Day

This Practice Group begins with a "remembering" for inspiration, centering and connecting with ourselves. This is followed by a "check-in" when we share how we are, what we bring with us or what we hope to receive during the session. Activities include: short education exercises, empathy, role-plays, games and discussions. Participants can facilitate the group with prior arrangement with Rodger Sorrow

Time 7 - 9 PM Pacific

Donation $10

Open to all

Over the years we've had a lot of people in our trainings express
interest & excitement about bringing NVC into businesses &
organizations, and now we have developed a training to support those
who are venturing into this territory.

With his background in owning & managing small businesses, Gregg has focused
the last seven years on facilitating NVC consciousness in
organizations—first in his own 19-year-old business, and then as a
consultant to a variety of businesses & nonprofits including a
3-1/2 year engagement at a company that does pharmaceutical studies.
Susan brings her 15+ years of experience of NVC, along with specific
engagements of bringing NVC into the British Columbia provincial
government and General Motors.

The intention within our work is to foster the fullness of NVC consciousness—the living energy
of needs—such that we not only impact the human relationships within
the organization but we systemically transform the organizational
processes, strategies and structures to be in harmony with this
consciousness.

Our intention within this workshop is to:

• Share our experience of NVC as a process for organizational development
• Develop
  NVC skills & consciousness, beyond the intrapersonal &
  interpersonal, to encompass groups of people with a common mission
  & aim
• Learn to introduce NVC to people within businesses & organizations through inspiring rather than selling
• Expand the mission of any organization so that it becomes a "living organization"
• Introduce Dynamic Self-Governance (Sociocracy) as a framework to hold NVC consciousness
• Experience
  circles as the core organizational unit and explore the dynamics within
  those circles that fulfill the needs of the participants and the needs
  of the whole
• Invite hands-on practice of essential
  NVC organizational skills in facilitation of meetings, expressing &
  hearing disagreement without blame, mediation and coaching
• Explore
  how common processes—e.g. meetings, employee reviews, hiring,
  terminations of employment, email communications—are transformed to
  create an environment of authenticity, connection & mutual
  interdependence within the organization
• Witness—and learn the skills of—a new leadership that emerges in living organizations
• Learn the crucial role of systemic feedback for a living organization to thrive

Intended Participants

• People who want to integrate NVC into their organizations (businesses, nonprofits, government agencies, community groups, etc.)
• Consultants who want to facilitate the integration of NVC into client organizations
• Certified & non-certified NVC trainers who want to facilitate the integration of NVC into client organizations

SEE WEBSITE FOR COMPLETE INFO: www.nvctraininginstitute.com

This course contents 21 days in 7 blocs. Three auf the blocs serve basic NVC learning and training with an additional emphasis on dealing with aggressions, limits and self-empathy. The next 4 blocs deal with NVC in leading functions, counselling, social change, trainer skills. The main focus of the training lies on NVC in organizations and enterprises. We invite people fwith leading functions in organisations, free counsellors, mediators, supervisors, organization developers.

Wednesday mornings, 9:30-11:30 AM,  from September 10-December 17, come practice applying Nonviolent Communication into your daily interactions. Using exercises, role-play, discussion and down to earth practical ideas, explore the ways NVC can be of use to you in living with more choice and compassion. 

Sessions will include:

• In-depth exploration of the four components of NVC
• Hands-on empathy and honesty practice
• Learning effective self-empathy techniques
• Transforming blame and criticism into understanding and connection
• Working with real situations brought by participants
• Building a supportive community

FEE REQUEST: $20/session or $60/4 sessions prepaid. No one turned away due to lack of funds -- work exchange and barter welcome.  | TIME: 7:15 pm - 9:30 pm one Friday each month, including April 11, May 16, and June 27, 2008 (contact Jeff for future dates) | DESCRIPTION: Most sessions will use the following format: a brief presentation of a particular NVC skill, followed by practice exercises and role playing real situations. Empathy and self-empathy are common themes, as well as compassionate honesty, gratitude, celebrating and mourning. Led by experienced facilitator.  Everyone welcome.  Contact Jeff for exact location and directions.

Kursens inriktning och grundvärderingar
Det här är en utbildning för dig som vill integrera Nonviolent Communication på djupet. Är insatt i förhållningssättets grundvärderingar.

Utbildningen är ett utforskande av hur vi människor kan använda mer tillfredsställande sätt att möta våra och andras behov. I utbildningsgruppen försöker vi skapa ett klimat där vi kan leva som vi lär. Det här är ett program för dig som vill utveckla din empatiska förmåga för att integrera den i ditt ledarskap; som chef, socialarbetare, lärare, vårdpersonal eller i annat nära arbete med människor, samt för dig som vill lära dig NVC för att integrera det i ditt liv på olika sätt.

This 5-monthprogram is designed to help you integrate Nonviolent Communication into yourleadership style to maximize your effectiveness. Inner-outercongruence is key to being an effective leader. When your vision emerges from aplace of deep presence and purpose, and strategies are in alignment withvalues, then trust is built and power is created with other people. NonviolentCommunication (NVC) can support the development of inner-outer congruence.

Much more than acommunication model, NVC is an integration of consciousness, language, thought,communication and strategies of influence. When understood at all these levels,NVC gives rise to power and possibility that can transform our effectiveness inthe world.

This program will moveyou toward greater effectiveness in influencing and leading those you work withwhether it be in families, community organizations, educational institutions,political entities or large corporations.

In this courseyou will develop skills that support:

·       Increasedsense of trust in your own abilities to connect, influence and lead

·       Mutualtrust with those you are working with

·       Inspiringothers to join you in creating the world in which you want to live

·       Improvedability to articulate and convey what matters most

·       Creativityand cooperation

·       Teamlearning, trust, connection and honesty

·       Elicitinguseful feedback

The first classof each month will focus on learning and applying NVC at the levelsof:

·       Consciousness/intention- the motivation behind the mechanics

·       Language- software for our thoughts

·       Thinking- core beliefs we hold about the world

·       Communication- choices and ways our message is sent without language

·       Strategiesof Influence - how we influence others in alignment with our values

The second classeach month will include discussion on a book from thefollowing list:

·       Presence:An Exploration of Profound Change in People, Organizations, and Society- PeterSenge, C.Otto Scharmer, Joseph Jaworski, Betty Sue Flowers

·       Synchronicity:The Inner Path of Leadership - Joseph Jaworski

·       Leadershipand the New Science - Margaret Wheatley

·       SocialIntelligence- Daniel Goleman

·       TheoryU: Leading From the Future as It Emerges - C. Otto Scharmer

*Participants are askedto purchase books on their own.

Course outline:

September:

• Consciousness/intention- Truly the heart and core of NVC, explore how the consciousness of interdependence, compassion, and partnership shapes our involvement in living systems (personal and social), creating choices supporting health of the whole planet. Book: Presence: An Exploration of Profound Change in People, Organizations, and Society- Peter Senge, C.Otto Scharmer, Joseph Jaworski, Betty Sue Flowers

October:

• Language- As software for our thoughts, language plays an important role in shaping our intentions and expressing our deepest values to others. Explore language that’s congruent with your values and likely to connect with the values held by others. Book: Synchronicity: The Inner Path of Leadership- Joseph Jaworski.

November:

• Thinking- Take a look at core beliefs we hold about the world, the key role thoughts play in our reactions and responses, and the outcomes of the assumptions and frameworks that create our paradigms. Consider shifts in thinking that may be more congruent with your intentions. Book: Leadership and the New Science- Margaret Wheatley

December:

• Communication- Exploration of the ways our messages are sent without language. The role “choice” plays in our communication will be an emphasis as well as the ways consciousness is displayed beyond the words we use. Book: Social Intelligence- Daniel Goleman

January:

·     Strategies ofInfluence- This area is critical to realizing our visions. How do we influenceothers in alignment with our values? How can we inspire others to join us increating a world that restores health and wholeness to the planet? Book: TheoryU: Leading From the Future as It Emerges- C. Otto Scharmer

Auf Basis der Nonviolent Communication® können Sie Ihre Kompetenzen weiter entwickeln, selbstverantwortlich Beziehungen gestalten und eine wertschätzende, respektvolle Haltung stärker integrieren.
Jeder verfügt über emotionale Intelligenz, doch lang erlernte Sprachmuster erschweren es oft, sich der inneren Klarheit und Stärke bewusst zu werden und sie zu nutzen.

Unsere Ausbildungen und Aufbautrainings haben bisher Menschen besucht, die die Qualität ihrer Beziehungen verbessern und ihre Entscheidungs- und Handlungsmöglichkeiten erweitern möchten, im beruflichen oder privaten Umfeld:
als Führungskraft, Projektleiterin oder Kollege, in beruflichen Veränderungsprozessen, Familie und Partnerschaft, mit Kunden, Patienten, vor Gericht, in Beratungs- und Lehrtätigkeiten, in journalistischer oder interkultureller Arbeit.