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Slow Dinner – Handling Those Difficult Conversations

Genevieve Sovereign — Tue, 03 May 2016 03:41:17 +0000

Slow Dinner – Handling Those Difficult Conversations

About the event

Awkward! Ever found yourself in any of these tricky situations?

Your boss keeps interrupting you when you have meetings and now you’ve stopped sharing your good ideas because it’s too frustrating. You just got feedback in your annual review that you don’t contribute enough to team meetings.
One of your colleagues (a peer) is always late for your project meetings and it is making you feel really annoyed and disrespected. You really need their help on the project and don’t want to get them offside.
Your good friend borrowed $200 five weeks ago and promised to repay it within a week. You haven’t heard from her since you lent her the money.
Your most valuable client regularly calls you for advice. It used to just be five or ten minutes, but last week it was close to five hours of time that you gave her. You haven’t charged her in the past but you can’t keep giving away this much time for nothing.

Some people just seem to handle situations like these with apparent ease and effortless grace. They’re usually skilled in how to first raise tricky conversations without causing upset. They also know how to stay on track and get the problem properly aired and understood, and then make an agreement as to who will do what by when.

Creating great results in your life depends on your ability to handle tricky situations without compromising what matters to you, and at the same time not unnecessarily diminishing good friendships and working relationships. If you’d like to learn how that’s done, come along to this dinner with expert Angela Dadds. It’s sure to be a conversation you’ll be glad you had!

Ticket price includes workshop participation and meal. If you have any dietary requirements, please contact us. Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages will be available for purchase from the venue.

Angela Dadds is a speaker, educator, facilitator and coach. She’s passionate about people in the world having the skills to speak up about what matters to them, to understand the many things about the way we communicate that don’t work, and how to handle tricky situations with skill and confidence. She focuses on helping people to clarify their values, and align their communication from there. When that happens, people experience themselves and their lives from a place of connection and fulfillment, and uncover their ability to create the kinds of results that they’ve only ever dreamed of.

NB: Tickets to this dinner are non-refundable or transferable to other Slow School classes. You are however able to pass on your ticket to a colleague to attend in your absence.

Tickets available at difficultconvosdinner.eventbrite.com.au

Course Info
Time	6pm to 9pm
Date	Tuesday 3 May
Venue	Cafe Republic, 160 Toorak Road South Yarra VIC 3141

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Your facilitator

Angela Dadds

Leadership and Communication Specialist

Learning That Complements Learning

Genevieve Sovereign — Wed, 06 Apr 2016 22:14:40 +0000

“Lifelong learner”? We’re all one of those. As far as colloquialisms go, lifelong learning has always felt like a tautology to me. If someone’s got a pulse, I reckon they’re a learner.

Of course the trendiest flavours and most fashionable labels get all the attention, even and perhaps most especially in education. Being a pot speaking of kettles here, with my own degrees both obtained and in progress, I still have to wonder about general perceptions of institutionalised education.

Beyond the raging debates on the merits of different teaching techniques and the value of learning what when, for me a more fundamental question is: Are we learning what we’re truly drawn to learn, day in and day out?

Or do we instead strong-arm ourselves and our children into ingesting and regurgitating on-demand what we perceive society expects? Are we learning for our own sake, to grow as people and become better human beings? Or do we routinely force-feed our brains to maximum capacity and beyond, with what we believe others think we should know if we’re to validly exist in the social space we occupy?

I’m all for learning, don’t get me wrong. My concern here is only with spoiling the joy found in it. If life itself is learning, and we increasingly reform our learning experiences into the shapes of hourly-demarcated duties and information-bingeing, is the educational approach we’ve chosen truly enriching our lives?

Genevieve Sovereign
Community Manager – The Slow School of Business

Talk on Purpose – Inspired by TED Talks

Simon Harman — Mon, 08 Feb 2016 16:52:13 +0000

Talk on Purpose – Inspired by TED Talks

About the course

Inspired by TED talks? Share yours with us!

Do you have a big idea to share and a compelling story to tell? Are you passionate about voicing the big ‘why’ behind what you do to inspire your tribe? Would your organisation or business benefit greatly from your own powerful TED-like talk to be filmed in front of a live audience?

Then join us at Talk on Purpose. Transform your speaking and storytelling skills for life, and get your story seen and heard by those that matter. Check out some of our amazing past talks on Slow School’s YouTube channel:

This intensive four-day program will help you unearth your purpose, structure your talk, tell your most engaging stories and put it all together in a short speech for sharing live on stage.

Working with Australia’s leading speakers and visionaries, you’ll take your white-hot core of an idea and learn the steps to develop a life-changing 3-5 minute TED-like talk that could be shared with any audience from 1 person to 1000.

You’ll gain the skills and knowledge required to become a high impact speaker while enjoying the care, support and friendship of your buddies and Slow School Faculty members.

On the final night you’ll be in the spotlight sharing your talk with 120 family, friends and work colleagues at the Talk on Purpose Public Graduation evening where the People’s Choice Award will be announced at our after-party.

What you’ll learn and from whom:

Purpose with Carolyn Tate, Founder of Slow School
Structure with Jon Yeo, TEDxMelbourne curator
Storytelling with Yamini Naidu, Business Storyteller
How to put Structure and Story together with Sandy McDonald, TEDx speaker
Stage, lighting, filming with Robert Moorman, social videographer
How to market your talk and make the most of it to raise your profile.

Dates and times:

Please note the program runs all day (9am to 5pm) Tuesday 17 through Friday 20 November. A public Graduation Night will be held during the evening of Friday 20 November. (Thursday is a personal day of practice and preparation.)

What you’ll get:

Essential pre-work to be completed before the course
Learning modules including clarity of purpose, talk development, story harvesting, memory and delivery skills, marketing and more
Personal coaching and script reviews with our facilitators
Buddy group practice sessions, coaching and rehearsals
Live presentation at our graduation night for you to invite family and friends
A professional video produced for your website and online marketing
Promotion of your video and business through Slow School’s digital platforms
A post graduation celebration and ‘accountability’ follow up session.

Your outcomes:

Clarity around your purpose and your “why”
Courage to embrace a life-changing challenge
Confidence and vastly improved public speaking
A platform to start seeking speaking opportunities
An improved ability to write succinctly and with clarity
An improved ability to communicate with empathy and to give and receive feedback
A framework for future stories and videos
A marketing and PR tool for your business
Ability to pitch or present to anyone anywhere
Deep connections, collaboration and friendships.

Course facilitators:

Between them, your facilitators have many years of experience business, professional speaking and storytelling. They are the best in the country and there is no other program that combines the strengths and talents of this team.

Jon Yeo: Jon is the curator for TEDxMelbourne, an event that began with a mailing list of 53 people and now sells out events of almost 900 seats and had over 2 million media mentions in 2014. Jon works with the top speakers of the National Speakers Association and TEDx speakers all over the world.

Yamini Naidu: Yamini is the world’s only economist turned business storyteller. She works with CEOs, business leaders and entrepreneurs inspiring them to make the shift from spreadsheets to stories.

Sandy McDonald: Sandy is a TEDx speaker, a coach and an author. She is the director of Get It Right Online, founder of Why You Must Blog and the Australian charity KasCare. Her TEDx October 2014 talk “Stories Save Lives” received a standing ovation. Watch it here

Robert Moorman: Rob is the founder of Hunting with Pixels, a social media video company offering video strategy and production services. In addition to managing the video production of this program, Robert was a participant in the inaugural 2014 program where he won The People’s Choice Award. Watch his talk

Carolyn Tate (your host): Carolyn is the founder of The Slow School of Business (Slow School), an author of four books, and an educator and speaker. Her company, Carolyn Tate & Co, is a Certified B Corporation. Carolyn heads the Victorian community for Conscious Capitalism Australia.

Important considerations before booking:

The course fee is non-refundable. Your place in the course can however be transferred to another person.
This course is transformative in that it truly digs deep on your purpose and your life stories. It may uncover buried emotions and feelings. If you think it necessary you may wish to seek the support of a qualified counselor. Please note our facilitators are not qualified counselors or therapists.
You will be required to be present for the whole of the program and times as listed.
You will need to complete the pre-work and come prepared as requested to the course. It will greatly improve the outcomes and your satisfaction with the end product.
This course is all about giving as much as getting. You will be required to buddy with others in the group, provide genuine well-considered feedback and support those in need when needed.
While we offer you an incredible learning platform and opportunity you are also required to take responsibility for your own learning. If you need help, ask for it. If you don’t understand something, question it. If you know something helpful, share it. In the end we are teachers and we are all students.
Please read the Slow School Learning Philosophy and Principles before registering. We encourage all People of Slow School to understand and practice this.

Tickets available at talkonpurpose2016feb.eventbrite.com.au

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Course Info
Time	9am to 5pm Tue-Fri PLUS Graduation Night 6pm to 9pm Fri
Class Dates	Tuesday 9 through Friday 12 February
Venue	Inspire9, Level 1, 41 Stewart Street, Richmond

The Facilitators

Robert Moorman

Social Videographer

Yamini Naidu

Business Storyteller

Sandy Mcdonald

TEDx Speaker

Jon Yeo

Curator of TEDxMelbourne

Talking on Purpose: Philippe Guichard

Genevieve Sovereign — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 02:24:31 +0000

“Friday night was magic: we all stood up in front of the audience, delivered our speeches from a place of authenticity, and the message came across.” – Talk on Purpose graduate Philippe Guichard

The following guest blog was kindly provided by Philippe, around his experience in Slow School’s Talk on Purpose program.

I had just finished my talk and come off the stage. One man came up to me and said: “I have seen you speak before, but you appeared very different tonight, with much stronger presence yet relaxed.”

Yes, I felt this too – mostly because this panel discussion in front of entrepreneurs occurred soon after I had finished Talk on Purpose, a program offered by The Slow School of Business. And that training and process have been a game changer for me.

The training happens over four consecutive days, with a final delivery of one’s speech on the last day, a Friday night. I knew when I signed up for this program that I would find it challenging.

I arrived on the Tuesday morning with a draft of my speech that I wasn’t very happy with, but I looked forward to the assistance of the five amazing facilitators. Then, for two long days, I was in a fog. I couldn’t see where I was going, what my speech would be, or how to deliver it. However, I placed my trust in the process, in the team of classmates around me, and in the facilitators.

On Wednesday evening, I had my great moment of clarity: I now understood what my message would be and how I hoped to communicate it. On Thursday, I wrote about 13 drafts of my speech, rehearsed, repeated it over and over, and simplified it to get rid of what was not essential. Friday morning, all we trainees delivered our new versions of our speech, and received valuable feedback from the facilitators. Then it was back to writing and re-writing the script! Two hours before the delivery in front of a live audience, I was still making small adjustments and final polishing touches. I trusted the process.

Friday night was magic: we all stood up in front of the audience, delivered our speeches from a place of authenticity, and the message came across.

Thanks to facilitators Carolyn, Jon, Yamini, Sandy and Robert! What an amazing team for an amazing journey!

With gratitude,
Philippe

Disposable Design is Killing Us – Philippe Guichard
Talk on Purpose, August 2015

Philippe Guichard is a Melbourne-based industrial designer and entrepreneur. Website: philippeguichard.com.au

Slow Dinner – Know Your Food with Meneka Premkumar

Genevieve Sovereign — Tue, 25 Aug 2015 04:31:29 +0000

Slow Dinner – Know Your Food with Meneka Premkumar

About the event

Do you believe in mainstreaming ethical consumption and striving to give people the opportunity to make decisions with their whole consciousness?

Then join us for this eye-opening, inspirational and downright delicious evening with conscious consumption entrepreneur Meneka Premkumar. We’ll explore questions and uncover mysteries around what exactly is in the food we eat and how it finds its way onto our tables – as well as more deeply understand the role our conscious choices as consumers play across our food supply chain and the planet. Come raise your fork and build consumer awareness with us!

This event is fully catered, with food and beverage included in the ticket price.

Meneka Premkumar of The Common Good is a conscious consumption entrepreneur. She explains, “Coming to own the Common Good store has been a long journey. This is my first business. It’s built on a passion for mainstreaming ethical consumption and striving to give people the opportunity to make decisions with their whole consciousness. It’s not possible to wander through our store and aimlessly put things in a trolley because three is cheaper than two (even though you only need one).

We live in the same neighbourhood as the store. I believe the only way to build a business is to give generously, and that the single most important thing you do for your children is what you feed them. Every single time. Each day I remind myself that people have many options on where they spend their money, and each time someone chooses our store, I am grateful.”

NB: Tickets to this dinner are non-refundable or transferable to other Slow School classes. You are however able to pass on your ticket to a colleague to attend in your absence.

Tickets available at knowyourfooddinner.eventbrite.com.au

Course Info
Time	6pm to 9pm
Date	Tuesday 25 August
Venue	Slow School HQ, 13 Lara Street, South Yarra, VIC 3141

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The Facilitator

Meneka Premkumar

Conscious Consumption Entrepreneur

Conscious Marketing at Work in Your Business

Genevieve Sovereign — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 12:01:47 +0000

Conscious Marketing at Work in Your Business

About the event

Work on your business with other entrepreneurs at this day-long course facilitated by the author of Conscious Marketing.

Conscious Marketing is a groundbreaking new book by Carolyn Tate, founder of The Slow School of Business. Carolyn has actively applied the book’s principles to start and build this educational movement over the last 12 months.

So maybe you’ve read the book already? Perhaps you’ve dog-eared it, written all over it and started to think about how to put it to work in your business? We can only hope so!

What the world needs right now is more cause leaders – entrepreneurs like you using your business as a vehicle to effect positive change in your own corner of the world. This workshop is designed to help you do just that as we work through the five core areas of the Conscious Marketing map: Personal, Purpose, Product, People and Promotion.

At Slow School, we don’t subscribe to ‘stand and deliver’ teaching techniques. We put you at the heart of your own learning, where we are all teachers and all students. That’s why Carolyn is hosting these small group workshops for people who want to roll their sleeves up and create an awesome business with this fresh new approach to marketing. During the course, you’ll:

Get to present your business to your peers and receive direct feedback from others
Enjoy personal mentoring from Carolyn throughout the class
Work on your business for a day with a fun group of people with a common purpose
Leave with clear intentions, an action plan to complete, and a buddy group that you can meet with regularly to ensure you’re kept accountable.

Keen to join the Conscious Marketing circle of entrepreneurs? We’d love to have you on board!

What to bring: your copy of the Conscious Marketing book, and a 5-minute presentation of your business.

Tickets available at consciousmarketingcourse.eventbrite.com.au

Course Info
Times	9am to 5pm
Date	Wednesday 29 July
Venue	Slow School HQ, 13 Lara Street, South Yarra, VIC 3141

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The Facilitators

Carolyn Tate

Slow School Founder

In the News

Carolyn Tate — Sun, 22 Mar 2015 05:06:56 +0000

In the News

September 2015: Founder Carolyn Tate talks about taking a courageous leap to launch Slow School, in an intimate interview with The Leap.

September 2015: Slow School founder Carolyn Tate was featured in the Spring 2015 print issue of Peppermint Magazine (shown right).

August 2015: e-magazine Business State interviewed Slow School founder Carolyn Tate around the Profit for Purpose philosophy.

JULY 2015: Slow School received a feature from The Age about our innovative co-working space in South Yarra, just outside Melbourne’s CBD.

JUNE 2015: In this article published in Business Review Weekly (BRW) Slow School Founder Carolyn Tate shared both her personal story her and thoughts around breaking through dominant, outdated paradigms to build a better life.

MARCH 2015: The Slow School of Business and founder Carolyn Tate were featured on page 50 of Melbourne’s Herald Sun print edition (shown right) on Thursday, 12 March 2015.

JULY 2014: Slow School enjoyed a feature article in Slow Living Magazine, entitled The Slow School of Business. It inspired spades of wonderful feedback including…

“Inspired by your blog today, I’ve taken ‘time’ to wander through the Slow School website and felt moved to get in touch.

I’m deeply impressed. I loved the experience of the website, the tone really resonated with me, your words draw you in and invite you to linger. Very, very nice.

Being on the same path in different ways, I know how deep you need to dig to create this quality of work. This is a very powerful 2nd iteration of Slow School, and I just wanted to say a big congratulations!” Kylie

PEPPERMINT MAGAZINE, SPRING 2015:

HERALD SUN, 12 MARCH 2015:

Is there a TED-style talk in you?

Simon Harman — Sat, 21 Mar 2015 02:09:39 +0000

Is there a TED talk in you?
At the Slow School of Business, we ask the question – Have you got what it takes to produce and present a TED style talk in just 4 weeks?

The Course

If you have an idea worth sharing and a story worth telling, this course will help you unearth your idea, craft your story and share it in a 5-minute TED-style talk to be professionally filmed in front of a live audience. Working with our world-calls speaking coaches, you’ll take your white-hot core of an idea (the why behind what you do) and develop a powerful life-changing talk that could be shared with any audience from 1 person to 1000.

The Talks

They all have a TED-style talk in them. Do you?

How this course will help you

World Class Facilitators
The program is run by TEDx Speakers, Professional Storytellers, and the Curator for TEDx Melbourne. They have walked this road before, and they know the steps to becoming a professional speaker.
Real Practice, Right Away
We only have 4 weeks to get you to present your talk in front of a live, public audience. We push you to create your talk and practice it on day one.
Immediate Feedback
When you are practicing your talk, we help you refine the content and delivery as the course progresses.
Professionally Filmed Talk
Your talk will be professionally filmed by Hunting With Pixels. It gives you a great opportunity to share your message and your speaking abilities with potential clients.

Think you have a TED-style talk in you? Let’s find out…

Book your spot for you or your company in the next round of ‘Is there a TED talk in you?’

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Our Learning Philosophy

Simon Harman — Thu, 19 Feb 2015 02:33:49 +0000

Our Learning Philosophy

We are all teachers and we are all students. We are each responsible for own learning. We define success on our own terms. We accept nothing without question.

We are creative and imaginative. We follow our intuition.

We talk less. We ask good questions. We listen deeply to the answers. We refrain from giving unsolicited advice. We give honest feedback and we do it with love.

We know that knowledge is nothing without action. We learn best by doing. We take action to get clarity. We treat failures as experiments.

We are slow and mindful in our actions. We practice meditation and we pause for reflection. We play games, act and do activities to expand our creativity.

We are openhearted and open-minded. We are vulnerable, honest and transparent. We give, and get, deep respect. We do not judge. We give more and take less. We do what we say we will.

We care deeply for each other, our community and the planet.

We share the real stuff. We cry. We laugh. We dine together.

We take the road less travelled. We are visionaries, renegades and mischief-makers. We pursue a higher purpose. We work towards prosperity – for everyone.

We know that ‘slow and steady’ wins the race. We also know there is no race, for we believe in co-operation and collaboration, not competition.

We trust that when we come together to learn, connect, collaborate and play with a shared vision of a better world, that everything is possible…absolutely everything.

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