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Basic Transformative Dialogue Training:
Who Needs to Talk to Whom about What and How?
A combined training with both virtual and in-person (Brno, Czech Republic) learning
Take the joint virtual/in-person training, join the in-person training if you have a had Transformative Dialogue training previously or take the virtual only component!
For those planning to travel to the Czech Republic for the in person training, please note we need a minimum number of people enrolled to go forward with the training. We fully expect to reach that! We will let you know when we have . Please don't make any non-refundable travel plans until we confirm with you.
This training provides participants with the basic understanding and skills to support people in communities and organizations in having meaningful and constructive conversations across differences; conversations that help change the quality of their interactions whether or not they agree at the end of the process.
Participants will:
Who the course is for:
This training is a significant revision of earlier trainings in transformative dialogue, so even if you have taken an earlier training there is much to learn here. New elements include expanded premises on identity and people in groups, incorporation of trauma-informed practice into the training, and centering discussions of race, culture and power in the training. Whether you are interested in organizing and facilitating conversations in your local community, or in your workplace or organization you belong to, or you are working in an area of ethnopolitical conflict, this training will be an excellent starting point for this work.
Virtual Component:
This component has self guided learning that includes watching videos and reading materials, and five virtual live meetings to engage and discuss with the trainers and the other students. Meetings will be recorded.
In Person Component:
Take what you've learning in the virtual component and dive deeper into the application and the practice with Transformative Fellow and Dialogue Practitioners, Judy Saul.
If you would like to apply for a scholarship, please fill out our online form here.
What: A virtual space to regularly gather, connect, and converse.
Who: Transformative practitioners who identify as members of the Black/African diasporic experience.
When: The 4th Friday of each month from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. via Zoom
2/21, 3/28, 4/25, 5/23, 6/27, 7/25, 8/22, 9/26, 10/24, 11/28 (last session)
Hosts: Barbara Cockerman & Jerry Mings
How to Participate: Register here, and receive reminders with the zoom link a few days before each of the scheduled sessions.
Coached Mediation Practice Group, with Dan Simon.
A great opportunity to practice your mediation skills in small group setting with a coach. Three sessions allows for time to play the roles of both a mediator and a party in the mediation. Group is limited to six participants.
Zoom link sent after registration.
Although transformative mediation is widely recognized as one of the main approaches to mediation, it’s also widely misunderstood. In this talk, certified transformative mediator Tara West will attempt to bridge that gap by sharing what transformative mediation means today (which is not exactly what it meant 25 years ago), compare and contrast it with other mediation approaches, and explain why it’s the approach she now exclusively practices.
Check-In’s - The Art of Asking Non-Directive Questions, with Robin Brzobohaty and Martina Cirbusová
Asking questions is a powerful tool through which parties can regain the reins of the conversation and restore their agency. As transformative practitioners, we ask questions in the form of the check-in intervention. The challenge, however, is how not to misuse questions to dominate the conversation or be one step ahead of the parties, leading them toward predefined objectives. This workshop will offer a deep analysis of this essential tool of the transformative practitioner in terms of proper delivery and possible positive and negative consequences of asking questions on the self-determination of the participants. Thus, the workshop will focus on the skill of asking questions in a way that maintains the fulfillment of all the premises of the transformative approach.
In a 3 hour workshop participants will learn:
What type of intervention a check-in is
What is the difference between content and process questions
How does asking both types of questions influence the conversation and self-determination
How to ask questions in tune with the premises of transformative practice
Coached Mediation Practice Group, with Tara West.
Prerequisite: participation in a FACE training or Lab
This April we are offering a series of two 3-hour practice and discussion sessions. These will be focused on FACE issues, using critical points role play scenarios and a preassigned mediator and role players. In addition to the role play, there will be time for discussion.
Please only register for these sessions if you have taken the FACE training or were part of the Lab. For questions, contact Lydia@transformativemediation.org
The ISCT Basic Transformative Mediation Training gives participants a solid foundation in the Transformative Approach to Mediation, including the theory and how it is lived out in action.
Part 1 Basic Mediation Course
This course is 18 hours of live, interactive online training with a small class size and experienced trainer. The course includes presentations, discussions, exercises, and role plays. The class will meet as a large group as well as work in break-out groups. We will be using Google drive for sharing materials and email for communication between sessions.
Following the 6 Basic Training sessions, participants will join a 3 session practice group.
By completing this full package, you will have completed a 24 hour Basic Transformative Mediation training.
*Scholarships available, fill out an application form!
Basic Transformative Mediation Training dates:
Basic Transformative Mediation Practice Group dates:
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