60 Minutes, via Zoom, Wednesday, September 16: 1 pm PT / 3 pm CT / 4 pm ET
On September 16, Carolyn Jacobs, founder of Keep Slowing, LLC, will host brilliant and wry neuroscientist, inventor, and author Dr. Vivienne Ming for a session of Conversations that Contribute, a series aimed at expansive dialogue and actionable ideas for how adults can support young people in communication and conflict.
This session of CTC will explore the unique human capacities for perspective-taking, curiosity, and intellectual humility that Dr. Ming identifies as the linchpin of a human-AI hybrid intelligence. These very same qualities are also central to Keep Slowing’s focus on human connection, constructive dialogue, and collaborative forms of dispute resolution. We will consider the shared meaning across these ideas for parents, educators, and other adults with the opportunity to help young people build the human capacities that support better machines, better people, and better connection.
About Dr. Ming
Dr. Vivienne Ming explores maximizing human capacity as a theoretical neuroscientist, delusional inventor, and demented author, most recently of Robot-Proof: When Machines Have All The Answers, Build Better People. She co-founded Possibility Science, applying machine learning and hybrid intelligence to science and innovation itself. She also founded The Human Trust, an independent nonprofit data trust developing a benchmark for the impact of AI on human development. Dr. Ming sits on numerous boards, including neurotech startup Optoceutics, UC Berkeley’s Neurotech Collider Lab, UC San Diego’s Cognitive Science Department, and the Kennedy Human Rights Center. She is an honorary professor at University College London’s Global Business School for Health.
Registration is $10 per attendee, and Keep Slowing, LLC will donate 100% of the proceeds to Kids Managing Conflict (KMC). Carolyn Jacobs serves on KMC’s Board of Directors.
This program is for:
• Parents
• ADR Professionals
• Educators
• Mental Health Professionals
• Parenting Professionals
• Youth Program Staff
• Anyone hoping to support children in building relational skills
60 Minutes, via Zoom, Wednesday, November 4, at 1 pm PT / 3 pm CT / 4 pm ET
Conversations that Contribute is especially proud to welcome Bill Eddy, a singular voice in high-conflict communication, for a discussion hosted by Keep Slowing founder Carolyn Jacobs.
Inherent asymmetries of actual and perceived power shape the dynamics of communication and conflict. Between adults, this might be employer and employee, coach and athlete, or law enforcement and civilian.
In adult-youth dynamics, power differentials are bound up with authority, dependence, and developing capacities for judgment, autonomy, and self-regulation. Within this frame, how might parents, educators, and family dispute resolution professionals approach communication and conflict in ways that preserve both self-respect and respect for young people, while fostering their capacity to engage in constructive dialogue?
About Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq.
Bill Eddy is the co-founder and Director of Innovation for the High Conflict Institute. He pioneered High Conflict Personality Theory (HCP) and has become an expert on managing disputes involving people with high-conflict personalities. He was a licensed clinical social worker therapist working with children and families for over 12 years, then a Certified Family Law Specialist lawyer representing clients in family court for 15 years, and then the Senior Family Mediator at the National Conflict Resolution Center for 15 years. He is the author or co-author of over 20 books, manuals, and workbooks, co-host of the It’s All Your Fault podcast with Megan Hunter, MBA, and author of a popular blog on the Psychology Today website.
Conversations that Contribute (CTC) is a series aimed at expansive dialogue and actionable ideas for how adults can support young people in communication and conflict. Event registration is $10 per event (registration link below) or $24 for three months of access to the entire CTC Recordings Library. Keep Slowing, LLC will donate 100% of CTC proceeds to Kids Managing Conflict (KMC). Carolyn Jacobs serves on KMC’s Board of Directors.
This program is for:
• Parents
• ADR Professionals
• Educators
• Mental Health Professionals
• Parenting Professionals
• Youth Program Staff
• Anyone hoping to support children in building relational skills
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