Foundations of Dialogue Education 

This is an engaging and highly personalized course, with ongoing invitations to test, try and practice the new content being learned. Here is a sample of what you will have achieved by the end of the course:

  • distinguished between a learning-centered and teaching-centered approach

  • demonstrated ways to teach holistically using three learning domains

  • crafted achievement-based objectives based on what your learners will DO with the content you teach

  • used the 8 steps of design to create a session for your real work situation

  • demonstrated and assessed your skills for facilitating dialogue in a short session and planned for your continued skill development. 

People leave this course with a whole new way of thinking about “learning” and a newfound confidence in how to create meaningful learning opportunities for others.

Guests Jeanette Romkema and Andrea Van Liew share how the 3C Model – Connecting to Content, Connecting to Self and Connecting to Others – is crucial to engaging the whole person in a virtual setting. They share their recent revelations with clients about the surprising benefits of shifting to remote meetings and trainings – including increased connections and equalized power among those in the virtual room.

With the recent rise in remote work, many of us are faced with the challenge of designing and facilitating engaging and inclusive meetings while in a virtual setting. Today we’re joined by Andrea Van Liew – GLP Consultant and leader of our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Team – to talk about how we can be sure to tend to the core principle of “inclusion” in virtual meetings.

Sugar Moon LLC Trainings

Outreach to Victims within Community and Restorative Justice

Outreach to victims of crime has become more of a standard practice within community and restorative justice practices. Training on how to conduct victim centered outreach is essential for staff and volunteers to address the many and varied needs of victims in the aftermath of a crime. This training focuses on the fundamental basics of victim centered outreach and offers opportunities for participants to practice and hone their outreach skills.

Learning Objectives – By the end of this 6 hour workshop, participants will have…

  • Welcomed each other, introduced themselves and briefly described the experience providing services to victims of crime

  • Identified one question that they would especially like to answer during the day

  • Reflected on the cycle of violence, crime and harm; and described the positive outcomes that result from interventions and services

  • Named assumptions about who are victims and what they may need

  • Explored a set of principles that can be helpful when working with victims of crime

  • Defined meaningful invitation and participation for victims of crime.

  • Practiced reflective listening skills

  • Applied victim centered principles and community resources to case scenarios

  • Identified referral sources and decided actions for strengthen connections for those referrals

  • Reviewed organizational logistics and documentation for victim outreach work within each organization

  • Participated in a closing circle that reflects on the learning from the day