When growing up, did your parents listen to you? Did you listen to them? At school, or at work or elsewhere in life Is anyone listening to your ideas? Do you consider yourself a good listener? Find out on Saturday March 1st, 9-11 am, free admission including light breakfast and coffee at Compass School, 2105 S. College Avenue, Fort Collins (across parking lot from Whole Foods). The Intergenerational Conversations (IgC) Project is back – now in its sixth year in our community, building bridges through conversations across generations.
Myles Crane
After breakfast, you will sit at a facilitated discussion table alongside about six other people with ages from 15 to 95+ to discuss: “Who’s Listening to You?” But first, before you start talking, you will be treated to a brief overview on effective listening skills by Professor Martin Carcasson, the nationally acclaimed founder and director of the Center for Public Deliberation at Colorado State University.
Next, you will meet and greet other participants at your table and then begin facilitated conversations about listening. Discussions will include the challenges and benefits of talking to people older or younger than yourself. It’s really a special opportunity for you to speak and then to listen and hopefully better understand views of others that might be different than your own.
This IgC event is presented by Colorado State University’s Center for Public Deliberation, Compass Community Collaborative School, Fort Collins Senior Advisory Board, Larimer County Office on Aging and the Partnership for Age-Friendly Communities in Larimer County.
Co-sponsors include CSU’s Gerontology Club, Centennial Area Health Education Center, and Hope Lives! The Lydia Dody Breast Cancer Support Center. So come prepared to share your experience and listen and learn from others. Seating capacity is limited: Register soon.by RSVP at https://col.st/qtPX2 Submitted by: Myles Crane, President/Elect Partnership for Age-Friendly Communities in Larimer County. Myles email: mylescrane@gmail.com.