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MEETING VIDEO
MEETING AGENDA
WHY INTERESTED: Why are you interested in taking part in developing this Empathy Training?
Rita
I am fascinated by the power of empathic listening. I truly believe that by inspiring others with the potential of empathic listening, they will want to embody and live a life of empathic connection.
I wish we learned empathy in school, and in fact, bringing empathy to schools and building a culture of empathy for children to bath in, as in a language or subject class. Eventually whey will carry the empathic energy to their world as they grow up. Helping families and associations engage and adopt empathy would bring a peaceful energy where we can connect with each others among our differences.
Jessica
The reason I am interested in taking part in developing an Empathy training is because I realized that empathic listening is crucial in communication therefore in relationships therefore in life! I am obsessed with communication, how can we avoid misunderstanding? How can we embrace conflict? How can we bring back more joy in our daily communication? Etc. Empathy is a game changer so having accessible trainings would really make the world, our homes, countries a much joyful place. I want to increase my empathic understanding, become a “first nature” (and not just a second once) for myself and I also would like to train and find a way to generate income.
Vicenç
I like the idea on embarking in a new project about sorting listening skills and finding accessible ways to bring them to people who are willing to improve their listening abilities.
I also like the idea of creating a MOOC
Pauline
Thank you for today, it is exciting to be at the beginning of something so potentially momentous. I have just been watching how Trump and the religious right in America are justifying support for Israel’s continuing persecution of the Palestinians. There has never been a time when empathy is more needed. I am taking part in this process, as I said on the call, because it resonates with my values and connects directly into my work, as a coach, and as an organisational learning and development facilitator. I am bringing knowledge/ideas/skills from a number of sources - from personal experience, from coaching theory, from ULAB and Art of Hosting, from theatre and from years of work with community and multi stakeholder dialogue and engagement.
Bunny
I have just implemented a grief support service so would like to ensure that I am delivering empathy, so developing the skill is important to me
Edwin
I just watched a documentary by Frontline last night about the horrors of ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya in Myanmar. It is a extreme example of the lack of empathy in the world. I had heard similar stories growing up about my family's experience in WW II.
I’ve dedicated the rest of my life to building a more empathic world. I feel there is a need for a good quality systematic multimedia empathy training (& MOOC) that is freely available to the general public to train people in these skills.. I haven’t seen an online training that I am happy with and I’d like to organize this initiative to build one. I’ve tried creating an empathy curriculum before, but it hasn’t materialized. With the release of the new book ‘Listening Well’, I see this as a good framework and foundation for building this online Training MOOC. So I feel excited and driven to start this project. I hope we can bring this training to the point that we can offer this as a course that people can take on their own or as facilitated paid training that can be done in person or online. It would be a way for our team members to generate an income
MEETING SURVEY FEEDBACK
PHOTOS
Jessica Vogt
As promised, I'm sharing my notes with you from our conversation. It's very short actually:
MOOC = Chapters of the book
Process to explore the chapters is a mix of:
- bookclub approach + empathy circle (how does it look like?)
- reflection on how to improve the whole process (aka the MOCC)
My questions: What does it look like to have questions in an empathy circle? What if we need clarification, how do we get our questions answer if we "only" do empathic listening?
__ the answers will emerge naturally eventually ??
Jess: during our 2 hour meeting: dividing in 2:
1. Empathy circles
2. Q&A about the book, deepening the learning while still including some reflection ONLY if it helps the conversation to flow. How to bring empathy outside the structure of the empathy circle. Having a natural flow of discussion while integrating empathic listening.
Added remarks:
MOOC tools:
- the book
- empathy circle: modelled by the teams
- exercises? ("Try it" from the book).
I hope that helps. I am thinking I might try to look at other MOOC to see what exists to help me understand how to envision a MOOC.
See you on Wednesday :)
Jess
FEEDBACK Feedback Survey: Regarding the meeting.
Rita
I Like....
......Being part of the team, playing with empathy, being listened to and hearing others.
Our intention of developing something easy to grasp and embody in their everyday life, for the wide public
The energy of amazing people getting together to make things happen
The openness of the survey questions
I Wish....
.....That we find a way to explore, with empathy, the concerns expressed by some of the team members. (IE: can we answer some questions)
What If...
..... we find a way t
Jessica:
I Like....
practicing reflecting
practicing to really listen and be very present in the moment
getting to know people's stories
very structured and well thought organisation (with website, meeting notes etc)
I Wish....
hearing people's opinion, or hearing suggestion when I need clarification
openly "designing an alliance". I would have felt more comfortable if we would have said out loud, "it's ok to f*** up sometimes". I need the reassurance that we have room for giving "bad empathy", it's ok and it's normal, and we can talk about it.
What If...
we could try to divide the meeting in 2, first we practice empathy circle, second we exchange comments on the book specifically and ideas to create a course infused with pop corn empathy style. My intention is to model what happens in life, someone shares an opinion, gets heard, the listener then asks if they can now speak and share their opinion, and back and forth. I hope this make sense?
I love the idea of coming up with exercise or practice the "Try it" from the book.
MEETING PREPARATION
( ) Read Listening Well:
Preface,
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
( ) Read attached pdf on how to take part in an empathy circle.
( ) Review and familiarize yourself with the Project Website
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