spring, 2005

Edited By Carol Shumate and Walter Smith

Karen Ridout and Ken Boggs enjoy an INFJ laugh.

In This Issue

Board Meetings, 2005

Jobs Open to RTP Type Practitioners

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APT International is currently seeking candidates for its four highest positions. All of these positions involve working with virtual teams and do NOT require residency in Chicago. Initially, the new staff will be hired for an interim period of 6 months to a year. At that time, the position descriptions will be reviewed to ensure that they reflect the future needs of the organization, and to make any other needed adjustments. The initial contracts will be designed for independent contractors who can provide at the onset their own office and suitable equipment for the tasks required (compensation for office support negotiable within the contract). For the specific responsibilities of each position, go to the APT website

Executive Director (Full time) Reporting directly to the Board, the Executive Director is responsible for the management of the association.  As APT International moves towards becoming a hub for international information sharing, the Executive Director will foster an inclusive approach for networking across the type community. Submission Deadline: May 31, 2005; Tentative Starting Date: July 2005; Skills and Experience:

  • Minimum of 5 – 10 years experience in a senior management position or association management executive
  • Post graduate degree  in administration preferred
  • Awareness of the international type community and its needs is desirable
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, to provide a positive image for APT International as the key liaison for the association.
  • Computer literacy including familiarity with all Office programs, web communication and financial management tools
  • Experience in leading virtual teams is also a desired asset.

Support Services Coordinator (Full time) Reporting to the Executive Director, this position will be responsible for providing the support services to the Board and related committees. Submission Deadline: May 31, 2005; Tentative Starting Date: July 2005; Skills and Experience:

  • Experience in the use of all Microsoft office programs, web management and online communication tools, and a basic accounting program
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • The ability to function as part of a virtual team.

Education Coordinator (Part time) Reporting to the Executive Director, the Education Coordinator will be responsible for the development and promotion and management of both onsite and online programs.  Submission Deadline: July 31, 2005; Tentative Starting Date: Oct. 2005;  Specific responsibilities include:

  • Knowledge and implementation of adult learning principles
  • Ability to conduct ongoing needs assessments,
  • Course / curriculum development,
  • Experience with course / seminar administration 
  • Experience  with online learning implementation and support
  • Experience with supporting technology is also desirable (eg: Microsoft Office and online learning platforms.

Membership and Marketing Coordinator (Part time) Reporting to the Executive Director, the Membership and Marketing Coordinator will be responsible for  the promotion of the association and its activities and recruitment of members and sponsors. Submission Deadline: July 31, 2005; Tentative Starting Date: Oct.2005; Skills and Experience Required:

  • A minimum of five years of experience in membership relations in a not-for-profit association
  • Promotion and marketing experience
  • At ease promoting and selling APT’s member benefits
  • An ability to develop effective relationships with members, volunteers and potential users of APT’s membership services.
  • Hands-on computer experience in Microsoft Office Products, Windows, web-based and email applications.
  • Experience in database management.
  • Strong interpersonal skills - written and verbal
  • A self-starter with a strong ability to work as part of a small team.
  • Post secondary education in marketing, public relations, and /or association management a definite asset.

All candidates interested in any of the positions should submit their resumes to Lynda Trommelen, APT President at lynda@kingston.net  by the dates noted.

 
President's Corner

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Borrow Brains

By Krista Babbitt

Who doesn’t need a way to get things done faster and more effectively?  My Dad used to say when I needed to get something done,  “Borrow brains!”  Here’s a reminder of some ways to “borrow brains” just by using our chapter’s APT-RTP connections:  



Krista Babbitt,
APT
President
  • Email members asking for suggestions for a specific situation.  You’ve got all the board addresses at your finger tips via the website – feel free to use us! And you can email Dear Typie via the newsletter for thoughtful and humorous answers to questions you face when using Type.

  • Learn about type from our newsletter articles.  They are professionally written, often sharing the insights from an event you might have missed or for which you’d like to have a record of the content.

  • Attend free networking meetings designed to help you make new connections with other type users and learn something new about type in a more informal setting from colleagues.  We just had a great meeting around the book Type and TLC: Training, Leading, Coaching All Types for Star Performance by Donna Dunning, last month led by member Mary Charles Blakeborough.

  • Connect with the international type community by attending our  Review of the International APT Conference in Portland in early September.  Talk about borrowing brains. Even though this will be the first year I’ve been able to attend in person, I’ve benefited every year from this conference via APT-RTP members who have brought back what they learned!

  • Extend your marketing by advertising your services in the Members’ section of the newsletter.  Members are eligible for free PR about their services, seminars, books, etc.

  • Renew your type skills with programs like our “Tips & Tricks” event, which provide practical examples, exercises or other ideas for teaching about type.  Hearing both exercise directions and first-hand experiences is so good for someone of my type since I often lose people in the explanation!  I LOVE this event every time we do it.

  • Get discounts and freebies: Laura Sarisky (board Treasurer) & I just met with Amy Ferris (aferris@cpp.org) our southeastern representative of CPP Inc., publisher of the Indicator, to learn more about the organization.  We walked away with a better understanding of much more. CPP helps individual practioners and organizations find the right combination of tools and plans to meet client needs. We shared with Amy that one of our chapter goals was to increase the membership participation and right away. Since one of the goals of our chapter is to increase membership, Amy offered a discount for new chapter members on the ten book Introduction to Type Series.

If these venues for making the most of our joint type knowledge are good for you too, join us in promoting this Type learning environment.

 
Fall Program

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The Art of Talking in Circles: An Interactive Experience with The Communication Wheel™

By Walter Smith

Understanding someone speaking your native language is not always easy. That’s because we all speak different languages. Those languages are based on the Intuiting, Sensing, Thinking, and Feeling, functions of MBTI® and they all have their own special dialect. Unless you are tuned into the language the person you are with is speaking, you might not understand what is being said even though you recognize the words that are spoken. The Communication Wheel™ is an excellent way to understand the languages we speak. 

Using a combination of videotapes of speakers of different types and live examples, this three-hour workshop will show you  how to:

  • Identify your own communication preferences and how they help or hinder you.
  • Explain the key factors in communication.
  • Identify the basic Type languages.
  • Experience a human communication wheel.

You do NOT need know your MBTI type or anything about Type to participate in this workshop. A self-scoring questionnaire will be given that will identify your communication style. On the other hand, the more you know about Type the more you will increase your understanding and use of type.  (Date, time, and p lace to be announced.)

Walter R. Smith, D.Min., is a Certified Practitioner of MBTI®.  He is also certified in the Communication Wheel™, FIRO-B, and FIRO Element B™.  He has conducted workshops in the Communication Wheel at the SE APT Conference, with church groups, and with the former Richmond Chapter of APT. He is an Associate Pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Lynchburg, Virginia where he uses Type in counseling, committee work, and sermon preparation. He is also co-editor of “Triangle Type,” the newsletter of the Research Triangle Park (RTP) Chapter of the Association of Psychological Type (APT). 

Editor’s Endorsement: 

Did you know that some compliments can insult certain types?  Did you know that your PR pieces persuade some audiences and repel others?  And if you know this much, are you able to speak in someone else’s type language?  All of this can be learned and practiced in this workshop, which remains to this day the best type program I’ve ever attended.  Best of all, you don’t even need to know much about Type to get the value.

Walter gave an abridged version of this workshop a few years back at the Southeast Regional Conference, and to this day I remember the type lessons I learned in that workshop.  It transformed my spoken communications with my husband, friends, and colleagues, and my written communications to clients or prospective clients.  By understanding the preferred language of my prospective clientele, I can better persuade them to buy my services.  Quite simply, this workshop changed the way my brain works and uses language.

In spite of learning the lessons, I still need practice using them.  For that reason, I plan to attend this program, update my skills, and get more practice.

---- Carol Shumate

Calendar of Type Events

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Calendar of Type Events

Day/Date

Title & Presenter

Registration & Cost

Location

M A Y  

Saturday

5/21

8:30 – 4:15

Find Your Own Writing Style – Combining Psychological Type and Writing.

Carol Shumate, Ph.D.

N.C. Writers’ Conference

$100-$125

www.ncwriters.org

Raleigh, Peace College

J U N E 

6/2-6/3

 

MMTIC Training

Elizabeth Murphy, Ed.D

CAPT:  800.777.2278

$595

CAPT: 
Gainesville
, FL

 6/3-6/4

Archetype of the Southern Belle

Jung Society

Chapel Hill:
Binkley Baptist

J U L Y

7/27 - 7/31

APT XVI International Conference

www.aptinternational.org

Member APT: $440; 
Student: $245

Portland, OR:

Hilton Portland Executive Towers

S E P T E M B E R

9/19-9/20

MBTI Step II Training

Roger Pearman

(336) 774-0330 Info@leadership-systems.com

$525

Winston Salem: Qualifying.org®

 
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The Eight Functions in the 16 Types

 

 

ESTJ

ESFJ

ENFJ

ENTJ

ESTP

ESFP

ENFP

ENTP

Dom

Te

Fe

Fe

Te

Se

Se

Ne

Ne

Aux

Si

Si

Ni

Ni

Ti

Fi

Fi

Ti

Tertiary

Ne

Ne

Se

Se

Fe

Te

Te

Fe

Fourth

Fi

Ti

Ti

Fi

Ni

Ni

Si

Si

Fifth

Ti

Fi

Fi

Ti

Si

Si

Ni

Ni

Sixth

Se

Se

Ne

Ne

Te

Fe

Fe

Te

Seventh

Ni

Ni

Si

Si

Fi

Ti

Ti

Fi

Eighth

Fe

Te

Te

Fe

Ne

Ne

Se

Se

 

 

ISTJ

ISFJ

INFJ

INTJ

ISTP

ISFP

INFP

INTP

Dom

Si

Si

Ni

Ni

Ti

Fi

Fi

Ti

Aux

Te

Fe

Fe

Te

Se

Se

Ne

Ne

Tertiary

Fi

Ti

Ti

Fi

Ni

Ni

Si

Si

Fourth