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Consulting Services Division
The Mind Body Awareness Project’s Consulting Services division extends MBA’s core mission – to inspire and awaken the intrinsic value of young people – by sharing our mindfulness and emotional intelligence expertise with groups, companies and agencies interested in applying these powerful tools in their respective fields.
CUSTOMIZED APPLICATIONS OF MBA CURRICULUM
We can customize applications of MBA’s curriculum for diverse populations.
• Education: Schools- Primary, Secondary, Post-Secondary
• Community Youth-Serving Organizations
• Medical & Wellness Organizations and Facilities
• Fostercare, Homeless Youth
• Adult/ Family Versions
WORKSHOPS AND TRAININGS
The following is a sample list of workshop and training topics available (custom topics also available):
• Stress Reduction
• Self-Care for Caregivers
• Cultivating Emotional Intelligence
• Mindfulness
• Navigating change skillfully
• Serving Highly At-Risk Youth skillfully and sustainably
ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONSULTING
Our organizational development approach helps companies and agencies overcome challenges, navigate change skillfully, and develop culture centered in mindfulness and emotional intelligence.
Our curriculum was developed in the challenging crucible of serving severely at-risk youth, therefore we are comfortable and adept at bringing these skills into any challenging environment. Our work with at-risk youth has given us a unique strength: bringing attention to the unspoken dynamics that affect a company, their relationships, and ultimately, their productivity.
Sample list of topics:
• Teamwork: Building human connections
• Culture: Building and integrating a culture of mindfulness
• Change: Navigating change skillfully
• Management: managing and serving internal and external constituents
• Youth: Serving severely at-risk youth skillfully and sustainably
• Conflict Resolution
• Group Process/ Project Facilitation
CUSTOM SOLUTIONS & FACILITATION
We develop customized experiential interventions to facilitate transformational change in individuals, organizations, and institutional systems – helping them to gain the self-awareness and equilibrium to clarify their work, build stronger and more stable concentration, increase their emotional competence, find greater human connection, and develop skillful ways to improve.
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People
The Mind Body Awareness Project’s Consulting Services Division is led by Gabriel Kram, former Executive Director of the MBA Project, Inc., who brings 16 years of mindfulness training, 12 years of movement-based practice, 9 years of indigenous ceremonial experience, and 4 years of Organizational Development consulting experience to the role.
During his tenure as MBA Executive Director, Gabriel forged the development of MBA’s mindfulness-based rehabilitation curriculum revision, from conception through piloting, and codification in a Treatment Manual. He established the Curriculum Advisory Board of national experts in mindfulness, youth development and corrections, and a Research Advisory Council of key scientists to supervise evaluation design for the new curriculum. He tripled the program size and increased revenue by 700%. As the measurable evidence of the intervention’s impacts became clearer, Gabriel saw an emerging need to extend MBA’s work beyond incarcerated youth into other contexts.
“For years now, we have been asked to bring these tools into the world in a broader context,” said Gabriel. “Now that the curriculum is intact, I’ve found a broader passion for taking this to all people. These tools are transformative, fundamental to building real community, and need to become widely available.”
In directing this unique set of consulting services, Gabriel leverages his strong mindfulness practice, emotional intelligence training, leadership experience, and proven success in organizational development.
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Information & Rates
For more information about MBA’s Consulting Services division, to schedule a consultation, or to learn about our rates, please contact: Gabriel Kram, Director of Consulting Services
email: GabrielATmbaproject.org
direct phone: (415) 827-7084
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Praise for MBA's Consulting Work
“The training you facilitated did exactly what we set out to accomplish; it created a safe space for us to connect at a deeper level and as a result, things are running smoother than they ever have. Connections are established, goals have been defined, and my staff and I are supporting each other through work and life in general. Also, although the program is being coordinated by me, the dynamic isn’t hierarchical. Leadership is distributed throughout the organization and all of us are contributing something meaningful to the whole program. If it hadn’t been for the training, this would have been much more difficult to achieve. I truly feel connected to my staff, and they are all utilizing the modalities we learned in our training. We are all working together now to create a safe, open space for youth to thrive in. I just wish that we could have engaged in the process for the full day rather than the half day!“
Tim Kim
Summer Gardening Program Director
Enterprise for Highschool Students
