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With some or all of these teachers:
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Catamas, Ritch Davidson, Phil Willcher and/or Lori Grace
Deepen and broaden your skills using Nonviolent
Communication(TM), AKA Compassionate Communication, in these lively,
informative, role-play-oriented practice evenings.
Compassionate Communication can help you have more love in your life and be more centered when facing challenging situations. Using role-plays of conflicts — pre-planned as well as suggested by the audience — we will show you how to:
• Communicate your needs to someone so you can be more easily heard and understood;
• Help another person to verbalize their underlying needs to be fully heard and understood, so that,
• You can both more easily come to a win-win result.
 
We always offer audience members an opportunity to present situations for role-play, from their own lives and currently "alive" for them. This is completely voluntary. When an audience member chooses to present a situation s/he may choose to either play one of the roles her/himself, or s/he may ask the facilitators or other participants to act it out for them to watch and gain insight. Others may just want to observe. There's no pressure to actively particpate; you choose your own level of participation:
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offer up a situation and participate in the role-play;
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offer up a situation for others to act out as you watch; or,
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just observe.
Occasionally, we assign a theme for the evening, such as using Compassionate Communication in business/work settings, or in challenging situations with loved ones, or in the realm of activism and social change. However, even on those evenings, we are always open to role-playing whatever is most present and alive for the group.
While we prefer all participants to have some knowledge of the Nonviolent Communication basics, everyone is welcome, even with no previous experience. If you are completely new to the NVC model, or would benefit from a little review, we invite you to join us a half-an-hour earlier, at 7 pm, for a brief, Introduction to NVC session. If you plan to attend, we request that you contact us by phone no later than 4 pm the day of the Conflict Improv session. Thanks.
Lori, Phil, Ritch & Scott all have extensive backgrounds in both Nonviolent Communication and Theatre Games / Role-Play.
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Please also join us for more NVC:
Compassionate Communication and Forgiveness
Fundraisers for the Worldwide Forgiveness Alliance
Friday, Sept. 26 and Thursday, Oct. 9
with Lori Grace, Scott Catamas and special guest, Bob Plath
7:30 to 10 pm
Marin
NVC and Parenting
Friday to Sunday, Nov. 14 to 16
with Martine Algier and Lori Grace
Maui
Details for each will be posted soon
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Compassionate Communication Practice and Role-Play — 2008
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Tuesday, Sept. 30 |
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Wednesday, Oct. 14 |
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Monday, Oct. 27 at Open Secret Bookstore 7 to 9 pm |
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More dates will be planned for upcoming months. Please check back. |
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7 pm NVC Basics for newcomers
(Optional, by request only —please call by 4 pm the day of)
7:30 to 10:30 pm Registration and Practice Group
7 to 9 pm at Open Secret Bookstore, Sept. 24 and Oct. 30
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Sunrise Center and Open Secret Bookstore |
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$10 to 20 Sliding scale at Sunrise Center |
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$10 Suggested donation at Open Secret |
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Preferred, not required; Drop-in okay Register
by Phone 415-924-5483 |
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Open Secret Bookstore 923 C Street, San Rafael 94901 415-457-4191 |
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