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This interactive online Empathy Masterclass for Teachers prepares educators to facilitate empathy skilfully in the classroom. Empathy is a competency. It needs to be understood, but more importantly, it needs to be practised.

Children need to keep up with the lightning pace of modern society and increasing levels of intolerance and polarization. This requires great flexibility and an ability to deal with uncertainty. Problem solving, collaboration, communication, critical thinking, creativity, flexibility, social skills and leadership are crucial skills for participation in the 21st century. Empathy is part of each and every one of these.

In our live Online Classroom, teachers will practice their empathic capacities. Together we will also learn to apply empathic skills with students in the classroom as well as facilitate them to empathise with others. Teachers will learn how to encourage and respect personal expression while being on the lookout for prejudice and intolerance. 

• Date: 09 September 2021, 13 January 2022
• Duration: 1 session
• Format: 3 hours online and 1 hour self-study up front
• Group size: 12 to 20 participants
• Price: EUR EUR 75 (we advocate equal chances for everyone, please enquire about scholarships if you are teaching in a developing country)

• What is empathy?
• Introduction to Integrative Empathy
• Conducive environments to build relationships
• Encourage and support emotional awareness and overcome prejudice  with Self-empathy
• Create rapport in the classroom with Kinesthetic empathy
• Facilitate deep listening amongst students with Reflective empathy
• Consolidate learning with Empathic creativity

• Teachers in all fields of education

This interactive online Empathy Masterclass for Students teaches students how to empathize skilfully. Empathy is a competency. It needs to be understood, but more importantly, it needs to be practised.

Students are the workforce of the future. When they start work they will need to keep up with the lightning pace of modern society. This requires great flexibility and an ability to deal with uncertainty. Problem solving, collaboration, communication, critical thinking, creativity, flexibility, social skills and leadership are crucial skills for success in the global economy of the 21st century. Empathy is part of each and every one of these.

In our live Online Classroom, students will practice their empathic capacities. Together we will apply empathic skills to explore the meeting of self and other. Students will learn to encourage and respect personal expression while being on the lookout for personal bias. 

• Date: We offer these masterclasses on request to education institutes (please contact us for a tailored program)
• Duration: 1 session
• Format: between 2 and 4 hours online and 1 hour self-study up front
• Group size: 12 to 18 participants
• Price: EUR 400-600 depending on program (we advocate equal chances for everyone, please enquire about scholarships if you are teaching in a developing country)

• What is empathy?
• Introduction to Integrative Empathy
• Conducive environments to build relationships
• Emotional awareness and bias with Self-empathy
• Create rapport with Kinesthetic empathy
• Deep listening with Reflective empathy
• Consolidate with Empathic creativity

• Students expecting to work with others
• Teachers in all fields of education

This Integrative Empathy for Design workshop equips you with practical knowhow and hands-on skills to deepen your empathy for design. In our live Online Classroom you learn to apply self-empathy and bias, non-verbal communication, deep listening and imagination, as hands-on behaviour, guiding you in your design research.

Empathy is given centre-stage in design thinking and human-centred design. It is useful throughout the design process since it offers skills to guide interactions between multi-stakeholders. It is also the basis for doing skilful research, interviewing and observing clients. However, what is often lacking is specific instruction on how to use empathy in research and design.

Integrative Empathy for Design, provides specific instructions on the how of empathy. What’s more, you will be given ample time to apply your skills to your own design challenges. Throughout the workshop our experienced facilitators will provide coaching and feedback as they encourage you to deepen your insights into customers and teams .

• Duration: 1 session
• Format: 3 hours online on Zoom and 2 hours self-study before and after the workshop
• Group sizes: 8 to 12 participants
• Price: EUR 195

• Awareness and bias with Self-empathy
• Create rapport with Kinesthetic empathy
• Reveal deeper needs with Reflective empathy
• Diversify perspectives with Imaginative empathy
• Consolidate with Empathic creativity

• Designers
• Design thinkers, educators and facilitators
• Service designers, educators and facilitators
• Human-centred designers, educators and facilitators
• Customer service and customer success managers
• Professionals interested in empathy, communication and team dynamics in design.

Advanced Integrative Empathy tunes your empathy skills to the language and customs of your specific setting. You already learned to work with the five Integrative Empathy skills in Practising Integrative Empathy. In this course you adapt them to your own context.

In Advanced Integrative Empathy you will discover empathy-related thoughts and behaviours in your professional setting. This helps you adapt your empathy language to the organisational culture you work in. You will develop your own research project and trial your skills within that setting, as well as deepen your ability to adapt different empathy skills to different problems. 

• Date: January 2022
• Durations: 6 weeks
• Format: 3-4 hours a week of research and practice and 2 hours a week of online training and coaching on Zoom
• Group size: 4 to 8 participants

The self-paced weekly modules guide you through a project within your organisation. The online training is dedicated to practice, group discussion and reflection. 

1: How to recognize and gather empathy indicators
2: Empathic interviews
3: Making sense of empathy in your own work setting
4: Adapting empathy skills
5: Prototyping and fine tuning adapted skills
6: Integrating and looking back

• Health practitioners
• Coaches and mentors
• Facilitators
• Business leaders and managers
• Parents
• Educators
• Anyone interested in empathy, communication and interpersonal interaction.