StartingBloc presents

Make Your Ideas Happen :: Transformative Communication

The first in a series of summer BuildingBloc Workshops

Led by: Scott Sherman // Founder, Transformative Action Institute

You have a good idea. You believe in challenging the status quo, doing something different, doing something better. And you’re ready to take your work to the next level and generate real impact. Maybe you’re an entrepreneur with a social drive. Maybe you’re an intrapreneur changing the system from within. But in order to realize your idea, you need to build consensus and inspire others to adopt your plan, right? If Lady Gaga can do it, so can you!

In this one day workshop, we will tackle how to make your ideas happen through transformative communication + conflict resolution, with plenty of open StartingBloc-style, dynamic conversations in between.

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Date: June 19, 2010 // Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM // Reception to follow

Note: Capacity is limited to 60

Agenda:

10:30 - 11:00 AM :: Check-in

11:00 - 12:30 PM :: Workshop Goals + Transformative Communication

12:30 - 01:30 PM :: Lunch

01:30 - 03:00 PM :: Conflict Resolution + Negotiation

03:00 - 03:30 PM :: Conversation Break

03:30 - 05:00 PM :: Action Plan + Next Steps

Post-workshop social :: Me Bar, La Quinta rooftop [17 West 32nd St btwn 5th + 6th Aves]

Attendees will leave with:

-        Tools to help you communicate more effectively with diverse stakeholders

-        An understanding of how to find common cause with other people, identify their most important areas of self-interest, and win them over so that everyone wins.

-        An outline of an action plan to make your ideas happen.

-        Connections to a network of social innovators.

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About Scott Sherman :: The highest rated educator at StartingBloc's 2010 Institutes for Social Innovation, Scott has worked on conflict resolution projects from the war-torn island of Sri Lanka to the inner city ghettoes (and board rooms) of America. He is an expert on the most effective ways that citizens succeed in creating social progress. Sherman's work has been praised by such Nobel Peace Prize Laureates as the Dalai Lama and the late Mother Teresa. He is currently an adjunct faculty member in UCLA's School of Public Affairs. And he's awesome.

About StartingBloc's BuildingBloc Workshops :: BuildingBloc Workshops provide social innovators with the continuing education and tools they need to create greater impact.