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Workshops are free, but registration is required.
These workshops focus on how to build healthy relationships, communicate effectively and resolve conflicts in skillful ways. Participants learn to recognize their own triggers to conflict, understand why many of the ways we respond do not work long term, and how to negotiate better resolutions to difficult issues. This three-part course will be experiential with opportunities for each student to learn about their individual ways of responding to difficult conversations. Through case studies and reflections, everyone will have the opportunity to become skilled at resolving conflicts and create genuine connections. The class will also focus on learning to communicate effectively and respond to conflict while working with diverse cultures. Classes will build on each other but can be taken individually.
Workshop I
Date: July 9, 2019
Location: Beaverton City Library, Meeting Room B
Date: July 29, 2019
Location: The Beaverton Building, Council Chambers
In this workshop, students will use case studies to understand the nature of conflict and the pitfalls that keep us stuck in ineffective patterns of behavior. Neuroscience helps us understand that our brains play a strong role in how quickly we react to real or perceived threats and the ways we miss opportunities for real connections. Participants will also learn ways to set healthy boundaries, while negotiating in collaborative ways.
Workshop 2
Date: July 16, 2019
Location: Beaverton City Library, Meeting Room B
Date: August 5, 2019
Location: The Beaverton Building, Council Chambers
This workshop will focus on how to recognize negative emotions, discern facts from judgments, and remain neutral in order to understand communication dynamics as they are happening. Participants will practice useful ways to listen beyond right and wrong to get to the true elements of what went wrong. These skills are necessary to eliminate misunderstandings and create healthier communication, while preserving relationships.
Workshop 3
Date: July 23, 2019
Location: Beaverton City Library, Meeting Room B
Date: August 12, 2019
Location: The Beaverton Building, Council Chambers
The third workshop will focus on the art of facilitating conversations that integrate others points of view when looking for best solutions. We will cover ways of working with people of diverse cultures and those of different generations.
Summer Workshop Series
Workshops are free, but registration is required.
Conscious Communication Workshops
These workshops focus on how to build healthy relationships, communicate effectively and resolve conflicts in skillful ways. Participants learn to recognize their own triggers to conflict, understand why many of the ways we respond do not work long term, and how to negotiate better resolutions to difficult issues. This three-part course will be experiential with opportunities for each student to learn about their individual ways of responding to difficult conversations. Through case studies and reflections, everyone will have the opportunity to become skilled at resolving conflicts and create genuine connections. The class will also focus on learning to communicate effectively and respond to conflict while working with diverse cultures. Classes will build on each other but can be taken individually.
Workshop I
Conscious Communication: Communication Habits that Establish Healthy Boundaries
Date: July 9, 2019
Location: Beaverton City Library, Meeting Room B
Date: July 29, 2019
Location: The Beaverton Building, Council Chambers
In this workshop, students will use case studies to understand the nature of conflict and the pitfalls that keep us stuck in ineffective patterns of behavior. Neuroscience helps us understand that our brains play a strong role in how quickly we react to real or perceived threats and the ways we miss opportunities for real connections. Participants will also learn ways to set healthy boundaries, while negotiating in collaborative ways.
Workshop 2
Conscious Communication: Understanding the Language of Emotions
Date: July 16, 2019
Location: Beaverton City Library, Meeting Room B
Date: August 5, 2019
Location: The Beaverton Building, Council Chambers
This workshop will focus on how to recognize negative emotions, discern facts from judgments, and remain neutral in order to understand communication dynamics as they are happening. Participants will practice useful ways to listen beyond right and wrong to get to the true elements of what went wrong. These skills are necessary to eliminate misunderstandings and create healthier communication, while preserving relationships.
Workshop 3
Conscious Communication: Skilled Facilitation – Integrating Diverse Viewpoints
Date: July 23, 2019
Location: Beaverton City Library, Meeting Room B
Date: August 12, 2019
Location: The Beaverton Building, Council Chambers
The third workshop will focus on the art of facilitating conversations that integrate others points of view when looking for best solutions. We will cover ways of working with people of diverse cultures and those of different generations.