[BES Friends] Sunday Workshop on Nonviolent Communication

[Stephen Meskin]

Nonviolent Communication was one of the core learnings at the AEU Lay 
Leadership Summer School this summer.
It expresses many of the Eight Commitments of Ethical Culture.
Neither I nor the Baltimore Ethical Society can vouch for the quality of 
the presenter of the following workshop.
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An Introduction to Nonviolent Communication

Sunday, November 19, 2006   1-4 p.m.

Homewood Friends Meeting

3107 North Charles Street

Baltimore, Maryland

**Listen to others with deep attentiveness and compassion*

**Express our own values with honesty and clarity*

**Enjoy the "difficult" people in our lives*

**Transform conflict into authenticity and connection. ***

 This 3-hour workshop will introduce *NON-VIOLENT COMMUNICATION (NVC*), 
based on the teachings of Marshall Rosenberg, PhD.  NVC is simple in 
concept, but has remarkable practical applicability and spiritual depth. 
It contains a set of basic skills, and also practices for growing in 
empathy and compassion. Through discussion, demonstrations and 
interactive learning activities, we'll deepen our ability to connect 
with both ourselves and others.

 The training is offered by Jeanne Marcus, co-founder of Capitol 
NVC, the clearinghouse for NVC information for D.C.  and 
central Maryland.  Jeanne has led numerous NVC classes and workshops in 
the D.C. area.  She also uses NVC in her work as a mediator and 
communication coach.  She is a certification candidate with the 
international Center for Nonviolent Communication.

 *TO REGISTER, or for more information,  please email 
info at CapitolNVC.org <mailto:info at CapitolNVC.org>  or call Linda at 
443-416-1222 or Capitol NVC at 301-585-4690.  Suggested contribution: 
$10-40.
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Nonviolent Communication is

...a set of skills

 

Most of us have been educated from birth to speak a language of 
judgment, blame and demand. We speak in terms of "right" and "wrong," 
instead of sharing what we are really feeling, thinking and wanting.

 

In Nonviolent Communication (NVC), we learn to:

 

* Hear the underlying values, needs and desires of any person we are 
communicating with

 

* Identify the needs, values and desires underneath our own upsets, 
confusions and complaints

 

* Understand how our feelings tell us about what WE are needing, and not 
about what someone else has done.

 

* Recognize the difference between pure observation versus observation 
mixed with our analysis and interpretation

 

* Differentiate between a "request" and a "demand," and experience how 
requests connect us to others

 

...and a set of intentions

 

Central to NVC is the intention that we bring to each interaction: to 
create a quality of connection with others that is characterized by 
compassion, rather than by a focus on achieving specific outcomes or on 
being "right."

 

In NVC, our intention is to:

 

* Connect with _others_ and also with _ourselves_ with compassion and 
understanding for the needs we all are trying to meet through our actions

 

* Speak from the heart, expressing our feelings and needs

 

* Take responsibility for our feelings, knowing that others don't have 
power to create our feelings 

 

* Take responsibility for our actions, recognizing our choice in each moment

 

* Care equally for everyone's needs, working toward solutions that meet 
ALL needs, not just our own, or not just another person'


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