Program
Equity in Communication Practices
A Professional Development Workshop for People Working in Communication, Community Outreach, Human Resources, and Organizational Development
Equity in Communication Practices is a workshop style professional development program for people working in communications, community engagement, human resources, and organizational development.
The workshop will explore how internal communication is the foundation for all ways that people within an organization engage with each other, people served, stakeholders, community members, service providers, gatekeepers, and anyone else impacted by decisions making.
In a shared learning environment, we will identify inclusive communication practices that recognize the wholeness of a human being, and all intersecting identities.
The workshop supports organizations and teams with navigating culture shifts, equity language, employee relationships, equitable personnel practices and policies, messaging and story telling, community engagement, and power sharing.
Program Details
Equity in Communication Practices is a workshop that can be offered online or in person at Grandmother Cherry Sanctuary in Plainfield, Vermont or a client location. It can be a full day or half day experience. The workshop can be offered for a specific organization or can be offered in collaboration with a sponsoring organization to a broader audience. It can be tailored for intimate or larger groups. A teaser version can be broken down into a couple of hours with the understanding it will not cover all of the content and a deeper commitment to this program will be encouraged.
Workshop Components:
- Build understanding and alignment with shared language.
- Discuss processes, tools, and structures for transparent and effective internal communication and inclusive collaboration.
- Learn about emergent relationships with time, space, and process.
- Identify practices to facilitate relationship capacity building, generative group process, and equitable organizational communication practices.
- Practice interpersonal communication techniques that can support groups in navigating conflict, process, and decision making.
- Share learning to unpack organizational siloes through a communication lens and build practices for power sharing.
Intentions:
The intention is for this workshop to build upon basic principles of equity and that a commitment to equity is already established in workshop participants. This will help everyone most effectively address workshop components with richness and depth.
