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How can building our creative confidence transform our work?

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Social learning leadership requires good methods and tools, but also something more foundational -- belief in our own capability to convene and hold space for profound learning, and persistence through uncertainty and difficulty.

 

So often we don't transform our work and communities as deeply as we might because we aren't confident we're the right people for the job, or we hold back or lose steam when something doesn't go right. 

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This workshop is about finding and growing the creative confidence needed to transform your work and your communities even more deeply, and to keep at it! 

 

Together we will:

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• practice with powerful social learning tools like Talk Tiles and Design Clinics 

• integrate methods from clowning, the Art of Hosting, and Social Presencing Theater into our leadership practice, and 

• support each other in designing our next bold, persistent, and durable social learning leadership adventures. 

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Heidi Madsen and Travis Tennessen will serve as the primary workshop designers and facilitators, in partnership with the Western Washington University Center for Community Learning team. Heidi and Travis are both Fellows of the Wenger-Trayner Social Learning Lab in Sesimbra, Portugal. They created the vision for this workshop during a deep discussion on an afternoon ferry ride to Washington's Bainbridge Island. Learn more about them below. 

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Our primary workshop site will be WWU's Shannon Point Marine Center in Anacortes, Washington. The workshop cost will be $400, which includes snacks and lunches each day, and transport for place-based field excursion(s) to the nearby San Juan Islands. A limited number of dorm-style rooms at Shannon Point MC are available for workshop participants as well, for an additional cost of $200 for four nights ($50/night). 

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Workshop Schedule Overview (Tentative):

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Sunday, October 11 (optional)

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Mid-Afternoon/Evening: Informal group dinner, settle into dorms at Shannon Point MC (for those staying there)

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Monday, October 12:

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9:00 am - 4:30 pm: Workshop Activities (Theme: Our Pathways)

 

Tuesday, October 13: 

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9:00 am - 4:30 pm: Workshop Activities (Theme: Our Possibilities)

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Wednesday, October 14

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9:00 am - 2:00 pm: Workshop Activities (Theme: Our Plans)

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~2:00 pm - 7:00 pm San Juan Islands Adventure (flex with weather...may do this on Tuesday)

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Thursday, October 15 (optional)

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Morning: Breakfast, informal reflection, packing up and departing

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More about Heidi and Travis:

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Heidi Madsen has transformed JP Morgan & Chase Bank's approach to skill development, social learning, and inclusion through over 20 years of innovative leadership. The PRIDE Navigator Circles that she established have mobilized hundreds of senior leaders around the planet, setting a new standard for mentoring and community-building. She's also co-owner of the Super Art League, which uses visual and performance art to build leadership skills and confidence for people of all ages. 

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Travis Tennessen initiated the Community Engagement Fellows (CEF) program in 2015, which creates bridges and collaborations between higher education and local, regional, and global community organizations. CEF serves as a social learning innovation hub, where tools like Talk Tiles and Design Clinics continue to be refined.

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