Communicating with Empathy

ABOUT THIS CLASS

This is a 5-week virtual class using the Zoom platform.  

Wednesdays: September 14, 28; October 12, 26; November 9

5:30 - 7:30 pm CST

Do you willingly embrace difficult conversations or shy away from them? In this class, we will explore empathy and the powerful role it plays in effectively communicating. Empathy is a crucial skill to develop that helps us to understand the experiences of others and aids in sharing our own experiences. We will explore incorporating empathy into our personal and professional lives and developing the confidence to embrace difficult conversations.

Jenna Currie-Mueller is an award-winning researcher, champion of all things Fargo, and cannot make up her mind whether she is an extrovert or introvert. She loves big challenges, bringing people together, and dinosaurs. If you friend her, be prepared to receive pictures of her adorable animals: Pi and Old Man Stuart.

HND VALUE STATEMENT

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However, in an increasingly polarized world, we at Humanities North Dakota believe that being open-minded is necessary to thinking critically and rationally.

Therefore, our programs and classes reflect our own open-mindedness in the inquiry, seeking, and acquiring of scholars to speak at our events and teach classes for our Public University.

To that end, we encourage our participants to join us in stepping outside our comfort zones and considering other perspectives and ideas by being open-minded while attending HND events featuring scholars who hold a variety of opinions, some being opposite of our own held beliefs.