Community Events and Training
- Art of Listening Worksop: The Art of Listening 4-week Zoom Workshop will help you connect with others in a way we all need at this time. Facilitated by Marci McReynolds, Manager, City of Bellevue Conflict Resolution Center In partnership with King County Libraries. For more information, click here.
- Cross-cultural Communication: Our program offers a series of workshops around cross-cultural communications, listening, resiliency, and difficult conversations. Videos from our cross-cultural communication trainings are available:
BTV Interview about our program
Exploring Cross Cultural Communications
I Culture, We Culture Exercises
- Partnerships: The Bellevue Mediation Program partners with the King County Library System and Bellevue Parks to offer workshops and events to build skills in the areas of listening, resiliency, civil discourse, and cross-cultural communication. Workshops are held at libraries around Bellevue:
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"Art of Listening, a three part series." Due to COVID-19, this will be offered as an on-line workshop series. Please email us for details and scheduling.
Do you listen well? Have you experienced what it is like to be truly listened to? Becoming practiced at the way you listen to others will dramatically improve your focus, your relationships, your inner peace, and your professional life. In this 4 week workshop series you will learn how to be a more artful, peaceful and attentive listener, and have the experience of being truly listened to. Registration recommended. Please contact BCRC@bellevuewa.gov or 425-452-4091 to reserve your spot.
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"Advanced Art of Listening" Due to COVID-19, this will be offered as an on-line workshop series. Please email us for details and scheduling.
Want to practice your advanced listening skills with others? Before getting together more with friends and family during the summer, do you want to discuss some communication issues you have? If you have already received training in the Art of Listening workshops, or wish to advance your good listening skills attained in other ways, please come join us! We will review best practices, exchange in-depth listening sessions with another in class, ask questions, and share our collective wisdom about the art of listening. Facilitated by Marci McReynolds, also known as "The Listening Lady," co-manager of the Bellevue Conflict Resolution Center. These classes fill quickly, so please pre-register by writing BCRC@bellevuewa.gov or call 425-452-4091.
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"Listening Salons"
A Listening Salon is a social opportunity to practice listening with others who are working on improving their listening skills. We will begin with a short refresher of listening skills, then pair up with one to three others to both practice listening and be heard. You will be given feedback sheets to help you see where you are improving and where you need to improve. Please pre-register by writing BCRC@bellevuewa.gov or call 425-452-4091. You may attend one or more sessions.
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Due to COVID-19, this will be offered as an on-line workshop. Please email us for details and scheduling.
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- Please stay tuned for more details and opportunities to participate. More workshops are in the works.