Connecting Compassionately: An Introduction to Nonviolent Communication

Eugene

This training will offer and overview of the process of Nonviolent Communication and an opportunity to begin to practice applying it in challenging situations.

As a result of participating in this interactive training you can expect to be able to:

  • Identify and avoid some common blocks to compassionate connection
  • Distinguish between needs and wants
  • Make clear requests in positive action language
  • Say “No” in a way that will increase the chances of it being heard by another
  • Express (and receive) gratitude in a fuller way than most of us have learned to do

About the workshop leader: Gary Baran has been a Certified Trainer with the Center for Nonviolent Communication since 1996 and served as executive director of the Center from 1998 until 2006; a Professor Emeritus of Philosophy; was a California licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (1974-2018); and is a member of the board of directors of the Oregon Network for Compassionate Communication

Pre-registration is required for this workshop and enrollment will be limited to 20 participants. Registration is through the Center for Dialogue and Resolution: go to wwwlanecdr.org to register on line or send your check to the Center for Dialogue and Resolution, 1400 Cross Street, Eugene, OR 97402; please include YOUR NAME, MAILING ADDRESS, PHONE NUMBER, AND EMAIL ADDRESS, and indicate the check is payment for the December 7th, 2019 workshop. You will receive a confirmation of your registration by email. If you would like more information or are registering after December 1st, please call the Center for Dialogue and Resolution at 541-344-5366 to see if there is available space.

Level: 
Basic
Training by: 
Gary
Baran
M.A.
CNVC Certified Trainer

I envision a world in which the needs of all people are honored, in which the abundant resources of our planet are both respected and also flow freely so as to reliably meet those needs, and in which people resolve their conflicts peacefully. I strive to live in harmony with the principles of NVC and to offer NVC training to the public and to those organizations and institutions that resonate with those principles. I also provide counseling and consulting services to individuals and groups, and help to contribute to the spread of NVC by serving as a member of the board of directors of the Oregon Network for Compassionate Communication. I have a special affinity with educators, having been a professor of philosophy for 35 years; with parents and mental health professionals, having been a marriage and family therapist for the same length of time--and a co-parent of two for over 25 years; and with those who are responsible for organizational leadership, having served as executive director of the Center for Nonviolent Communication for nearly 8 years. I am also especially eager to contribute to the work of social activists.

8 years 6 months
$80 ($70 if registered by November 15th)
Location: 
Center for Dialogue and Resolution
1400 Cross Street

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