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Naturalizing NVC Language Series: Can NVC Be Taught Without Using OFNR?

Intermediate Skill Level • Video • 00:02 hours:minutes

Intermediate Skill Level
Video
00:02 hours:minutes

CNVC Certified Trainer Miki Kashtan explains has developed a path to teaching NVC without relying on OFNR: Principle-based Teaching.

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Reframing OFNR for the Workplace

with Dian Killian

Beginner Skill Level • Audio • 00:07 hours:minutes

Beginner Skill Level
Audio
00:07 hours:minutes

Listen in as Dian reframes the 4 steps of NVC (observations, feelings, needs, requests) into everyday words you might hear at work. This training segment is free for all to enjoy.

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The NVC Model: A Map to Your Intentions

with Dian Killian

Beginner Skill Level • Article • Read time: 4 - 6 minutes

Beginner Skill Level
Article
Read time: 4 - 6 minutes

The more we practice NVC by “rote” --going through OFNR (“Observations, Feelings, Needs, Requests”) on automatic-- the more likely our NVC practice would lead to disconnection. The purpose of our NVC practice is to use this NVC "map" (OFNR) to support us in integrating the consciousness of the NVC (eg. operating with the intention to connect, collaborate, etc). Once we let the map drop away, we...

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Nonviolent Communication Basics

with David Weinstock

All Skill Levels • Article • Read Time: 4 - 6 minutes

All Skill Levels
Article
Read Time: 4 - 6 minutes

Here are some very basic forms and distinctions of NVC. It covers the 4 D's, OFNR, some NVC distinctions, tips, quotes from Marshall Rosenberg, and "feelings and needs" lists, and more. As with any art, these rudiments necessarily must be learned, practiced, understood, embodied and then let go of so as not to become rote and block creativity.

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Speaking Classical Giraffe

with Jeff Brown

Intermediate Skill Level • Trainer Tip • 3 pages

Intermediate Skill Level
Trainer Tip
3 pages

Ask the Trainer: "At one point in my practice, it was brought to my attention that some people find the use of 'formal NVC' off-putting, or mechanical. Do you have any input or insight into this?"

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Naturalizing NVC Language Series: You Sound Like a Therapist!

with Miki Kashtan

Intermediate Skill Level • Video • 00:06 hours:minutes

Intermediate Skill Level
Video
00:06 hours:minutes

CNVC Certified Trainer Miki Kashtan explains how using OFNR or "Classic NVC" is for practice, not real life situations.

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Naturalizing NVC Language Series: Contextualizing the NVC Process

with Miki Kashtan

Intermediate Skill Level • Video • 00:04 hours:minutes

Intermediate Skill Level
Video
00:04 hours:minutes

CNVC Certified Trainer Miki Kashtan explains how NVC's OFNR process is a tool to train our consciousness, rather than the "correct" way to speak.

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NVC Flow

with Peggy Smith

Beginner Skill Level • Learning Tool • Read time: 1 - 2 minutes

Beginner Skill Level
Learning Tool
Read time: 1 - 2 minutes

This single-page handout illustrates the steps to translating habitual judgements and actions into OFNR.

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Can NVC Be Learned Without Learning Observation, Feeling, Need and Request?

with Bridget Belgrave, Jeff Brown and Mary Mackenzie

Intermediate Skill Level • Audio • 00:44 hours/minutes

Intermediate Skill Level
Audio
00:44 hours/minutes

In this enlightening Trainer Conversation, three veteran CNVC Certified Trainers discuss whether NVC can be learned without first learning Observations, Feelings, Needs, Requests (OFNR). The conversation naturally meanders as the trainers grapple with the question, eventually covering a wide-range of topics including the spirituality and true essence of NVC.

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NVC at Work: Transforming Organizations with Nonviolent Communication (Complete Course)

with Dian Killian

Beginner Skill Level • Audio • 6 - 8 hours

Beginner Skill Level
Audio
6 - 8 hours

Listen and learn how to: Talk about NVC in a way that has meaning and relevance for companies and organizations, showing a clear ROI (return on investment). Draw on different applications of NVC for the workplace: addressing change in management, management issues / styles, morale / teamwork, employee retention, etc. Create a value-based training proposal (with different service and product...

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Principle Based Teaching (Complete Course)

with Miki Kashtan

Intermediate Skill Level • Audio • 7 - 10 hours

Intermediate Skill Level
Audio
7 - 10 hours

The focus of this 6-session class is on shifting the intention of your teaching from how to why while embodying the principles and practice of NVC every step of the way - from planning to delivery. The methodology Miki offers is to start with understanding what the people in your audience face in their environment, continue with what they might want to learn and how NVC principles can provide...

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The Heart of Conflict (Complete Course)

with Jim & Jori Manske

Beginner Skill Level • Audio • 08:50 hours:minutes

Beginner Skill Level
Audio
08:50 hours:minutes

Join CNVC Certified Trainers and Mediators Jori and Jim Manske in an exploration of using Nonviolent Communication in the context of Mediation and Conflict Resolution. The first session of this course is available for all to listen to and enjoy. nvctraining.com

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Feelings vs. Thoughts Vocabulary Builder

with Mark Schultz

Beginner Skill Level • Practice Exercise • 10 minutes

Beginner Skill Level
Practice Exercise
10 minutes

This ten question exercise will help build your feelings vocabulary. It is helpful to differentiate between words that describe what we think others are doing around us, and words that describe actual feelings. These "faux feelings" often reveal more about how we think others are behaving than what we are actually feeling ourselves. Feeling words are always about us, not the other person.

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Marshall Rosenberg's Vision of Social Change

with Rachelle Lamb

All Skill Levels • Article • Read time: 12 - 18 minutes

All Skill Levels
Article
Read time: 12 - 18 minutes

What could be, more often than not, overlooked when we think about or represent NVC or Marshall Rosenberg's work? This article busts some commonly held ideas and approaches to NVC. It challenges us to widen the lens of what it really means to be "life-serving", or speaking and hearing the "language of life". And it also speaks to how thinking can deepen feeling and relatedness...

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Honesty Is the Key

with Mary Mackenzie

Introductory Skill Level • Trainer Tip • Read time: 1-2 minutes

Introductory Skill Level
Trainer Tip
Read time: 1-2 minutes

Trainer Tip: In Nonviolent Communication, we see expressing honesty as a gift of our authenticity, and a chance for others to support us in getting our needs met -- this can flourish and deepen our relationships. We can notice and act on opportunities to be honest with the components of OFNR (Observations, Feelings, Needs, and Requests).

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What is Nonviolent Communication?

with Mary Mackenzie

Introductory Skill Level • Trainer Tip • Read time: 1-2 minutes

Introductory Skill Level
Trainer Tip
Read time: 1-2 minutes

Trainer tip: NVC focuses on shared human values and needs, and encourages the use of language that increases good will -- plus avoidance of language that contributes to resentment or lowered self-esteem. It emphasizes taking personal responsibility for choices and improving the quality of relationships as a primary goal. For today, focus on making observations without moralistic judgment in at...

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A List of Feelings We All Have (Emotions and Sensations)

with NVC Academy

Introductory Skill Level • Learning Tool • N/A

Introductory Skill Level
Learning Tool
N/A

The following list of words are used to express a combination of emotional states and physical sensations. This list is neither exhaustive nor definitive. It is meant as a starting place to help you develop your emotional vocabulary and further support your communication with others.

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Differentiating Between Feelings And Faux Feelings

with NVC Academy

Introductory Skill Level • Learning Tool • N/A

Introductory Skill Level
Learning Tool
N/A

This chart is intended as an aid to translating words that are often confused with feelings. These words imply that someone is doing something to you and generally connote wrongness or blame. To use this list, when somebody says “I’m feeling rejected,” you might translate this as: “Are you feeling scared because you have a need for inclusion?”

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A List of Needs We All Have

with NVC Academy

Introductory Skill Level • Learning Tool • N/A

Introductory Skill Level
Learning Tool
N/A

In a Nonviolent Communication model, we believe that everything someone does or says is an attempt to meet a need. That means that all actions or words are in service to a deep internal need. The following list of needs is neither exhaustive nor definitive.

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Naturalizing NVC Language Q&A

with Jeff Jean Kathleen Karl Mary Sylvia

Intermediate Skill Level • Audio • 00:49 hours:minutes

Intermediate Skill Level
Audio
00:49 hours:minutes

Join CNVC Certified Trainers Jeff Brown, Jean Morrison, Karl Steyaert, Kathleen Macferran, Mary Mackenzie and Sylvia Haskvitz in a lively Q&A session focusing on naturalizing NVC into our daily interactions.

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