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Invitation to be interviewed by
Edwin Rutsch
One on one Skype Video Interviews
Dialogs on How to Build a Culture of Empathy and Compassion
http://bit.ly/y8WS7V
As an expert on the nature of empathy or compassion, I'd
like to interview you on Skype video. I've interviewed many 'Empathy
Experts', including top
researchers, scientists, educators, artists, etc. Previously I
would do onsite sit-down interviews. While I still do these, I am now
interviewing empathy experts using Skype video calls. If you would be willing
to share your stories, insights and experiences about the nature of empathy and
compassion, I would like to interview you. Just
send me a email and we can
line up a date and time.
The Process
Here is the process for
doing a video interview via Skype. This is a very convenient
process that you can do from the comfort of your home or office (perhaps
at a cafe or sitting on a beach in the Bahamas). In fact, it can be done
anywhere that you have a computer, fast internet access, a
microphone and webcam. (While I haven't tried it yet, I think it's even possible
to do these interviews from your smart phone using Skype mobile).
The technical parts of getting set up Skype can be found here in our
description of how to host a
panel for our conference on empathy.
The first 5 or 10 minutes of the interview are sometimes
used for setting up the technology, i.e. getting the audio levels right,
framing the video image, making sure there's no audio feedback, etc.
Once we have Skype working properly, it's easy to do
the interview. The interviews are
a causal conversation and last for 30 to 60 minutes.
Promotion
Once the interview is uploaded to
Youtube, we create an outline transcript of the interview and then
promote it our 30,000+ email, Facebook and Facebook Causes
supporters lists. I am also
working on a larger documentary on the nature of empathy and parts of
the interview my be used for that.
The interview can also be the first step in taking part
in a panel for our
International Online Conference on:
How Can We Build a Culture of Empathy and Compassion? Yearlong
from January 1, 2012 to January 1, 2013
Dialogs on How to Build a Culture of Empathy.
The main interview series is called,
'Dialogs on How to Build a Culture of Empathy.' The
interview is framed around the question of how to build a culture of
empathy and/or compassion? How can we raise the level of empathy in society? The
discussion can go in any direction from there and can be informed by
your area of expertise or personal experience. Here are some sample
interviews. Also see our
Education Conference
Interviews
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Maia Szalavitz & Edwin
Rutsch: Dialogs on How to Build a Culture of Empathy |
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Coauthor: Born for Love: Why Empathy Is
Essential and Endangered
Empathy - fully expressed in a community of
nurturing interdependent people - promotes health, creativity,
intelligence, and productivity. In contrast, apathy and lack of
empathy contribute to individual and societal dysfunction,
inhumane ideologies, and often brutal actions. |
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Karen Gerdes & Edwin Rutsch: Dialogs on How to Build a
Culture of Empathy |
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Associate Professor, School Of Social Work,
Arizona State University.
We propose that a targeted and structured
explication of empathy is a useful, if not essential, foundation
for social work theory and practice. We outline a social work
framework for empathy, one that is rooted in an interdisciplinary
context, emphasizes recent findings in the field of social
cognitive neuroscience, and yet is embedded in a social work
context..., students can learn to use their knowledge, values, and
skills, informed by empathy, to take empathic action consciously. |
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There are many more interviews. Explore the
website for more.
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