Events
Join the CMM Institute for Personal and Social Evolution as we welcome internationally recognized health communication scholar and practitioner Dr. John Parrish-Sprowl for an exploratory conversation titled, Communication Is Bioactive, as the first installment in our Communication Creates Series. In this 90-minute webinar, Dr. Parrish-Sprowl unpacks the science behind how communication biologically shapes our minds, bodies, and relationships.
In the spirit of Coordinated Management of Meaning (CMM), this webinar will challenge the conventional view of communication as merely the transmission of information, acknowledging that in the same way we know communication to create our social worlds, it similarly shapes our biologic functions. Drawing from Epigenetics, Quantum Science, and a CMM-informed framework, Dr. Parrish-Sprowl will explore communication as a bioactive process with far-reaching implications for our physical, mental, and emotional health and well-being.
Whether you are a healthcare professional, educator, leader, or simply interested in the creative power of communication in your own life, this conversation will illuminate communication, not just as a way of naming our biology, but also shaping it.
Dr. Parrish-Sprowl will be taking questions. So, come curious!
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Date: Wednesday, August 6, 2025
Time: 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm Eastern US Time
Location: Zoom (link provided upon registration)
Cost: $20*
* If this cost presents a barrier to attending for you, please contact abbievanmeter@gmail.com.
Past Events
Meeting of the Waters: At the Relating Systems Thinking and Design conference
Meeting of the Waters: At the Relating Systems Thinking and Design conference
Abbie VanMeter and Sergej van Middendorp, together with colleagues George Fedha, Laurence Habib, Dewi Hartkamp, Flavio Mesquita da Silva, and Fred Steier, recently presented a paper and facilitated a workshop at the 13th Relating Systems Thinking and Design conference in Oslo, Norway. Their paper explores how we can design for collaborative support networking that affords the co-creation of regenerative, sustainable, and just futures in the face of the many catastrophic events we are currently facing.
Is CMM transformative? An invitation for exploration
Is CMM transformative? An invitation for exploration
Bart Buechner, Sergej van Middendorp and Rik Spann will be hosting a roundtable discussion at the International Transformative Learning Conference to be held in April They will be exploring the proposal that CMM is transformative. Bart Buechner has offered an outline of their ideas and invites you to explore them further at the conference.
Community Webinars 2022
Community Webinars 2022
We are planning a series of community webinars for 2022. The first meeting is planned for 28 April and you will need to register in advance.
Global Social Witnessing Lab: Conference and interviews
Global Social Witnessing Lab: Conference and interviews
The Global Social Witnessing lab to be held last year is now rescheduled as an online event to be held from March 15 to 18, 2021. Join 11 artists and social activists and listen to 14 scholars who will foster and reflect on GSW activities.