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Stepping Stones Diabetes Workshop

iStock 545786906smStepping Stone 1: Spark Interest, Build Trust, and Inspire Hope

A two-day workshop designed to ignite interest in a different way to think, talk, and do diabetes, based upon a foundation of hope, empowerment, and equity. Over two days, participants will consider the opportunities for better outcomes and a better future for people with diabetes and how each one of us can make a difference. Participants will engage in a workshop that sparks hope and brings to life the possibilities for people with diabetes in their communities. 

Learning objectives: 

  • Consider a community based approach to diabetes prevention and screening, for the faces yet to come
  • Brainstorm current community assets and build bridges to address current gaps 
  • Discuss community-based approaches to keeping the blood flowing including traditional approaches (traditional foods, traditional medicines, and cultural activities) 
  • Apply the role of empowerment and inspire hope in the possibilities 
  • Learn about current state of the art tools and technologies available today for diabetes self-management 
  • Discuss the many influences on individual and societal relationships with food and ways to support a joyful and comfortable approach to food for diabetes
  • Draw on your own experiences to create options for optimal diabetes care 
  • Learn why current approaches to diabetes care perpetuate the acute/medical care model and how to change this approach 
  • Improve diabetes knowledge and practical application skills for the real world 
  • Develop a plan to begin using new skills when you return to work 
 

What are past participants saying about this workshop?

"The Stepping Stones Workshop offered an inviting atmosphere amongst peers to learn and grow alongisde of one another. The information provided is very useful and appropriate in my Indigenous community setting. Thank you to both Barb and Rebecca for facilitating and teaching this lovely workshop."

"Thank you again so so much for an incredible 3-day workshop! It has brought so much inspiration & energy into my work life." 

"I really enjoyed the aspect of the circle of equality. It pulled us all together. Great concept."

"I feel this workshop was very informative, and I definitely learned so much."

Upcoming dates for Session #1 are:

February 5-6th, 2025: 8:00 am - 3:00 pm PST/11:00 am - 6:00 pm EST
May 7-8th, 2025: 8:00 am - 3:00 pm PST/11:00 am - 6:00 pm EST

Cost: $599 +tax/participant per session

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Stepping Stone 2 - Take Action-Keep the Flame Going!

Moving onto the second stepping stone, participants will engage in a multi-week workshop, with once weekly meetings for two hours initially, and tapering through three months. Participants will practice and sharpen the skills and knowledge learned in the first stepping stone and become more hopeful and inspired as they engage in a deeper dive into the foundational values (love, respect, courage, honesty, wisdom, humility, truth). Learn practical application skills to truly make a difference through skill building at an individual level and beginning to think and plan for larger groups of people with diabetes in the community. Coaching will include specific approaches to equity in diabetes management to keep blood flowing. We ask that all participants registering for Stepping Stone #2 have taken the Stepping Stone #1 workshop as a prerequisite. 

Learning objectives:

  • Turn knowledge to action with practical application skills stemming from the first stepping stone
  • Explore your role and ability to influence those around you using a strengths based and loving approach to diabetes
  • Deepen the understanding of blood glucose management, medications, and application of diabetes knowledge
  • Explore the opportunity for needs assessments and scans at the community level to determine where opportunities exist
  • Consider an across the lifespan and across the community approach to screening with purpose, including pregnancy, children, youth and adults
  • Dive deeper in the concepts around healthy relationships with food and applying the foundational principles for food and diabetes
  • Continue building the vision about what’s possible, with specific consideration of your community or organization

Cost: $1250/participant

Please inquire if you are interested in taking Stepping Stone #2 and you have previoulsy completed Stepping Stone #1.

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Stepping Stone 3  - Spread Hope and Possibility: Make it Happen

In the third stepping stone, participants will once again join a community of others to engage in an interactive and practical workshop. We’ll meet once per week for 2 hours initially and taper through a three month period, building on the first two stepping stones. Participants will develop a collaborative and strategic plan for diabetes with their whole community, with the overall goal to protect blood vessels now and several generations from now. Working together we will roll up our sleeves and make things happen by further building skills and creating a plan that is developed by and for the community and those who work, live in and have big hopes for people with diabetes in their communities. Participants will become more hopeful and inspired to support people with diabetes in their communities to keep blood flowing, now and several generations from now. We ask those registering for Stepping Stone #3 to have completed Stepping Stone 1 and 2.  

Learning Objectives:

  • Utilize tools to support the creation of your community diabetes plan
  • Take advantage of the wealth and breadth of diabetes experience and community knowledge of your fellow participants
  • Identify appropriate timing and ideal factors to launch 
  • Discuss the integration of community buy-in and leadership support for the success of the plan
  • Identify outcomes, measurement, and evaluation parameters for your community plan (what does success look like, when and how to make tweaks to the plan)
  • Further map out of the community assets and opportunities, including the 
  • Build the skills and confidence to take your plan across the finish line

Cost: $1250/participant

 

 

IDEA Diabetes Workshop Policies

We truly understand that life happens. This is why we have tried to create a flexible approach to our workshop policies. 

  • After registration, if you are no longer able to attend, we are willing to offer you a credit for a future session or the option to send someone in your place. 
  • It is not necessary to commit to all three workshops from the beginning. We invite you to join us for Stepping Stone #1 and determine if our approach is a good fit for you and the community you work with. 
  • Since the workshop offering is virtual, it is optimal if participants have access to a high-speed internet connection, a camera and a microphone to have the full experience from participation, however we recognize that this can be a challenge and still encourage people to participate, in whatever way they can. 

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