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Holistic communication – a new dimension in professional work
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Explore new dimensions within yourself, your communication and how you deal with the irrational and illogical in your work practice.
These practices bring together research undertaken during the past 10 years, which redefines the world of communication. In a society that is increasingly more complex and more regulated, the field of conflict resolution and mediation is being eclipsed by legislation and regulatory standards, causing creativity and ideology virtually to disappear from the practice of practitioners. Holistic communication offers professionals a way to refine their intellect and feelings towards a new dimension, a new wave of connection. This session will include exercises to stretch your mind and examples to stretch your imagination. This work has been the result of a development across borders with geographical, genealogical, and intentional goals. It has been a collaborative effort across disciplinary streams of research. Holistic practice is the 21st century call towards a caring career: caring for the practitioner as well as the client. Podcast: Listen to Michelle talk about this session pre-kon gres (12 mins) >> |
This interactive workshop brings together a skill set that is critical for the holistic practitioner and is based on years of research and accepted as being a ground-breaking development in the communication field. You will walk away with new ideas and practices designed for any practitioner who wants to be efficiently and effectively holistic. |
Conscious Connectivity: Creating Dignity in Conversation Authored by Michelle Brenner This book is a comprehensive approach to assertiveness and its role in communication.Michelle Brenner, draws on extensive experience as a mediator and conflict resolution consultant. The book offers a framework for understanding the history of assertiveness as well as the role that assertiveness plays in communication. By introducing a holistic paradigm and a set of tools for practical engagement, 'Conscious Connectivity' reveals ways for creating dignity in conversation. Dignity that relates to the interaction of cultural and personal moral perception. With contributions from academics to capture a wide perspectives of holistic practices and their application. The forward, by Hawaiian traditional healing practitioner, Kahuna Kauila Clark affirms the value for 'making things right'. For more information, click here >> |
Michelle Brenner
Michelle Brenner was one of the pioneers in the field of conflict resolution. In the 1990s she was one of the first mediators to practice multi-party facilitations and Information sharing sessions in local government. During the first decade of this century she was one of the first persons to practise conflict consultancy for mediation that missed one of the parties.
In recent years, Michelle has been part of a worldwide movement to extend the boundaries of professional practice: she is a founding member of a professional association, Holistic Practices Beyond Borders, which grew out of an affiliation with Mediators Beyond Borders. HPBB has supported the notion that professional practice is about empowering the dignity of human beings. Michelle’s recently published book, Conscious Connectivity: Creating Dignity in Conversation, is a fitting sequel to the numerous critical articles that Michelle has previously written about the way mediation is being practised.(See left) Michelle has a post graduate degree in Conflict Resolution from Macquarie University and a Certificate IV in Workplace Training and Assessment.
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