The course provides opportunities to enhance:
- empathy and sensitivity
- interpersonal social skills
- leadership qualities
- conflict management
- understanding of group-dynamics
- self-knowledge
Communication courses of this kind have been developed in Scandinavia since 1970 by medical doctors and psychologists with an interest in Acem Meditation and self-understanding. The training is now also available to English-speaking participants, provided that a sufficient number register.
Each communication group has 6-9 participants and 1-2 leaders.
Typical daily programme
0815 - 0915 Breakfast
0915 - 1200 Communication groups
1215 - 1300 Lunch
1315 - 1615 Work tasks, walk, self-evaluation
1615 - 1745 Communication groups
1800 - 1930 Dinner
1930 - 2115 Self-activated groups
2130 - Social gathering, Diary and daily report
Ca. 2300 Good night
Interviews with previous participants
- "Coming home alive." Jan Claudius
- "Better to ride the horse than be stuck in the stirrup." Ingelin Rössland
- "90 years old and on the road to reconciliation." Berit Østbye
- "This will make my life more colourful." Olga Leschen
- "An extraordinary course." Edwin McGillavry
- "Svein Strømberg at the Acem communication course."
- "I communicate better with patients and families." Jacqueline Robert
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(for 2012) The course is open to those who have learnt Acem Meditation.
Discounted course fees:
The course fees above are for participants residing outside Scandinavia only: 30 percent off the regular fee when paid before 1 March, 18 percent off the regular fee when paid after 1 March.
The fee includes full board (lacto-vegetarian diet) and ensuite accommodation in a single room.
Information, registration and payment
Scandinavian participants
Contact Acem Norway (tel: +47 23 11 87 00, address: P. O. Box 2559 Solli, NO-0202 Oslo, Norway)
Non-Scandinavian participants:
Use "Registration and payment" button at the top of this column. For info, contact Acem International.
Registrations close on 31 March, 2012.
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Arrival and departure
Shared transport will be arranged from Oslo Airport Gardermoen (not Oslo Airport Torp or Oslo Airport Rygge) on 28 April at 11.30am, as well as back to the airport on 6 May at 2pm (estimated arrival: 3.30pm).
Course number:
V12400
Instructors
Halvor Eifring
General Secretary of Acem International. Professor of Chinese, University of Oslo.
Ole Gjems-Onstad
Head of Acem International, Dr Juris, Professor of Fiscal Law, Norwegian School of Management
Turid Berg-Nielsen
Head of Acem Germany. Professor of Psychology at the University of Trondheim.