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2008
Presenters, Program Overview,
Schedule, and Guidelines
3rd
Annual International Conference on
"Engaging The Other"
The Power
of Compassion
September
4-7, 2008 San
Francisco (San Mateo), California USA
 An
Outstanding International Gathering of
Over 65 Presenters to Join in Dialogue:
Confirmed:
Huston Smith, Marianne Williamson, Don Edward Beck, Maureen O'Hara,
Bill Lockyer, Geshe Gendun Gyatso, Corinne McLaughlin, Shaykh Hamza
Yusuf, Reverend Paul Chaffee, James O'Dea, Tashi Wangdu, Sen. John Vasconcellos,
Gay Barfield, Aftab Omer, Stanley Krippner, Imam Zaid Shakir, Sharif
Abdullah, Betty Yee, Maha ElGenaidi, Michael Nagler, Lee Mun Wah, Libby
Traubman, Len Traubman, David Hartsough, Louise Diamond, Steve Olweean,
Sandra Friedman, Sally Mahe, Sarah
Talcott, Christopher Thoresen, Richard Moon,
Elza Maalouf, Kim Weichel, Skip Robinson, Kirk Schneider, Benina Gould,
Leah Green, Deborah Koff-Chapin, Luisah Teish, Andy
Noguchi, Ihsan Alkhatib, Imad Hamad, Fred Luskin, Alvaro
Cedeno, Pat Allen, Marc Pilisuk, Mukti Khanna, Melek Totah, Eryn Kalish,
Lorin Troderman, Osprey Orielle Lake, Melissa
Nelson, Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee, Ahmad Hijazi, Michael
Wolfe, James Hernandez,
Ken Homer, Shellee avis, Eleanor Williams-Curry, Bruce Feldstein, Irene
Nasser, Daniel Tutt, Sal Nunez, John Glaser, Carol Glaser, Devi Gursahaney,
Ryan Feinstein, Jean Marc Randin, Lyla Johnston, Chhiring Dorje Sherpa,
Topten Lama, Ram Bahadur Tamang Lama, Nayduk Gurung
Video addresses by:
US Congressman Dennis Kucinich, Costa Rican President and 1987 Nobel
Peace Laureate Oscar Arias
To be Confirmed:
Danny Glover
Conference
Components
A
4 day Schedule of:
- Keynote Speakers
- Topical Plenary
Roundtables
- Concurrent Break-out sessions
of Workshops and Roundtables
- Conference-wide Facilitated
Dialogue Groups
Update:
See
ETO '08 Facilitated Dialogue Group Notes
- Interactive All-conference Experiences
- Evening Social-Cultural
Events, Performances, and Community
Activities
- Evolving Expressive Arts Interpretation of the Conference
- Tibetan Buddhist Sand Mandala
Ritual
- Art and Media Exhibits
- On-site Bookstore (Kepler's
Bookstore)
- Professional Book Exhibit (Library
of Social Science)
- Video and Audio Session Recording (Hungry
Mind Recordings)
- Rich Networking and Action Planning Opportunities
- Multi-cultural Community
- Final Action Planning Dialogue for Beyond the Conference
- Exhibits and Displays
Updates:
See: Content
of ETO '08 Facilitated Dialogue Group Notes
'08
On-Site Video Interviews
'08
Conference Evaluation Form -
We invite '08 conference
participants to download and submit an evaluation
form
(see
instructions at bottom of form for submitting).
Guidelines
For Compassionate Dialogue
The
RCP Conference strives to promote an inclusive, compassionate dialogue
that honors different personal experiences, perspectives, and stories,
while allowing for better expressing and listening to each other as we
work together toward understanding and harmony. Our intention is to create
an open venue where we can engage meaningfully and invite in a public
dialogue that brings our joint wisdom to bear in exploring sometimes difficult
issues that effect us all. We ask all participants to assist us by carrying
and expressing this intent throughout the conference.
NonViolent Communication Guidelines:
Unique Assumptions—NVC begins by assuming that we are all
compassionate by nature and that violent strategies—whether verbal
or physical—are learned behaviors taught and supported by the prevailing
culture. It also assumes that we all share the same, basic human needs,
and that all actions are a strategy to meet one or more of these needs.
While NVC is much more than a communication model, the components below
provide a structural concept of the process that leads to giving and receiving
from the heart.
Honestly Expressing how I am and what I would like without using
blame, criticism or demands
Empathically Receiving how another is and what he/she would like
without hearing blame, criticism or demands
Whether expressing or receiving, NVC focuses our attention on four pieces
of information:
Observations—Objectively describing what is going on without
using evaluation, moralistic judgment, interpretation or diagnosis
Feelings—Saying how you feel (emotions and body sensations)
about what you have observed without assigning blame
Needs—The basic human needs that are or not being met and
are the source of feelings
Requests—Clear request for actions that can meet needs
On-site Program Advertizers:
Institute
of Noetic Sciences
101
San Antonio Road, Petaluma, CA 94952 USA
707-775-3500
membership@noetic.org
Institute
of Imaginal Studies
47 Sixth
Street, Petaluma, CA 94952
707-765-1836
Fax: 707-765-2351 info@imaginal.edu
 Sunrise
Center
645
Tamalpais Drive, Suite A, Corte Madera, CA 94925
415-924-7824 415-924-4214
Fax info@sunrise-center.org
West
Wind Travel
326 McKenzie Street, Santa Fe,
NM 87501
Ph: 800-283-0122 Local ph: 505-984-0022
Email: terry@westwindtravel.net
Hungry
Mind Recordings
5245 College Ave., Suite 316,
Oakland CA 94618
510-338-0950 info@hungrymindrecordings.com
Kepler's Bookstore
1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park
CA, 94025
650-324-4321 books@keplers.com
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