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FREE: An Introduction to Communicating Compassionately in a World of Conflict

Facilitator:

  

Joe Brummer

Location: Connecticut

  Blackstone Library - Branford, CT
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Speak Compassion
Blackstone Library

Date and Time:

  Sun, Apr 11, 2010   1:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Requested donation:

  FREE

Details

  Transform conflict in your home, workplace, school and in your community: Based on the work of Marshall Rosenberg and the Center for Nonviolent Communication

Through a combination of lecture, group exercises, video and role plays, we will examine the thinking,language, and moralistic judgments that keep us from managing the conflicts in our lives. We will explore the 4-Part NVC process and how it can be used to express ourselves in ways people can hear without judgment or raising defenses. We will also explore new ways to hear what others are saying so we don't hear blame or create enemy images. You’ll start to manage conflicts more easily, request what you want without using demands and begin to strengthen your personal and professional relationships.

Learn How To…
In the Workplace:
• Manage workplace conflict easily and effectively
• Initiate difficult conversations with ease and confidence
• Improve workplace morale
In your home:
• Hear the needs behind your child’s “no”
• Clearly express your needs in a way your family will hear
• Create more intimacy in your relationships
In your community:
• Effectively mediate cross-cultural concerns
• Transform enemy images into mutually satisfying negotiations
• Manage conflicts peacefully
In schools:
• Improve safety, trust and co-operation in the classroom
• Empower kids to resolve or prevent conflicts on their own
• Improve parent-teacher relations

About the presenter:
Twice the victim of violent crimes, Joe Brummer has spent years exploring why people commit acts of violence against others. He has studied nonviolence, conflict resolution and clocked hundreds of hours at the mediation table. He has worked with the Institute for the Study and Practice of Nonviolence to bring nonviolence to youth in schools, trained with the Community Mediation Center of RI and serves on their Juvenile Restorative Justice Advisory Board. In the winter 2008, Joe attended the International Intensive Training on Nonviolent Communication. He has presented on NVC at national conventions, universities and private organizations across New England.  Joe is the Connecticut representative for New England NVC. View his website at www.speakcompassion.com

Registration and deposit info:

  No Registration is required

What to bring:

  It is helpful to bring paper and something to write with....

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