**CANCELLED**
April 16-17, 2024
Paicines Ranch in Paicines, CA
Led by Nikki Silvestri and Soil & Shadow and hosted by the Paicines Ranch Learning Center, this day-and-a-half training will provide participants with:
- 5 core principles to increase competency giving, receiving and integrating feedback
- The science of belonging and how it works in feedback conversations
- The latest research on bias in performance discussions and ways to mitigate it
- Techniques to address power dynamics in feedback and share accountability
- How to approach feedback in ways that feel fulfilling and JOYFUL
Does this sound familiar?
- You've done a training (or several trainings) in antiracism/DEI, but you still feel like you stumble to name bias and oppression.
- It's uncomfortable to conduct one-on-one conversations to address tense cultural difference situations or to untangle microaggressions.
- If you're in a leadership position, this is costing you productivity on your team and potentially leading to HR issues - even if you're not aware of it.
- You have a pit in your stomach when you know someone has critical feedback for you, and your conscious or unconscious avoidance of it is costing you personal and professional relationships.
- You find yourself defensive when receiving feedback.
- You’re ruminating with feedback you’re struggling to give and it’s filling your life with moments of violated boundaries.
- Your organization makes no distinction between giving feedback and fielding constant opinions, and that dynamic could be leading to overwhelm and interpersonal tensions.
- There's someone on your team who will not integrate feedback that they’ve repeatedly received. You need a way to talk about the difference between receiving feedback and integrating feedback, but you don’t have the tools or the language for it.
- You can see patterns repeating themselves again and again because feedback is not integrated.
If yes, this workshop will help you...
> Apply the stages of competency for giving, receiving and integrating feedback to specific work structures like leveling guides, performance evaluations, and management meeting templates.
> Navigate the emotional distress involved in giving, receiving and integrating feedback.
> Understand why receiving feedback through conversations, surveys, customer data, and stakeholder focus groups is not the same as integrating feedback, and what to do about it.
During this training you will...
- Receive scripts, practice assignments and cheat sheets to apply the 5 feedback principles with your team.
- Practice feedback techniques in real-time using situations in the workplace.
- Track your progress through pre-training and post-training assessments.
Feedback Training Modules include....
- Module 1: An inaugural session with a presentation of anonymized pre-training assessment results, feedback principles, and step-by-step processes.
- Module 2: Skills labs for embodied practice with role-playing exercises for practical application of feedback principles to workplace and DEI scenarios.
- Module 3: Space for reflection and the development of action plans for integration.
Nikki Silvestri
Nikki is the Founder and CEO of Soil and Shadow, a coaching and consulting firm bringing social and environmental entrepreneurs more impact in their work and joy in their lives.
Lead trainer Nikki Silvestri’s wide-ranging career as a non-profit and for-profit Executive has taken her from presentations at the White House and negotiations with the Environmental Protection Agency to intimate workshops with local businesses and small retail organizing. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including ELLE Magazine’s Gold Award and OxFam America’s Act Local, Think Global Award, and she was named one of The Root’s 100 Most Influential African Americans.
She has personal experience with high-stakes feedback in DEI situations, having led a bi-coastal team as an Executive Director. Her career involves a high degree of management, hiring and firing, and experiences on both sides of power dynamics. One of her passions is naming and de-mystifying the power of feedback loops on teams, and ways they can be a radical first step toward organizational culture shifts.
Nourishment & Connection!
— Registration —
Registration includes all programming, training supplies, and three organic meals. Lodging is not included (please see options here).
> Full Price: $1495 + fees
> EARLY BIRD (10% off): $1345.50 + fees
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SCHOLARSHIPS: Thanks to generous support from NoRegrets and the Globetrotter Foundation, we do have scholarships available to those for whom this professional development opportunity would not be possible without additional support. These scholarships are being held for land stewards and folks from historically marginalized communities.
*Please consider what capacity you (or your company/organization) has to cover your registration costs so that we can hold as much space as possible for those for whom a scholarship is critical for their attendance.
> Scholarship Registration (50% off): $747.50 + fees - for land stewards & folks from historically marginalized communities
> If you need additional support to attend, please fill out this APPLICATION and if accepted, we will provide information for lowered pricing.
— Details & FAQs —
Start/end time?
Workshop hours are 2:00 - 5:30 pm on Tuesday, April 16 and 9:00 am - 5:00 pm on Wednesday, April 17.
Are meals included?
Yes! You will be nourished with delicious, organic and locally-sourced meals: dinner on Day 1 and breakfast & lunch on Day 2.
Is lodging included?
No - please see below for lodging and camping information. Your registration does not include lodging so please email [email protected] to reserve a spot.
Are there scholarships available?
Thanks to generous support from NoRegrets and the Globetrotter Foundation, we do have scholarships available to those for whom this professional development opportunity would not be possible without support. Click here for more information.
Can I attend part of the workshop?
Participants are expected to attend the full length of the workshop.
* At this time, this workshop will be conducted in English.
— Optional Lodging —
Alternative lodging options are also available locally. Please contact any of the below for more information:
- Ridgemark - 10 miles from Ranch
- Best Western - located in Hollister, 15 miles from Ranch
- Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott - located in Hollister, 15 miles from Ranch
— Location: Paicines Ranch —
Located in central California's San Benito County, Paicines Ranch is a historic 7,600-acre ranch that works to regenerate ecosystems by growing healthy soil, nutrient-dense food and vibrant, diverse communities. Using the practices of regenerative agriculture, the ranch team manages this diverse landscape in partnership with nature and livestock to produce 100% grass-fed-and-finished lamb and beef, and pastured pork, turkey and eggs. Paicines Ranch also grow organic grain, as well as organic grapes in a polyculture vineyard that is designed to be managed by sheep. Over the years, the ranch has become a renown destination for learning about regenerative agriculture through their programs and educational workshops while also serving as a treasured location for hosting weddings, retreats, and events.
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