PeaceTalks

Through their unique personal story Nadyne and Soraya have learned a lot about breaking through the barriers of cross-cultural relationships, and are excited to share their experiences and ideas with others. Each of their PeaceTalks offers a slightly different perspective that will inspire everyone to take a chance to become a peacemaker and change our world.

Communicate to Connect

When we interact at home, at work, and in the community, we bring with us our unconscious biases. We run information through our brain filters and make judgments and evaluations. We tend to focus on what is wrong with people and then, it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.

In this session you will learn:

• The four types of life alienating communication
   
• How to make observations
   
• To ask, “What can I learn about myself?”
   
• How to create a vision for connections
   
• How to set goals and take positive action to achieve them

Negotiation
For Leaders who Negotiate and Negotiators who Lead

This keynote/workshop will prepare you to negotiate when the stakes are high. You will be able to avoid unnecessary conflicts arising in any negotiation and handle the necessary ones.

You will learn and understand:

• The rudiments of PREPARATION, to avoid common “Negotiation Mistakes”
   
• Choosing the right strategy, by understanding the different sources of POWER
   
• How to make your offer to get others to YES
   
• How to respond to deadlocks and impasse
   
• The value of focusing on relationship

Resolving Conflict Through Compassionate Communication

Communication is at the heart of everything we do. How we communicate can make or break a relationship. Whether you address conflict after it occurs or scramble to address it before it happens, we must anticipate disagreement.

In this session you will learn to:

• Understand the sources of conflict
   
• Understand the language of disconnect
   
• Look beyond enemy images
   
• Stay connected when you hear a “NO”
   
• Refrain from blaming and shaming when needs are not met

Celebrating Cultural Differences

This program will propel you to a new level of awareness and consciousness when interacting with others. It will help you unlock your pre conceived notions about others and inspire you to move away from stereo typing. You will actively seek out information to learn about people who are different.

This program will empower you to :

• Create and foster a respectful workplace that values differences and diversity
   
• Celebrate differences
   
• Understand how our actions affect others
   
• Receive tools and techniques to immediately transform your personal and professional lives

How to Give and Receive Effective Feedback

A key to organizational effectiveness and individual and team performance improvement is to clarify expectations through feedback. When expectations fall low and accountability is not stressed, we substitute excuses for results. Communication is at the heart of how we can make things happen and how we deliver and receive effective feedback.

In this session you will learn :

• To express NEEDS and FEELINGS
   
• To unlock your potential in a way that helps you think differently about your approach to personal and professional relationships
   
• Make specific actionable requests
   
• Connect with EMPATHY
   
• Express gratitude

Dealing with Difficult People
Running a business is complicated… Dealing with difficult people shouldn’t be.

Discover how you can communicate more effectively to transform your workplace.

• Learn to look beyond enemy images
   
• Communicate without blame or shame
   
• Learn to respond and not react
   
• Build teams for personal and professional success.
   
• Focus on the problem not the person.
   
• YES – Understand the benefits of conflict!

During this session you will learn to open your minds and work towards creating new strategies to resolve disputes. You will be able to change how you perceive the value of employees. You will work towards eliminating the tensions created by anger, resentment and misunderstanding.

Stop the Struggle
7 Steps to Turn Defiance into Cooperation - a workshop just for Moms

Children like adults need to be heard and understood. Understanding and acknowledging the needs and feelings of your child will be the strongest foundation for co-operation. Meeting your child half way will be the most important journey you will make as a parent.

In this workshop you will learn:

• To value your needs and respectfully and creatively connect with your child’s needs
   
• To honestly express your needs to inspire connection and co-orporation
   
• To look beyond angry images to the needs that motivate behavior
   
• To lead and not manage your kids
   
• To transform your home into a “NO FAULT ZONE”

PeaceMoms
Empowering Mothers to Create Leaders

This program will encourage you to open up the world to your child and help him/her see their impact and power to make a difference in the lives of others. Leaders are peacemakers. Peacemaking is a process. The journey begins at home.

In this session, you will learn:

• How to teach your child to make observations and not judgments
   
• How to connect with your child through empathy
   
• The importance of getting informed and educated about other cultures
   
• To rekindle the curiosity and wonder in your parenting
   
• The 12 Peace Pearls for Kids and ways to implement them

PeaceMatters
Expand Your Thinking… Suspend Your Judgments

Peace is more than the absence of violence. It is the respectful understanding of the other. It is the willingness to celebrate our differences and work towards promoting social justice. The steps we take and the choices we make for peace – MATTERS.

In this session, you will learn to:

• Understand the challenges to peacemaking an how to overcome them
   
• Understand the foundations for peacemaking
   
• Develop skills of dialogue and critical analysis
   
• Embrace the participation of individual, community and foster global citizenship

"YES" To Life
Saying YES to drugs is a choice. Alienating the student is not

Drug abuse and addiction are real problems. Understanding the needs that motivate the behavior is crucial to engage in honest dialogue verses propaganda. Awareness begins with educating, youth, families, and communities.

In this session you will learn to :

• Understand the consequences of denying responsibility
   
• Engage in honest dialogue
   
• Acknowledge needs and express feelings
   
• Stay away from drugs and do that something special with your life

If you would more information on coordinating a speaking engagement Nadyne and Soraya, please contact us. We'd love to speak to your group, business, or organization.

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