Thursday, January 16: Kathleen Oweegon, Founder, Bridges of Peace. Meetings can be a blessing or a curse, depending on how they are designed and how they are facilitated. In this presentation, participants will learn some of the tools professional facilitators use to ensure full engagement and participation of the people attending their meetings, thereby making meetings more meaningful to all. The skills and understandings imparted in this presentation will include: Pre-meeting Engagement, Diffusing the Dominator, and a variety of useful and adaptable in-meeting engagement tools. Participants are requested to come prepared to discuss their experiences of unbalanced meeting participation so that we can explore how to apply these tools to their real-life situations.
Bridges of Peace provides training, facilitation, and mediation services throughout the U.S. and around the world. Kathleen facilitates Strategic Planning and Teambuilding sessions for several government agencies, as well as for private organizations and non-profits throughout the U.S. . She has facilitated helped stakeholders to arrive at consensus on controversial issues that affect the State of New Mexico and its residents, such as Education Reform, Watershed Restoration, Health Care Reform, Transportation, and Energy. As the lead contract facilitator for the City of Albuquerque City Attorney’s Office (ADR Division), Kathleen facilitates land use cases involving developers and the neighbors most affected by the proposed development, as well as other public meetings on contentious issues affecting the community. Kathleen has been a trainer in communication and leadership skills for over 40 years, working with institutions and in the private sector. Kathleen teaches facilitation, conflict management and mindful leadership at the University of New Mexico Anderson School of Management, and leadership skills for the New Mexico State University EDGE program.
7:00 – 7:30 am – Networking: Coffee and pastries served
7:30 – 9:00 am – Program
UNM Continuing Education Building
1634 University Blvd NE
AQN Members Free
$20 Non-Members
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