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

Facilitating Change  Location  Camp DeWolfeWading River, NY 11792http://www.campdewolfe.org/retreat.html Overview  Facilitating Change is a year-long social change program beginning in January 2009. Using nonviolent communication as a primary activist tool. Participants will develop practices to boost the effectiveness of how grassroots projects and non-profit organizations function and achieve their goals.   Description  We are excited to offer Facilitating Change, a year long social change program beginning in January 2009. Using Nonviolent Communication as a primary activist tool, participants will develop practices to boost the effectiveness of how grassroots projects and nonprofit organizations function and achieve their goals.  Do you want to foster social change motivate by human connection and compassion?Do you have a vision of the world where human needs - and the needs of all life - are held with care and peacefully met?Are you longing for community, hope and support of like-minded visionaries in manifesting your dream for the world? If so, please join us for Facilitating Change! In this program we will: INTEGRATE NVC with*Social Action*Community Organizing*Mediation and Restorative Justice*Organization Development*Fundraising DEVELOP FACILITATION SKILLS*Group process skills*Decision-making and consensus building*Coaching based on needs awareness before action*Needs-based strategic planning*Leading change while sharing power WHO WILL BENEFIT*Activists who want new skills, resources and support in creating collaborative social change*Nonprofit leaders who want to maximize the impact of their organization*Seasoned organizers who want to reinvigorate and inspire their organization or community*NVC practitioners who want in-depth support for deepening NVC consciousness*Certified NVC trainers and candidates who want to apply NVC to social change*Social entrepreneurs who want to integrate NVC principles in their vision and work   Facilitators:   Dian Killian, PhD., is founder and director of Brooklyn Nonviolent Communication, a Certified Trainer with the global Center for Nonviolent Communication, and co-author of "Connecting across Differences: A Guide to Compassionate, Nonviolent Communication". Martha Lasley, MBA, is a founding partner of Leadership that Works, where she trains and coaches visionaries using Nonviolent Communication. She is the author of "Courageous Visions: How to Unleash Passionate Energy in Your Life and Your Organization".   Dates of Program  Facilitating Change is a yearlong program beginning in January 2009. There will be 4 residential retreats within 90 miles of NYC. The dates for the retreats will be: January 14th-18thApril 1st-5thAugust 19th-23rdOctober 21st-25th Each retreat will begin at approximately 5 pm on Wednesday and end at 3 pm on Sunday. For further information or to register please go to or call:Brooklyn Nonviolent CommunicationPhone: 7187979525 info@BrooklynNVC.orgwww.BrooklynNVC.org  III. CONTRIBUTIONS AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION

i. Sliding scale
The amount we request for taking part in the Facilitating Change Program is on a sliding scale of $4,500 -7,500 for the year, plus room and board, with a median of $6,000. Room and board will be approximately $70 per day, on site; camping or bedrolling may also be available at $40 per day.

ii. Group participation
We have found that two or more people learning NVC together deepens the impact and integration of NVC in an organization; wanting to support this kind of learning, we encourage two or more people from an organization to register for the program together. To support several registering from one organization, we invite each person in the ‘group” to deduct $500 per person from the sliding scale.

iii. Accessibility
We have a commitment to inclusion in the FC program (and all resources in society), regardless of financial means. At the same time, we desire support and ease of support in offering this program, and a sense of shared partnership, contribution, and community. If you’d like to support yourself or others in joining the program at a contribution below the sliding scale requested, we ask you to consider joining our fundraising team. We would also welcome your contributing support in other ways; please contact us for details! In our desire to create a world of interdependence and mutual support, we ask you to consider inviting friends, family, faith and community organizations and/or your employer to financially support you in participating in the Facilitating Change program. We would also welcome your support in letting others know about the FC program.

L’intégration de la communication consciente (CNV) passe par l’expérimentation de ses multiples dimensions. L’approche que nous proposons permet d’en saisir et d’en approfondir le sens et propose les moyens de recadrer nos actions dans un tout cohérent.
Que ce soit dans une sphère personnelle ou professionnelle, nous proposons d’ouvrir la voie vers plus de profondeur et de développement.

Premier bloc — Le pouvoir

 A. La CNV et le pouvoir sur soi
 B. Le pouvoir de créer
 C. Le pouvoir dans l’expérience d’un groupe

This is a 2-day non-residential foundation training in NVC. Our aim is to support you to acquire a clear basic understanding of the NVC process and how you can use it in your daily life - in personal, social or work situations. We intend to do this by outlining the main elements of NVC and providing opportunities for you to practice expressing them in different contexts - out loud, through writing and through role-play in small groups of 2 or 3. We see this course as providing a 'foundation' for you, so that you can progress with NVC in your daily life and in further trainings if you so desire. Please visit our website for more information and to read comments from previous participants.

We will cover the basics of Nonviolent Communication.  We will explore what needs get met by using alcohol and drugs and what needs do not get met.  Participants will discover how to transform this pattern in a way that meets more needs and is more life serving.  The motivation for this change comes not out of shame, guilt, anger or depression, but out of the genuine desire to contribute to our own and other's well being. The class is free and you can register online at http://www.sbcc.edu/AdultEd

Von Innen nach Außen

Die Gewaltfreie Kommunikation steht für die Vision, eine Welt zu schaffen, in der die Bedürfnisse aller Menschen zählen. Selbstbewusst die eigenen Bedürfnisse leben und mit anderen mitfühlend verbunden bleiben – klingt einfach und ist doch manchmal nicht leicht.

Die „Welt zu verändern“ kann nur bei uns selbst beginnen. Die Gewaltfreie Kommunikation regt an, bewusst hinzusehen, wo wir mit uns selbst gewalttätig, abwertend oder verletzend umgehen – und bietet eine einfache und doch kraftvolle Methode diese Denk- und Verhaltensmuster liebevoll akzeptierend zu verändern – was nur ein scheinbarer Widerspruch ist.
Sei Du selbst

Der Schwerpunkt der Vertiefungstage liegt auf der Bewusstmachung und Lösung deiner behindernden Muster und Glaubenssätze, um in deinem Leben freier und authentischer zu werden. Du wirst ein einer sicheren, liebevollen und doch herausfordernden Umgebung „alte Themen“, Verletzungen, wiederkehrende Konflikte und unvollendete Trauer klären können – um so wieder in Kontakt mit der kraftvollen Energie deiner Bedürfnisse kommen, die hinter all dem verborgen liegt – um so die/der zu werden, die/der du bist...
Von den Gefühlen zu den Bedürfnissen

Du wirst wesentliche Prozesse der Gewaltfreien Kommunikation kennen lernen und vertiefen, die es dir ermöglichen auch im Alltag schneller und klarer die lebensdienlichen Bedürfnisse hinter deinen Gefühlen zu entdecken – und diese immer mutiger und selbstverständlicher zu leben!

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.

An adventure in self-discovery based on the book by Paula Sandefur, Nature, Hiking and Self-Healing.  We will hike the front country trails through canopied canyons beside creeks and pools and up and down the coast along Santa Barbara’s beaches.  We will journey into Nature with NVC to find healing for ourselves.  We will sit in silence and touch the stillness within.  We also laugh, make new friends and enjoy a special fellowship.

Create extraordinary relationships one conversation at a time!  Whether you want to improve your relationship with yourself, your family, co-workers or community, your participation in this course will open new doors and expand your options.  You will gain concrete skills for resolving conflict and building trust in a multi-sensory learning environment that fosters safety, authenticity, depth and fun.  

During the course, you will learn to:

*Regain your center in moments of stress, fear or frustration
*Clarify your underlying needs in any situation
*Speak with both honesty and sensitivity
*Understand and connect with the hidden motivations of others
*Create solutions and move interactions forward in a peaceful and productive manner

In each 3-hour session, Holly teaches the c