Open Workshops

For anyone interested in having more powerful, productive and satisfying conversations, we offer many open SAVI® trainings and workshops each year. These trainings provide a way of understanding How communication works and What you can do to make decision making, conflict resolution, problem solving, interest sharing, and intimacy easier in your personal or professional life.

SAVI Training Pathways

These open workshops, offered by certified SAVI trainers in various locations around the country, allow individuals to deepen their understanding of SAVI theory and application. We invite you to attend as many workshops as you’d like, increasing in depth as you learn.  

Note on using SAVI: All workshop participants are free to use SAVI at home, with clients, and at work. There are only two guidelines to keep in mind:

• SAVI materials are copyrighted and may not be reproduced. Additional copies must be purchased from SAVI Publications.
• To offer trainings specifically identified as SAVI, you must be a certified SAVI Trainer. This protects the SAVI trademark, guaranteeing that training events identified as SAVI have integrity in theory and application.

For more information or to register for workshops, contact:

For international training, contact:
Fran Carter: carter2229@aol.com

Upcoming Workshops

From Conflict to Clarity: Building Conversations that Work Using SAVI
Led by Claudia Byram
Learn this powerful tool for understanding and managing common communication challenges. We will use SAVI to practice several alternatives to familiar communication binds, with a particular focus on what happens when we get and give feedback in our work and personal relationships.
Location: Austin, TX
Dates: Saturday and Sunday, October 10–11, 2009
For more information and to register for this workshop, contact:
Jan King, jan@bkradio.net, (512) 241-0405

Essential Skills for a Successful, Ethical, and Sustainable Practice:
Gaining Mastery in Professional Communication and Boundaries
Led by Ben Benjamin, Ph.D., and Amy Yeager
Focused on individuals in private practice (but open to others as well), this course teaches skills for effectively managing some of the most difficult communication challenges: giving and receiving feedback, setting and maintaining clear boundaries, responding assertively to boundary violations, and responding to aggression and hostility.
Location: Seattle, WA
Dates: March 5–7, 2010
Class Times: Friday 2-6:30pm, Saturday and Sunday 9am-5pm
(Note: The Friday session provides a basic foundation in SAVI. Individuals who have taken prior SAVI workshops may choose to register for the weekend only.)
Fee: $475 for the full workshop; $400 for the weekend only
For more information and to register for this workshop, click here.

SAVI: Having Conversations That Work
A Two-Day Introductory SAVI Workshop
Led by Claudia Byram
Acquire this powerful tool for understanding common communications binds, and what you can do about them! We’ll go from theory right down to specific behavior changes we can all use to make our everyday conversations go better — at work and at home.
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Dates: April 24–25, 2010
For more information and to register for this workshop, visit www.systemscentered.com and click on SCT Conference 2010.

Upcoming Phone Seminars

Building Your SAVI Skills
Claudia Byram and Fran Carter
This 5-session phone seminar is designed to deepen your skill in applying SAVI to real-life communication challenges. It builds on the introduction to SAVI: the opportunity to practice and apply SAVI greatly increases its integration into peopleís lives and work.

Goals:
1) Increase skill in recognizing SAVI behaviors ñ getting the SAVIGrid 'in your brain'
2) Develop your SAVI ëearí for listening to the communication process
3) Use your skills to understand real-life challenging conversations
4) Practice strategies to move them toward more satisfying outcomes

Time: Wednesdays, 10:30am to 12:00pm EST
Dates: 2010 – March 24th, April 21, May 26th, June 23, July 28th
Fee: $250.00 for five meetings
For more information and to register for this seminar, contact:
Claudia Byram, (215) 561-0341, e-mail: claudia.byram@verizon.net

Phone Seminars Currently Underway

Phone Seminar: SAVI Master Class — 6-Session Series
Anita Simon and Claudia Byram
Using SAVI to understand and plan interventions in professional or personal settings.
Prerequisite: SAVI as a Diagnostic Tool
Time: Friday, 10–11:30am EST    
Dates: 2010 – March 19, April 16, May 14, June 18, July 23, August 20
Fee: $300.00

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