Meet 01: 2018-06-11

Empathy Training Design Team 3 - Meeting 2

Agenda

• 1. On Arrival Question:

  2. Start recording

  3. Introductions

  4. Introductory Discussion: Why Interested?

  5. Learn How-To Empathy Circle

  6. Use Empathy Circle Process to discuss Project and:

     1. Preface

     2. Chapter 1

On Arrival Question:

Before or on arrival to the zoom meeting. write down your answer to the question.

Why are you interested in taking part in developing this Empathy Training?

(x) Edwin Rutsch

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 paid training that can be done in person or online. It would be a way for our team members to generate an income

(x) Dimitra

I am particularly interested because Empathy is closey connected to both my professional and academic life. As a teacher, I believe that empathy can help students trust their teacher and open up themselves to them while in my academic life what I am studying is the role of empathy in the digital classroom. What is more, in a personal level, I think that empathy is a sine qua non element without which we cannot build long-lasting and meaningful relationship with others.

(x) Stephan

I am a psychiatrist working with adults and adolescents with severe mental illness and substance use disorders. I have training in CBT, psychodynamic psychotherapy, and mindfulness-based interventions. I teach medical students and residents and am looking for a simple way to teach empathic listening skills to these trainees.

(x) Ingrid

The main reason I am interested is because learning about empathy has changed my life - significantly. A few years ago I started learning about nonviolent communication (NVC) and the empathy component of NVC seemed to make the biggest difference for me (as far as connecting and communicating with people). I also have an interest in training and believe that an online empathy course could be a valuable training tool for myself and others.