CCL Training: Motivational Interviewing Basics

Join John Sabin, CCL Great Lakes Regional Co-Coordinator, for a training that will show you how to use Motivational Interviewing to more effectively connect with your members of Congress, local leaders, or even members of your own CCL group.  “Motivational Interviewing” is a communication style that fosters collaboration and offers you as an advocate a package of skills to collaborate with anyone, especially “difficult people.” As a well-regarded professional approach Motivational Interviewing has thirty years of research across many fields and more than 1,000 studies demonstrating its effectiveness.

Skip ahead to the following section(s):
(0:00) Intro & Agenda
(2:23) Origins & Value of Motivational Interviewing
(5:33) The Spirit of Motivational Interviewing
(9:17) Four Processes of Motivational Interviewing
(11:37) Reflective Listening: the Core Skill (OARS)
(20:45) Summary &  Demonstration

Presentation Slides: http://cclusa.org/mi-slides 
CCL Community Training Page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/123