2025-2026 Learning in Community (LinC) Workshops

The Ginsberg Center offers multiple workshops to support students and staff who are working with communities through courses, student organizations or independently. Learning in Community (LinC) is an educational workshop and training series focused on supporting those interested in community engagement, social justice, democratic engagement, advocacy, activism and philanthropy. Sessions address one or more of the following areas:

Principles and Practice of Ethical Community Engagement
Democratic Engagement
Leadership for Social Change

In addition to our LinC Workshop Series, groups can also request individual workshops. For more information, or to submit a request for one of the below workshops, please visit our website: https://ginsberg.umich.edu/linc

Appreciative Interviewing (October 16)

Available Seats 20

October 16, 2025 - 4:30pm - 6:00pm

Edward and Rosalie Ginsberg Center

An advanced discussion of how to prepare for, conduct, and wrap up interviews/qualitative data gathering. In this session, staff from U-M’s Ginsberg Center will share methods for skills in appreciative interviewing, an approach to interviewing that emphasizes interviewee expertise and encourages interviewers to guard against deficit-based thinking. Throughout the session, we’ll model discussions and activities from Ginsberg Center that you can use to prepare for interviewing; in the process, you’ll have the opportunity to practice skills that will strengthen your own communication be it in office hours, classroom instruction, supervision, or other contexts.

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