Back due to popular demand, the SNEP Network is offering another round of the Crucial Conversations® for Mastering Dialogue training. This training will take place over a 2-day period at Innovate Newport (513 Broadway, Newport, RI 02840). By participating in communications training, you will gain the confidence and ability to lead dialogues about community resilience and natural resources management when stakes are high, opinions vary, and emotions run strong. Learn the conflict management skills of the world’s best communicators.

About the Training:

Crucial Conversations® for Mastering Dialogue teaches nine powerful skill sets grounded in decades of social science research. The course helps learners develop these vital skills through instruction, application, practice, group discussion, and self-reflection- not just theory- for lasting improvement.

This training may be right for you if you have ever experienced the following in your work:

• Have you ever left a contentious town meeting and wondered, “Why do people only listen to those who push the hardest or shout the loudest?” 
• Have you ever been lectured or verbally attacked by someone who disagrees with you and wished you could respond without making matters worse? 
• Have you ever watched a community leader present an impossible plan and hoped someone would say, “This can’t be done!” but no one said a word?
• Do you ever keep silent about a matter, hoping someone else shares your concern and will speak up? 
• Does it sometimes feel unsafe to share your honest viewpoint because there’s a chance that doing so could lead to backlash?  

This course is led by certified trainers Jen West, Training & Engagement Coordinator with the Narragansett Bay Research Reserve and Dr. Chris Feurt, Coastal Resilience Scientist with the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve in Maine. Read their bios here.

Learn more about the Training by visiting the Crucial Learning webpage: https://cruciallearning.com/courses/crucial-conversations-for-dialogue/