“CLICK!”
Making Meaningful Relationships
A FREE NON-CREDIT COURSE FOR USC STUDENTS
Offered by CAMPFIRES @ USC
ASK QUESTIONS – MAKE FRIENDS – BUILD COMMUNITY
A program of the USC Office of Religious Life
Instructor: CAT MOORE – philosopher and community-maker – relationship-enhancement consultant with large organizations in LA – 2005 graduate of USC
5 sessions
Wednesdays, Oct 3 – 31, 12-1:30
Location: URC 201
To register: email ORL@usc.edu – subject: “click”
“CLICK!”
Connect As Is – Listen First – Investigate – Communicate Kindness – Keep in touch
Making Meaningful Relationships
Week 1 – Foundations in Friendship – Our Narratives about Connecting
Our social dimension (interdependence), the necessity and opportunity of Friendship at USC & beyond
Kinds of friendship and the general CLICK process to make friends intentionally
Corduroy – kids’ book on the heart of friendship: being with and for each other as is
Sharing our friendship story, hopes, major obstacle or question + Visualization exercise
Week 2 – CONNECTING – Connectivity Assessment, Strategies & Tactics
Spaces, Networks/Groups, & Event Mapping (identifying easiest usc onramps to connecting)
Awareness of common obstacles to connecting, forming healthy expectations
Engaging pre-existing connections (family, high school friends, etc)
Eye Contact, Smiling, Saying Hey, and Easy Conversation Bridges
Group String Activity: the latency of connections and our capacity to connect with almost anyone
Week 3 – LISTENING & INVESTIGATING – Essential Skills in Connecting Authentically
Ways to Listen + Power of Listening (Urban Confessional Video)
Listening to others, asking questions
Listening to ourselves (engaging our thoughts, emotions, motivations, physical responses)
Assumptions/Expectations + I Saw a Cat book on seeing things through others’ eyes
Drive-Thru Listening Practice in Pairs
Space Assessment 1- Time permitting, visit “highly connective” space: Cafeteria, Library, Classroom
Week 4 – COMMUNICATING KINDNESS – Key Dispositions & Effective Expressions of Care
Verbal, Non-verbal, Digital Communication
Personal Preferences, Contexts & Challenges
Befriending oneself, self-talk
Dealing with fallout, limits & boundaries, intervention, unpredictability, changing relationships well
Space Experiment 1 – Time permitting, Intentional Acts of Kindness in a highly connective space
Week 5 – KEEPING IN TOUCH – Re-Connecting, Deepening Bonds, & Habits for Relating Well
Micro-gestures of Friendliness and Care, Sewing and watering friendship seeds, Trust Bids
Being there for each other during highs and lows and over time
Welcoming/intentionally inviting others into Open Circles/Nests
Intentional Rhythms & Scheduling for Relationships—creating a personal plan
To register: orl@usc.edu – subject: “click”
Instructor: Cat Moore | Connectors Consulting | Cat-Moore.com | cat@Cat-Moore.com
Published on September 27th, 2018Last updated on September 2nd, 2022