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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 05-08-2024 to 05-08-2024Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:30 PMInstructor: Beth Kimel, FacilitatorTerm: 2024-2Location: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreHave you ever felt like you're talking, but nobody is listening? Here's Julian Treasure to help you fix that. As the sound expert demonstrates some useful vocal exercises and shares tips on how to speak with empathy, he offers his vision for a sonorous world of listening and understanding. We will watch this TED talk together and then engage in dialogue... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 06-05-2024 to 06-05-2024Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:30 PMInstructor: Beth Kimel, FacilitatorTerm: 2024-2Location: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreSir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity. We will watch this TED talk together and then engage in dialogue about it. Refreshments will be served! (See other TED Talk discussions, class #305 and... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 07-10-2024 to 07-10-2024Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:30 PMInstructor: Beth Kimel, FacilitatorTerm: 2024-2Location: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreStress. It makes your heart pound, your breathing quicken and your forehead sweat. But while stress has been made into a public health enemy, new research suggests that stress may only be bad for you if you believe that to be the case. Psychologist Kelly McGonigal urges us to see stress as a positive and introduces us to an unsung mechanism for stress... read more