Previous Workshops
Below are previous programming and sessions provided by the Resilience ERG. If the sessions were recorded a link will be provided for you to review. For upcoming events please visit our Upcoming Events page
Understanding and Enhancing Personal Resilience Workshop
Need a jump-start understanding and learning how to boost your own Resilience Super Power in light of all the challenges and change you’ve experienced over the past year? If so, review the Resilience ERG's session with guest speaker and Resilience researcher, Ken Nowack, who presented a workshop on “Understanding and Enhancing Resilience”. Ken shared strategies and techniques we all can apply in building and enhancing our own personal resilience.
View the recording here: https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/03b32400-fdce-468d-b1fc-119a3efc1657
The SuperPower of Self-Healing Communities
May 5, 2021, 12:35 – 1:50
Over the past year, we have experienced individual and community-level traumatic circumstances and events. While trauma can have lasting physical, psychological and spiritual implications, healing is possible. We were joined by Dave Ellis, Executive Director of the Office of Resilience at New Jersey Department of Children and Families who shared strategies for creating self-healing communities. He brought expertise in creating holistic approaches that involve culture, spirituality, civic action, and collective healing. For more information, contact Sonia Alvarez-Robinson at sonia@consulting.gatech.edu
Tapping Circle for Stress and Calm - first Thursdays 8:15am
First Thursdays, May & June 2021, 8:15am - 8:45am
Theme: Tapping Circles explored some effective, cutting edge yet ancient, brain balancing methods to better manage our daily stress. EFT Founding Master, Nancy Gnecco guided us with some exercises that engaged and balanced the body and mind.
Naming Our Own SuperPower: Resilience Over "Othering"
May 21, 2021, 1:10 to 2:20
Racism, sexism, homophobia, xenophobia all create adverse circumstances that can require the ignition of our resilience. This session featured a panel discussion where presenters described strategies they have used to claim their own identities and find their personal power. For more information, please contact Carla Bradley at carla.bradley@studentlife.gatech.edu
Tapping Circle for Stress and Calm - first Thursdays 8:15am
First Thursdays, May, June, July, August 2021, 8:15am - 8:45am
Theme: Tapping Circles explored some effective, cutting edge yet ancient, brain balancing methods to better manage our daily stress. EFT Founding Master, Nancy Gnecco guided us with some exercises that engaged and balanced the body and mind.
A Special Tapping Circle for Stress and Calm - with Gunilla and Ulf
April 23rd, 2021, 8:15am
Theme: Tapping Circles allows us to explore some effective, cutting edge yet ancient, brain balancing methods to better manage our daily stress. Join Gunilla and Ulf from the Peaceful Heart Network who will guide us with some exercises to calm and balanced our bodies and minds.
Watch Event Recording Here
A Simple Tap-Along Video for Stress Management & Immunity Boost
Make Fear Your Friend
October 22, 2020
Rowena Van Gelder, leadership coach at The Leaders Story, guided attendees through strategies for managing 'fear’ through:
• Raising awareness of how fear shows up for us personally
• Identifying how fear serves us and how it works against us
• Applying techniques to give fear a new role when it’s holding us back
View the recording here: https://bluejeans.com/s/tho9O/
Building Resilience During Changing Times
April, 2020
Resilience Leader Nathan Heald organized a workshop where representatives from KEPRO (the USG Employee Assistance Program Provider) presented a one-hour online workshop. In this session, participants learned what defines resilience, increased their self-awareness, and learned new ways of thinking to boost resilience.
To watch the webinar recording, click here: https://bluejeans.com/s/iOFxE/
Realities of Resilience: Authentic Leadership Discussions
August 2019
In these rare and candid panel discussions, Georgia Tech leaders shared their insights on building personal resilience. Through their own stories of adversity, opportunity, tragedy and triumph, the panel described ways to use challenges as a catalyst for personal and professional growth.
The first panel discussion was held in August 2019 and featured Dean Steve McLaughlin, Dean Maryam Alavi, and Chief HR Officer Kim Harrington. To view the panel discussion, click this link: https://smartech.gatech.edu/handle/1853/61912
Dr. Sonia Alvarez-Robinson facilitates a panel discussion on resilience featuring Dean of Scheller College of Business, Maryam Alavi, Dean of the College of Engineering, Steve McLaughlin, and Dr. Kim Harrington, associate vice president and chief human resources officer at Georgia Tech. (August 2019)
The second panel interview was held in November 2019 with Dean John Stein, Dr. Lynn Durham, and Dr. Charles Isbell. To view the panel discussion click this link: https://smartech.gatech.edu/handle/1853/62106
Building Resilience in the Face of Adversity: A Workshop for ECE
On March, 29, 2018, Ben Klein, Ph.D. invited Sonia Alvarez-Robinson to present a workshop to students, faculty, and staff of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. This short workshop explored:
- Impact of adversity on our personal, professional, social, and spiritual lives
- Strategies for managing and moving through challenges
- Research on the power of post-traumatic growth
Building Resilience Through Caring for a Loved One
On March 14, 2018 participants responsible for taking care of their parents, siblings, children, other family members or close friends came together to exchange stories and ideas. They discussed the challenges and shared approaches that are helping them manage the complexities of caregiving.
Handouts from a previous EAP session were provided and now can be found at these links:
Handout: Find Support for Caregivers
Handout: Being a Caregiver - What We All Need to Know
Resilience Circles
In late November, 2017, Resilience launched its first in a series of small group conversations on specific topics that will allow staff, faculty and students to find ways to grow through what they go through. Challenges in our personal and professional lives are often stressful, painful, and traumatic. At the same time, these experiences can inspire growth and personal development. The groups are designed to:
- Provide a small group format (up to 12 participants) for Georgia Tech faculty and staff to share, listen, and process their resilience-building experiences with other members of the GT community.
- Enable sharing of resilience-building strategies and resources among the participants.
- Give participants a place to encourage, inspire, and lift each other up.
- Sessions were supported by a social worker from the Metro Atlanta Counseling Center
Building Resilience Through Natural Disaster
On November 30, 2017 participants came together to process their experiences living through natural disasters. These people were either directly or indirectly impacted by hurricanes, fires, tornadoes, and even acts of terrorism.
Handout: Managing Stress and Rebuilding Your Life After Natural Disaster
Handout: How to Rebuild after a Natural Disaster
Building Resilience Through Loss Of A Loved One
On December 12 and 13, participants came together to process their loss and strategies to move through the grief process. People shared experiences losing members of their family, close friends, mentors, colleagues, and others who have been significant in their lives.
Handout: Returning to Work When You're Grieving
Rising Strong Dialogues
On Wednesday, November 15, 2017, Resilience hosted 3 powerful dialogues (one early, one mid-day, and the third late afternoon). The Rising Strong Dialogues were co-facilitated by Cheryl Cofield and Pearl Alexander, Certified Daring Way Facilitators® and members of Institute Diversity.
This 90-minute dialogue, explored our existing challenges through the metaphor of the "Arena." We discovered what it means to be in the arena having a “face-down” moment. Participants experienced the Rising Strong® process for resilience and rising from a face-down moment by owning your most difficult stories.
Based on the research of Brené Brown, Ph.D., LMSW, participants learned techniques to improve their emotional fluency and those around them during the height of such difficulties. They learned how to articulate their needs, set boundaries, reach out for support, and integrate insights from these stories into your identity.
"Self-Confidence in the Midst of Chaos"
On August 29, 2017, Tiffiny Hughes-Troutman, Ph.D., director of health behavior in the Office of Health and Well-Being, facilitated a 60-minute interactive webinar on "Self-Confidence in the Midst of Chaos." This webinar examined:
- Giving appropriate attribution to the situation
- Building good self-talk
- Creating a good support group
- Building children with grit and resilience
- Keeping positive when things seem out of control
"Navigating Uncertainty: Defining OUR Next"
On April 14, 2017, Sonia Alvarez-Robinson, Ph.D., executive director of Georgia Tech Strategic Consulting, facilitated a 90-minute interactive conversation on "Navigating Uncertainty: Defining OUR Next." This session engaged participants to explore how they can thrive through change by:
- Expecting the unexpected;
- Finding their locus of control; and
- Creating healthy moves through change.
RESILIENCE’s First Learning Session: "Keys to Building Your Resilience"
“Life is full of changes and challenges. Sometimes these are fun, and sometimes they can be extremely stressful. Your resilience – the ability to maintain or recover high levels of well-being during high levels of turbulence – is one of your most valuable assets in life. Research and experience have helped us identify a set of 'change muscles' that enable you to deal effectively with adversity," said Linda Hoopes, Ph.D., presenter of RESILIENCE's first workshop, “Keys to Building Your Resilience.” Hoopes is an industrial/organizational psychologist and president and CEO of Resilience Alliance, LLC. She is the author of Managing Change with Personal Resilience, which was shared with a few lucky participants.
