The Calendar is by Month, Day & Time and Includes: Conferences Workshops for Organizations Workshops for the Public Tele-Classes & Webinars Trainers' Training Programs

A Sample of Sharon's Presentations:

The Association of Transformational Leaders, Minneapolis, MN
Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN), Annual Meeting, Keynote, Burlingame, CA
Collaborative Family Law, Two-Day PNDC Level I Training, Vancouver, BC
Volunteers of America Dispute Resolution Center, Washington Annual Conference for Mediators, Seattle WA
Leaderhip Conference for Professional Women, Canadian Bar Association, Women's Forum, Keynote, Toronto University of California Diversity Pipeline Initiative, Annual State-Wide Conference, Berkeley CA
Parents Coalition of Bay Area High Schools, 3 hour program, San Francisco, CA
Collaborative Professionals of Washington, Annual Conference, Day-Long Keynote/Training, Seattle, WA
International Association of Collaborative Professionals, (IACP), International Conference, Washington D.C.
Week-Long PNDC Trainers Training Program, Mar de Jade, Mexico

Most workshops Sharon does for professional, as well as some community organizations and associations are not listed on the calendar. For more information on workshops & training programs for people in more than a dozen professions, as well as community organizations and pubic workshops, see Workshops in the Menu Bar.

February, 2012 ~ Public PNDC Practice Session

How Can We Stop Giving Negative People so Much Power?

We tend to give people who act in cold, manipulative, hostile, and/or withholding ways too much control and power in many kinds of interactions. They may direct and/or undermine the agenda of a meeting, transform the positive energy created by a productive problem solving discussion into one of discouragement, or throw a wet blanket on an otherwise wonderful family gathering or party. Just one negative person often has the power to impact the mood of a single person or a whole group.

In this practice session, we'll look first at how and why we have given negative people, even those who are a "weak link" in the group, so much power. Then we'll practice using non-defensive methods to diminish or even eliminate their demoralizing impact on one-to-one relationsihps and on group morale, creativity and cohesiveness. In some cases, the person will simply no longer gain power by using a destructive process (and may even withdraw from the group). In other cases, the he/she will shift their attitude and become more positive. Registration . . .

For the Public: Facilitated by Sharon Strand Ellison
Location: Oakland, CA (Workshop Site TBA)
Date & Time: Thursday, February 9, 2012 - 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.

February, 2012 ~ Public Workshop

Changing Blueprints ~ Changing Reality

Workshop Description: Learn how we create a kind of "blueprint" or map of reality for each experience we have in life — love, success, exercise, respect, freedom, even rain — using real-life examples. Participants will have opportunity to identify their own blueprints, listen in new ways to others, and change self-defeating blueprints into fulfilling ones. More . . .

For the Public: Facilitated by Sharon Strand Ellison
Date: The Weekend of February 10, 11, & 12th, 2012
Location: Oakland, CA (Workshop Site TBA)
Times: Friday night, 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. — Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. — Sunday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Changing Blueprints and the SELF workshop can be taken as a series for enhancing self understanding and personal growth, or each can be taken separately. If taken as a series, you will recieve a $50 discount on each workshop.

March, 2012 ~ Public Workshop

The SELF Workshop
Based on the Self Evaluation Learning Formula Developed by Sharon Strand Ellison

Workshop Description: In many self-measurement systems, while the goal is to help people understand both their own and other peoples interaction "styles," too often see the self-selected personality characteristics that showed up strongest in their profile as their inherent nature, just "who" they are. In the SELF Workshop, participants will work with this measurement system I have created to gain a picture This workshop is based on Sharon Strand Ellison's Personality Measurement. Learning to use the SELF Profile, participants will evaluate their own defensive and non-defensive strengths and weaknesses, bringing key patterns to light, and then create a plan of action for change. All the information is about characteristics and attitudes that can be changed—eliminated or strengthened—in ways that build your character and integrity. More . . .

For the Public: Facilitated by Sharon Strand Ellison
Dates:The Weekend of March 10, & 11th, 2012
Location: Oakland, CA (Workshop Site TBA)
Times: Friday night, 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. — Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. — Sunday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

April, 2012 ~ Conference

University of California Diversity Pipeline Initiative, Annual State-Wide Conference

Conference Focus: The University of California is hosting a leadership conference, entitled the UC Diversity Pipeline Initiative, which addresses issues facing minority women professional and graduate students who are under-represented in the health professions. The purpose of the conference is to encourage the students to pursue careers in academia in order to increase diversity among faculty. This invitation only conference reaches women from all 16 of UC’s health sciences schools.

Dates:The Weekend of April 13, 14, & 15th, 2012
Presenter: Sharon Strand Ellison, Keynote, Sunday, April 15
Location: The Claremont Hotel, Oakland, CA

April, 2012 ~ Conference

American Bar Association,
Section of Dispute Resolution, Annual National Conference

Workshop Description: The ABA Section of Dispute Resolution Spring Conference is a vibrant forum appealing to a broad range of interests with two full days of concurrent panel presentations, a poster presentation session and reception and ample opportunities for information sharing and networking. There are two additional programs on the day immediately prior to and following the main Conference: the Symposium on ADR in the Courts and the Legal Educators Colloquium respectively; and a full day workshop of the International Committee on the theme of diagnosing and preparing for international disputes on the day following the Spring Conference.

Dates: The Weekend of April 18 - 21, 2012
Location: Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill, Washington D.C.
Co-Presenters:
Sharon Strand Ellison
Dr. Carolyn Wilkes Kaas, Director of Clinical Programs & Co-Director, Center on Dispute Resolution, Quinnipiac University School of Law

April, 2012 ~ Conference

CP CAL Celebration:
An Annual, Statewide Conference for Collaborative Family Law Professionals

~ 3-Hour Session ~
Giving Feedback: Naming Behavior Patterns Using a Story Form that Promotes Insight and Change

Co-Presenters: Trish Nugent, J.D. & Sharon Strand Ellison
                    
Workshop Description: In this workshop, participants will learn how to use a process for making observations about behavior in “story” form.  Receiving feedback in this way often prompts people to feel understood rather than judged, allowing them to gain spontaneous insight into their emotions, beliefs and reasoning.  For clients and professionals alike, this insight prompts understanding of systemic patterns. Individuals often then become motivated to change key attitudes and behaviors, leading to a more transformational problem-solving process.

Conference Dates: April 27-29 2012
Location: Oakland, CA Claremont Hotel
For More Information or to Register for the Conference, go to: http://cpcal.org/Announcements.aspx?aID=137

May 4-5, 2012 ~ Women in the Law, Winnipeg, Canada
More Details Soon . . .

May, 2012 ~ Association Meeting Workshop

Collaborative Divorce Solutions of Orange County

Co-Presenters: David Fink, J.D. Lawyer, Mediator & Sharon Strand Ellison

Workshop Description: A one-day introductory training on Powerful Non-Defensive Communication for collaborative family law attorneys, coaches, and financial planners.

Date: Saturday, April 12, 2012
Location: Orange Country, (Place TBA)

June 9-10, 2012 ~ Public Workshop

Powerful Non-Defensive Communication (PNDC)
Introductory Workshop Scheule ~ For the Public:

An introductory weekend workshop with Sharon in a small group setting . . .

Workshop Description: To facilitate learning methods of communication that can eliminate defensiveness and give us the skills needed to be real and genuine in personal, professional and community relationships. The training is based on Sharon's book, Taking the War Out of Our Words. More . . .

Summer Dates: The Weekend of June 9-10, 2012
Location: TBA
Times: Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. — Sunday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
CEUs:  Available for MFTs and LCSWs (12 hours)

Future PNDC Level I Workshop Dates:

Fall-Dates: The Weekend of September 14, 15, & 16, 2012 (Location: Oakland, CA, Place TBA)
Winter Dates: The Weekend of January 12-13, 2013 (Location: Oakland, CA, Place TBA)

October 13-14, 2012 ~ Public Workshop

PNDC Level II Workshop: "The Power of Questions"

Prerequisite: PNDC Level I Workshop

Workshop Objective: Learn and practice more than a dozen formats for asking questions that can enhance our power to disarm defensiveness and get to the heart of an issue quickly, opening up the kind of genuine conversation that can lead to deeper resolution and conection.
More . . .

For the Public: Facilitated by Sharon Strand Ellison
Date: Monday, January 16
Location: The Claremont Hotel
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

The Institute for Powerful Non-Defensive Communication
Phone: 800-714-7334 or 510-655-8086 • Email: info@pndc.com
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