44TH ANNUAL VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
OCTOBER 29-31, 2024
renewed and strengthened
Equipping and Supporting Leaders in Times of Transition
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About Dr. Betty Pries
With over 28 years of experience coaching, mediating, training, facilitating and consulting, Betty is highly regarded as a Conflict, Change, and Leadership Specialist. Betty specializes in working with complex challenges, supporting leaders and their organizations to be at their best. Betty’s capacity to care deeply, listen well, and provide wise and thoughtful support allows her to help her clients engage in tough, meaningful, and important conversations, set directions, and achieve positive organizational change.
Betty is a specialist in equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI), leading anti-racism / anti-prejudice workshops, supporting EDI committees, reviewing and writing EDI-related policies, coaching leaders and offering support to organizations wrestling with EDI challenges.
Betty brings a wealth of experience to her work, having worked with a wide range of organizations, both nationally and internationally. Betty has extensive education, training, and experience in coaching, mediation, negotiation, consensus building, consultation, facilitation, and organizational health. As Co-Founder and CEO at Credence, Betty’s great joy has been the opportunity to mentor and support the growth of the Credence team. Betty has a PhD from the Free University Amsterdam on the topic of conflict transformation. She is a Chartered Mediator with the ADR Institute of Canada and a member of the ADR Institute of Ontario. Betty is a regular instructor at the University of Waterloo.
Keynote Presentations
October 29, 2024 – Beginning at 1:00 pm Eastern
Nurturing the Interior Condition of the Leader
by Dr. Betty Pries
A quote, by William O’Brien, is as follows: “The success of an intervention depends on the interior condition of the intervenor.” If this statement is true, then the implications for clergy and leaders is profound. What do we mean by our interior condition and how does our interior condition influence the work we do? This session explores a robust understanding of our personhood in relationship with one another and considers a metaphor of selfhood as a vehicle for understanding and transforming ourselves, our relationships, our spirituality, and the conflicts we seek to heal.
October 31, 2024 – Beginning at 2:30 pm Eastern
Transforming Polarized Conversations
by Dr. Betty Pries
What does it mean to witness awe and wonder while acting for justice and peace in a polarized world? How do communities of faith act as instruments of hope in a world divided and in pain? This session considers the realities of polarization and explores strategies for transforming polarized conversations and deeply entrenched differences, while embracing the power and possibility of both-and rather than either-or thinking.
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THE SPACE BETWEEN US
By Dr. Betty Pries
Engage conflict to strengthen connections and foster understanding. Conflict is a natural part of life. Instead of viewing disagreements as obstacles, what if we embraced them as chances for growth? In The Space Between Us, facilitator and mediator Betty Pries encourages us to see discord as a pathway to resilience and healthier relationships. She provides practical skills for navigating conflict, envisioning a more joyful future. By exploring conflict theory and contemplative spirituality, Pries presents fresh, life-affirming approaches to engage with our differences. Rooted in mindfulness and authentic connection, this book opens new possibilities for interpersonal and organizational conflicts. Let us transform our disagreements into opportunities for collaboration and understanding, creating a more inclusive and compassionate world. Click here to BUY NOW!