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TCC: Structuring Productive Conversations Workshop Offered Twice Next Week

The Teaching and Creativity Center invites the College Community to attend "Structuring Productive Conversations," the fourth and final workshop in our Spring 2023 Leading Effective and Impactful Meetings Series.  

Structured productive conversations raise up all voices instead of just the few. Constructing inclusive conversations is a technique which brings focus to useful collaborative work while avoiding unproductive tangents. In the Structuring Productive Conversations workshop, participants will explore the application of protocols to create a space for purposeful, reflective dialogue. Using structured techniques collected by the School Reform Initiative, participants will be introduced to suitable conversation-based protocols for meetings. Whether an individual is looking to reimagine the design of meeting conversations or envision a new phase of back-and-forth dialogue between colleagues, this workshop will provide relevant takeaways for structuring productive conversations. 

  • Tuesday, May 30, 2023, 3:30​ in Room 2-423 (Library Classroom)
  • Friday, June 2, 2023, noon​ in Room 2-423 (Library Classroom)
  • During Faculty Senate's Professional Development Week on Wednesday, June 7, 2023, 11 am RTBA.   
  • Presented by Eric Berg, Calvin Gantt, and Dax Parasnis-Samar

NEW:  Participants have the opportunity to earn an Attendance Badge for each individual workshop in the series, culminating in an Engagement Badge for attending all four sessions. Credit will be given for prior attendance at this year's workshops. Badges will be disbursed via Brightspace before the end of June.     

All faculty, staff, and administrators are welcome to attend, and there is no need to RSVP.  We hope to see you there! 

Series workshops offered during PD week: 

  • Building Community, Tuesday, June 6th at 9 am
  • Developing Effective Agendas, Tuesday, June 6th at 10 am
  • Fostering Deep Listening, Wednesday, June 7th at 9 am
  • Structuring Productive Conversations, Wednesday, June 7th at 11 am

 

Terry Shamblin
Teaching and Creativity Center
05/22/2023