Practicing Connection in a Complex World: Recent Episodes
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Jessica Beckendorf and Bob Bertsch host this exploration of personal and collective practices that empower us to work together to help each other, our families, and our communities improve our resilience and readiness in a rapidly changing world.
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In this episode (Season 4, Episode 5), co-hosts Jessica Beckendorf and Bob Bertsch talk about making intentional and deeper connections - one of the eight ways of cultivating community resilience that we identified in their “Connecting Communities in Asset-based Community Recovery” project.
"Connecting Communities in Asset-based Community Recovery" is a collection of resources developed during the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic presented some really difficult challenges, but it also revealed some opportunities for building better systems and communities.
Links
- Chad Littlefield on Connection Before Content (video)
- "Black Mirror" social credit score episode
- Working Out Loud
- Active Listening Techniques
- "If I understood you would I have this look on my face?" by Alan Alda
"Military Families and Food Security: A Call to Action" will focus on expanding food security for our military family population by mobilizing family service professionals at federal, state, and local levels to work together on this issue. This series will consist of 2 live events and 1 self-paced course. In addition, OneOp programming will offer live and on-demand programming related to food security throughout 2023.
In this episode (Season 4, Episode 4), we welcome guest Randy Lioz to talk about the challenges polarization poses to collaborative efforts and how to engage in some depolarizing practices to improve our relationships and collaborations. Randy is the founder of D.O.C. (Depolarizing Organizational Cultures), a workshop facilitator, speaker and writer.
"Military Families and Food Security: A Call to Action" will focus on expanding food security for our military family population by mobilizing family service professionals at federal, state, and local levels to work together on this issue. This series will consist of 2 live events and 1 self-paced course. In addition, OneOp programming will offer live and on-demand programming related to food security throughout 2023.
In this episode (Season 4, Episode 3), co-hosts Jessica Beckendorf and Bob Bertsch talk grounding yourself in your strengths and values - one of the eight ways of cultivating community resilience that we identified in their “Connecting Communities in Asset-based Community Recovery” project.
"Connecting Communities in Asset-based Community Recovery" is a collection of resources developed during the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic presented some really difficult challenges, but it also revealed some opportunities for building better systems and communities.
"Military Families and Food Security: A Call to Action" will focus on expanding food security for our military family population by mobilizing family service professionals at federal, state, and local levels to work together on this issue. This series will consist of 2 live events and 1 self-paced course. In addition, OneOp programming will offer live and on-demand programming related to food security throughout 2023.
In this episode, co-hosts Jessica Beckendorf and Bob Bertsch talk with Cathy Marcello about the challenges faced by military families with LGBTQ+ youth and all of us can do to support those families. Cathy leads the MilPride program for the Modern Military Association of America, the nation's largest LGBTQ+ military and veteran non-profit.
"Military Families and Food Security: A Call to Action" will focus on expanding food security for our military family population by mobilizing family service professionals at federal, state, and local levels to work together on this issue. This series will consist of 2 live events and 1 self-paced course. In addition, OneOp programming will offer live and on-demand programming related to food security throughout 2023.
Jessica Beckendorf shares highlights from her conversation with Dr. Ron Avi Astor.
Dr. Astor holds the Marjorie Crump Chair Professorship in Social Welfare at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs with a joint appointment in the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies. Since the 1980s, Dr. Astor and his colleagues had been working on addressing school safety issues. His work caught the attention of several military-connected school districts in Southern California and prompted them to request his help on what they perceived as a school bullying issue.
Dr. Astor talks about his work and the "whole community" approach his team took to addressing the issues in the schools they worked with.
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Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. Listen About this episode We are kicking off our third season with episodes featuring the course authors for “Family Well-Being: Navigating the Social Justice,” the… Continue Reading Social Justice and Family Well-being (S.3, Ep.1)
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Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. Listen About this episode For our final episode of Season 2, we asked two of our guests from the past year to share one of… Continue Reading Questions for Reflection (S.2, Ep.6)
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Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. About this episode In this episode, we continue our discussion self-knowledge with Teresa Curtis and Jessica Jane Spayde. Teresa and Jessica share ideas for getting… Continue Reading Why Knowing Yourself Matters, Pt. 2 (S. 2, Ep. 5)
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. About this episode In this episode, we continue our discussion self-knowledge with Teresa Curtis and Jessica Jane Spayde. Teresa and Jessica share ideas for getting… Continue Reading Why Knowing Yourself Matters, Pt. 2 (S. 2, Ep. 5)
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. About this episode In this episode, we discuss the importance of self-knowledge in building relationships with Teresa Curtis and Jessica Jane Spayde. Teresa and Jessica… Continue Reading Why Knowing Yourself Matters (S. 2, Ep. 4)
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. About this episode In this episode, we discuss the importance of self-knowledge in building relationships with Teresa Curtis and Jessica Jane Spayde. Teresa and Jessica… Continue Reading Why Knowing Yourself Matters (S. 2, Ep. 4)
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Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. About this episode In this episode, Naava Frank and Ziva Mann, authors of the article “How to Reduce Stress and Increase Learning: The Power of… Continue Reading How Networks Can Help Reduce Stress (S. 2, Ep. 2)
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Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. About this episode In this episode, Jessica and Bob take some time to reflect on 2020 and look forward to 2021, sharing some of the… Continue Reading Practicing Reflection (Ep. 6)
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. About this episode In this episode, Jessica and Bob take some time to reflect on 2020 and look forward to 2021, sharing some of the… Continue Reading Practicing Reflection (Ep. 6)
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Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. About this episode In this episode, Karen Pedersen, Dean for Global Campus at Kansas State University, talks about how the VUCA framework (volatility, uncertainty, complexity,… Continue Reading VUCA and VUCA Prime (Ep. 5)
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. Listen now: About this episode In this episode, hosts Jessica Beckendorf and Bob Bertsch explore john Stepper’s Working Out Loud framework in the context of… Continue Reading Working Out Loud (Ep. 4)
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Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. Listen now: About this episode: In this episode, hosts Jessica Beckendorf and Bob Bertsch collaborate with Danielle Swallow and Chris Petrone of Sea Grant Delaware… Continue Reading Community Resilience (Ep. 3)
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. Listen now: About this episode: In this episode, hosts Jessica Beckendorf and Bob Bertsch collaborate with Danielle Swallow and Chris Petrone of Sea Grant Delaware… Continue Reading Community Resilience (Ep. 3)
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. Listen now: About this episode: In this episode, hosts Jessica Beckendorf and Bob Bertsch explore different perspectives on collaboration. Is there a mindset… Continue Reading Collaboration (Ep. 2)
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. Listen now: About this episode: In this episode, hosts Jessica Beckendorf and Bob Bertsch explore different perspectives on collaboration. Is there a mindset… Continue Reading Collaboration (Ep. 2)
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Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. Listen now: About this episode: In this mini-episode, hosts Jessica Beckendorf and Bob Bertsch introduce the Practicing Connection in a Complex World podcast… Continue Reading Practicing Connection Together (Ep. 0.5)