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There will be 3 to 4 persons, so called co-faciitators in the FIT process (Facilitator in Training) from Poland, Hungary, Czech and Slovakia

COMMUNITY BUILDING WORKSHOPS

"There is a longing for peace in our hearts. Because of the wounds and rejections we have experienced in the past, we are afraid to take the risk of taking off our armor. In this fear, we abandon the dream of authentic community as an unrealistic vision.

But there are ways in which people can come together again - ways to heal old wounds. The mission of the Community Building Workshops is to teach these ways - to make hope real - to make this vision manifest in a world that has almost forgotten how great it is to be human."

Building community is a group process that builds deep connection, trust, security and authentic relationships in a very short time - even with people from different backgrounds and with views opposite to ours. We would like to emphasize very strongly here that the process of creating a community is our innate, natural process. The community building workshop allows us to bring it to light.

WHAT WILL YOU EXPERIENCE?

  * deep connection and building authentic relationships

  * a breakthrough in your personal and spiritual development

  * peace

  * finding your place in the world, you will be heard, seen and known

  * abandoning the state of loneliness in a chaotic world

  * feeling the meaning of your existence in this chaotic world

We realize that due to bad experiences in the past, many people are terrified of risk or skeptical about the possibility of a true community. However, there are methods that can bring us back together, heal old wounds - and make hope and community a reality again!

This unique, experiential workshop gives you the opportunity to learn and practice key communication and networking skills and bring peace and community to your everyday life.

   SO IF YOU HAVE ENOUGH:

  * Superficial relationships

  * Manipulation

  * Chaotic communication

  * Being lonely, isolated or misunderstood

  * The power of the demons of your past

 THEN THIS WORKSHOP IS FOR YOU....

We use the group process discovered by Scott Peck to experience the transition from PSEUDO COMMUNITY (where everyone is nice but relationships are rather shallow) to truly deep COMMUNITY (where you like fewer people but love more).

This process is an adventure during which:

  * you will better understand your barriers separating you from others and you will have the opportunity to risk experiencing something different;

  * you will also gain a better understanding of navigating the community process in a group and methods of communication that strengthen the community;

  * you will experience a deeper encounter with people who believe that "something completely different is possible right now" - in relationships, being in the world, feeling and sharing it with others.

What is this workshop not?

  * therapy

  * tool training

  * discussion about communities

  * a meeting at which the technical and logistic aspects of creating settlements, communities or communities are discussed

This workshop is primarily a PROCESS and a shared EXPERIENCE of the group process leading to community.

WHAT DO COMMUNITY BUILDING WORKSHOPS LOOK LIKE?

   * CBST - Community Building Skills Training

   * CBW - Community Building Workshop

The table below shows differences between them

CBW - Community Building Workshop

Classic, original 3-Day format

95% experiential - circle time

Facilitators are guides only

Focus: the group learns on its how to adopt key skills and guidelines, let go of obstacles to authentic communication, and build and experience genuine connection, peace, and Community.

CBST - Community Building Skills Training 

New format, 1-2-3-4 or 5-day options​​​​​​​

75% experiential, circle time + short lectures and exercises

Trainers/facilitators provide short lectures to teach key concepts and skills, lead experiential exercises, and serve as guides during circle time.

Focus: the group learns facilitator lecture, exercises and guided circle time specific skills and methods to build and experience connection, peace and Community – and how to bring this experience into everyday life.

Recommended for individuals and groups seeking personal and spiritual growth and breakthroughs, enhanced communication skills, listening skills, overcoming isolation.

Developed by M. Scott Peck MD to build and experience Community.

Recommended for: 

1) individuals seeking personal and spiritual growth, 

2) groups, teams, organizations seeking to improve commitment and engagement, program outcomes, team effectiveness, emotional intelligence, leadership development.

Developed by Edward Groody, MSOD to build and experience Community, develop specific skills and methods to bring back to every day life, i.e. home, work, school, etc.

FACILITATORS:

A long-time collaborator of Scott Peck and his direct successor/heir. He has been building communities around the world for 35 years as part of the organization he created - Community Building International.

Edward Groody

Edward is one of a handful of people who have trained and worked with his mentor M. Scott Peck, the renowned best-selling author of The Road Less Traveled and The Different Drum and creator of the original Community Building Process. CBI has locations in over 8 countries and is growing rapidly.

Edward is the lead consultant and trainer for Milwaukee's Community Building, the largest and most comprehensive citywide community building initiative. Now in its tenth year of state government funding, this highly popular program has trained over 100 facilitators in the use of community building to learn more about trauma, reduce incarceration recidivism, and improve opportunities and outcomes in a variety of other social services/justice programs in criminal matters, and alleviate employee burnout and capacity for compassion.

In addition to CBI, Edward is president of Ed Groody & Associates, Inc., an organizational development consulting firm. He and his team of consultants have been helping companies achieve exceptional business results and create community spirit in the workplace for over twenty years. He has led highly successful financial and cultural change and training initiatives in a variety of industries, including entertainment, healthcare, manufacturing, government and others. Edward helps organizations implement change and achieve results in a way that engages and respects people and builds community spirit. Prior to founding his consulting firm, Edward was the Director of Organizational Development at Covenant Health, a large healthcare system in East Tennessee, USA.

Edward was a member of the founding group that organized the first men's conferences with Robert Bly, the famous poet and grandfather of the men's movement. He has a personal passion for working with what he calls "sacred poetry" as a daily meditation practice. His new books Sacred Poetry Meditation and From Chaos to Community: Community Building and Peacemaking Skills will be released early next year. He is a long-time student of centering prayer and other contemplative meditation and mindfulness practices. In addition to full-time consulting and training, he teaches poetry meditation, mindfulness/contemplative community building workshops for retreat centers, universities, and religious groups.

SUPPORTING FACILITATORS:

WE HAVE TWO KINDS OF WORKSHOPS: