🌟From Breakdown to Breakthrough

In close relationships, especially under pressure, it’s all too easy for what we mean to say and what’s understood to get misaligned. This disconnect can lead to misunderstandings and tension with colleagues, friends, or loved ones. But what if you could change that? In this workshop, you’ll explore practical tools to stay grounded in challenging conversations and navigate misunderstandings more smoothly.

💡Why Conflict Resolution Skills Matter

Effective communication is essential in high-stakes relationships to strengthen connections rather than fracture them. Without these skills, small conflicts can escalate, creating lasting rifts. This workshop will help you turn difficult conversations into opportunities for deeper understanding and authentic connection.

🗨️ Learn and Practice Tools for Thriving Relationships

Join us in this interactive, small-group session to explore methods to express honest feelings without increasing tension. You’ll leave with skills you can apply immediately, helping you communicate openly and avoid conflict escalation in all areas of your life.

👥Meet your Facilitators

Led by Terrell Holmes, founder of The Good Org, and Carol Xu, Ph.D., a researcher in organizational psychology, this workshop offers expert guidance on transforming these challenging moments into opportunities for connection. Terrell and Carol understand the nuances of high-stakes interactions and bring practical expertise from both the corporate and academic worlds.

🎉What You’ll Gain:

1. Learn and practice core communication skills to help you stay grounded in tense situations.

2. Discover methods to express authentic feelings without escalating conflict.

3. Apply proven strategies to navigate disagreements, build empathy, and find common ground.

Without these skills, misunderstandings can continue to disrupt relationships and create unnecessary friction. Imagine missing out on the chance to turn difficult conversations into moments of understanding and growth. By the end of this workshop, you’ll feel empowered to navigate conflicts confidently, connect more deeply with others, and foster lasting relationships—even in challenging situations. 

✅ Learn to Become a Skilled Communicator!

With only 20 spots available, this exclusive workshop offers a unique opportunity to grow your skills in a supportive, hands-on environment. Register today and start transforming communication challenges into pathways to stronger relationships.

👥 More about the Facilitators

• Terrell Holmes founded The Good Org, focusing on human relations and communication. He provides executive coaching, corporate training, and facilitation services. In addition to his corporate pursuits, Terrell works in academia as a facilitator for the Interpersonal Dynamics (Touchy Feely) course at Stanford Graduate School of Business. He serves as adjunct faculty in the MS in Organizational Psychology program at San Jose State University.

• Carol Xu, Ph.D. is Co-founder of The Present Of Work and a former researcher of management science, fascinated with new ways of organizing people and resources (such as self-organizing, sociocracy, Deliberately Developmental Organization) that empower creativity, resilience, and transparency. Carol holds a Ph.D. in Management Science and Engineering in cross-cultural communication and management from Stanford University.

🎪 About the Networks Festival

Across May and June, embark on a month-long journey filled with connection, curiosity, and play to explore the power of networks to transform our world.

🎊 A Celebratory Experience

The doors to the festival grounds are opening. It's a warm summer's day and you're ready to join the fun. As you step into the festival grounds, everywhere you look people eagerly discuss the latest breakthroughs in network theory, share stories of how networks have changed their lives and communities, and dream up new ways to harness the power of connection – while dancing, playing, and just having a blast. As you wander through the festival's different online spaces like the pitch tent, tech corner, bonfire circle, obstacle courses and workshop zone, you develop your network weaving capacities and meet great peers.

🎧 Who is the Festival For?

• Leaders & Coordinators of networks looking to mature their strategies.
• Funders & Governments seeking to spark, supports and scale systemic change.
• Curious Changemakers looking to learn about collaborative approaches to create social impact.

🎲 What are the Key Topics?

Join 25+ interactive sessions on themes, such as:

• Coordination and Strategy in Networks
• Indigenous Wisdom and Rights
• Impact Evaluation & Learning
• Shifting Funding Practices
• Collaborative Governance
• Equity & Decolonization
• Responsible Scaling
• And much more!

⭐️Join the Party

Leave your email at the festival website to stay posted on all upcoming sessions.

And, invite your networks, collaborators and friends to join the fun!