APEX – Communication and Negotiations

HYBRID MONDAY NIGHT PROGRAM-OPEN TO THE ENTIRE 18+ COMMUNITY

Lifestyle folks sometimes seem to speak another language. What works in the mainstream world is sometimes demonized in the lifestyle. How do you approach people? How do you ask someone to play? How do you effectively negotiate when you don’t have years of experience? Learn some tools to help you navigate the lifestyle language to include: How to approach someone and introduce yourself, avoiding the landmines of negotiation, a working vocabulary of the BDSM alphabet soup, how consent definitions and our play negotiations changes with the new Model Penal Code and other effective communication tools.

You will get to see some role played negotiations to help you with the vocabulary to communicate boundaries/limits/wants. You will also get some real-world information on the different ways a negotiation can be structured so you can choose the method most comfortable for you.