SenseMakes, LLC
Communication Perspectives
Uncertainty
Actualities & Possibilities
Welcome.
My name is Brian.
absolute death
Mikhail Bakhtin
state of nonbeing
being unheard, unrecognized, unremembered
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to be is to communicate
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a right to be understood
Communication
Diversity & Inclusion
Communication practices that move
toward resilient and sustainable
selves, relationships,
and communities.
communicating fully
Bessel van der Kolk M.D. (2014)
the opposite of being traumatized
a right to communicate
Communication Consult
Consultation: $100 per hour
Frameworks and processes for
sharing meanings with each
other and understanding the
different contexts of our world.
communication
Julia T. Wood (2004)
a fluctuating, unpredictable,
multivocal process in which
uncertainty infuses encounters
between people and what
they mean and become
a right to the decision-making process
SenseMaking Forums
$25 per space
Making sense of our world.
worldviews
Kenneth Burke
a way of seeing is also
a way of not seeing
Responding to both trauma
and systemic oppression
IntraDialogue
State Of Being
Selves develop in and through
communication with others.
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Who are we?
Who are we becoming?
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Thursday, June 11th @ 6:00 pm
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selves-others
human perception
mindfulness
narrative inquiry
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loneliness
Thich Nhat Hanh (2013)
the suffering of our time
What has been psychologized?
Story Sensing
Experiences
Asking "why" about our direct experiences with the world.
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What's your story?
What takes form?
How does it inform?
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Monday, June 15th @ 4:30 pm
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sociality
narrative sensemaking
personality patterns
critical trauma studies
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an earlier story
Arthur W. Frank (2010)
works to hold us to a particular understanding of our lives
What has been institutionalized?
CoAuthorings
Relationships
Co-creating, negotiating, and
sharing meanings with others.
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What are your
communication patterns?
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Thursday, June 18th @ 6:00 pm
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autonomy-closeness
relational communication
communication patterns
family systems
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love
bell hooks
cannot exist in the
context of domination
What is your level of
relational satisfaction?
Human Dialogue
Competing Meanings
Willingness to risk change in our
perspectives of selves, others, and
the world we inhabit together.
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What is centered?
What is marginalized?
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Thursday, June 25th @ 6:00 pm
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harmony building
conflict management
intercultural communication
relational dialectics theory
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turning points
Leslie A. Baxter (2011)
moments of heightened
dialogic struggle
What is all that is not centered?