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NEW! Life is a Stage
Make Sure You Give Your
Best Performance
We’re told to “go with the flow” and
not “sweat the small stuff”, but that’s
easier said than done. This class uses
improvisation to help participants enhance
their flexibility, adaptability, and listening
skills. Humans are born improvisers. We
don’t engage with our world reading from
a script, we wing it. Improvisation is not
always about wit and comedy or public
speaking skills; it is actually about creating
something (conversation, connection,
catalysts) with what is available. It allows
you to be ready for whatever comes next and
to handle life skillfully with good give and
take. Let performance coach, facilitator, and
improviser,
Lainie Hodges
, help you hone
your skills. Using interactive exercises and
fun improv games followed by discussion,
she will increase your ability to take what
comes and use it to your best advantage.
The results will have an immediate impact
on your professional and personal life and
enable you to show up as your best self!
$51 Non-Member
$39 Member
CFU LOWRY
: Near 1st & Quebec
4208AN: One Thu., 6:30-9:30PM 4/14
4208AO: One Sat., 9AM-12PM 5/14
4208AP: One Wed., 6:30-9:30PM 6/15
Have Them at Hello
Making a Million Dollar
First Impression
You get only one chance to make a
first impression. Learn how to master
introductions, initiate and continue
conversations, and help people to like and
remember you. This fun-filled class is highly
interactive. We’ll talk about the different
communication styles, how to recognize
and make them work for you. Discover
how to remember people’s names, words
to avoid in discussion of most anything,
and how to conclude a conversation and
more. You’ll leave with a greater awareness
of how to make others feel important by
being more present for them and you’ll
make a few new friends in the process.
Gary Michael
, PhD is author of
From First
Impressions to Authentic Connections
. Gary
has spoken about leadership to service
organizations, corporate assemblies, church
congregations, and a national political
convention. Class is held in the comfortable
setting of his home art studio.
$51 Non-Member
$39 Member
$15 recommended materials fee payable in class
CENTRAL DENVER
: 10th & Milwaukee
4529EL: One Sat., 9AM-12PM 4/2
4529EM: One Sat., 9AM-12PM 6/4
Negotiating Skills for
Women
Do you take less
than you deserve
because you hesitate
to negotiate?
Discover the skills
women can use to
overcome timidity,
embrace their unique
communication
style, and become
your best advocate. Learn the cultural and
social conditioning women experience which
often defines how we negotiate (or don’t).
Then discover the four communication
styles, which one is yours, and how to use
it. Learn how to prepare for a negotiation
by employing BATNA and professional
mediation techniques. Leave knowing how
to deal with difficult negotiators and the
confidence to ask for what you want.
Jeanne
R. Lee
is a practicing attorney, executive
coach, and trained mediator. She draws on
a wealth of first-hand experience negotiating
with everyone from tough attorneys to
teenagers in this dynamic, interactive class.
$51 Non-Member
$39 Member
$11 materials fee payable in class
CFU LOWRY
: Near 1st & Quebec
4647AB: One Sat., 1-4PM 4/2
4647AC: One Sat., 1-4PM 5/7
Assertiveness Training for
Everyone
Assertiveness is a core life skill. The
goal is to stand up for yourself and your
beliefs effectively while retaining respect
for others. We sometimes think that being
accommodating is the only way to be
nice and that standing up for ourselves is
mean. The truth is that when you suppress
your needs, you’re more likely to blurt
your feelings in thoughtless ways or to
act out your feelings indirectly. Besides
preventing others from taking advantage
of you, being your own advocate boosts
your self-esteem. Learn what the difference
is between assertiveness, aggressiveness,
and passivity. Discover a simple formula
for expressing yourself that you can adapt
to different situations. And, in a supportive
atmosphere, fine-tune and practice your
skills through role-play.
Helen Hand, Ph.D.
,
is a Clinical Psychologist with over 30 years
of experience. She is also president of
Colorado Free University.
$51 Non-Member
$39 Member
CFU LOWRY
: Near 1st & Quebec
3162AF: One Thu., 6:30-9PM 3/17
3162AG: One Tue., 6:30-9PM 4/19
3162AH: One Wed., 6:30-9PM 6/1
The Art & Science of
Reading People
A Beginner Guide to
Neuro-Linguistic Programming
Imagine how it would feel to have a deep
understanding of how the people in your
life operate. What words would work magic
with them? Discover Neuro Linguistic
Programming (NLP), the study of how
words and their associations become your
unconscious “programming” and create
your behavior. Learn the 10 presuppositions
of NLP that describe people’s underlying
beliefs. Discuss meta programming and see
how we “chunk” or process information.
Learn anchor dissolving techniques to help
you dispel automatic or habitual responses.
Leave with an understanding of how to avoid
conflicts by seeing directly into the heart
of people and situations.
Mark West
has
experience in IT and engineering and has
always been fascinated by how things work.
For over 25 years, he’s applied that curiosity
to understanding how people work as he
has studied and become a NLP master
practitioner.
$51 Non-Member
$39 Member
$5 materials fee payable in class
CFU LOWRY
: Near 1st & Quebec
8960AG: One Sun., 2-5PM 3/20
8960AH: One Wed., 6-9PM 4/27
8960AI: One Sun., 2-5PM 5/22
8960AJ: One Tue., 6-9PM 6/28
Make Money in Audiobooks
A Voice-Over Workshop
Voice-over is not just about TV and radio
commercials.
“Audiobooks” is the biggest
voice-over growth industry in the last
decade. Audiobook voice-over work can be
a good source of income and enormously
gratifying. This class focuses on how to
voice fiction and non-fiction books. Learn
about the equipment and software you need
for your home studio and how to set it up
cost effectively. Explore the different styles
of voicing non-fiction (history, biography,
science, e-books, self-help, etc.). Learn
how to bring alive a novel which requires
a narrator and suggestions of character
voices.
Find out how to market your skills
and talent.
Bill Smith
, of The Acting Studio,
coaches in all types of voice-over and has
taught voice-over training through CFU for
nine years.
In the last two years, twelve of
Bill Smith’s voice-over students have voiced
audiobooks, for pay, for a national company,
ACX.COM.
$181 Non-Member
$169 Member
$15 materials fee payable in class
EAST DENVER
: 12th & Krameria
3175C: Four Wed., 6:30-9:30PM Begins 3/23
3175D: Four Wed., 6:30-9:30PM Begins 6/1
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