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Empowered Communication (also known as Compassionate Communication,
Nonviolent CommunicationSM or NVC) is a way of speaking that facilitates the flow
of communication needed to exchange information and resolve differences
peacefully. It helps us identify our shared values & needs, encourages us
to use language that increases goodwill, and avoid language that contributes to
resentment or lowers self-esteem.
Empowered Communication focuses our attention on compassion as our
motivation, rather than fear, guilt, blame, or shame. It emphasizes taking
personal responsibility for our choices and improving the quality of our
relationships as our goal. It is effective even when the other person or group
is not familiar with this process.
Empowered Communication is
based on the premises that:
- We are all simply trying to get our needs met.
- We fare better if we know how to get these needs met through
cooperation rather than aggression.
- People naturally enjoy contributing to the well being of others when
they can do so willingly.
The intent of Empowered
Communication is to:
- Create more satisfying personal connections.
- Meet our needs in ways that honor and respect our values and the
values of others.
- Heal from previous experiences and relationships that have been
painful or unsuccessful.
With Empowered
Communication skills you can:
- Resolve feelings of anger,
guilt, shame, fear, and frustration.
- Redirect anger or frustration toward coalition building and
cooperative outcomes.
- Create solutions based on safety, mutual respect, and consensus.
- Meet basic individual, family, school, community, and societal needs
in life-serving ways.
Adapted from Nonviolent Communication:
A Language of Compassion by Marshall Rosenberg
(PuddleDancer Press, (c)1999).
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Introductions to Empowered Communication
also known as Nonviolent Communicationsm (NVC)
The First Saturday of Every Month
Also known as Compassionate Communication, the purpose of this process is to create the quality of connection out of which you can resolve and prevent conflicts, get in touch with your own and others' deeper motivations, and craft win-win, collaborative outcomes.
Upcoming Introductory Workshop:
Saturday, April 3, 2010
10am-1pm
Explorations Academy
1701 Ellis St., between Ohio & State
Bellingham, WA
Sliding Scale $50-35
Register by email here, or by calling Angela MacLeod at (360) 398-1096
More about this workshop
Also:
Introduction to NVC
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
5:30-8:30pm
Produced and sponsored by the Whatcom Dispute Resolution Center (DRC)
13 Prospect St,, Ste 201
Bellingham, WA, USA
$50 - sliding scale possible
For more information call the Whatcom DRC at: (360) 676-0122
AND
Introduction to NVC
Sunday, April 4, 2010
6:30-8:30pm
Community Food Co-op, Connections Building
1220 North Forest St.
Bellingham, WA, USA
$5 for co-op members, $6 for non-members
For more information call the Community Food Co-op at (360) 734-8158
More about NVC.
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Currently in progress and sold out:
Integral Awareness and Practice for NVC Practitioners: Deepening NVC with Ken Wilber's Integral Framework
A Telephone Course (Telecourse) with CNVC Certified Trainer Alan Seid from Kendall, Washington, USA
6 monthly sessions, meeting on the third Thursday of each month
Visit the NVC Academy landing page for this class here.
Every Third Thursday, January 21, 2010 - June 17, 2010 - 3:00-5:00 PM PST/PDT (11:00 PM GMT/10:00 PM GMT)
Fee: $180.00 USD
Limited to 20 people to maximize learning and connection
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In this course, NVC Practitioners will be given a guided tour of Ken Wilber's work, a meta-theory (theory of theories) that includes as much knowledge and wisdom from as many sources as possible. We will explore how NVC and Integral Framework mesh, overlap, complement each other and differ in theory and practice.
Wilber is known as the "Einstein of consciousness" because his work provides space for every field of knowledge and every world philosophy to fit together in a unifying framework. How NVC "integrates" into this larger framework is a topic for much fun, discussion, and illumination.
Alan Seid is a seasoned NVC Trainer who has been studying NVC for 15 years. He has been a student of Integral Theory for about 10 years, and has offered more workshops on each topic than he has any record of or can recollect. For more about Alan, see his web site: www.alanseid.com.
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 Take this course and you will:
- Participate in a guided tour of Integral Theory from someone who understands it and NVC clearly, and can articulate it in a way that is very accessible
- Understand why "levels of consciousness" is a concept that reduces our frustration in trying to connect with some people, and makes us more skillful in our ability to be empathic
- Learn how the Integral framework can help eliminate enemy images by providing a deeper understanding of other people's perspectives
- Acquire a conceptual framework that puts the incredible variety of disciplines and perspectives into an integrated larger whole
- Multiply your options for creating positive social change by expanding the areas in which you apply NVC
- Provides an exciting new way to meet your need for meaning
Course Schedule:
Every Third Thursday, January 21, 2010 - June 17, 2010 - 3:00-5:00 PM PST/PDT (11:00 PM GMT/10:00 PM GMT)
January 21, 2010 - 3:00-5:00 PM PST (11:00 PM GMT)--My Time Zone?
February 18, 2010 - 3:00-5:00 PM PST (11:00 PM GMT)--My Time Zone?
March 18, 2010 - 3:00-5:00 PM PDT (10:00 PM GMT)--My Time Zone?
April 15, 2010 - 3:00-5:00 PM PDT (10:00 PM GMT)--My Time Zone?
May 20, 2010 - 3:00-5:00 PM PDT (10:00 PM GMT)--My Time Zone?
June 17, 2010 - 3:00-5:00 PM PDT (10:00 PM GMT)--My Time Zone?
Prerequisites: For people who consider themselves to be at least at an "intermediate" NVC level (subjective self-selection). The basics of NVC will not be covered.
Fee: $180.00 USD
Register early, this course is limited to 20 participants!
Visit the NVC Academy landing page for this class here.
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Alan Seid took his first NVC workshop in 1995 with Dr. Marshall Rosenberg, founder of NVC. Though most of his training has been with Dr. Rosenberg, Alan has attended dozens of trainings with many other trainers.
Alan had his first opportunity to teach NVC in 1998, as well as his first opportunity to mediate a conflict using the process.
In 1999 Alan attended a ten-day intensive NVC training ("IIT"), followed by spending 10 days as Dr. Rosenberg's Spanish interpreter in Colombia, South America.
Alan was an early member of the Puget Sound Network for Compassionate Communication (PSNCC) in the late 1990s, and was a founding member of the Whatcom Network for Compassionate Communication (WNCC) in 2001.
Alan became certified as a trainer through the Center for Nonviolent Communication (CNVC) in 2003, and has brought NVC to countless communities, institutions, organizations, families, couples and individuals.
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Alan Seid is Certified as a Trainer by The Center for Nonviolent Communication (CNVC) a global network of people and communities who are committed to resolving conflicts and meeting the needs of all people, through living and teaching the concepts, tools, and practices collectively known as "Nonviolent Communication".
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