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Because It Matters Presents:
A Workplace Civility Luncheon and Workshop
May 5, 2010
Venetian Golf & River Club
502 Veneto Boulevard
Venice, FL 34275
Luncheon Lecture, 12:00 -1:00 p.m.
Essentials of Modern Business Dining
Whether it's a high profile executive dinner meeting, a fundraising reception, or client appreciation night at work, your reputation is at stake if you don't know how to properly mix business and pleasure situations at the dining table. Join Civility Expert Lew Bayer for a four course meal and brush up on your social, dining, and communication skills.
Topics covered include:
- Making reservations, coming to the table, and interacting with service personnel
- Rationale for dining etiquette
- Greeting, seating and conversing with guests
- Proper use of napkins and utensils
- Tipping protocol
- General business dining tips
Interactive Workshop, 1:15 - 4:00 p.m.
Civility at Work: Making Your Livelihood More Livable
We can improve civility and collegiality within our organizations! Actually making it happen can be a challenge. So, what can organizations do? How can civility practices be infused into existing training tools? How can you ensure a constant "drip" of civility theory and action, and how can you foster continuous engagement?
Join us to discuss the answers to these important questions and come away with the following tools:
- Quick and effective "workplace culture" assessments
- Social intelligence assessments to use when hiring
- Toxic behavior assessments to use in performance reviews
- Civility needs assessment to use when outlining civility initiatives
- Civility vocabulary and how to infuse it
- Civility best practices e.g., plain language, elements of cultural competence, communication style guides
This half-day program is complimentary.
Presented by civility expert, Lew Bayer, founder of the Center for Cultural Competence and President of civilityexperts.com. Ms. Bayer is recognized as Canada's leading expert on civility in the workplace with a focus on social intelligence and culturally-competent communication.
To register for this event, please click here.
"Outstanding Community Partner" award recognizes Foundation's civility initiative
Community of Caring National Awards also Go to Local Schools, Student
VENICE, FL (July 10, 2009) - The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Center for Community of Caring presented its 2009 Outstanding Community Partner award to Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice for funding and coordinating Community of Caring programs in 18 schools in Sarasota County. The schools' participation in the acclaimed character education program is made possible through the Foundation's regional Because It Matters civility initiative, marking the first time that Community of Caring has partnered with a community foundation to play a role in a larger community initiative.
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"Maintaing Civility in a Time of Workplace Uncertainty"
Because It Matters Workplace Initiative to Present Panel Discussion
VENICE, FL - For Immediate Release. Substance abuse, domestic violence, suicide - all are on the uptick as the economy continues on a downslide. Because It Matters, the community civility initiative, offers workplaces and their employees an antidote to ongoing stress through recognizing and practicing civil behavior. To give Gulf Coast businesses and their employees tools for improving their workplaces by enhancing civility, the second in a series of complimentary workshops will be held May 19, 2009.
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Community Takes A Stand For Civility (October 3, 2007)
VENICE, FL (October 3, 2007) – What if you received a smile with every sales transaction and smiled back? What if your neighbor picked up your trash can lid rather than watching it blow down the street? What if you didn’t shake your fist at the driver who wouldn’t let you merge into traffic? Research tells us that those actions would make us feel good. And emotions are contagious. When humans feel good, those good feelings extend to the next person we encounter. Human brain chemistry signals us to feel better about the world around us. That is the essence of Because It Matters, the civility initiative announced today by Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice (Florida).
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MEDIA ALERT - Because It Matters Kickoff Event (October 3, 2007)
Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice, with the guidance of more than 100 community volunteers, is initiating a campaign for civility in our region called Because It Matters. The campaign will stress improving quality of life by increasing civic participation, civil discourse, and social capital. There will be several initiatives within the campaign-workplace, neighborhood and civic organizations, and schools.
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