I wanted to share this amazing event that I’m going to be presenting at: The Shaping the Future Global Conference. (I’m presenting separately and/or pulling together a panel discussion on “Innovating Educational Paradigms in the 21st Century”) I’m attaching the latest communique on the event. If you’d like to participate, give a talk, create music for this event, feel free to check the info below or drop me a line. Suggestions for topics are welcome!
People like Patch Adams, Deepak Chopra, and Archbishop Desmond Tutu are scheduled to give presentations. This is not to be missed!
1 Agenda: A world that works for all of us.
We’ve put out the word and the people have responded!
This is the place from which to create; the font of beauty, understanding. To experience the world from this perspective is to be swept up the in the creative making of the New. This is from whence enduring change is born, where innovative design does not harm people or planet. It is that place and disposition that encourages and makes possible, the infinite possibilities of the human spirit.
How is, or how can, this quest be fostered in educational, corporate, social, political and religious structures of the world? In short, how can this orientation towards self, and all, be fostered in day-to-day living for people of all walks of life?
Empathy goes a long way towards impacting how we behave with others, how we design products and services for others. Sometimes, as with the ultrasound technician, a shared experience forms the empathic response. However, we can likewise gain empathy by observing how others respond to certain situations – by reading people: looking at their faces, listening to their voices, watching how they fidget or stand still.
While responding to others’ expressions is somewhat ‘automatic’, the accuracy of our empathic responses can actually be improved.
Researchers at Emory University have developed a meditation protocol (Cognitively-Based Compassion Training, or CBCT) that trains people to be more effective in reading what others are feeling.
Build empathy and build a better world.