Date: October 12 , 2023 Time: 11:30 am – 1:00 PM Central Time Log-In: Zoom Link Presenters: Doug Wubben Topic: Responding to Strong Emotions, Skillfully Session Description: How do you react when a client or co-worker expresses a strong emotion? With ease and calm? With apprehension? Do you freeze, flee, or fix? How about when it’s a friend, a child, or a partner? This session will explore why these moments can feel challenging and what we can do in the moment to skillfully navigate them. |
Date: November 9, 2023 Time: 11:30 am – 1:00 PM Central Time Log-In: Zoom Link Presenters: FOF Virtual Team Topic: Seasonal Gratitude ProOrder! Session Description: It’s that time of year— when you are supposed to feel grateful but sometimes feel depressed, withdrawn, or dread over the holidays. This session will invite us to practice gratitude as a community. We will create a safe space to explore the tensions between being, feeling, and not feeling grateful. |
Date: December 14, 2023 Time: 11:30 am – 1:00 PM Central Time Log-In: Zoom Link Presenters: Ryan Erisman Topic: Human Based Regenerative Agriculture Session Description: Coming soon |
Date: January 11, 2024 Time: 11:30 am – 1:00 PM Central Time Log-In: Zoom Link Presenters: Scott Chazdon Topic: Trials and tribulations from 13 years of Ripple Effects Mapping facilitation Session Description: Ripple Effects Mapping (REM) is a participatory group evaluation process that’s great for documenting the impacts of high-engagement programs or collaborations. In this session, Scott Chazdon, one of the earlier adopters of this method, will describe some of the facilitation lessons he’s encountered over 13 years of conducting REM sessions with a wide range of audiences from rural youth to tribal elders. He will also lead an interactive simulation of the mind mapping process used in a REM session. |