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The first two workshops are offered through Bali Institute for Global Renewal:

1) Visionary Leadership: The Quest for Global Community

We live in a time of vital transformation. Many of us wish to contribute to positive change in our community or the larger world— to be a change agent and social entrepreneur. This workshop may be your next step, helping you match your inner vision and personal calling to your skills, values, and circumstances.

You are invited to join others from many countries in a rich, multi-cultural learning and sharing experience as we collectively explore the principles and practices of visionary leadership and social entrepreneurship at the personal and organizational levels. In this interactive, engaging, and thought provoking 5-day workshop, we will blend leadership training, community building, skill development, and authentic dialogue, all enhanced by the magnetism of Bali and the wisdom of the group.

Since pressing global challenges offer prospects for emerging forms of global and local leadership, workshop questions will focus on:

• Transformation: What will it take for each of us to harness the positive aspects of transformation and nourish the politics of hope?
• Global Community: What is being called for at this moment of worldwide change? How do we bridge elements of indigenous wisdom with the quest for global community?
• Leadership: How can we align, inspire, and equip ourselves and/or our organizations as agents of change for 21st century leadership?
• Action: How shall we prepare to move from vision into effective action, taking a stand to make a difference?

In this workshop we will:

• Investigate new dimensions of innovative partnerships and collaborative leadership
• Strengthen skills in communication, authentic dialogue, and community-building
• Learn to transform conflict, explore differences, and deepen multi-cultural relationships
• Shape visions into effective action through principles of social entrepreneurship
• Create new cross-cultural alliances and enhance global connections

Visionary Leadership will include unique personal encounters with Balinese village leaders, both in our workshop and in their own community settings.  Bali’s harmonious and grace-filled culture will inspire and enlarge our own visions of a leadership style that values community, connection, and commitment.

Workshop facilitators

Paula Green and Kimberly Weichel have decades of experience as international peacebuilders and dialogue facilitators, working in some of the world’s most challenging environments to nurture the seeds of peace and compassion. Sharing leadership in this workshop, Paula and Kim will bring their journeys as peacebuilders, their own processes of transformation, and their successful work with organizations to further nourish our quest for global community.

Who Should Attend?

This program is designed for:

1. Individuals or teams engaged in organizations and communities who want to deepen their capacity for 21st century leadership
2. Those who are eager to find their voice, make a difference, and play a role in global or community change
3. Participants who are interested in learning and linking across cultures, benefiting from indigenous wisdom, and immersing themselves in global community
4. Interested in bringing a team? NGO staff, board members, volunteers; foundation staff; people in transition; social entrepreneurs, and others

Why Bali?

The Balinese perspectives on leadership and integral living will provide a fascinating context for expanding our capacity as global citizens and leaders.  This gorgeous island is one of the most peaceful, lush places on earth, and was the recent location for the 2007-08 United Nations Climate Change Conference.  Balinese have much to offer about learning to live harmoniously with one another and our planet.

Imagine the stimulation and transformative opportunities you’ll have in exploring the emergence of a new kind of sustainable leadership that emanates from indigenous wisdom and is grounded in an exchange of inter-cultural dialogue, transformative practices, and skill-building.We are all needed as leaders in this transformation. The world calls all of us. The time is now.

Balinese Highlights Include

• Meetings with local Balinese village leaders and government officials
• Evening dialogue and reflection time in small gatherings
• Special dinner with local Balinese villagers
• Private discussion with the royal family in Ubud about indigenous leadership
• Balinese performances unseen by most tourists
• Priceless cross-cultural experiences
• Lifelong friendships with Balinese
• Optional visits to schools, orphanages and other innovative NGO programs

Workshop Leaders

Kimberly Weichel is a social pioneer, educator, and specialist in global communications, conflict resolution and cross-cultural projects, working with individuals and organizations to realize their potential. She has directed international projects over the past 25 years in east and southern Africa, Europe, Russia, United States and with the United Nations, particularly with women. Kim is president of the United Nations Association of San Francisco, co-founder of the Institute for PeaceBuilding, United Nations correspondent for Positive Spin cable-tv show, and author of several books.

Dr. Paula Green is the founder and Executive Director of Karuna Center for Peacebuilding, a world-renown organization focused on international conflict transformation, inter-communal dialogue, and reconciliation. She is also Professor of Conflict Transformation at the School for International Training, where she founded and directs CONTACT (Conflict Transformation Across Cultures), an annual Peacebuilding Institute and Graduate Certificate Program for peacemakers from around the world.  Paula has worked as a psychologist, educator and consultant in many regions of Africa, Asia, the Mid East, Europe and the U.S.  She was recently selected as a winner of the Unsung Heroes of Compassion, an award that will be given to her by His Holiness the Dalai Lama in 2009. www.karunacenter.org

2) Working from the Heart: The Feminine Face of Activism

Join women from around the world for this life-changing 5-day gathering. We will come together as women who share a deep sense of “calling” to help generate the kind of world we want to leave for our children and grandchildren. The focus will be on our stories, wisdom, talents and longing to connect globally to manifest the healing needed on our planet. Stretch into your future as a global citizen, and allow this more intimate experience to open your heart and expand your capacities as a committed leader around your unique passions and deep desires to make a difference. BALI and her deep mysteries will serve as a significant component of our learning together. This culture has much to provide about learning to heal, forgive and live harmoniously with one another and our planet. Balinese rituals and arts play a role in this gathering unlike anything you have experienced. You’ll encounter the unusual way Balinese ceremony and performance converge with deepening dialogue and an action oriented program.

Here is what our program offers:

• Discover new forms of feminine leadership that arise from your inner longing to contribute in the world
• Acquire skills and confidence of authentic leadership
• Tap into and enhance your unique talents with coaching and hands-on experiences
• Engage in rich, cross-cultural dialogues that provide new clarity and vision for your own inspired activism
• Explore story-telling that transforms how you experience your past and what might show up for your future
• Expand your global network of women
• Experience ways of integrating the sacredness of everyday into your work.

This one-of-a-kind program will provide leadership training, community-building skills, personal visioning and coaching, all while being immersed in an indigenous culture that enhances deeper understanding of yourself and the larger global community. Everyone will have an opportunity to visit NGO (non-governmental) programs, village schools or other sites to experience and reflect on the needs of Balinese as a learning opportunity for your own emerging offerings to the world. There will also be plenty of time for personal rejuvenation including healthy foods, healing massages, yoga and optional cooking classes.

Who Should Attend? The program is designed for women of all ages who are:

• in leadership roles and long to connect with other women to share common experiences and learn new leadership skills
• wanting to move into leadership roles and become more active around their passion to make a difference in their community

We have designed this program specifically for women who are ready to explore more deeply their core values and to enhance their ability to make a difference in the world.

A Partial List of Highlights (see above)

Workshop Leaders

Kimberly Weichel is a social pioneer, educator, and specialist in global communications, conflict resolution and cross-cultural projects, working with individuals and organizations to realize their potential. She has directed international projects over the past 25 years in east and southern Africa, Europe, Russia, United States and with the United Nations, particularly with women. Kim is president of the United Nations Association of San Francisco, co-founder of the Institute for PeaceBuilding, UN correspondent for Positive Spin cable-TV show, and author of several books.

Marcia Jaffe is founder and president of the Bali Institute for Global Renewal. She created the concept and co-produced three global gatherings in Ubud in the last four years focused on the “Quest for Global Healing” and “Awakening Global Action” with more than 1,300 participants from 40 countries. Her ability to deeply connect with the Balinese culture and its people will provide unique opportunities to experience this profound, spiritually based island as a learning caldron for global awakening and personal transformation.

Dr. Luh Ketut Suryani, M.D., Ph.D., (invited) is a renowned Balinese healer, highly acclaimed western-trained psychiatrist and a leader in bridging indigenous Balinese knowledge and values with western ways of being. She is the author of numerous books on Balinese culture and spirituality. She embodies indigenous activism with her unstoppable commitment and work on a multitude of cultural issues that are impacting Bali. She also has her own TV show on women’s issues and offers community meditation for the Denpasar region. Other Balinese women facilitators are currently being selected and will be announced shortly.

For more information: info@baliinstitute.org • 415.331.7552 Sausalito, California USA

“This experience gently pushes you to look inside yourself, your heart and see how you can make a difference in the world—truly transformative” — 2007 Awakening Global Action participant.

Unity of Marin presents

A special evening workshop during the Season for Nonviolence

The Art and Practice of Peaceful Communication

Monday, February 23^rd

7:00pm – 9:00pm

Facilitator: Kimberly Weichel

The art and practice of good communication affects our everyday life – how we relate with others and how we are effective in our work and in our personal lives. Practicing peaceful communication helps to reduce miscommunication and misunderstanding which can often lead to conflict and breach of trust. In this interactive and lively evening workshop, practice some key communication skills that will be valuable for everyday living. Open to anyone who has ever had a misunderstanding or who needs to communicate regularly.

Kimberly Weichel is director of the Institute for Peacebuilding, a UN advisor, author and social entrepreneur, and teaches courses in communication, conflict resolution, visioning and leadership. www.kimweichel.org

600 Palm Drive, Hamilton Center, Novato

Suggested donation: $15

RSVP: 475-5000

Forgiveness: The Ultimate Tool

Facilitators: Eileen Barker and Kimberly Weichel

Forgiveness Alliance Offerings

Forgiveness is the ultimate transformative tool.  It is the doorway to creating inner and outer peace.  Forgiveness enables us to release whatever may prevent us from experiencing love moment to moment. This very interactive training series will provide powerful, practical tools and focus on how to integrate forgiveness as a daily practice into our lives.  Participants will receive valuable resource materials for daily practice.

Offered in various forms – Two or Three Evening Classes; One or Two Day Workshops; Group/Organization Facilitators

Register Online at www.forgivenessalliance.org

Facilitators:
Eileen Barker is a well-known Bay Area mediator and trainer. She mediates disputes involving family businesses, partnerships, and divorce and teaches classes on mediation and forgiveness at UC Berkeley School of Law, Sonoma State University and elsewhere. EBarker7@aol.com

Kimberly Weichel is Director of the Institute for Peacebuilding, and teaches, trains and consults in communication, conflict transformation, leadership and forgiveness. She consults with the United Nations, and has worked in peacebuilding in many countries. She is an educator and author. www.kimweichel.org. kim@kimweichel.org.