This is a place to harvest and post the answers that participants have to the various questions in the Empathy Circle Facilitator Training.
We are posting possible questions, and the ones in bold have been asked and if you click the link you can see the answer page.
Questions Template
(Create a relatively consistent set of questions for each Session)
ST.00 QUESTIONS: List several questions you have about the X?
ST.01 CHALLENGES OR PROBLEMS: (pain points) What challenges or problems have you had about X?
ST.10
ST.20 TIPS: What tips do you have about X?
ST.30 EXPERIENCE: What is an experience you had?
ST.40 CASE STUDIES:
ST.50 FEEDBACK: What is your feedback on Session 5: Organizer?
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ST.70
Session 1: Empathy Circles: What, Why, and How?
S1.00 List several questions you have about Empathy Circles?
S1.01 Why are you interested in being an Empathy Circle facilitator?
S1.02 Do you have any questions on the definition of empathy?
S1.03 What is an empathy circle to you?
S1.04 Why do you participate in an empathy circle?
S1.05 Which role do you most enjoy and why? Which role do you least enjoy and why?
S1.06 What has been your experience with the empathy circle process?
S1.07 What questions do you have about empathy circles?
S1.08 What concerns do you have about facilitating in an empathy circle?
S1.09 What is your feedback about Session 1?
S1.10 What topics interest you the most (such as political, environmental, social, and personal growth)?
S1:50 What is your feedback on Session 1: Empathy Circles?
Session 2: The Speaker: Role, Tips, and Experiences Related to Speaking
(OA = On Arrival - PR = Practice Rounds)
S2.00 OA1. List several questions you have about the Speaker Role?
S2.02 OA2. What is your biggest challenge when you are the Speaker in an empathy circle?
S2.03 OA3. What questions do you have related to the handout on the Speaker's Role, Tips, and Experiences?
S2.04 PR1 What can the Speaker do to get more out of the empathy circle?
S2.05 PR2 Experience: What might the Speaker experience during an empathy circle?
S2.06 PR3 What challenges have you experienced being the Speaker and how did you work through that challenge?
S2.07 Tips: What tips do you have for the Speaker?
S2.08 Experiences: What are some experiences (positive, negative, etc) you've had as the Speaker?
S2.09 Experiences: What have been some of your experiences, over the course of your life, with speaking and feeling heard, seen and understood?
S2.50 What is your feedback on Session 2: Speaker?
Session 3: The Listener: Role, Tips, and Experiences Related to Listening and Reflecting Back
S3.00 List questions you have about the Listener Role?
S3.01 What questions do you have related to the hand out on the Listener's Role, Tips, and Experiences?
S3.02 What challenges have you experienced being the Listener and how did you work through the challenge?
S3.05 What has been your experience as a Listener in an Empathy Circle?
S3.06 What have you learned about yourself from being a Listener in an Empathy Circle?
S3.07 What can you, as the Listener, do to get more out of the Empathy Circle?
S3.08 Tips: What tips do you have for the listener?
S3.10 Experiences: What have been some of your experiences, over the course of your life, with speaking and feeling heard, seen and understood?
S3.50 What is your feedback on Session 3: Listener?
Session 4: The Facilitator: Role, Tips, and Experiences Related to Facilitating
S4.00 List several questions you have about the Facilitator Role?
S4.01 What challenges, difficulties or questions, have you had with facilitating an Empathy Circle?
S4.02 What Questions Do You Have About the Different Roles of an Empathy Circle?
S4.03 What feedback do you have on this handout about the facilitator?
S4.10 Tips: What tips do you have for the Facilitator?
S4.50 What is your feedback on Session 4: Facilitator?
Session 5: Producer - Organizer - Coordinator
S5.01 A. List several questions you have about the Coordinator Role?
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S5:50 What is your feedback on Session 5: Organizer?