Communication with a difference: with an approach that is “hüper” – humorous, surprising, provocative, effective and fast-paced!
Date
27 August 2026, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm CEST
Location
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Description
You have already learned and applied a great deal in the field of communication. Active listening and asking good questions come easily to you. Based on this, is there room for improvement? Or perhaps a completely different approach?
With the “hüper” approach, you can enrich your communication with humor and creativity. You bring spontaneity ease into play. Develop unusual ideas. You deal with resistance differently. You achieve results and solutions off the beaten track. If you want more courage and depth in conversations, to promote openness in your team for new approaches and more creative solutions, to take a different direction in your exchange with a colleague who keeps reporting the same problems, or to support a colleague in their decision-making – this approach gives you the opportunity to do so.
Benefit:
- You will strengthen your communication skills
- You will learn how to get things moving more quickly in your professional practice and bring about bolder and more sustainable solutions
- You will learn to address disagreements more quickly and face challenges with greater composure
- You will experience how your communication gains in humor, creativity, effectiveness, and ease
Contents:
- Background and significance of the “hüper” approach; basic principles and essential prerequisites for its application
- Getting to know and trying out the methods of “hüper” conversation based on the provocative approach
- Integrating elements such as humor, associations, images, metaphors, and exaggerations into your own communication
Language: German
Target group: Employees of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and RMU partner universities