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Written Reflection (2min)

Prompts*:

1.What thoughts and emotions arose?

​2.How do these experiences relate to your own encounters with curiosity?

Allow yourself a quiet moment to reflect, write, doodle.

*Remember, there is no right or wrong answer.

Prompts*:

1.What thoughts and emotions arose?

​2.How do these experiences relate to your own encounters with curiosity?

*Remember, there is no right or wrong answer.

Allow yourself a quiet moment to reflect, write, doodle.

Pause

Questions:

1.How does the character strength of kindness contribute to creating a 'third space' in our dialogues?

​2.In what ways can a Third Space support and enhance our human potential for kindness and empathy?

 

Allow yourself a quiet moment to reflect on these questions.

Small Group Dialogues

Inspiration

Impulses for Small Actions

Reflections

Integration

Stage 1. Dialogues

Two Steps:

​DIALOGUE EVENTS: join live session to connect

TOPIC INTRO: read, reflect, write

Stage 2. Reflections

Two Steps:

MEDIA FORUMS: sharing insights with the larger group

PEER GROUP: a small, private group chat

Stage 3. Integration

Two Steps:

INSPIRATIONS: encouraging peers creatively

HARVEST: highlighting insights

Activity Trial Practice

1.Share Link with Videos

2.Open the Activity Page

Preparations

Session Activity

3.Click on Video (3-2-1)

2.Remind to Keep Video Running

Practical Steps

1.Go to Page with Videos

4.Help Going into Breakout Rooms

Fishbowl Debrief

3.You give brief personal responses

2.Invite SGS* to Share an Inspiration (1min each)

Practical Steps

1.Ask to Turn off Videos

(*Small Group Supporters)

Tech Host

4.Streaming Final Video

2.Creating Breakout Rooms

Practical Steps

1.Letting people into Session

3.Sharing Page with Activity Videos (in Chat)

5.Offering Technical Support

Facilitation Support

4.Supervision Sessions

2.Connect with your Teammate

Practical Elements

1.Trust the tested Session Structure

3.Use your Facilitator Toolkit

Next Steps

2.Commit to Dates (facilitation and support)

Facilitation Training

1.Attend the Post-Session Micro Event

3.Sign our Values Pledge

Next Steps

1.Commit to Dates (facilitation and support)

Facilitation Training

2.Sign our Values Pledge

Intro

1.Letting Participants enter

2.Asking an Arrival Question

Practical Steps

3.Speaking a Warm Welcome

Our Values

Part One

Celebrating Diversity

Initiating Dialogues

Inspiring Learning

Nurturing Community

Our Values

Part Two

Integrating Knowledge

Balancing Technology

Participatory Culture

Our Values

Part Three

Integrating Knowledge

Balancing Technology

Participatory Culture

Nurturing Community

Strength Activation

Orla will guide us through a brief visualisation (3min).

Feel free to write, draw, doodle, or to close your eyes.

Strength Activation

KINDNESS

Linda Huskes, Lead Facilitator, CBE

Written Reflection (2min)

Prompts*:

1.What thoughts and emotions surfaced for you?

​2.How do these ideas presented in the videos resonate with your own experiences of authenticity?

 

Allow yourself a quiet moment to reflect, write, doodle.

*Remember, there is no right or wrong answer.

Pause

Questions:

1.How does the character strength of kindness contribute to creating a 'third space' in our dialogues?

​2.In what ways can a Third Space support and enhance our human potential for kindness and empathy?

 

Allow yourself a quiet moment to reflect on these questions.

Pause

Questions:

1.In your own words, what does the character strength of authenticity/honesty

mean to you?

​2.How do you nurture and practice authenticity in your daily life?

 

Allow yourself a quiet moment to reflect on these questions.

Micro Practice

Steps:

Micro Practice for Random Acts of Kindness. (15 min)

1.Find a quiet space with a pen and journal.

3. Identify the emotions you experienced during that moment.

2. Recall a recent act of kindness, visualising it vividly.

5. Choose one act and decide when and where to carry it out.

4. Write down ways to extend similar acts to others.

Micro Practice

Prompts:

Micro Practice for Authenticity. (15 min)

4. Reflect on the personal qualities and values expressed in that moment.

1.Find a quiet space.

​2. Close your eyes, take deep breaths, and centre yourself.

3. Recall a moment of authenticity, visualizing it in detail.

5. Write down these qualities and contemplate their integration into daily life.

Small Group Sharing

Bring your written reflections to your small group.

Sharing Prompts:

1. What thoughts and emotions surfaced for you?

2. How do the ideas presented in the videos resonate with

your own experiences of authenticity?

Pre-Session Reflection (2min)

Prompts:

1. Identify your current emotions.

​2. Consider how they might affect your openness

and listening during dialogues.

Dialogue is influenced by our levels of self-awareness and emotions.

Pre-Session Reflection (2min)

Prompts:

1. Which emotions best describe how you're feeling today?

​2. How might your current emotions potentially impact your interactions?

3.Choose one strategy to support you to stay present during the session (e.g. mindfulness, deep breathing, or turning off devices).

 

Our emotions and self-awareness affect our conversations.

This activity will further help to cultivate self-awareness and empathy,

leading to more enriching and authentic conversations.

Small Groups

Sharing Prompts:

1.What thoughts and emotions arose within you?

​2.How do these concepts presented in the videos resonate with your personal experiences of kindness?

 

Share some take aways from your written reflection

and deepen connections in your group.

Billy Nye

 

"Everyone you will ever meet

knows something you don't."

Community Principles

To nurture Safe/Brave Spaces

Our Community

Safe Spaces: To support Trust Building

Inclusivity: To enable every voice to be heard

Deep Connections: To grow Better Understanding of another

Brave Spaces: To initiate authentic engagement and Participatory Culture

We are dedicated to help uplifting and interactive processes,

through components such as:

Higher Education

 

1.Employability Skills

(e.g. Communication, Teamwork, Emotional Intelligence)

2.Wellbeing Skills and Character Strengths

(e.g. Resilience, Empathy, Authenticity)

3.Intercultural and Diversity Skills

(e.g. Openness, Wider Perspective)

Interactive group work is essential for supporting students

to develop core skills in areas such as:

 

1.Employability Skills

(e.g. Communication, Teamwork, Emotional Intelligence)

2.Wellbeing Skills and Character Strengths

(e.g. Resilience, Empathy, Authenticity)

3.Intercultural and Diversity Skills

(e.g. Openness, Wider Perspective)

Interactive group work is essential for supporting students

to develop core skills in areas such as:

Higher Education

Interactive group work is a requirement for accreditation

and provides vast potentials for virtual programs

as it is very difficult to deliver on scale.

Podcast Excerpt

Episode: Dec 07, 2023

Excerpt: 6:17 - 1:31

Podcast Excerpt

Episode #65 / 01:17:40 - 01:24:07

Shining Light Practice = kind, caring feedback 

Community Principles

1.We practice Curiosity + Openness

(for Ourselves and Other)

2.We practice Empathic Dialogue

(with Each Other and within Ourselves)

3.We nurture each others' Seeds of Goodness

(We practice self-reflection and trust building)

We are upholding our values by committing to:

"The Steps to Leaps program aims to enhance students'

Wellbeing, Resilience and Character Development.

The model builds on the fundamental understanding that

every student has enormous capacities for growth."

Mission Statement, Steps to Leaps, Purdue University

TEAM

WORK

MENTAL

HEALTH

Inclusivity

Sustainability

TEAM

WORK

MENTAL

HEALTH

Inclusivity

Sustainability

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