Search Inside Yourself: Mindfulness Training (In-Person)

Improve focus, empathy and resilience to harness your team's full potential.

Description

Designed and tested at Google, the SIY program teaches mindfulness and emotional intelligence skills that lead to sustained peak performance, strong collaboration and effective leadership

The full day interactive program includes:

• An overview of the neuroscience supporting mindfulness and emotional intelligence.
• A deep-dive into the emotional intelligence capacities: self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy and leadership.
• Practical exercises to focus attention and develop self-awareness and empathy, the foundation for self-mastery and leadership.
• Specific workplace applications to help participants achieve greater focus, emotional balance, empathy and motivation.
• A highly interactive experience, with 1/3 presentation and 2/3 hands-on exercises.
• A 28-day challenge following the 2-day program. Daily resources and exercises are provided to help people build new habits after the training.

Participants will experience lasting improvements, including:

• Increased self-awareness and self-regulation, the first two core emotional intelligence competencies.
• Practical take-away skills: a range of mindfulness practices, journaling, and techniques for self- awareness, empathetic listening, and preparing for difficult conversations.
• Tools to communicate with insight and awareness of others' emotions and perspectives.

Who Should Participate?

This training is applicable to everyone, including:

• Senior Leaders and Executives
• Teams
• New Managers
• Individual Contributors
• Recent College Graduates

Presenters

Orlando White is a certified mindfulness teacher dedicated to the joy and liberation of all people within the African Diaspora. With nearly ten years experience as a mindfulness practitioner, Orlando stands rooted in mindfulness and radical authenticity as the pathways to our collective healing and wellbeing. Orlando is also certified by the globally recognized Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute, and he teaches mindfulness and emotional intelligence informed by recent developments in neuroscience. He is a keynote speaker and an advisor for Mindful Life, Mindful Work, Inc. As Head of Community Development in North America for LinkedIn, Orlando leads community programs across LinkedIn's largest office sites and works collaboratively to establish the company as a valued asset in local communities. His work at LinkedIn exists at the intersection of community outreach, real estate, and public policy, and his efforts support LinkedIn's ability to meet and invest in local communities. Originally from the Washington, DC Area, Orlando holds a B.A. in Political Science from Howard University and is currently a board member for MENTOR California and JobTrain.

Will Roy is a third generation San Franciscan who has over 20 years experience delivering trainings and workshops centering the humanity of those at the margins, specifically children and folks who are incarcerated. Beginning with his own incarceration in 1997 and release in 2003 from the California Youth Authority (now the Department of Juvenile Justice), Will has dedicated his life to the transformation and transcendence of himself, his loved ones, and his community.

As a leader in the efforts to reimagine how we support and respond to young people in our communities, Will began his career working for the Beat Within, a weekly newsletter of writing and art from juvenile halls, jails, and prisons across the U.S. During his time at the Beat Within, Will was thrust into the media to speak about the trauma he experienced as a ward of California’s Youth Pr*son. Simultaneously, Will also went back into juvenile hall facilities in and around the Bay Area to teach writing workshops, coach and mentor the young people. Will is also a writer himself and has been published in the San Francisco Chronicle, SF Bayview newspaper, Jordan Magazine, the foreword for Dwight Abbott’s “I Cried, You Didn’t Listen,” the UC Davis Law Journal, and several other publications.

After working with the Beat Within for 10 years and transitioning out as the Program Director, Will went back to school and obtained a B.A. in Psychology from UC Berkeley. After graduating, Will began working as the Education Director for One Family, a program of Community Works West. As the Education Director, Will developed parenting curriculum tailored for incarcerated parents, facilitated parenting classes with incarcerated parents, and managed parent-child contact visits in the San Francisco County J*il.

In his current role as Associate Director for Community Education & Partnerships for Safe & Sound (a child abuse prevention organization in San Francisco), Will manages teams that provide child abuse prevention trainings in the community, partners with family resource centers as the supportive body, and provides training platforms for agencies that work with children and families in San Francisco.

FAQs

Is there a fee for this training?

Yes, $30/member and $40/non-member. We want to make sure everyone has the opportunity to work on their professional development. If you or your organization is unable to pay the registration fee, please contact Ricardo Eugenio, SFFSN Coordinator, at [email protected].

Where is this training?

This training will in-person at the Southeast Community Center, 1550 Evans Avenue in San Francisco, CA.

How can I contact the organizer if I have any questions?

For questions or concerns, please contact Ricardo Eugenio at [email protected].

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Southeast Community Center, 1550 Evans Avenue, San Francisco, United States