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Barry Nilsson, together with BMS
and the Australian Insurance Law Association (AILA), invite you to a practical session designed to breakdown the fears and biases that are barriers to inclusive conversations for a sustainable future.
You may already be familiar with presenter Kirk Docker, co-creator and director of the ABC program You Can’t Ask That, which offers a window into the unheard stories of misunderstood and marginalised Australians. Through this experience, he has honed a range of techniques that allow him to communicate effectively and empathetically with any subject.
In this session, Kirk will unpack those interview processes and techniques to help you to communicate more productively in the workplace and everyday life. Attendees will walk away with a system for deconstructing the barriers for effective, inclusive dialogue, covering:
- Looking past the stereotypes and personal bias
- Asking the difficult questions
- Interrogating versus understanding - how to ask questions with care
- How to help someone express themselves with authenticity
- Understanding people’s contexts and motives
- Balancing communicating with a plan and improvising in the moment
- How to increase understanding between people of different ages, backgrounds and statuses.
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Meet Our Speaker
Kirk Docker is one of Australia’s finest interviewers and storytellers. He is the Co-Creator and Director of the ABC program You Can’t Ask That, now in its 7th season. The show has been awarded Rose d’Or, AACTA and Walkley awards and is the most successful format in ABC history, selling to 17 territories, and broadcast in 9 different languages worldwide. Currently, Kirk is directing his new program, I Was Actually There, slated for broadcast on the ABC this year.
When it comes to the content he creates, no subject is off-topic. Kirk’s interviewees range from ex-politicians to ice users to sexual assault survivors. He has a deep curiosity, compassion and playfulness that elicits honesty from his participants, many of whom have never sat in front of a camera before. Through thousands of hours of open dialogue, what’s become clear to Kirk is that every human, no matter what they believe or how high their stature, shares a core value: the desire to be understood.