Relevant Dialogues
with Venise Berry
Each
workshop can be designed
to
run from 1 to 5 hours. This interactive seminar will
accommodate 20-35 persons. Lecture style presentations
can include an unlimited audience number.
Weight and Wellness: Challenging Myths: This workshop or presentation
explores women's images and beliefs about themselves and their weight.
It will include such topics such as myths, health issues, media images,
self-esteem, beliefs, acceptance, approval, love and happiness.
Powerful Plots: Building your novel one layer at a time: This workshop examines what makes
popular novels popular. You will begin to develop your own novel
with a solid structural base that includes: scenes, chapters, complications,
twists and conflicts and characterization. The session will equip
you with twelve writing strategies, a structural base, constructive
criticism, and much more.
Racialism and the Media: This presentation explores the mediated ideology
of African-American culture. It will include five areas of media: film,
television,
radio, newspaper, and music. Major contemporary issues are discussed such
as modern racism in news, sex, and violence in rap music, black male and
female
stereotypes in film, and problems in advertising.
Success
in the 21st Century: This workshop or presentation focuses
on three components of success building: 1) Time Management 2)
Self
Concept
3) Communication.
It will explore concepts such as belief systems, change, motivation,
risk taking, adaptation, positive conditioning, habits, and goal
setting.
