Making Magic Happen: How To Facilitate Nonviolence Trainings Online
Saturday, May 15th // 4 hours with a juicy, long break!
9am-11am Pacific (one hour break) 12pm -2pm Pacific.
10am-12pm Mtn (one hour break) 1pm -3pm Mtn.
11am-1pm Central (one hour break) 2pm -4pm Central.
12pm-2pm Eastern (one hour break) 3pm -5pm Eastern.
As trainings shift online, facilitating nonviolence (or anything) has gained new challenges. In this course, trainers Veronica Pelicaric and Rivera Sun will share how to make tech seamless and virtual trainings magical. You will learn how to create a sensitive environment, opening and closing exercises, how to debrief content, and how to balance experiential learning with presentations. You will also learn how to use personal stories and humor, how to do role plays (yes, even online), and how to vary your use of technology to keep sessions lively. This course will be interactive and community building. It will be both philosophical and practical, dealing with both inner and outer skills. You will learn adaptations for Zoom and other online platforms. You will also learn basic tech support and simple practices to help participants feel comfortable with the technology. This webinar will also look at the inner work of facilitation, including common fears and concerns about starting out as a facilitator of nonviolence. Veronica and Rivera will offer their best practices from training hundreds of people online throughout the pandemic.
Recommended for all Engaging Nonviolence facilitators, nonviolence trainers shifting to online webinars, teachers, educators, and others who hope to gain more skills at facilitating online.
Participants will learn:
How to structure an online course
How to use technology simply and effectively
How to integrate heart, spirit, and subject
How to have fun and make magic happen in the virtual classroom
COST: $40 USD. Register below. If you are in need of a scholarship, just let us know. No one will be turned away. Email us at info@paceebene.org
REQUIREMENT: Have a good internet connection and understand how zoom works. No previous experience required.
FACILITATORS
Veronica Pelicaric
Veronica Pelicaric is Pace e Bene’s Nonviolence training coordinator and the co-author of the book, Engaging Nonviolence. She has led Pace e Bene nonviolence workshops in Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Argentina, Haiti, Australia, Britain, and the Netherlands. A Zen Buddhist, she is conversant in six languages. She lives in Montreal, Canada.
Rivera Sun
Author/Activist Rivera Sun is the Editor of Nonviolence News, a nationwide trainer in strategy for nonviolent movements, and the author of many books and novels, including The Dandelion Insurrection and The Way Between. She serves on the Advisory Board of World Beyond War and Backbone Campaign. www.riverasun.com