You’ve attended the communication 101 seminars and are ready to level up. In this interaction session, you will practice and improve your communication skills. We will help you team up with classmates for scenarios, or you bring your partner(s) and have that conversation you’ve been putting off about your relationship, your kinks, your metamours, asking for what you want, and learn to come to a considerate resolution. Role-play your own issue or practice from a list of scenarios. By applying non-violent communication techniques to concrete matters, your ability to productively work through relationship issues will grow dramatically. After a review of communication basics with some helpful “cheat sheets,” the bulk of the class time will be on practice.
Talking the Talk
A Poly Communication Role Play Workshop
Friday, May 1st
1:30 pm
Room: Mesa
201
Key Takeaways
1.
Learn non-violent communication techniques on a handy one-pager.
2.
Practice having poly discussions one-on-one.
3.
Learn best practices for having productive conversations about poly topics.
Natalie Davis (she/her) is the author of Saying Yes: My Adventures in Polyamory (2026) and editor of the online publication Polyamory Today. Her work has appeared in Heart Affairs, Discovering Polyamory, Monogamish, and The Memoirist, and her opinions about polyamory have been published in The Washington Post. She has been interviewed on relationship podcasts and has presented workshops on communication and non-monogamy across the United States. A recovering trial lawyer, she lives in the Washington, DC, area, with her partner and metamour. You can find her on Instagram, Medium, and her website as nataliedavisadventures.