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Freedom Week Saskatoon Conf: Powerless to Powerful
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010
Celebrate with us!
MARK YOUR CALENDAR!!
The Saskatoon chapter of Business & Professional Women hosts the
Powerless to Powerful Conference
Empowering ourselves against workplace bullying
Saturday-Sunday October 23-24
Travelodge, 106 Circle Drive, Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
Hon. D. Morgan, Q.C.
Invited Guests:
• Don Morgan, MLA, Minister of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety
• Peter J. Barnacle, Woloshyn & Co. Barristers, Labour & Employment specialist
• Dr. Ruth Namie & Dr. Gary Namie, Workplace Bullying Institute, presentations on Sat. Oct. 23
Ruth: (1) Impact of Bullying on Individuals, Family & Community; (2) Targets & Self-Defeating Strategies
Gary: (1) Identifying Bullying; (2) Converting Witnesses to Interveners; (3) Causes of Bullying in Societal & Organizational Traditions
• Shelle Rose Chavert & others
Registration details: Early (before Sept. 23) $295 (CDN); Sept 24 – day of event, $395.
Online registration will be available soon. Watch this space.
Tags: BPW, Freedom Week, Gary Namie, Ruth Namie, Saskatoon, SK, workplace bullying
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Workplace bullying experts coming to No. Cal. during Freedom Week
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010
Celebrate with us!
To help celebrate Freedom Week 2010 in Northern California, spend
An Evening with Ruth and Gary Namie
Tuesday October 19, South San Francisco – Grosvenor Best Western Hotel
Wednesday October 20, Sacramento — Radisson Sacramento
Each night the doors open at 6 pm.
The Drs. Namie will lead a seminar from 7 to 9 pm covering.
• Updates on the newest science related to bullying
• Status of the workplace bullying movement begun in Benicia in ’97
• Employer responses to bullying
• Status of the law in various states
Afterwards, members of California Healthy Workplace Advocates (CHWA) will be present to describe the 2011 campaign to enact the anti-bullying Healthy Workplace Bill.
S. San Francisco hotel location: 380 S. Airport Blvd., SSF
Sacramento hotel location: 500 Leisure Lane, Sacramento
Tags: California Healthy Workplace Advocates, CHWA, Gary Namie, Healthy Workplace Bill, Ruth Namie, workplace bullying
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Healthy Workplace Bill hearing in Wisconsin
Friday, April 2nd, 2010
AB 894 (sponsored by Rep. Kelda Roys) gets its public hearing in the Assembly Labor Committee on Wed. April 7 at 10:30 am, Room 225 Northwest, State Capitol in Madison Wisconsin. Please attend and/or testify if you can. Contact the Wisconsin State Coordinator with your plans (wi at healthyworkplacebill.org). Everyone please write to the committee members and sponsors using the WBI E-Z Lobby Letter E-Mailing Tool.
Tags: AB 894, Labor Committee, Rep. Roys, Wisconsin
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Wisconsin Workplace Bullying workshop
Friday, April 2nd, 2010
Wed. April 7 at 3 pm, Assembly Parlor room (2nd fl, west wing, outside Assembly chamber), State Capitol, Madison, Wisconsin. A workshop by Dr. Gary Namie , WBI Director, is held for legislators, bill sponsors, bullied individuals and the general public. Topics include the science of workplace bullying and the rationale for the state Healthy Workplace Bill under consideration, AB 894. Download the flyer.
Tags: AB 894, Namie
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Smart Talk radio show
Monday, February 22nd, 2010
WITF-FM (Harrisburg, PA) hosted a 55 min. discussion about Workplace Bullying on Monday Feb. 22 Listen at the archived Smart Talk show website or listen at the WBI Audio page.
Tags: Harrisburg, radio, smart talk, WITF
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International Association on Workplace Bullying & Harassment
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
As a follower of the workplace bullying phenomenon, you are invited to join the new IAWBH organization. Tell your friends. Begun at the biannual conference held in Montreal in 2008 (described at this site), this group which was primarily limited to academic researchers in the early years is now reaching out to a broader constituency — clinicians, practitioners, non-academics.
The next conference is June 2-4, 2010 in Cardiff, Wales. WBI will be represented with Dr. Gary Namie and Prof. David Yamada delivering keynote addresses and presenting papers.
Tags: Cardiff, conference, IAWBH, Namie, Yamada
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Alberta Occupational Health Nurses Conference
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
Gary Namie will offer a May 28 workshop for AOHN reps & stewards at their conference in Banff. Read the conference brochure.
Tags: AOHN, Banff, conference, union, workshop
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New Documentary Announcement
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
Please check out this film! The Drs. Namie and the WBI Legislative Campaign are featured. It’s a documentary that begins with post office homicide and then introduces bullying as a potential toxic feature of the work environment that can set the stage for violence.
“Delivers a potent mix of shocking truth, honest analysis and dark humor”
COMING TO THEATERS IN 2010
Feature documentary Murder by Proxy: How America Went Postal offers a provocative examination of the possible role of hostile work environments in mass murder incidents, starting with the earliest USPS mass murder-suicide in 1986.
At a time when tensions are rising again in the Postal Service and in other workplaces across America, Murder By Proxy is a simply a must-see film.
Spread the word, forward the link to this announcement to your friends
Tags: bullying, going postal, massacre, Murder by Proxy, USPS, violence
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New WBI Coach to join team
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
We proudly announce that a licensed mental health counselor is joining the WBI staff to offer coaching for bullied targets. Prior to this, Dr. Namie, not a clinical psychologist or therapist, was able to offer strategic advice without being able to help on more vexing emotional matters. He will still be available for expert witness and high-level strategizing.
But for individuals overwhelmed by the emotional morass of early-stage bullying or the effects of prolonged exposure to workplace stress, we offer telephone coaching/counseling by Jessi Brown, MS, LMHC, LPC. We plan to offer her telephone services one day per week starting in December. That day has not been determined yet. You can request a 55 min. session with Ms. Brown via e-mail (info at workplacebullying dot org) and we will contact you to select a convenient time.
INTRODUCTORY RATE of $50 (US) per hour.
Tags: coaching, counseling
Posted in Bullying Tutorials, Events, Health Care | 1 Comment »
Freedom Week Thank You
Monday, November 2nd, 2009
Here at WBI we would like to thank everyone who was involved with Freedom From Workplace Bullies Week 2009.
Freedom from Workplace Bullies Week was a chance to break though the shame and silence surrounding bullying. It was a national call to action. Anyone can participate in the way they seem fit. Here are some examples of ways people celebrated.
“I composed an unemotional, professional letter to our Board of Directors and sent it.”
“I put up a poster in my local career center. “
“I put a poster in the HR office, and published an article in our company’s newsletter.”
“I posted awareness messages on my facebook and myspace accounts about Freedom Week. I also posted it on my anti-bully blog.”
“I wrote a letter to our local chamber of commerce.”
One college professor led a discussion on the topic of workplace bullying.
Many people reported having conversations with loved ones or co-workers. Many others posted posters around their home town.
Thank you to all who participated.
If you are interested in doing more for Freedom From Bullies Week next year please let us know.
Tags: Freedom Week
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