Rosalind will be the keynote speaker at Penn State’s annual Dignity Day. This celebration will bring together local leaders, community members and students to promote the belief that everyone deserves to live a life of dignity. In addition, Rosalind will also host a workshop where community members and students will discover and discuss opportunities to strengthen civil discourse

Rosalind will host a workshop for the Human Kindness Initiative on Courageous Discomfort: Having Brave, Life-Changing Conversations for the PEN community.

In this virtual webinar Rosalind Wiseman will share her latest research and strategies to create cultures of belonging in international schools.

Together we will strengthen our collective understanding, compassion, and capacity to work with this generation of students. They need our wisdom, and we must understand the most effective and relevant way to reach them for our collective good. The stakes are high. No matter how much technology advances, how we manage ourselves in groups and create a sense of belonging for students, staff, faculty, administrators, and parents is the essential component to any thriving school.  

Participants will learn more about:

• Understanding the most recent research on how the drive for status and “earned prestige” drives motivation

• Identifying the key components to “wise” feedback 

• Defining the five questions teachers need to ask their students to create a classroom of belonging

• Understanding the protector, enforcer, and mentor mindset

• Teacher scripts to help avoid power struggles and miscommunication

• Case studies from international schools with lessons learned and best practices

• Explore the social dynamics of bystanding on peer to peer harassment and demonstrate intervention strategies

International schools are putting enormous resources into building a culture of belonging in their schools. We know it is the foundation for academic engagement and the safety of our young people depends on it. The stakes are high. No matter how much technology advances, how we manage ourselves in groups and build a sense of belonging in our school communities is the essential component to any thriving school.

Rosalind will join The Google School (TGS) for their first in-person meeting since becoming a new team earlier this year. Working with TGS four subteams: Inclusive Learning & Development, Onboarding & Orientation, Talent Enablement, and Googler Development, Rosalind will focus on what it means to engage in cross-regional collaboration and how to be a human centered leader in a time of great technological change.

Rosalind will kick off the 2024-25 school year with a keynote speech at the Human Kindness Initiative on Raising Our Village: Creating a Culture of Dignity for Young People.

Rosalind Wiseman and Shanterra McBride will present the keynote address, speaking on topics related to their book, Courageous Discomfort: How to Have Important, Brave, Life-Changing Conversations about Race and Racism. How do we create and sustain a community where people feel they can ask questions and make mistakes? Rosalind Wiseman and Shanterra McBride will show you how with warmth, grace, and humor.

Rosalind Wiseman and Shanterra McBride will present the keynote address and speak with small groups on topics related to their book, Courageous Discomfort: How to Have Important, Brave, Life-Changing Conversations about Race and Racism. How can we have honest conversations about topics that silence most of us or in which only a few people dominate? How do we create and sustain an inclusive community where people feel a sense of belonging? How do we know when to advocate for each other or receive feedback when our intentions don't match our impact? We live in a time where it can feel too hard, too frightening for some of us to step into these moments and make a difference.

Rosalind will speak at Miami University as part of their Lecture Series on social dynamics, emotional well-being, and leadership for unn

Lecture Series strives to bring in speakers covering a broad spectrum of contemporary issues for the Miami University, Oxford, and Southern Ohio communities. Through a seminar, dinner, lecture, and public reception, Lecture Series provides access to the speakers for as many people as possible.

Rosalind will host a virtual presentation for the St. Catherine’s community. In this presentation, she will share how young people's social group dynamics influence their interactions and offer step-by-step advice on how to navigate these common yet complex situations, such as why young people can be reluctant to ask for help. She’ll also give common-sense suggestions that adults can use to break through communication barriers.

While in Paraguay for the AMISA conference, Rosalind will host a Parent Presentation at the American School of Asuncion.

Rosalind will host a virtual presentation for the Harvard-Westlake community. In this presentation, she will share how young people's social group dynamics influence their interactions and offer step-by-step advice on how to navigate these common yet complex situations, such as why young people can be reluctant to ask for help. She’ll also give common-sense suggestions that adults can use to break through communication barriers.

How do we leave Mean Girls behind us? 

While there is so much intention and effort to empower women in the workplace, we are missing an essential understanding of the challenges women still face: moving beyond the social conditioning we thought we left behind in our adolescence. 

Without realizing why, we struggle to advocate for ourselves or communicate assertively; we avoid necessary but difficult conversations because we fear coming across as mean and uncooperative. Until we acknowledge this deep rooted social conditioning, we will sabotage our best efforts to empower, mentor, and support each other. Work doesn’t have to be like middle school. We can change our patterns. We can increase our capacity and potential individually and in our professional partnerships. 

Join Rosalind Wiseman as she takes you on a journey to understand Girl World and its implications for women in the workplace today.

As part of Rosalind’s ongoing partnership with the National Charity League, this event is focused on supporting the teen members of the organization.

Rosalind will facilitate a discussion on Courageous Discomfort.

Rosalind will speak on “How to Get MORE When You Said “Yes” to the Opportunity but Forgot to Negotiate”.

Rosalind Wiseman and Shanterra McBride, authors of Courageous Discomfort, will present the keynote speech and facilitate a workshop on Courageous Discomfort: Having Brave, Positive Life-Changing Conversations at the IECA Fall Conference in Tampa, FL.

As people in the profession of helping young people and their families decide on their next steps in higher education, our everyday experience is facilitating conversations between people who often see the world very differently. When we combine that dynamic with conversations around diversity and inclusion, things can get even more complex. 

Based on their latest book, Courageous Discomfort, Rosalind Wiseman and Shanterra McBride give the answers to handling these complex dynamics. Courageous Discomfort acknowledges the challenges of breaking through our hesitancy, frustration, and fear around issues of diversity and inclusion by grounding our thinking and actions in dignity—the belief that everyone has the right to be recognized for their inherent worth. It is only from this foundation that we can transform our work and family relationships with the skills to be effective advocates and allies for building diverse communities where all feel welcome.

Rosalind will join Psychologist, Rob Evans Ed.D and Denise Clark Pope from Stanford Graduate School of Education and Challenge Success at the Nueva School’s 2023 Innovative Learning Conference (ILC).

How do we support young people to pursue their academic and creative purpose, develop emotional and intellectual resilience, and support their mental health? What truly motivates young people, and what makes them turn away from us? How do we create SEL programs where students can see the connection and relevance between the program content and their lives?

Combining the latest understanding of adolescent development, Rosalind will show participants how to identify assumptions that can lead to miscommunications between young people and adults, including those that often contribute to the pitfalls of many SEL programs. From there, she’ll show how to transform these miscommunication moments so that we can have more positive interactions with young people, and share what young people really want from SEL programs to keep them credible and relevant.

Creating a Culture of Dignity: In this workshop, NCL leaders will learn how to create and sustain an inclusive community where people feel a sense of belonging. We’ll explore how to advocate for each other, give and receive feedback and build relationships and resilience.