2010-2011
Half-Day Professional Development sessions
As a part of its Corporate & Community Programs focused on cultivating healthy organizational practices, Peace Learning Center (PLC) offers half-day professional development sessions. These sessions are a great networking and learning resource for those interested in cultivating healthy organizational practices within the workplace and community.
For more information, please contact Nancy Larner Ruschman, 317.327.7144 or nruschman@peacelearningcenter.org
half-day Professional development programs
September 24, 2010
Difficult Conversations: Talking About What Matters
Donation Session - all proceeds go to our youth programs; Registrations are tax deductible
Presenter: George Okantey
Registration Fee: $49
Time: 8:30am - Noon
Place: Indiana Interchurch Center - Directions
Session Description: Every conflict or difficult conversation has a pattern to what goes wrong, and what works. Do you have difficulty talking about what matters in a team, with a volunteer, or issues related to work performance or relationships? The crucial skills learned will help you to understand the three levels of conversations and how to promote conditions where people speak frankly and respectfully. You will gain skills that encourage spirited dialogue and reduce confrontation and resistance. Learn to promote best ideas, save time with fewer meetings, have less disagreement and build more alignments and better decisions.
All proceeds from this event will be donated to Peace Learning Center to invest in the youth of our community.
Register Here Please note: pre-payment is required; we accept online registrations with credit card only
The Presenter: George Okantey is a Purdue Extension Economic and Community Development Educator in Indianapolis. He has twenty plus years of experience as a social entrepreneur, including excellent facilitation and project management skills. George is a certified Vital Smarts instructor of Crucial Conversations: Tools for talking when stakes are high. He has an exceptional ability to inspire, lead, engage and coach people from diverse backgrounds and persuasions to experience excellence.
Our sincere thanks to George Okantey for donating his time and fees for this session to Peace Learning Center.
November 19, 2010
The Art of Leading Transformational Change
Donation Session - all proceeds go to our youth programs; Registrations are tax deductible
Presenter: Patti Ayars
Registration Fee: $49
Time: 8:30am - Noon
Place: Indiana Interchurch Center - Directions
Session Description: Do you need to drive change in your organization? Are you equipped to drive the changes it will take to be successful in situations where the rules are being re-written? Leaders that continuously achieve extraordinary results understand that many of the changes they need to drive are transformational. Highly effective leaders know the difference between incremental and transformational change, they know how to lead both kinds of change and they know what it takes to be a transformational change leader.
In this session Patti Ayars, Peace Learning Center Board member and change management expert, will teach you the difference between incremental and transformational change and what it takes to lead successful, sustainable change in an ever changing world. Each participant will receive a copy of Patti’s new book, The Art of Leading Transformational Change - a $29.95 retail value.
All proceeds from this event will be donated to Peace Learning Center to invest in the youth of our community.
Register Here Please note: pre-payment is required; we accept online registrations with credit card only
The Presenter: Patti Ayars has nearly 30 years of corporate business experience in strategic human resources, organization development and mergers & acquisitions positions in a variety of industries in both domestic and global environments. Prior to founding Turning Point Consulting in 2006, Patti was the Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Corporate Communications for Roche Diagnostics Corporation. Based on her leadership in strategically handling some of the biggest challenges in the HR profession, in 2005 Patti was named one of the 25 most powerful women in HR by HR Executive magazine. For the past 20 years Patti Ayars has been leading and coaching others on how to lead change. She is a co-author of the book Mastering Momentum: A Practical and Powerful Approach for Successful Change, co-developed and taught an eight month course on leading transformational change and recently released a new book, The Art of Leading Transformational Change.
Our sincere thanks to Patti Ayars for donating her time and fees for this session to Peace Learning Center.
January 21, 2011
2nd Annual Central Indiana Board Chair Summit
Peace Learning Center & Lacy Leadership Association
Registration Fee: $49
Time: 7:30am - Noon
Place: Madame Walker Theatre (tentative)
Registration will open September 2010
Date TBD
The Case for Servant Leadership
Donation Session - all proceeds go to our youth programs; Registrations are tax deductible
Presenter: Dr. Kent Keith
Registration Fee: $49
Time: 8:30am - Noon
Place: Indiana Interchurch Center - Directions
Registration will open January 2011
May 20, 2011
Rebuilding Trust: Creating a Culture of Candor
Donation Session - all proceeds go to our youth programs; Registrations are tax deductible
Presenter: Debra Jarvis
Registration Fee: $49
Time: 8:30am - Noon
Place: Indiana Interchurch Center - Directions
Registration will open January 2011
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