<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size: small;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">When you are in a conversation, are you waiting for the other person to stop talking so you can say what you want to say?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">What if we could update human listening and communication abilities such that we could turn off the self-focused thinking and truly <b class="">see</b> and <b class="">feel</b> what others are experiencing? </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">What if everyone on the planet had that capacity?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><b class="">The Listening Workshop</b> </span></p></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="verdana, sans-serif" class=""><b class="">When</b>: <div class="gmail_default" style="display: inline;"> Saturday,</div> <span class="m_-67503671482047997m_-1229740829743451249gmail-m_5205801531541923480gmail-aBn"><span class="m_-67503671482047997m_-1229740829743451249gmail-m_5205801531541923480gmail-aQJ">April 22nd</span></span>, from <span class="m_-67503671482047997m_-1229740829743451249gmail-m_5205801531541923480gmail-aBn"><span class="m_-67503671482047997m_-1229740829743451249gmail-m_5205801531541923480gmail-aQJ">9am-1pm</span></span><div class="gmail_default" style="display: inline;"> </div></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size: 12.8px; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: small;" class=""><b class="">Where</b>: FROG common house at Eco-Village of Ithaca </font><font face="verdana, sans-serif" color="#000000" class="">115 Rachel Carson Way off of 79 West, Ithaca </font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" class=""><b class=""><font size="2" class="">T</font>o register<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size: 12.8px; display: inline;"><font size="2" class="">:</font></div></b><font size="2" class=""> email your name to <a href="mailto:thelisteningworkshop@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">thelisteningworkshop@<span class="m_-67503671482047997m_-1229740829743451249gmail-m_5205801531541923480gmail-il">gmail.<wbr class="">com</span></a><div class="gmail_default" style="display: inline;"></div></font></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" class="">Suggested donation of $ 15. Space is limited.</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" class="">More information at <a href="http://www.thelisteningworkshop.com/" target="_blank" class="">www.thelisteningworkshop.co<wbr class="">m</a> </font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" class="">Please bring your own food and drink </font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" class=""><b class="">Please be</b> 5-10 minutes early to sign in and get a chair and name tag </font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: small;" class=""><br class=""></font><div dir="auto" style="color: purple;" class=""><div class=""><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size: 13.696px;" class="">"The </span><b class="">V</b><span style="font-size: 13.696px;" class="">istening workshop was outstanding. We think it could play an essential role in changing the person-to-person dynamics within any group for the better. Those changes can help the functioning of the larger group — yes, applicable pretty much everywhere where 2 or more people come together. Given the political situation, we feel deep listening is a necessary step toward resolving differences and reducing separation." Pat Evans and Mark Piechota</span></i></span></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><span style="font-size: 13.696px;" class=""><br class=""></span></span></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><span style="font-size: 13.696px;" class="">(I have started calling this skill Vistening for -- "visual listening" and to distinguish it from typical listening).</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size: 13.696px;" class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div class="m_-67503671482047997m_-1229740829743451249gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" style="font-size: 12.8px; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><div style="display: inline;" class="">Sue </div>Cosentini </b></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>