Personal Growth and Renewal
Free interactive workshops for UUC Sarasota members
(on hiatus)
Please register in advance - see below
Free interactive workshops for UUC Sarasota members
(on hiatus)
Please register in advance - see below
Presented on Sunday February 3rd "I Connect Therefore I Am,” with Robyn Stratton-Berkessel To join the notification list, email Phyllis Mufson, pmufson@comcast.net. We’re experiencing a world that is more connected, more open, more transparent than at any other time in history. We can connect faster, more frequently, from wherever we are, and whenever we want. We can access ideas and resources we didn’t know possible. Technology platforms allow more voices than ever before to be heard across boundaries. Yet, have we stopped to wonder how this increased connection is impacting our relationships, our need for belonging, our desire for communion? In this interactive workshop, participants will:
Could it be that the West’s dominant orientation to the value of individual identity is shifting? Is it possible, in this connected age, that “I think, therefore I am” has been superseded by “I connect, therefore I am”? Could it be that we are who we are only in relation to others; and, it’s in the relational process where meaning is made, and new worlds of meaning are being born? Facilitator: Robyn Stratton-Berkessel Watch Robyn’s TEDx talk: http://ow.ly/WaBJ30ncw1g Known as the Positivity Strategist, in the field of human and organization development, Robyn Stratton-Berkessel is a story-teller, content designer, creator, and innovator. She’s an author, a podcaster, speaker, coach, consultant, and a creator of online trainings. She sees beyond what exists to reshape and to create something new. Robyn is very active in the global Appreciative Inquiry community, serving on various advisory boards. Since 2016 she has been an adjunct professor in the School of Management at Champlain College, Burlington, Vermont where she teaches online in the Positive Organization Development MBA program. Robyn has worked in Australia and now consults to such organizations around the world from her home in Bradenton, Florida. Email: robyn@positivitystrategist.com. Website: www.positivitystrategist.com |