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2009
Program Overview,
Schedule Outline,
and Dialogue Guidelines
4th
Annual International Conference on
"Engaging The Other"
The Power
of Compassion
Conference
Components
A
4 day Schedule of:
- 3
Keynote Speakers
- 3 Topical Plenary
Panels
- 25 Concurrent Workshops and Roundtables
- Daily Facilitated Dialogue Break-out
Groups
- Interactive All-conference Experiences
- Resource and Networking Hub
- Evening Social-Cultural Events, Performances,
and Community Activities
- Tibetan Buddhist Sand Mandala Ritual
- Daily Morning Yoga sessions
- Displays
- Rich Networking and Action Planning
- Multi-cultural Community. Participants experience the conference
program and community as a living learning laboratory, to explore
conference themes and create a common ground of reference essential
to engaging and integrating formal learning.
- Final Action Planning Dialogue for Beyond the Conference
Daily
Schedule Outline:
Thursday,
November 12
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm: Conference
Opening
Friday,
November 13
7:50 am - 8:30 am: Morning
Yoga session
9:00 am - 10:30 am: Concurrent
Sessions - A
Workshops
and Roundtables
10:50 pm - 12:20 pm: Concurrent Sessions
- B
Facilitated
Dialogue Groups
(Conference-wide
break-out groups)
12:20 am - 2:00 pm: Lunch
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm: Concurrent
Sessions - C
Workshops and Roundtables
3:45 pm - 5:15 pm: Concurrent
Sessions - D
Facilitated
Dialogue Groups
(Conference-wide
break-out groups)
5:15 pm - 7:00 pm: Dinner
7:15 pm - 8:45 pm: Evening
Plenary Panel
8:45 pm - 10:30 pm: Evening
Events
Saturday,
November 14
7:50 am - 8:30 am: Morning
Yoga session
9:00 am - 10:30 am: Concurrent
Sessions - E
Workshops
and Roundtables
10:50 pm - 12:20 pm: Concurrent Sessions
- F
Workshops
and Roundtables
12:20 am - 2:00 pm: Lunch
2:00 pm - 3:45 pm: Plenary
Session - G
Plenary
Panel
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm: Concurrent
Sessions - H
Facilitated
Dialogue Groups
(Conference-wide
break-out groups)
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm: Dinner
7:15 pm - 8:45 pm: Evening
Plenary Panel
8:45 pm - 10:30 pm: Evening
Events
Sunday,
November 15
7:50 am - 8:30 am: Morning
Yoga session
9:00 am - 10:30 am: Concurrent
Sessions - I
Workshops
and Roundtables
10:45 am - 1:30 pm: Concurrent
Sessions - J
Final
Open Space Process
(Conference-wide
working groups)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm: ETO
Conference Closing
Where
We Go From Here.
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm: Late
Lunch
Guidelines
on Call For
Proposals: *
For: Concurrent Session Presenters
and
Dialogue Group Facilitators
Overview:
The program is multidisciplinary and intended to focus on issues related
to concepts and experiences of The Other, including dynamics of identity,
fear-based belief systems, negative stereotypes, prejudice, alienation,
polarization, scapegoating, and forming enemy images that promote adversarial
perceptions of the "The Other."
The ETO Conference program is organized around sub-themes that
help to focus learning, dialogue, and action planning:
Psycho-social Development and Identity
Good Governance
Peace and Social Justice
Economic Equity
Religious and Cultural Harmony
Environmental Sustainability
1) Presentations of Concurrent Workshops and
Roundtables (Typically 80-90 minutes in length):
Session format is intended to promote participants as both learners
and teachers - learning from prepared material while also bringing their
own wisdom to the table. As a result, the preference is for workshops
and roundtables that offer personal experience, skills training, active
learning, interaction, and dynamic dialogue.
Themes: Presenters are asked to identify which of the 6 sub-themes
(listed above) most closely reflects the content of their session.
The 6 themes are: Psycho-Social Development & Identity - Peace &
Social Justice - Religious & Cultural Harmony - Good Governance
- Economic Equity - Environmental Sustainability.
Relevance to the conference topic and mission: Presenters are
asked to consider how your presentation is relevant to the topic: "Engaging
The Other: The Power of Compassion," - including how it addresses
fear-based belief systems, negative stereotypes, alienation, prejudice,
polarization, enemy images, and scapegoating that promote adversarial
perceptions of the "The Other," as well as how it advances
public dialogue and awareness on these issues. Presenter
Proposal Form
2) Dialogue Group Facilitation
(These are concurrent groups that all participants take part in, are
typically 90 minutes in length, and occur once or twice each day):
Teams of two facilitators for each break-out group are encouraged, and
individuals can be paired up in advance as wished.
We see the dialogue groups as the engines of the conference. Presentation
session content provides stimulus and focus for these dialogues woven
throughout the days of the program. They are intended for processing
the conference experience, exploring issues not raised in the prepared
program, brainstorming practical applications, and networking for important
collaboration building beyond the conference. While each group's agenda
is open to these purposes, each group is also loosely framed around
one of the above six sub-themes, and dialogue occurs within the general
context of that theme. Themes are repeated and participants can choose
to follow the same or different themes in each dialogue group time period.
Scribes are assigned to each group to record content highlights
for later compiling and posting on the conference website and in hard-copy
in the conference "Resource and Networking
Hub," allowing participants an evolving overview of
what is brewing in the community. This information is also included
in conference proceedings and outcomes, and utilized for future planning.
Facilitator
Application Form
3) Roundtable Format:
In keeping with the character of the
conference, roundtables are encouraged to be more of an interactive
dialogue between members - rather than a series of mini-presentations,
and at some point to include the full audience for a significant portion
of the session to promote a wider, more inclusive, and more fruitful
discussion on the topic. A typical roundtable format includes:
A) Roundtable members each initially share
their perspectives, thoughts, and questions on the topic to help frame
and stimulate dialogue, and then engage directly with each other in
a guided conversation.
B) Questions and comments are taken from the audience
in response to this dialogue, with the conversation eventually expanding
out to include a room-wide dialogue involving all participants.
This entire process is guided and facilitated by moderator(s) to ensure
opportunities for multiple voices, the focus is maintained, and to keep
things on track in terms of time.
4) The HUB: Resource and Networking
is a designated space where participants
gather and interact throughout the conference intended to collect content
and energy from the experience as it evolves, promote brainstorming
and forming collaborations for next steps beyond the conference
*
Presenter and Facilitator Participation in the Full Conference Process:
Since we are co-creating a process for a learning community that builds
over the days of the conference toward learning, strategies, collaboration,
and outcomes meant to be applied beyond the conference, we request all
presenters and facilitators to join the conference for all or as much
of the time as possible to contribute their voices and visions to the
community.
Guidelines
For Compassionate Dialogue
The
ETO Conference strives to promote an inclusive, compassionate dialogue
that honors different personal experiences, perspectives, and stories,
while allowing for better expressing and listening to each other as
we work together toward understanding and harmony. Our intention is
to create an open venue where we can engage meaningfully and invite
in a public dialogue that brings our collective wisdom to bear in exploring
sometimes difficult issues that effect us all. We ask all participants
to assist us by carrying and expressing this intent throughout the conference.
NonViolent Communication Guidelines:
Unique Assumptions—NVC begins by assuming that we are all
compassionate by nature and that violent strategies—whether verbal
or physical—are learned behaviors taught and supported by the prevailing
culture. It also assumes that we all share the same, basic human needs,
and that all actions are a strategy to meet one or more of these needs.
While NVC is much more than a communication model, the components below
provide a structural concept of the process that leads to giving and
receiving from the heart.
Honestly Expressing how I am and what I would like without using
blame, criticism or demands
Empathically Receiving how another is and what he/she would
like without hearing blame, criticism or demands
Whether expressing or receiving, NVC focuses our attention on four
pieces of information:
Observations—Objectively describing what is going on without
using evaluation, moralistic judgment, interpretation or diagnosis
Feelings—Saying how you feel (emotions and body sensations)
about what you have observed without assigning blame
Needs—The basic human needs that are or not being met and
are the source of feelings
Requests—Clear request for actions that can meet needs
On-site Program Advertizers:
47 Sixth
Street, Petaluma, CA 94952
Ph:
707-765-1836 Fax: 707-765-2351
info@MeridianUniversity.edu
http://meridianuniversity.edu/
 Transpartisan
Alliance
an informal
network of networks inspiring Americans
to work together across divides.
Web:
http://network.transpartisan.net/
National
Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation
114 W. Springville Road, Boiling Springs, PA 17007
Phone: 717-243-5144 Email: ncdd
@ thataway.org
Web:
http://www.thataway.org/
Charter
for Compassion
55
Vandam Street, New York, New York 10013 USA
Phone:+1 (212) 346-9333
Web:
http://charterforcompassion.org/
West
Wind Travel
Official ETO Conference
travel service
326 McKenzie Street, Santa
Fe, NM 87501
Ph: 800-283-0122 Local ph: 505-984-0022
Email: terry@westwindtravel.net
2009 ETO Conference Information:
Main
ETO Conference Page
FEES and
REGISTRATION
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and Travel Information
'09 ETO
PROGRAM
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Biographicals
Continuing
Education Credits (CECs)
Press
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1
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