Conference
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It’s About People at the 2018 Mass Cultural Council Institute
DCU Center 50 Foster St, Worcester, MA, United StatesInspire. Connect. Empower. Join us at the free, inaugural Mass Cultural Council Institute on March 17 at the DCU Center in Worcester. Connect with peers and city and town leadership from every corner of the Commonwealth. Together we’ll unleash The Power of Culture. Partnering Resources founder Maya Townsend will speak on a panel entitled "It's About People": Organizations large and small ... Read more »
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2018 Leadership Forum: Leading Across Generations
Boston Marriott Cambridge 50 Broadway, Cambridge, MA, United StatesJoin the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce for a half-day of professional and leadership development on the theme “Leading Across Generations,” where our keynote will spotlight EF Education First, an international education company that ranked number one on Boston Globe's 2017 Top Places to Work. When the #@$! Hits the Fan: Leading Your Team Through Deep Conflict Presented by: Keli Trejo and Maya ... Read more »
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When Conflict Overwhelms Change: What To Do When Groups Get Stuck
Loews Meeting Complex 6300 Hollywood Way, Orlando, FL, United StatesDescription: Conflict is inevitable. And conflicts in today’s organizations, in which people are expected to change so quickly, are even more common. Unfortunately, often conflict in organizations is avoided or swept under the rug. Occasionally, a conflict becomes so large that it threatens to rip apart a team, create an unpleasant working environment, or reduce productivity. But it doesn’t have ... Read more »
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Our Organizations are Networks: Why Don’t We Use Them for Communication and Leadership?
Online , United StatesNow an online event! Almost every organization now relies on communication networks to share information and mobilize collective action. Yet leaders rarely take a thoughtful, planful approach to leveraging networks. In this workshop, we will learn how to use networks to support effective communication and change. This workshop covers three topics: The Networked Organization. A healthy networked organization has certain ... Read more »
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Need Resilience? Look to Your Networks
Online , United StatesOne constant throughout tumultuous 2020 has been change. Organizations have been faced with unprecedented challenges that have forced them to rethink, retrench, rejigger, and revitalize. One more “re” word has been necessary: resilience. The traumas of the past year have wounded individuals and organizations and made even more evident the need for resiliency. In this session, we will focus on ... Read more »
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Change, Undone: How to Work with Top Leaders to Make Change Stick – CANCELLED
Online , United StatesThe change is great, the change is amazing… and then the change is canceled. Gutted. Undone. It’s a situation that happens far too often. Many times, the cause for calling a halt is executive leadership. They may cite a change in strategy, a shift in priorities, or a response to environmental conditions, but the underlying reality is constant: they didn’t ... Read more »
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From Commitment and Action: Uncovering and Addressing Hidden Resistance
Online , United StatesToo often, employees learn that the politically sound choice is to agree—even if they don’t. Concerns go under the surface and important viewpoints aren't discussed. Occasionally, concerns become conflicts so large that they threaten to divide a team or undermine a project. In this online, on-demand session, participants will learn about the Resistance Line, which helps diagnose and address hidden ... Read more »
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Stuck in your point of view? Let’s talk!
Grand Hyatt 1000 H St NW, Washington, DC, United StatesIn our current environment, characterized by oppositional discourse, it is useful to pause and explore the human tendency to dismiss conflicting points of views and get “stuck” in our own point of view. In this highly experiential workshop, we work with the notions of neutrality, equanimity, polarities, and role theory, drawn from the Lewis Method of Deep Democracy, to explore ... Read more »
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The Lewis Method of Deep Democracy
Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University 200 Westboro Rd, North Grafton, MA, United StatesIs it possible to stay in dialogue around emotionally charged topics in ways that energize, create shifts in consciousness, and evoke new ideas for action? This is what we want to explore in this interactive session using the Lewis Method of Deep Democracy. The Lewis Method was created by Myrna and Greg Lewis to help South African companies and individuals ... Read more »
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Human Centered Organizations: A Call for Radical Humanity at Work
Boston Marriott Copley Place 110 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, United StatesThe 48th Annual Convention & Expo is Sold Out General registration is now closed. For information about joining the waiting list please contact us: convention@providers.org Presented by: Maya Townsend, Founder and Lead Consultant, Partnering Resources, LLC We will explore what organizations could look like if we truly centered our businesses around human dignity, learning, and well-being. We ... Read more »
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Emotions Welcome!: Deep Democracy’s Approach to Conflict Resolution
George Mason University, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution 3434 Washington Blvd, Arlington, VA, United StatesPresented by: Maya Townsend; Ipek Utun Many conflict resolution methods assume that people are logical, rational human beings. We are. But we're also emotional, irrational, and sometimes unpredictable. The Lewis Deep Democracy technique is designed to engage the entire human being -- their logic and their emotion, their rationality, and their irrationality -- in the conflict resolution ... Read more »
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Interrupting the Path to Violence: Using Deep Democracy to Identify and Mitigate Precursors to Violence
Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University 200 Westboro Rd, North Grafton, MA, United StatesJoin us at the Frontiers of Democracy conference! Violence doesn't just happen. There are often warning signs that appear long before a situation erupts. All too often, we don't pay attention to these warning signs. We brush them off, discount them, or otherwise ignore them. Other times, we see the warning signs, but hesitate to intervene out of fear of ... Read more »
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Decreasing Polarization through Deep Democracy at the ACR Conference
Creighton University 602 North 20th Street, Omaha, NE, United StatesJoin us at the Association for Conflict Resolution annual conference! Polarization isn’t just for politics. Across the US and the world, people are managing differences by dividing into us versus them camps. Some of this is good-natured (think sports teams), but much of it devolves into name-calling, oversimplification of issues, and demonization of the other side. Deep Democracy, a method ... Read more »
