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

This year we are excited to announce two Compassionate Leadership 2009 programs with trainers Jori Manske, Jim Manske, Rodger Sorrow, and Kathi Aichner, and other experienced practitioners of NVC.  As trainers, we have over 45 years of experience using and sharing NVC with thousands in the USA as well as other countries.  Through our current program we have all grown in awareness and compassion, and have developed new capabilities.  

Read what participants are saying about this program including:.

• "My cup runneth over with gratitude... My needs for learning, authenticity, and growth as well as many others have been met in abundance. If you want to explore the skills and inner work that will promote your own adventure into becoming a part of the expansion of NVC consciousness, I recommend Compassionate Leadership 2009."   - Craig Sones Cornell, MSEd, JD
• See videos of participants and their experiences at:  http://www.youtube.com/user/EnfinityMedia 

Our involvement as a team of trainers and with participants of the Compassionate Leadership Training has been deeply connecting, enriching, and fun!  Together we have built a community of co-leadership focused on deepening the consciousness and skills of Nonviolent Communication, supporting each other in evolving our own uniquely meaningful and dynamic leadership plan.

Please visit our website at http://CompassionateLeadershipTraining.com and consider joining one of our newly forming communities of people interested in developing their conscious and skills of Nonviolent Communication, supporting each other in evolving our own uniquely meaningful and dynamic leadership plan.  A summary of some of the information is below.  To contact any of the by email or phone, get our contact information here.

Intention:  To provide intermediate and advanced level NVC learning opportunities in the areas of leadership, organizational development, life-enriching systemic change, coaching and training, in a supportive community.

As a Compassionate Leadership 2009 participant you will have opportunities to:

• Deepen your living of NVC consciousness
• Create and implement a leadership plan
• Develop cooperative community-building skills
• Learn effective meeting and decision-making strategies
• Build resources and presence during conflict using mediation skills
• Plan and practice offering presentations

All in a community of experienced NVC practitioners with ongoing mutual support.
Programs begin in February 2009 and include:

• three 5-day retreats
• workbook materials and hand-outs
  
• bi-weekly group teleconference with a trainer
• bi-weekly activity group
  
• weekly phone sessions with a partner
• six individual telephone mentoring sessions with the trainers

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.

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.

a wonderful yea rlong nvc based social change project based program. Please go to www.facilitatechange.org for all the info. co facilitated with Dian Killian' MArtha Lasley, Henry Wai and Marc Scruggs