We are excited to offer a series of Wisdom 2.0 Courses that will be starting later this Fall in the San Francisco Bay area. Below find more information.

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  Transformation in the Workplace

  A Course with Rich Fernandez and Soren Gordhamer

  This six-month long course focuses on transformation in the workplace. It is for people who want to integrate wisdom-based approaches both individually and within their teams and company. For some this may mean doing so in the company where they work; others may seek to do this by starting their own company or organization.

  Work for many people has become a place of tension and stress, based on top-down models that serve neither staff nor the company. A new model for work, however, is emerging based on presence, purpose, and wisdom. In this course, we will explore:

  How can we individually, and collectively within our organizations, embody these qualities and create win/win/win relationships for ourselves, company, and society?

  We will have:

  1) Monthly in-person meetings in the Bay area for three hours

  2) Online discussions

  3) A monthly phone call.

  There will also be books to read and practices integrated throughout the year. The course is for people who are passionate about transforming and bringing wisdom-based principles to the work environment. Limited to 15 people.

  Cost: $1,750 for the six-month course.

  Location: San Francisco Bay area (Space to be determined)

  If you seek intellectual conversation and theories, this is not likely the best course for you. However, if you are drawn to the practical application of wisdom in your daily and work life, it may be right for you.

  If interested, please fill out this short form.

  Questions: Email courses@wisdom2conference.com    

  Facilitators    

  Rich Fernandez
  Director of Executive Development, Google

  Rich believes that people and organizations have the innate potential to be fully vital, capable and joyful – and sees his work as facilitating this expression of awesomeness at work and beyond.

  Rich received a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology and an M.A. in Organizational Psychology, both from Columbia University. He also has extensive experience working as a leader in the talent, leadership and organization development space at companies such as eBay, Bank of America and J.P. Morgan Chase. Rich is most interested in how people live and lead with wisdom.

  Soren Gordhamer
  Founder & Host, Wisdom 2.0

  Soren works with individuals and groups on living with greater mindfulness and purpose in our technology-rich age. He is the founder and host of the Wisdom 2.0 Conference and the author of Wisdom 2.0: Ancient Teachings for the Creative and Constantly Connected (HarperOne, 2009), one of the first books to explore a mindful relationship to modern technology and life.

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  The Art of Mindful Juggling: A Course for Parents

  With Michelle Gale and Soren Gordhamer

  This six-month long course is for parents interested in living with greater presence and mindfulness, both in their professional lives, and in relationship to their children.

  As the pace of our lives quickens, it is harder than ever to give the quality of attention we would like to our children. It is easy to caught up in the activities of life - emails, phone calls, meetings - such that we are never quite present for our children, and then wake up one day and realize that our children are all grown up, and the time we had to engage with them as kids is gone.

  This course is for parents committed to living engaged in all aspects of life, including parenting. We will explore:

  "How do we live more present for ourselves and our children, and embody the qualities we would most like to pass down to our children?"

  We will do this through mindfulness practices, embodiment techniques, engagement tools, and group dialogue. We will have:

  1) Monthly in-person meetings in the Bay area for three hours

  2) Online discussions

  3) A monthly phone call.

  There will also be books to read and practices integrated throughout the year. The course is for people who are passionate about transforming and bringing wisdom-based principles to the work environment. Limited to 15 people.

  Cost: $1,600 for the six-month course.

  Location: San Francisco Bay area (Space to be determined)

  If interested, please let us know about yourself by filling out this short form.

  Questions: Email courses@wisdom2conference.com.

  Facilitators

  Michelle Gale
  Leadership & Development, Twitter

  Michelle has been working in high-growth technology start-ups in the San Francisco area for over a decade. She began her career in staffing and moved into coaching & development work in 2008. She has a private coaching practice "Beyond Insight" and is currently working full time in Leadership and Employee Development with the awesome peeps at Twitter.

  Michelle is also a student of various mindfulness based practices, somatic awareness, and the enneagram.

  Soren Gordhamer
  Founder & Host, Wisdom 2.0

  Soren works with individuals and groups on living with greater mindfulness and purpose in our technology-rich age. He is the founder and host of the Wisdom 2.0 Conference and the author of Wisdom 2.0: Ancient Teachings for the Creative and Constantly Connected (HarperOne, 2009), one of the first books to explore a mindful relationship to modern technology and life.

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  Wisdom 2.0: Living with Purpose and Presence. A Course with Soren Gordhamer

  This six-month long course focuses on living with greater presence and purpose in our modern world. It is particularly for people who feel a shift in their life, and want to more fully align with what this shift wants.

  The course is for people interested in living guided by a deeper vision. While the technological age offers many benefits, for many people life has become increasingly chaotic, hurried, and stressful ... overwhelmed with a continual stream of emails, text messages, and cell phone calls, awareness of the body goes "off-line" and the present moment is lost. We live "disconnectedly connected," where we are connected to technology, but largely cut off from that place of balance and well being that resides within each one of us.

  This will be a practical course on aligning with and trusting the unfolding moment, and aligning with purpose and presence.

  We will have monthly in-person meetings in the Bay area for three hours, along with online discussions, and a monthly phone call. There will be books to read and practices integrated throughout the year.

  Cost: $1,000 for six-month long course. Limited to 15 people.

  Location: San Francisco Bay area (Location to be announced)

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  If interested, please let us know about yourself by filling out this short form.

  Questions: Email courses@wisdom2conference.com.  

  Facilitator 

  Soren Gordhamer

  Founder & Host, Wisdom 2.0

  Soren works with individuals and groups on living with greater mindfulness and purpose in our technology-rich age.

  He is the founder and host of the Wisdom 2.0 Conference and the author of Wisdom 2.0: Ancient Teachings for the Creative and Constantly Connected (HarperOne, 2009), one of the first books to explore a mindful relationship to modern technology and life.

  He has led mindfulness programs in a wide range of settings, including to youth in New York City juvenile halls, trauma workers in Rwanda, teachers in Nigeria, and US technology companies.

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