The Dance of Compassionate Communication

TITLE:  The Dance of Compassionate Communication:  Nonviolent Communication Dance Floors and The Art of Facilitating Groups

This training is designed for people with a minimum of 2-4 days of NVC training experience (or by agreement of facilitators).

Begins 10:30 am Thursday; ends 4:30 pm Sunday

BASIC DESCRIPTION:  Deepen your practice of Nonviolent Communication using the NVC Dance Floors. Incorporating movement, visual and kinesthetic learning, the Dance Floors are spatial floor maps that people move through to experience and integrate various NVC processes.

There are 2 tracks for this intermediate training: 1) personal learning & healing; 2) developing facilitation &
coaching skills. Gain fluency in each of the 7 dances; experience a novel & creative learning tool; develop your skills, range of styles and confidence facilitating groups; develop awareness and subtlety for coaching others in
NVC processes and using Dance Floors.

We are also excited to share several developments for this year's event, the third annual in Ohio:

1.  This year's event will be 4 days (rather than 3), allowing more time and space for practicing and learning the Dance Floors;

2.  It will be at a retreat center, allowing people to stay overnight if they wish (local people can choose to commute).  Our experience is that this supports depth, builds deeper bonds of connection, and is simply more fun!

3.  We will have expanded options for learning the Art of Facilitation, both as they relate to the Dance Floors and sharing NVC in general.  We anticipate people from around North America joining us, ranging from NVC trainers and facilitators, practice group leaders, as well as people who want to integrate NVC into their personal lives;

4.  The event will be hosted and supported by several members of the growing Cincinnati NVC community, led by Allen Feibelman, who attended the June 2008 Dance Floors event in Columbus.

5.  Gina and Bridget are developing a new Dance Floor, which will be introduced and practiced at this retreat.  The Dance Floors are an evolving set of tools!

We invite you to save-the-date so that you can join us next September.  We are still clarifying details for the event such as tuition requests, room and board fees, and exact start and end times, and we will announce these sometime in the near future... but meanwhile, we wanted you to be the first to know!

If you have any questions or wish to register, email Mikki Fogg at mikki [at] zoomtown [dot] com or call her at 513-791-6068.  Please make checks payable to "Mikki Fogg" and send to:

Mikki Fogg, 9904 Mistymorn Ln, Cincinnati, OH 45242

REGISTRATION:  Tuition is $385 during the earlybird period (until July 17), and $445 after July 17, plus a room and board fee:  $355 standard lodging (double room) or $445 private room (limited number available).

While we encourage participants to stay on-site, there is a commuting option that includes lunch and dinner, as well as an on-site tenting option that includes all meals:

Tent and/or car camping:  $150/person (includes all meals)

Commuters:  $100/person (includes all lunches & dinners, but not breakfasts) 

CANCELLATION POLICY:

* If we cancel the training for any reason, you will receive a full refund;

* If you cancel on or before August 20, 2009, your fees will be refunded minus a $50 processing fee;

* If you cancel after August 20, 2009, your fees will be refunded, minus the $50 processing fee) if we can fill your place in the training with another participant.  If we cannot, we will refund 50% of your tuition payment.