Speaker Lecture Series

Santa Rosa Junior College Lecture Series Fall 2011 & Spring 2012
All events, Wednesday, Noon - 1:00pm

Bertolini Student Center —East End 1st Floor

Aug 31, 2011 - Facilitation: How to improve participation in decision-making and make meetings more effective. Presented by Christina Allison
Sep 28, 2011 - Collaborative Problem Solving. Presented by Cate Griffiths
Oct 26, 2011 - Emotional Intelligence. Presented by Ruthe Browning
Nov 30, 2011 - The Art of Negotiation: Strategies to Create a Win Win Outcome. Presented by Michelle Martin
Jan 25, 2012 - How has life prepared you for leadership? Presented by Diana Ruiz
Feb 29, 2012 - The Voice of Manifestation: Knowing and fearlessly speaking your truth. Presented by Linda Lea
Mar 28, 2012 - Networking: Building a community of support. Presented by Michelle Martin
Apr 25, 2012 - Building a Passionate and Rewarding Career.Presented by Susan Cook
How to Collaborate with Difficult People
9 am- Noon University of San Francisco, Santa Rosa Campus

 

Thurs. Nov. 10, 2011   9 am- Noon University of San Francisco, Santa Rosa Campus

 Presented by: Cate Griffiths

Self-awareness: exercises that reveal your own conflict style, hot buttons and triggers, and how to listen to and understand people who press those hot buttons. Role-playing scenarios: common scenes with difficult people, with an emphasis on managing or leading difficult people. Intra-personal and inter-personal skills required to deal successfully with difficult people. Group debriefing and insights. Cate Griffiths has worked extensivley in Sonoma County’s courts and communities, taught mediation and conflict skills since 2005, and handled more than 500 disputes.  The workshop will provide methods and skill sets for how to overcome the fear of interacting with a difficult person and how to manage difficult people.

 

Nov 10, 2011 - How to Collaborate with Difficult People
Negotiations: Asking for What You Want
Wednesday November 30, 2011

Wed. Oct. 26, 2011 Noon-1pm |  

Center for Student Leadership | Bertolini Bldg., East End, 1st Floor  | 

Santa Rosa Junior College

 

• Know What You Want and Have Something to Offer: Goal Setting in Relation to Negotiations  Using Techniques and Strategies

• Deadlines and the art of Discretion

• Keep the Ball Bouncing- Directing Negotiations like a Tennis Match:  Offers, Counter Offers, Concessions, Alternative Outcomes and Flexibility

• Grace, Gratitude, and The Power of Influence- How to build common ground and develop a mutually beneficial outcome.

• Gathering Intelligence: Know Your Opposition: Understanding Driving factors for the Negotiation from the other side's perspective.

Presented by Michelle Martin

Michelle Martin is a highly motivated and successful entrepreneur in Sonoma County. She is a visionary, and often called “the compass” by the people in her life. Her goal in life is to provide exemplary leadership by blending innovation, creativity and integrity into every project she is a part of. She helps people find solutions to difficult challenges through negotiation, strategy, goal setting and diligent planning. Michelle has been working with Primerica Financial Services for 14 years and has built a successful financial brokerage in Petaluma and is currently expanding her business further into Sonoma, Marin, Napa and Solano counties, as well as Nevada and Texas.

Contact: Diana Ruiz, President (WGLI); dianaruiz@WGLI.org  (707) 481-4968

Sahara Chaldean, Coordinator (Center for Student Leadership); (707) 527-4460































 

Nov 30, 2011 - Negotiations: Asking for What You Want
The Voice of Manifestation: Knowing and Fearlessly Speaking Your Truth
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012 12:00 noon--1:00PM
Feb 29, 2012 - Lecture