Open Workshops

For anyone interested in having more powerful, productive and satisfying conversations, we offer many open SAVI® trainings and workshops each year. These trainings provide a way of understanding How communication works and What you can do to make decision making, conflict resolution, problem solving, interest sharing, and intimacy easier in your personal or professional life.

SAVI Training Pathways

These open workshops, offered by certified SAVI trainers in various locations around the country, allow individuals to deepen their understanding of SAVI theory and application. We invite you to attend as many workshops as you’d like, increasing in depth as you learn.  

Note on using SAVI: We encourage all workshop participants to use SAVI to track and modify your own behavior at home, with clients, and at work. There are two additional guidelines to keep in mind:

• SAVI materials are copyrighted and may not be reproduced.
• To offer trainings specifically identified as SAVI, you must be a certified SAVI Trainer. This protects the SAVI trademark, guaranteeing that training events identified as SAVI have integrity in theory and application. With an addditional SAVI training after the basic workshop you may begin to use SAVI as a tool with your clients — starting to map their communication behaviors and make input to their communication patterns. Also see the FAQ page: http://www.savicommunications.com/FAQ.html.

For more information or to register for workshops, contact:

For international training, contact:
Fran Carter: carter2229@aol.com

Upcoming Workshops

PHILADELPHIA, PA

SAVI® THREE-DAY INTERMEDIATE WORKSHOP:
Theory, Coding, Application
with Claudia Byram and Fran Carter

In-depth mastery of SAVI deepens your use of this tool by broadening your ability to think about the implications of the ideas behind SAVI, to link these ideas to behavior and to generate ideas about the system producing them — that is, a diagnosis of the system.

In this workshop we will focus on:

• Honing the ability to produce behaviors accurately
• Thinking through coding criteria while actually coding live material
• Creating dialogues for coding that demonstrate particular SAVI theoretical constructs and linking them to behavioral outputs
• Exploring how to organize the data collected to give a picture of the communication pattern from which a diagnosis can be made

Goals:
1) Grasp of theory underlying SAVI
2) Connect theory to system patterns
3) In-depth skill in recognizing (coding) and producing behaviors

Dates: October 27-29, 2018
Time: All day each day
Fee: $650

For questions or more information contact:
Fran Carter (carter2229@aol.com) or
Claudia Byram (claudiabyram@gmail.com)

To register, make your check to SAVI Communications, and mail to:
SAVI Communications
123 South Broad St. Suite 2037
Philadelphia PA 19109
** For credit card payment via PayPal, please contact Claudia.

SAVI® TWO-DAY FOUNDATION WORKSHOP:
Foundations of SAVI: Observing Behavior, Seeing Systems at Work, in Therapy, at Home and in Ourselves
with Claudia Byram and Fran Carter

SAVI (System for Analyzing Verbal Interactions) maps communication behaviors that contribute noise and those that build clarity in any human system: organizations, work groups, families, clients and everyday life. Learn to recognize repetitive, unproductive communication loops as well as system patterns that free energy for problem-solving and work.

Goals:
1) Explore the flow through the SAVI Grid from red/yellow to yellow/green
2) Widen the range of "alert" recognition and change strategies
3) Examine SAVI as a tool for real-world change
4) Begin practice in training others to undo Red patterns and to undo alerts that trigger others into Red Light behavior

Dates: January 5-6, 2019
Time: All day Saturday & Sunday
Fee: $450

For questions or to register contact:
Fran Carter (carter2229@aol.com) or
Claudia Byram (claudiabyram@gmail.com)

To register, make your check to SAVI Communications, and mail to:
SAVI Communications
123 South Broad St. Suite 2037
Philadelphia PA 19109
** For credit card payment via PayPal, please contact Claudia.

NETHERLANDS

SAVI Introductory Workshop in Dutch
April 10-11, 2019
led by Hella Ritz and Cunera van Hal

Come learn the nuts and bolts of SAVI and practise having more productive and satisfying conversations. SAVI is a practical, theory-based tool created by Agazarian & Simon for diagnosing and having more successful communications at work and in our personal lives. This two-day SAVI training is open to those new to SAVI and to those who want more familiarity.

• Find out why some conversations work and others get stuck
• Discover ways to reduce "noise" in conversation, so the information can be heard and problems can be solved more easily
• Try out new verbal behaviours to build our teams, groups, relationships and organisations
• Develop your "SAVI muscle" in an interactive workshop, in Dutch, with exercises, simulation and role plays

More details, link to flyer and information on fees and signup
https://qenco.nl/savi/ or https://www.lichtopdezaak.nl/activiteiten/savi-introductietraining/

LONDON

Building Bridges in Divisive Times: Using SAVI
to See Communication Patterns & Build Bridges
June 10-11, 2019
led by Fran Carter & Rowena Davis

SAVI (System for Analyzing Verbal Interaction) is a tool that helps us see our communication patterns and the impact they have on us and those around us. How we communicate influences our ability to solve problems wherever we are. Some patterns support division while others promote collaboration. We will practise strategies for shifting problematic patterns.

This workshop, and the following one below, consolidate & build on previous SAVI workshops and are designed for anyone:

• Working with or in organisations
• Working in clinical and community settings
• Wanting to enhance how you relate to differences and conflicts in your life.

Open to those who have done the Introductory SAVI workshop.

At the end of each day participants from the SAVI workshop come together in a large group with participants in a parallel-track Systems-Centered® workshop to practise the core Systems-Centered method of Functional Sub-Grouping to explore similarities and differences. This is an opportunity to practise integrating differences.

Dates: Monday 10 June & Tuesday 11 June, 2019
Times: 08.45 — 17.30 each day
Location: University College London, 188 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 7PH
Fees: By 30 April 2019: SCTRI members £330, Non-members £370;
From 1 May 2019: SCTRI members £370, Non-members £430.
10% discount for two workshops. We have a limited number of financial hardship places. Please email londonsct@gmail.com if you want to apply for one of these.

For more information or to register please download the flyer. or email us at londonsct@gmail.com.

Building Bridges in Divisive Times: Putting SAVI
to Work: Building Bridges & Solving Problems
June 12-13, 2019
led by Fran Carter & Rowena Davis

The goal of this two-day applications workshop is to integrate SAVI understanding and skills into the real-life contexts that participants bring to explore.

Open to those who have done the Introductory SAVI Workshop.

At the end of each day participants from the SAVI workshop come together in a large group with participants in a parallel-track Systems-Centered® workshop to practise the core Systems-Centered method of Functional Sub-Grouping to explore similarities and differences. This is an opportunity to practise integrating differences.

Dates: Wednesday 12 June & Thursday 13 June, 2019
Times: 08.45 — 17.30 each day
Location: University College London, 188 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 7PH
Fees: By 30 April 2019: SCTRI members £330, Non-members £370;
From 1 May 2019: SCTRI members £370, Non-members £430.
10% discount for two workshops. We have a limited number of financial hardship places. Please email londonsct@gmail.com if you want to apply for one of these.

For more information or to register please download the flyer. or email us at londonsct@gmail.com.

PHONE SEMINARS

Building Skills with SAVI®: Basic Seminar
Two Series of 5 Sessions (on Zoom)
Fall 2018 & Spring 2019

Refresh and deepen your skill in applying SAVI to real-life communication challenges. The work in this seminar builds on the work of the Two-Day Basic SAVI Workshop.

This is an opportunity to practice and integrate SAVI into an understanding of how communication works with oneself, significant others, families, work groups and organizations.

Goals:
1) Increase skill in recognizing SAVI behaviors—getting the SAVIGrid 'in your brain'
2) Develop your SAVI 'ear' for listening to the communication process
3) Use your skills to understand real-life challenging conversations, behaviors not people
4) Practice strategies to move your conversations toward more satisfying outcomes

For questions or more information, contact:
Fran Carter (carter2229@aol.com)

To register, contact:
Fran Carter (carter2229@aol.com) or
Claudia Byram (claudiabyram@gmail.com)

To register, make your check to SAVI Communications, and mail to:
SAVI Communications
123 South Broad St. Suite 2037
Philadelphia PA 19109
** For credit card payment via PayPal, please contact Claudia.

Using SAVI® to Recognize, Explore and Modify Role
Output: Linking SAVI with the Systems-Centered®
Construct of Role — Series of 6 Sessions on Zoom
with Claudia Byram and Frances Carter

Through the lens of SAVI we will listen for habitual communication patterns that reflect different "role systems," code the verbal behaviors, understand the patterns, diagnosis of the system goals in relation to the goals of the context and plan alternative patterns.

Goals:
1) To explore the Systems-Centered theoretical understanding of the
concept of Role
2) To develop an understanding of verbal behavior as the output
of a Role System
3) To use SAVI to map and identify functional roles as well as past
adaptive roles
4) Explore ways to modify role output

For questions or to register, contact:
Fran Carter (carter2229@aol.com)
Claudia Byram (claudiabyram@gmail.com)

To register, make your check to SAVI Communications, and mail to:
SAVI Communications
123 South Broad St. Suite 2037
Philadelphia PA 19109
** For credit card payment via PayPal, please contact Claudia.

SAVI® Advanced Applications Seminar
Series of 6 Sessions on Zoom

For Certified SAVI Trainers and post Teaching Workshop participants.

This seminar provides the context for participants to continue to integrate SAVI theory and practical application in research, consultation educational, organizational and personal contexts.

Introducing SAVI to a client, using one's own SAVI skill to guide more productive meetings, consulting with clients to improve their productivity, working SAVI into a curriculum, bringing it as a lens on therapeutic work, etc.

Goals:
1) To integrate the conceptual underpinnings of SAVI
2) To explore applications that put theory into practice
3) Strengthen the ability to talk about SAVI at a theoretical level, and to relate these ideas to the design of resesarch, teaching, presentations and intervention

For questions or to register, contact:
Fran Carter (carter2229@aol.com)
Claudia Byram (claudiabyram@gmail.com)

To register, make your check to SAVI Communications, and mail to:
SAVI Communications
123 South Broad St. Suite 2037
Philadelphia PA 19109
** For credit card payment via PayPal, please contact Claudia.

SAVI® Coding Workshop Followup Seminar
Series of 6 Sessions on Zoom

This seminar follows the Coding Workshop and provides a context where participants can integrate the information from the workshop and hone their coding (data collection) and mapping (organizing) skills.

The participants work with both their own materials as well as that provided by the leaders.

Goals:
1) Develop accuracy in producing and identifying SAVI behaviors
2) Organize the SAVI data into different mapping systems - sequences and patterns
3) Diagnose the systems communication strengths and weaknessess in relation to the goal of information transfer as well as the goal and roles of the context
4) Develop hypotheses related to the system development
5) Plan and test strategies for intervention

For questions or to register, contact:
Fran Carter (carter2229@aol.com)
Claudia Byram (claudiabyram@gmail.com)

To register, make your check to SAVI Communications, and mail to:
SAVI Communications
123 South Broad St. Suite 2037
Philadelphia PA 19109
** For credit card payment via PayPal, please contact Claudia.

SAVI® and SAVIGrid® are registered trademarks of Claudia Byram & Frances Carter. No material may be reproduced without written permission of the trademark holders.