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NVC Resources on Groups

Mediating with a Group

Mediating with a Group

Mediating with a Group

with Mary Mackenzie

Trainer Tip • 1 - 2 minutes •

Trainer Tip
1 - 2 minutes

Trainer Tip: People struggle to come to agreement when they don’t feel heard. So as a mediator, facilitate the process by asking all parties to reflect the essence of what's important to other parties. This is critical. Once everyone is confident that their needs have been heard, you'll notice the energy in the room relaxing. Then you can brainstorm strategies that will value everyone’s needs,...

Creating a Workshop Outline in 12 Easy Steps

Creating a Workshop Outline in 12 Easy Steps

Creating a Workshop Outline in 12 Easy Steps

with Mary Mackenzie

Video • 8 minutes •

Video
8 minutes

For many people thinking about creating a workshop outline is overwhelming because they focus on the whole thing at once. Breaking the process down to bite-size pieces eliminates much stress and overwhelm and brings fun and creativity to the process. here's your step-by-step guide!.

Developing Your Tracking Skills (Part 2)

Developing Your Tracking Skills (Part 2)

Developing Your Tracking Skills (Part 2)

with Mary Mackenzie

Video • 10 minutes •

Video
10 minutes

Mary continues her discussion of tracking skills, focusing on tracking requests, agreements with the group and tracking time. Mary also examines how to monitor the purpose of the session, discerning if and when to shift the agreement about the purpose for meeting. Mary closes with some final helpful tips to hone your tracking skills.

Developing Your Tracking Skills (Part 1)

Developing Your Tracking Skills (Part 1)

Developing Your Tracking Skills (Part 1)

with Mary Mackenzie

Video • 6 minutes •

Video
6 minutes

Mary offers tips for developing effective tracking skills, including how the energy of the group is managed discerning the qualities of presence for each of the members, and monitoring group participation while striving for a balance of inclusion.

Increasing diversity in NVC circles

Increasing diversity in NVC circles

Increasing diversity in NVC circles

with Roxy Manning

Article • 9 - 13 minutes •

Article
9 - 13 minutes

Want to increase diversity, plus improve group dynamics and group functioning? There are things you can do to make NVC settings more welcoming to people of color. Learn more about how to use NVC; attend to impact; help the community understand and demonstrate more awareness; factor in historical context; engage; create a more inclusive climate; and more!

Confidentiality Agreement

Confidentiality Agreement

Confidentiality Agreement

with Miki Kashtan

Trainer Tip • 4 - 6 minutes •

Trainer Tip
4 - 6 minutes

Ask the Trainer: "A participant in our beginners' NVC practice group asked the co-facilitators if there was a confidentiality agreement that was typically used in NVC practice groups?"

Safe spaces and confidentiality agreements

Safe spaces and confidentiality agreements

Safe spaces and confidentiality agreements

with Roxy Manning

Video • 4min. 7sec. •

Video
4min. 7sec.

Certified CNVC trainer Roxy Manning, Phd, answers a question: how to create a safe space for a first time group working on power and privileges ?

Principle Based Teaching (6 Session Course)

Principle Based Teaching (6 Session Course)

Principle Based Teaching (6 Session Course)

with Miki Kashtan

Audio • 7 - 10 hours •

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...

Is NVC Always, in the End, “Just One-on-One”?

Is NVC Always, in the End, “Just One-on-One”?

Is NVC Always, in the End, “Just One-on-One”?

with Miki Kashtan

Trainer Tip • 3-5 minutes •

Trainer Tip
3-5 minutes

Ask the Trainer: "Can you share stories of transforming group conflict, or is NVC strictly intended for 'one-on-one' work?"

Creating Peace and Change: A Multi-Level Approach

Creating Peace and Change: A Multi-Level Approach

Creating Peace and Change: A Multi-Level Approach

with Dian Killian

Article • 12 - 18 minutes •

Article
12 - 18 minutes

Why does NVC practice, and NVC training/coaching, appear to be not enough to bridge divides between people? This article takes a look at the trickle down effect of our societal conditioning, what we can add to our NVC lense, and what we can do "upstream" when NVC doesn't seem to be enough. Additionally, the article talks about unseen constraints that men, women and minority groups face in...

Interdependence in Action: How to Change Agreements with Care

Interdependence in Action: How to Change Agreements with Care

Interdependence in Action: How to Change Agreements with Care

with Miki Kashtan

Article • 13 - 19 minutes •

Article
13 - 19 minutes

The awareness and practice of interdependence is integral to holding an NVC consciousness. Practicing interdependence also means bringing in a quality of care in the moments we want to change agreements with others. This article talks about where our various choices, in regards to changing agreements, fits into different levels of engaging our interdependence.

Poetic License

Poetic License

Poetic License

with Christine King and Jean Morrison

Practice Exercise • N/A •

Practice Exercise
N/A

Poetic License is a fun group exercise that's sure to incite laughter in your NVC group!

The Neuroscience of Privilege, Power and Status

The Neuroscience of Privilege, Power and Status

The Neuroscience of Privilege, Power and Status

with Sarah Peyton

Article • 15 - 23 minutes •

Article
15 - 23 minutes

Understanding how our brains operate in relation to power, privilege and status is important if we wish to build a world that works for all. This article gives an overview of the brain tendencies we have in relationship to groups, and provides remedies to counteract the automatic labor-saving devices of our human brains (which often prevent us from seeing the fullness of others, and our own,...

What’s Important to You?

What’s Important to You?

What’s Important to You?

with Penny Wassman

Practice Exercise • 2 pages •

Practice Exercise
2 pages

This exercise is most often the first activity in a beginning level workshop after the usual logistics/history/check-in. Penny Wassman experiences it as an opportunity for people to build connection with one another.

Acknowledging the Impact of Identity Within Social Change Movements

Acknowledging the Impact of Identity Within Social Change Movements

Acknowledging the Impact of Identity Within Social Change Movements

with Mary Mackenzie and Roxy Manning

Article • 23-35 mins •

Article
23-35 mins

In this transcript, clinical psychologist and organizational consultant, Roxy Manning, PhD, offers ways for us to increase our capacity to (1) See things that we otherwise wouldn't; (2) Bring more relevance to our groups, organizations and social change movements; (3) Talk openly about microaggressions: statements or (in)actions that (inadvertently) minimize, diminish or negate somebody's...

Connect Before Correct

Connect Before Correct

Connect Before Correct

with Sylvia Haskvitz

Trainer Tip • 2-3 minutes •

Trainer Tip
2-3 minutes

Ask the Trainer: "Recently, I was sitting in my weekly practice group trying to connect to my reasons for wanting to give empathy to a particular person. She was telling us about some painful feeling she was having, but was not connecting to her needs."

Trauma and Sanctuary

Trauma and Sanctuary

Trauma and Sanctuary

with Bob Wentworth

Article • 3 - 5 minutes •

Article
3 - 5 minutes

One clue we have trauma is when we respond in a way we don't want (eg. being reactive, self sabotaging, etc). Even when we have high level NVC skills our trauma-related mechanisms can activate, and we can lose access to well honed NVC skills. Read on for approaches that involve healing trauma, and approaches that involve managing the effects of trauma and preventing additional trauma.

Fear of Negative Consequences

Fear of Negative Consequences

Fear of Negative Consequences

with Miki Kashtan

Audio • 8 minutes •

Audio
8 minutes

Miki responds to a participant’s question concerning fear of consequences when speaking with a manager at work. In this excerpt, she delves into the topic of choosing to inhabit nonviolence in the workplace, affirming that fear and nonviolence are incompatible, and that nonviolence is a powerful alternative to our habitual Fight, Flight, Freeze responses.

The Time and Money Course (6 Session Course)

The Time and Money Course (6 Session Course)

The Time and Money Course (6 Session Course)

with Francois Beausoleil and Jeff Brown

Audio • 7 - 10 hours •

Audio
7 - 10 hours

Join Francois and Jeff to gain a clear understanding of the internal mechanics that cause you to experience a sense of scarcity around time and money. You'll develop a personal action plan that will help you translate internal shifts into more success with time and money in the outer world, and much more!

Creating Collaborative Organizations

Creating Collaborative Organizations

Creating Collaborative Organizations

with Miki Kashtan

Audio • 55 minutes •

Audio
55 minutes

Miki will take you step-by-step through four vital systems that support radical collaboration and foster meaning. You’ll learn how to design a decision making process, create clear statements of intent, and create a process for resolving conflict.

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