Public Workshops
The 2020 Public Workshop Series bring the Elephant In Our Room methodologies to the public through monthly half-day workshops. The workshops will enable participants to gain an understanding of the techniques applied to transform workplace conflict. Each session will involve creative exercises, guest presentations, small and large group discussion, and theoretical resources.
The workshops will be held on a Sunday afternoon each month from February 2020 at Siteworks in Brunswick. Participants are welcome to come for individual sessions or attend the workshop series.
The 2020 Program
How to Map
Conflict
April 5, 2020
Without Google Maps, discover a simple mental mapping technique that could help provide a different lens to navigate complex conflict.
$80
How to Address the 'Elephant'
May 3, 2020
Have you been in situations when you couldn't and wouldn't talk about a real issue? Discover how to use metaphor to address 'the elephant in the room'.
$80
How to Face Ethical Dilemma
September 27, 2020
Have you ever been in situations where everyone's right, no one's wrong? Join us to explore the Right vs Right dilemma.
$80
How to Engage in Difficult
Conversations
October 25, 2020
Step out of the self into the Dialogue Theatre technique to engage in those difficult conversations.
$80
How do we Call it Out
November 29, 2020
Develop responses to toxic and discriminatory cultures with strategies for ‘calling out’ and ‘calling in’.
$80
How to Reframe Conflict
June 7, 2020
Language holds power. Learn the arts of reframing through practical techniques when engaging in difficult but important conversations.
$80
How to Play with Power
July 26, 2020
What power do we hold? And how do we play with power? Explore understandings of power relations through the instinctive nature of play.
$80
How to imagine change
August 23, 2020
The arts allow us to imagine new realities. Discover how the Image Theatre technique provides creative means to exploring change.
$80