Miki Kashtan is a co-founder of Bay Area Nonviolent Communication, and the NVC North America Leadership Program. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, she leads workshops and intensive retreats in Nonviolent Communication and offers mediation, meeting facilitation, coaching, and training for organizations throughout the United States. She has been supporting the US Department of Peace campaign with monthly conference calls since 2005. From time to time she hosts a call-in show on the radio through KPFA, a listener-sponsored radio station in Berkeley, CA. She holds a Ph.D. in sociology from University of California at Berkeley.
Miki is inspired by the contribution that NVC can make to social change movements and values sharing these skills with leaders and activists. She also particularly enjoys working with and coaching people interested in learning to teach NVC.
Miki is available to lead NVC trainings and can be reached at BayNVC.
Miki has authored:
“The Pain, The Anger, and the Hope: Women Peace Workers in Israel”, Magazine of Creation Spirituality, March 1992
“Nonviolent Communication: Transforming Conflict and Enhancing Connection in Communities”, Communities Magazine, September 1999
“No Enemies, No Demands”, Tikkun Magazine, September-October 2002
“Transforming Power Relations: The Invisible Revolution”, Encounter: Education for Meaning and Social Justice, September 2002
“The Gift of Self: The Art of Transparent Facilitation”, in Sandor Schuman, ed., The IAF Handbook of Group Facilitation, Jossey-Bass, 2005
“Beacon for Peace in the Promised Land: Transforming Palestinian-Israeli Relationships with Nonviolent Communication,” with Hagit Lifshitz and Arnina Kashtan, in Beyond Bullets and Bombs: Grassroots Peacebuilding Between Israelis And Palestinians, edited by Judy Kuriansky, Westport, CT & London: Praeger, 2007.
Leading Practice Groups
with CNVC Certified Trainer Miki Kashtan
(This telecourse is Session 2 of Leading from the Heart: A Telecourse for NVC Trainers & Facilitators)
A Telephone Course (Telecourse) with Miki Kashtan, Certified CNVC Trainer, Author and Co-founder of Bay Area Nonviolent Communication and the North America NVC Leadership Program, from Oakland, California, USA
Sunday, April 5, 2009 • 9:00-11:00 AM PDT (4:00 PM GMT)— My Time Zone?
Fee: $30 USD: All registrants receive access to a recording of the session.
Do you want to increase your effectiveness in leading practice groups? Would you like to have an opportunity to get coaching on your experiences in leading practice groups? The practice group is one of the most common forms people use for sharing NVC with others. As leaders of practice groups, we have many decisions to make about how we want our practice groups to operate and how we want to lead. This telecourse supports new and experienced NVC trainers in gaining insight and clarity about the range of choices and how to make them, as well as support for the challenges that arise in the process. The course includes theoretical understanding, experiential integration, and practical tools for creating and sustaining practice groups that nourish you and the participants. In this class you’ll learn skills and practices to:
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Session 2 – Leading Practice Groups:
Identifying the specific purpose of the practice group; clarifying structure; engaging with our role in the group.
Sunday, April 5, 2009 • 9:00-11:00 AM PDT (4:00 PM GMT)— My Time Zone?
Fee: $30 USD: All registrants receive access to a recording of the course
Prerequisite: To support effective learning for all, we ask that people join this class who have at least a year of ongoing NVC practice, and at least 6 months of teaching experience.
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All Sessions: 1 through 12
Sunday, March 1, 2009 5:00 PM - Sunday, February 7, 2010
Sessions alternate between 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM PST
You may register for all 12 sessions: $300 USD, save $60 USD. All registrants receive access to a recording of each session. You will also receive access to recordings of sessions which have already passed.
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Note: All sessions of this telecourse are on the 1st Sunday of the month, except for session #11, which will be on the 2nd Sunday of January 2010. Sessions alternate between 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM.
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