2005 Post Conference

Bridging Communications Differences:
Using Perceptual Thinking Patterns (PTP™)
in the Workplace and Classroom

Friday, April 22, 9am to 2:30pm
At the WAAL conference hotel -the Monona Terrace Hilton

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› Monona Terrace

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› Tuesday, April 19 (WAAL Board Only)
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› Thursday, April 21 (2nd Day)

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› Friday, April 22

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WAAL is pleased to offer a 2005 Post-Conference Workshop:

There is a separate registration fee of $50 for this post-conference session. To register for this event and to get more information on fee payment, please go to the conference registration page.

If you can answer yes to any of these questions, then this half day presentation on perceptual thinking patterns will be perfect for you.

When at work, have you ever…

felt that your colleagues just don’t understand what you’re talking about...or that you don’t understand what they’re talking about?

attended a meeting where nothing seems to be getting done?

struggled to find ways to interact productively with that colleague or library user who always seems “to get under your skin”?

Experienced reaching some students but clearly missing others?

Wanted to expand your range of teaching methods but have not been sure how to accomplish that?

Sensed that learning differences existed but have no method to address those differences in your teaching?

We all know that individuals take in, process, and express information in different ways. Because of these differences, many miscommunications occur between colleagues in the workplace and between students and teachers in the classroom. These miscommunications may and often do lead to conflicts, ineffective interactions and, in the case of the classroom, less than satisfying educational experiences.

The Perceptual Thinking Patterns model, which is composed of six different learning patterns, is a concrete tool that can help you communicate more effectively in a variety of situations. It enables you to understand your own learning patterns, as well as those of people around you and based on that understanding to find ways to better meet your own communication needs and those of others around you. The principles of the model are easy to understand and are immediately applicable in the workplace and the classroom.

This custom-designed session will provide a basic introduction to the PTP™ model and will model the principles of PTP throughout the workshop through multi-sensory learning experiences in large and small group activities.

Testimonials:

“If I had to pick a workshop that should be required for all of us, PTPTM would be on the short list. Its universal application to all aspects of our lives makes it a great investment in learning.”
Tom Mossgaller
Organizational Development and Human Relations Officer
Marshall Erdman, Inc

“The PTPTM workshop has been invaluable to me both personally and professionally. It has changed the way I work with people and I am more effective because of it.”
Sue Hunter
EAP Officer
Wisconsin Department of Transportation

“I first learned the PTPTM model a decade ago and I can honestly say that it is golden work. I have increased my ability to work with students no matter what their learning patterns are. It helps me remember to be willing to receive and respect others who are different from me.”
Marianne Moss
Principal
Randall School, Madison, WI

" I thought the workshop [on PTP] was especially interesting this year. The insights gained are useful in all training situations, not just undergraduate teaching."
Instruction Librarian, UW-Madison

Facilitators:

About Vida Groman:

Vida Groman has been working as a teacher, consultant and therapist for the past twenty years. At the present time, she owns her own counseling, coaching and training business, The Human Factor. She offers workshops, classes and counseling in the areas of conflict transformation, diversity issues, team building, communication skills, and Personal Thinking Patterns-PTP™.
Vida has a Masters of Education in counseling from the University of Wisconsin in Madison. She received her B.A. from William Paterson College of New Jersey in Wayne, New Jersey. She is a certified consultant of Personal Thinking Patterns-PTP™ since 1989. She is also an ad-hoc instructor for the University of Wisconsin Extension in the areas of diversity, PTP and conflict transformation. Vida has also trained over 200 teachers and administrators in the Madison Metropolitan School District, Madison, WI since 1994, in addition to working with numerous groups of teachers in other school districts in the Midwest. She and Denise Jess have done their PTP workshop for several UW-Madison groups, including the campus Library & Information Literacy Instruction librarians’ annual retreat in 2002.

About Denise Jess:

Denise Jess is an educational consultant, specializing in community-building, conflict resolution/transformation, diversity issues including intellectual diversity, multicultural education and curriculum and program writing and design. She has worked extensively with educational institutions, community groups, social service, governmental and health care agencies and businesses in these areas. Denise taught at the elementary level for eleven years, where she facilitated a multi-aged classroom, utilizing integrated, learner-centered curriculum. She is actively involved with the training of student teachers and social work students from the University of Wisconsin system, serves as a guest lecturer and ad hoc instructor at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, and facilitates numerous workshops at local, state, and national conferences. She also works with a wide range of client groups on diversity, conflict and program issues. She is the author and co-author of eight published curriculum packages for teachers and students, focusing on culturally accurate portrayals of history.
Denise has a Masters in curriculum and instruction from the University of Wisconsin in Madison. She also received her B.S. in Elementary Education from the University of Wisconsin - Madison.