The
Listen, Lift, Launch
Initiative
Empowerment through Connection
We believe that transformative support begins with meaningful human connections. The Listen, Lift, Launch initiative brings a non-clinical, relational approach to human services and community outreach by reimagining mentoring, coaching, and case management. It invites helpers to dive deep within themselves and equips them with a robust toolkit of empathetic communication and connection strategies. This then enables them to provide responsive and personalized services, empowering individuals to navigate life’s challenges and unlock their own potential.
Listen
to them
Lift
them up
Launch
them out
The Goal
This initiative challenges the traditional “one-size-fits-all” models of helping people, ensuring people feel seen, heard, and supported according to their unique circumstances. It aims to bridge the gaps in community and people care, support individual empowerment, and foster connections and collaboration between those being helped and the helper, thus strengthening the communities in which they live and serve.


Facilitators: Drs. Chris and Carol Green
"The CARE-Ready Responder or Life Coach is that special individual who is so in touch with what's going on within themselves, and equipped with the right tools to connect with others, that they know how to simply ask the right questions at the right moments in guiding someone to their life's answers."
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---Chris and Carol Green (D.Hon.Causa)
Level I
This orientation and training is offered to equip and empower government & community leaders, business visionaries and neighborhood dreamers, presenting the foundation for CARE (Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Empathy).
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This training walks potential Responders through communication tips and inner preparation for connecting with people. It also dispels the myths, fears, mystery, anxiety and apprehension often associated with working alongside people outside of one's own comfort zone, background, ethnicity and culture. You, your staff, and volunteers can be transformed into confident, compassionate and creative CARE-Ready Responders!
Topics Include
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Care Ready Responding
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Our Priority is People​
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Five Keys to Connecting with People​
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The Why, The What and The Way of People
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The Six IN's of a Care-Ready Responder
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CARE Through Cultural and Core Value Differences
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The Call to CARE
Level II
This certification program mirrors the evidence-based principles of Strengths-based and Solution-focused practices, as opposed to the deficit models that have often failed in human service and community outreach. This program provides the practical application of CARE (Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Empathy) through life coaching.
This accelerated program involves instruction, coursework assignments, group discussions, and a final project that will:
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Equip you with the foundations of life coaching
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Provide ice-breakers to open dialogue
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Provide essential tracking and strategy tools
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Provide techniques to navigate various personality types & thinking styles
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Help coaches identify and overcome negative thinking
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Provide tools to develop a successful thinking plan
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Present best practices for establishing a life plan
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Launch you with a customized coaching field manual

This scholarship, established in honor of Jane Green, a woman who dedicated her life to helping those who fell through the cracks, is available to you, a fellow helper of "misses", for both Level I and II.
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To receive: Use code JGreen for 50% off your tuition when you register for Level I or Level II.
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Scholarship is automatically applied for teams.
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Learn more about the scholarship here.