Navigating Conflict Through Communication: Understanding Community & Team Dynamics

Presented on April 30, 2019 | KPIEL Virtual Happy Hour

Understanding Each Other's Talents Is our best opportunity for team success. When team members are aware of each other's talent and strengths, they have an understanding of how each person is inclined to think, act and feel. This awareness helps the team mitigate conflict and avoid dysfunction. This workshop is designed to explore key concepts around effective communication around teams, filtered through a strengths-based approach. A team's ability to achieve excellence and get the most out of the natural talents of each team member is connected to the extent that the team understands, appreciates, and starts to use this information in a meaningful way. 

Download the presentation

About the #BlackPantherSyllabus

Best known for his research into television content and cultivation theory, George Gerbner (1972) said that “representation in the fictional world signifies social existence; absence means symbolic annihilation” (p. 44).  Historically, the Black experience has been absent, underrepresented, or misrepresented. Intersections within the identity have suffered with additional pressures, promoting a continued sense of invisibility. Within the last few years, visual representation has been on a rise, with our stories of the Black experience being told on a multitude of platforms. Narratives filled with stereotypes and misrepresentations are being overridden by success, wholeness, and imagination. This is particularly present in popular culture. Marvel’s Black Panther film serves as the highest profile example of a fundamental shift in our experience. The Marvel character, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in 1966, is inspiration personified: he is a servant leader, he is a protector, he is an intellectual, and he is a power house.

Inspired by the record shattering blockbuster film filled with incredible performances and sociopolitical commentary, the #BlackPantherSyllabus is designed to continue the dialogue around the importance of diverse representation of the Black identity and its intersections in visible forms of media in popular culture and the arts, including television, film, comics, music, science/speculative fiction, fantasy literature, manga, anime, gaming, and more. The hope is that this celebration of Blackness in the form of a syllabus creates an educational tool and a movement that promotes a deeper sense of self-authorship.

Curators:

Dr. Brandon W. Jones | bjonesproject.com | Twitter/Instagram: @drbjonz84

Shawn J. Moore |  shawnjmoore.com | Twitter/Instagram: @shawnj_moore

Soundtrack Writing Prompt Creator:

Gelisa Lewis | thinkwriteheal.com | Twitter/Instagram: @thinkwriteheal