(Cancelled) Empathy: A Superpower You Need (May 2024)

[This is a workshop in Changemaker Gear Up Training Series (GUTS)]

Research has shown that empathy can make you become a better friend and a team player. It boosts your productivity and builds leadership. Empathy can do more than you think. We are not heartless and empathy is one of the virtues in human relationships. However, many of us do not know how to leverage this superpower and provide solutions with its help.

In this workshop, you will learn more about empathy, how to strengthen your own empathy and to apply in everyday lives to be a better self.

Key Topics:

• The importance of empathy
• How to cultivate your empathy with just a few steps
• Create positive changes with the power of empathy
• Develop a better self with strengthened empathy

Remarks:
1. Complete 3 GUTS talks/workshops to get a certificate of participation.

2. Priority will be given to HKUST Connect registrants (Kick start your changemaking journey with HKUST Connect: https://connect.ust.hk/get-involved/register-with-hkust-connect/register)

3. To avoid interruption and hindering the progress of the session, facilitators may not admit new participants who are late for more than 10 minutes.

4. Registered students are to arrive within 5 minutes after the workshop starts; otherwise, walk-in students will be admitted to take up their spots until the workshop is full.

5. [HMAW 1905] This is a recognized event in the "Self-directed Experience" component of HMAW1905: Behavioral Foundations of University Education: Habits, Mindsets, and Wellness. To receive 1.5 hours, you must attend the event in full and miss no more than 10 minutes.