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Lay the groundwork for Social Resilience in community and mission driven organizations.

Join us in this special Open Circle training for organizational and community leaders.

Learn a practical tool for cultivating communities, teams, and cultures that prioritize safety and trust, driving team connection, cohesion, creativity, and overall well-being.

This training will immerse you in the core principles and skills required to lead and facilitate Listening Circles.

Listening Circles are a systematic approach to enhancing active listening and encouraging empathetic group communication.

It creates a space where individuals can freely share their thoughts, feelings, and lived experiences.

Listening Circles are a practice that can be used in any setting–from corporate boardrooms to school classrooms, retreat settings and remote workplaces, scientific working groups to intentional living communities, prisons, and the halls of political power.

It is a powerful, non-clinical tool proven to:

  • Develop cognitive, somatic, and emotional empathy
  • Strengthen individual and group efficacy
  • Foster inclusivity and understanding
  • Promote individual and group self-regulation
  • Cultivate growth and learning mindsets
  • Sustain complex collaboration

By the end of this training, you will be able to:

  • Welcome different viewpoints to promote an inclusive feedback process that strengthens collaboration.
  • Listen beyond your limiting assumptions, allowing for a more open and nuanced understanding of diverse viewpoints.
  • Gain valuable insight into your colleagues and the dynamics of the work environment, enabling strategic and well-informed decision-making.
  • Value a growth mindset and commit to cultivating a culture that values continuous development and forward-thinking approaches.

This unique community training includes self-paced learning plus the live practicum with two guides in a limited group of 16.

LOCATION

Oregon State University Curry County Extension, 29390 Ellensburg Ave.Gold Beach, Oregon.

PRACTICUM SESSION DATES AND TIMES

  • Jan 31st: 5.30pm - 7.30pm (Pacific USA)
  • Feb 1st: 9am - 4pm(Pacific USA)
  • Feb 2nd: 9am - 1pm (Pacific USA)

This Training Is for Professionals Who Want To...

  • Integrate various perspectives and feedback to drive impactful change in the workplace and their communities.

  • Break free from conventional thinking patterns and listen beyond the confines of preconceived notions and limiting assumptions.

  • Empower their teams and communities with the tools and insights to adapt, innovate, and thrive within an ever-evolving landscape.

Course Curriculum

    1. Course Prep and Logistics

    2. Participant Agreement

    3. Quick Preparation Exercise

    1. Video Welcome

    2. Resource: Types of Listening Diagram

    3. Resource: Worldwide Cultural Circle Practices and References

    1. Video: The Five Elements and Four Intentions

    2. Resource: Slides to Accompany Video

    3. Quiz: The Listening Circle

    1. Video: Collective Wisdom and The Principles of Facilitative Leadership

    2. Reflection Exercise

    1. Video: The Form of The Listening Circle

    2. Resource: Guiding Principles for The Listening Circle Practice

    3. Resource: An Invitation to Brave Space

    4. Video: Opening and Closing the Circle

    5. Quiz: The Guiding Principles of a Listening Circle

    1. Video: Prompt Forming

    2. Resource: Slides to Accompany Video

    3. Resource: Notes on Prompt Forming

    4. Exercise: Prompt Forming

About this course

  • 12 hours of small group online Practicum with 1:1 Coaching
  • 7 Exciting Online Self Paced Modules for Pre & Post Training
  • Invaluable Tools and Skills for Immediate Application Within Your Organization

What Do People Say About Open Circle Facilitator Training?

“As a leadership consultant and master coach with over 30 years of experience, working all over the world and facilitating groups, teams, and circles, I had some trepidation about going into this unknown training as a participant. Would the workshop challenge me? Would it hone my understanding of power relations in facilitation? Would I learn something about myself? Would I develop new and useful skills? Would it embody a truly experiential, dialogical, improvisational and exploratory ethos? Would I find the workshop leaders mature, stimulating and inspiring? The answer to each of these questions was a resounding 'YES!'”

Sara 'Zora' Boas, MCC, MA, RDMP, Founding Director, Boas Partners

“I would recommend Listening Circle training because one can learn a creative way of providing a space with care to enter a dialogue that connects people in personal ways and helps them find human commonalities and ways to challenge biases and assumptions. ”

Carolynne Abdullah, Racial Equity and Inclusion Consultant

“Excellent pioneering work. The Listening Circle Practice has transformed how I work as a leader and facilitator. Rather than standing in front and leading, this Practice has allowed me to sit with people in Circle, and walk with others as we share our stories and discover together the possibilities beyond what we could imagine on our own.”

Brett Robin Wood, Founder, Creative Wisdom

“The highly skilled team members at Open Circle have a range of listening and facilitation skills that span from formal to informal, inviting to challenging, easy to highly advanced. They are clearly on a mission to humanize the workplace.”

Don Lubach, UC Santa Barbara Ombudsman

Meet Your Instructors

Adam Rumack

Open Circle Co-Founder and CEO

Adam brings a wealth of experience in driving organizational and individual transformation across diverse sectors, including corporations, large-scale non-profits, and the education and criminal justice systems. His profound passion for the outdoors serves as a catalyst, offering insights into the interconnectedness of humanity and the wild, shaping his approach to human-driven systems. In his pursuit of knowledge, Adam has delved into various disciplines, studying under spiritual and religious mentors and exploring the intricacies of economics, human behavior, and performance sciences. A practitioner of holistic stewardship, Adam applies his insights on his land in Coastal Oregon, USA, where he also oversees a nature-based preschool. His multifaceted background uniquely positions him to bridge the realms of organizational transformation, ecological mindfulness, and holistic education.

Miriam Jones

Open Circle Co-Founder and COO

Miriam is an experienced entrepreneur and thought leader in the area of transformational education, cultural change, and leadership. She has founded and led several successful organizations, from not-for-profits to corporations and co-operatives. After developing an interest in business, culture and education, Miriam began designing and delivering leadership programs and cultural change efforts for organizations across the globe. In search of new perspectives for her organizational work amid rapid global change, Miriam turned her focus to learning forms influenced by indigenous nature-based cultures and societies including circle listening and healing practices, circle governance, rite of passage, and nature-based rituals. Embracing these, she gained an ecological understanding of human systems. Drawing inspiration from nature's systems, she now guides leaders and organizations beyond office walls, helping them discover answers within their organizational frameworks.

Included in Your Registration Fee

  • 8 hours of online training prior to in-person training, complete with videos, exercises, checklists, and resources

  • 12 hours of guided practicum and 1:1 coaching (2 coaches with a group of 12)

  • $50 off your next training when you enroll within 30 days of completing this course.

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