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Nonviolent Communication was one of the core learnings at the AEU Lay
Leadership Summer School this summer.<br>
It expresses many of the Eight Commitments of Ethical Culture.<br>
Neither I nor the Baltimore Ethical Society can vouch for the quality
of the presenter of the following workshop.<br>
<hr size="2" width="100%"><span
style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">An Introduction
to Nonviolent Communication</span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: "Arial Rounded MT Bold";">Sunday,
November 19, 2006<span style=""> </span>1-4 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on"><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Arial Rounded MT Bold";">Homewood</span></st1:place></st1:City><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Arial Rounded MT Bold";">
Friends Meeting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address
w:st="on"><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Arial Rounded MT Bold";">3107
North Charles Street</span></st1:address></st1:Street><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Arial Rounded MT Bold";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on"><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Arial Rounded MT Bold";">Baltimore</span></st1:City><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Arial Rounded MT Bold";">, <st1:State
w:st="on">Maryland</st1:State></span></st1:place><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Arial Rounded MT Bold";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Berlin Sans FB";"><o:p></o:p></span><b
style=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">*Listen
to
others with deep attentiveness and compassion<o:p></o:p></span></b>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt 0.5in;"><b style=""><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">*Express our
own values
with honesty and clarity<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><b style=""><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">*Enjoy the
“difficult” people in our lives<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b
style=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">*Transform
conflict into
authenticity and connection. </span></b><b style=""><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><o:p> </o:p>This
3-hour
workshop will introduce <b style="">NON-VIOLENT
COMMUNICATION (NVC</b>), based on the teachings of Marshall Rosenberg,
PhD.<span style=""> </span>NVC is simple in concept, but has
remarkable practical
applicability and spiritual depth. </span><span
style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">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.</span><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in;"><span
style="font-family: "Arial Rounded MT Bold";"> The training is offered
by Jeanne Marcus, co-founder
of Capitol NVC, the clearinghouse for NVC information for D.C.<span
style=""> </span>and central <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">Maryland</st1:State></st1:place>. Jeanne has led numerous
NVC
classes and workshops in the D.C. area.<span style=""> </span></span><span
style="font-family: "Arial Rounded MT Bold";">She
also uses NVC in her work as a mediator and communication coach.<span
style=""> </span></span><span
style="font-family: "Arial Rounded MT Bold";">She
is a certification candidate with the international Center for
Nonviolent
Communication. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Century Gothic";"><o:p> </o:p></span><b
style=""><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">TO REGISTER, or
for more information, <span style=""> </span>please email <a
href="mailto:info@CapitolNVC.org">info@CapitolNVC.org</a> <span
style=""> </span>or call Linda at 443-416-1222 or Capitol NVC
at 301-585-4690. <span style=""> </span>Suggested contribution:
$10-40.<br>
</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span
style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold';"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span
style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold';"><br>
Nonviolent Communication is<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span
style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold';">…a set of skills<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span
style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold';"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">In Nonviolent
Communication (NVC), we learn to: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">* Hear the
underlying values, needs and desires of any person we are communicating
with<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">* Identify the
needs, values and desires underneath our own upsets, confusions and
complaints<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">* Understand
how our feelings tell us about what WE are needing, and not about what
someone else has done. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">* Recognize the
difference between pure observation versus observation mixed with our
analysis and interpretation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">* Differentiate
between a “request” and a “demand,” and experience how requests connect
us to others<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span
style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold';">…and a set of intentions
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span
style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold';"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">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.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">In NVC, our
intention is to: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">* Connect with <u>others</u>
and also with <u>ourselves</u> with compassion and understanding for
the needs we all are trying to meet through our actions<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">* Speak from
the heart, expressing our feelings and needs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">* Take
responsibility for our feelings, knowing that others don’t have power
to create our feelings<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">* Take
responsibility for our actions, recognizing our choice in each moment<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">* Care
equally for everyone’s needs, working toward solutions that meet ALL
needs, not just our own, or not just another person’</span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br>
<b style=""><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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