Workshops & Podcasts

2024 Culture Impact Lab

The Intersection of Workplace Culture and Social Impact Panel Discussion

Chicago, IL | May 15 - 16, 2024

Register using code KAISTOWERS300 for a discount: https://callforculture.com/culture-impact-lab

 

2024 Racial Justice at Work Summit

Creating a Joy-Centered Future

Through storytelling, Danne, Wendy, and Kai explore joy through three different cultural lenses. They use small group discussions, embodied practices, and reflection prompts to help attendees co-create joy practices they can turn to in daily life and bring into their organizations.

Register using this link: https://events.wintersgroup.com/rjaw24/

 

2024 TransTech Summit

Your Toolkit for Effective and Inclusive Leadership

Effective and inclusive leadership is a skill and a capacity that can be developed. It is tied to better business and employee engagement outcomes, and there are specific things each leader can do to deepen their capacity to lead inclusively.

Register using this link for free virtual access: https://registration.socio.events/e/2024transtechsummit/promo-codes/AAP

 

SIETAR USA 2024 Virtual Conference

The Intersection of Joy and Culture

In this workshop, Danne Johnson, Wendy Moomaw, and I explore how we recognize and reclaim joy amidst challenging times. Through storytelling, small group discussion, and reflection prompts we help attendees co-create joy practices they can turn to in daily life.

 

CPS HR Consulting January 2024 HR Webinar Series

Resolution Revolution

In this workshop, we transform broad resolutions into concrete, actionable goals. We dive into the science of habit formation, identify obstacles, and co-create the roadmap to your personal Resolution Revolution.

 

CalHR’s DEIA Office

DEIA and Allyship in the Workplace

Jamari Robinson presents materials Kai Stowers developed at the 2023 California Leads Conference

 

TNG Worklife

Season One

Producer and host Kai Stowers speaks to people in the trans, nonbinary, and gender expansive communities about their experiences in the workplace, with lessons for leaders, organizations, and workers.

Subscribe now on Substack and listen on Apple, Spotify, and Google Podcasts.

 

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Five and Nine Podcast

Episode 1.07 Burnout, Biases and Body Mindfulness

Part 1. Five and Nine closes out Season 1 with integral coach Kai Stowers, who talks to us about the Great Resignation, recognizing unconscious biases at work, and how to practice mindfulness at work.

Part 2. This is a standalone episode that features a guided meditation by Kai Stowers, an integral coach and mindfulness practitioner and our special guest for Season 1, Episode 7.


TransCanWork and the Office of LGBTQ Affairs

Transgender Day of Visibility Panel Discussion

Join me in conversation with TransCanWork as we highlight prominent trans figures, explore trans lived experiences, and confront injustices to honor Transgender Day of Visibility. TDOV is an opportunity to shine a light on the resiliency, strength, and beauty of transgender and gender expansive people.

Date: March 17

Time: 3pm Pacific Time

 

Rainbow Chamber of Silicon Valley

Creating Inclusion in the LGBTQ+ and Ally Business Community

In this session, presenter Kai Stowers will explore frameworks that allow us to make sense of individual and cultural differences as they show up in the LGBTQ+ & ally business community and share best practices to support the (TGI) trans, gender-nonconforming, and intersex communities.

 

Accountable Roots with Nadi Fantastic

Inclusive Leadership 5-Day Challenge

The objective of this 5-Day Challenge is to look through a lens of creativity and curiosity to answer two powerful questions:

  • What skills do you need to be an inclusive leader?

  • What support do you need to maintain sustainable progress?

The challenge is divided into five topics - delivering one per day in an interview + workshop format.

  1. 6 Key Ingredients of Inclusive Leadership with Kai Stowers

  2. Changing Habits and Adapting Actions with Nadi Fantastic

  3. Self-Care and How We Won't Last Without It with Joya Abbott of Wild Ember Studio

  4. [De]Centering to Lead Effectively with Nadi Fantastic 

  5. Inclusive Leadership in Action with Rhodes Perry

So, join the conversation!  

Dates: March 7-11

Time: 1pm to 2pm Pacific Time

All events are hosted LIVE, recorded, and delivered right to your inbox.

 

Touching the Earth

A Mindfulness Journey for DEI Professionals

Registration is now closed.

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Insight Timer Meditation Podcast

Mindfulness for Focus with Kai Stowers

Focus and mindfulness are closely linked. To introduce Week 3 of the October Mindfulness Challenge here on Insight Timer, Mindful Workplace Aliance member Kai Stowers shares his insights into how a mindfulness practice is interlinked with sharpened focus. He shares encouraging tips and gentle guidance from his wealth of experience.

 

The Office of LGBTQ Affairs and TransCanWork

Trans Day of Remembrance - The Historical And Human Experience

In this panel discussion, Kai joined Sydney Rogers, Emmanuelle Naranjo, and Maria Mendoza to discuss the meaning and history of TDOR, their personal experiences, and how allies can best support the transgender, gender-expansive, and intersex (TGI) communities.

60 minute panel discussion delivered over Zoom

 

Webster University DEI Conference

Webster University DEI Virtual Conference

Mindfulness and Intercultural Communication: Showing Up in Mind, Body and Heart

In this talk, Kai explores the embodied practices of mindfulness and how we can leverage them to practice self-regulation, address our biases, and bridge across differences. Based on his own experiences as a white person and a transgender man, he shares his understanding of navigating conversations from both dominant and non-dominant identities and the different strategies which may be appropriate for each case.

 

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Resilience Workshop

Mindfulness Workshop

Mindfulness in Challenging Times

90-minute workshop on mindfulness delivered via Zoom

Interview on Community Building

How to Build Community at a Social Distance

Panel interview with community builders across nonprofit and corporate organizations


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Mindfulness Workshop

NCWHL Community Convos: Kai and Mindfulness

90-minute class on mindfulness and meditation taught to community of 45 people via zoom