The PLEDGEtalk Learning Community

About the PLEDGEtalk Learning Community

Communication is a big deal. We can't live without it. Yet it is the number one complaint in marriages and families. Looking even further at politics, racial tensions, and conflict between nations, one could argue that learning to communicate well is one of the top needs in our world today.

Sadly very few of us saw or experienced healthy communication growing up in our families, friendships, or schools. Too many of us saw more conflict than healthy and helpful conversation. That's a real problem.

We all want the best in our relationships, but we don't know how to get there. The PLEDGEtalk Learning Community is all about discovering and implementing the personal changes necessary to love others well even when in conflict.

What you learn from the courses we teach, the writings we offer, and the dialogue we share will make much sense and be highly practical. It will also be challenging. Personal change always is.

This community is a place for those who are seeking to become the best they can be at relating to others. It will take courage, love, insight, patience, forgiveness, and more. BUT you will not be alone on your journey. You will hear and learn from others who are further down the road than you and be encouraged by them in the process.

And the results? Well, they are NOT guaranteed! What?

You can become the greatest communicator possible, and love with all of your being, while someone on the other end of the conversation may still not love back. That's the risk we take.

BUT KEEP THIS IN MIND: when we learn to love well in the way we communicate, it significantly ups the chances that others will want to do the same. It creates the greatest culture possible for real and lasting change to take place so that we might indeed experience the best in our relationships. Plus, we will have the inner satisfaction of knowing we have done our best at loving others.

Why join us?

Simply put: you want to grow.

You want to learn all you can, be all you can, and do all you can to make your relationships the best they can be.

By joining the PLEDGEtalk Community, you will:

learn how to have healthy conflict conversations rather than arguments!
discover how to use the principles of PLEDGEtalk and apply them every day in every conversation with the potential of EVERY conversation being significantly better than ever before!
have access to the courses we offer.
interact with other members about what you are learning and experiencing with PLEDGEtalk.
engage in specific conversations over the course materials from each class.
Read what others are learning that will help you and yours.
Listen to and watch videos of us putting into practice what we are learning.
Infographic summaries to help remember what you have learned and create opportunities to share with others.
an open door to share your desires to make the community even better.
and much more!

Why is this FREE?

When you have been given a gift, the best thing you can do is share it with others. On many occasions, I have stopped to reflect on my life and "count my blessings." I have been given much and in turn, want to give much. In a very real sense, PLEDGEtalk is one of those many blessings I have been given. The knowledge and understanding of what it takes to love well in relationships and conversation, and resolve conflict in a healthy way has been given to me over the course of my life in a number of ways through a number of people. I simply took what was given and wrapped it up in PLEDGEtalk. It is the gift I wish to share with you and with the world.

The obvious question then is HOW - because all ventures such as this still require finances. The answer is that we will be using the idea of Paying It Forward. For all those in the community who have experienced the gift of being involved, and whose lives are changed, we ask you to consider getting behind the PLEDGEtalk Learning Community and "pay it forward" so that others can experience the same transformations in their relationships.

Whether you give or not, however, the Community remains free to you and to anyone you share it with. May it prove to be a wonderful gift in your life and in all your relationships!

My name is Mark Oelze, M.A., the author and creator of PLEDGEtalk.

Through over 30 years of counseling with individuals, marriages, and families, I have discovered what is critical to helpful and healing communication. I have learned an essential step-by-step process to work through conflict where both sides feel heard and valued. This is the core of what we call PLEDGEtalk - two words, both acronyms, and both showing the way to love well in the way we relate. You will learn PLEDGEtalk and much more in the community!

A Big thanks...

To my wife, Zerrin, the greatest listener in my world! To each of my children who have learned PLEDGEtalk well enabling us to have some of the richest conversations ever!

To Chris, a wonderful friend and coach who continues to speak in the most encouraging ways and spurring me on every time we meet!

To all those who have already joined the PLEDGEtalk Community - seeing your desire to love others well in your relationships brings great joy and satisfaction in this work.

AND FINALLY, I want to say thank you to each of you who are joining. I know you probably have questions about what you are getting into. This is normal. Sometimes out of fear of the unknown we back away and stay where it is safe; other times we push through that fear and discover amazing treasures as a result. I hope you choose to push through the fear, ask the questions as they come up, and discover the many life-changing treasures that await you in the PLEDGEtalk Learning Community. I truly believe you will not be disappointed!

Mark Oelze, Author/Creator of PLEDGEtalk

To Contact Mark:

[email protected]

316-207-5924

TO JOIN THE COMMUNITY:

Scroll to the bottom of this page and click ACCESS to the membership community. When you click ACCESS it will take you to a page powered by Mighty Networks (the engine behind this). When there, here simply type "PLEDGEtalk" in the search bar and you will find our community to join. Then follow the prompts and explore!

See you on the inside - Mark.