Making More Powerful Choices - A Workshop on Conflict and Communication
Date:
Thursday, October 15, 2009 - 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Location:
Regional Center for Healthy Communities (Metrowest), 552 Mass Ave, Suite 203, Cambridge (in Central Square). For directions, and parking and MBTA information, refer to our website http://www.healthier-communities.org/info/directions.htm. The Center is easily accessible by public transportation.
Workshop Description:
This training is open to young people and adults. If you have youth working with your coalition, please consider bringing them along.
Whether the goal is excellent service, facilitating change, or creating a cooperative workplace, the ability to manage ourselves
is a key ingredient in managing our environment. In this interactive workshop, we will begin with self-awareness and learn
to replace reactivity with response. We will also practice centered communication by staying relaxed and focused on what we really
want.
Using principles and techniques from Aikido, the Japanese art of
reconciliation, participants will discover how to choose a centered
response under pressure, communicate clearly, and strengthen
relationships.
Learning Objectives:
• Increased options in habitually stressful situations
• New capacity to handle what comes with objectivity and curiosity
• Enhanced self-awareness and emotion management
• Skills to communicate clearly and effectively
Trainers:
Judy Ringer is the author of Unlikely Teachers: Finding the Hidden Gifts in Daily Conflict. She provides conflict and communication training throughout North America with unique workshops based on mind/body principles from the martial art aikido, in which she holds a black belt. Employing best practice communication models, Judy brings to life key concepts such as self-management under pressure and appreciation of other viewpoints. Her programs are interactive, experiential and energetic. She has written articles on the relevance and application of the aikido metaphor for Aikido Today Magazine and The Systems Thinker and is the author of the award-winning e-newsletter, Ki Moments. Learn more at www.JudyRinger.com.
Cost:
This workshop is free. If you register and later find out you cannot make it, we will gladly waive the $35.00 cancellation fee as long as you notify us via email that you will not be able to attend. See below for registration details.
To register:
Participants must register by October 9th, 2009. You can register by calling Bill Holden at (617) 441 – 0700 or e-mail your name and contact details to bholden@healthier-communities.org. In your e-mail, note that you wish to register for the training titled: Making More Powerful Choices - A Workshop on Conflict and Communication.