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.
"Miki, I really admire the way you are able to be so present in the moment and are able to respond so well to what you see and sense. Just watching you in action makes this course worthwhile to me."
— S.G., Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
”Miki's workshop was exceptional in giving an overview of the work, while calmly meeting the emotional challenges everyone brought to the table.” —Class Participant
Leading from the Heart:
A Telecourse for NVC Trainers & Facilitators
with CNVC Certified Trainer Miki Kashtan
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, March 1, 2009 5:00 PM - Sunday, February 7, 2010
Sessions alternate between 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM PST
Fee for each 2-hour session: $30 USD: All registrants receive access to a recording of the session.
Fee for the 12 session package: $300 USD, save $60 USD. All registrants receive access to a recording of each session.
Do you want to embody NVC consciousness and skills as you bring them to others?Would you like to gain fluency in planning intros and activities?Are you longing to express yourself with passion and clarity?Are you eager to learn NVC in a community of peers? |
A forum for new and experienced NVC trainers to receive support and coaching related to the challenges of sharing NVC with others. This telecourse, available as individual sessions or as a series, includes theoretical, experiential, and practical materials designed to enhance the capacity to align one’s teaching with the deep principles underlying NVC practice.
Session 1 – Living NVC While Teaching :
Self-connection as the foundation of our teaching; transparency; connecting empathically before “teaching”.
Sunday, March 1, 2009 • 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM PST (1:00 AM GMT on 3/2) — My Time Zone?
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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 AM - 11:00 AM PDT (4:00 PM GMT)— My Time Zone?
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Session 3 – Feedback and Coaching Skills:
Distinction between feedback and other forms of expression; supporting integration for participants; clarity about observations and suggestions.
Sunday, May 3, 2009 • 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM PDT (12:00 AM GMT on 5/4) — My Time Zone?
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Session 4 – Planning Intros (Including people not into NVC):
Principle-based teaching vs. skill-based teaching; experience-based vs. didactic; establishing clear goals for the intro and finding activities.
Sunday, June 7, 2009 • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM PDT (4:00 PM GMT)— My Time Zone?
More Information Register for Single SessionsSession 5 – Advanced Empathy Skills:
Such as - following vs. leading; content vs. quality of connection; meeting intensity; pacing and silence; and others.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 • 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM PDT (12:00 AM GMT on 7/6)— My Time Zone?
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Session 6 – Set up Role Plays:
Connecting the purpose of role plays (e.g. practice, healing, modeling) with form (who is playing self and who is playing other; who has giraffe ears on).
Sunday, August 2, 2009 • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM PDT (4:00 PM GMT)— My Time Zone?
More Information Register for Single SessionsSession 7 – Power:
Using power while teaching; teaching about power relations.
Sunday, September 6, 2009 • 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM PDT (12:00 AM GMT on 9/7)— My Time Zone?
More Information Register for Single SessionsSession 8 – Working with "Safety":
Distinction between feeling unsafe and the interpretation of unsafety; between internal and external safety; staying with discomfort and supporting people where they are.
Sunday, October 4, 2009 • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM PDT (4:00 PM GMT)— My Time Zone?
More Information Register for Single SessionsSession 9 – Co-Leading:
Advantages and challenges of co-leading; preparing for handling areas of challenge; building on strengths; feedback and connection.
Sunday, November 1, 2009 • 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM PDT (1:00 AM GMT on 11/2)— My Time Zone?
More Information Register for Single SessionsSession 10 – Planning Activities and Exercises:
Survey of specific activities and creation of new ones to support specific learning goals.
Sunday, December 6, 2009 • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM PST (5:00 PM GMT)— My Time Zone?
More Information Register for Single SessionsSession 11 – Engaging and Inspiring While Teaching:
Speaking from experience; using examples; connecting with purpose; connecting with teaching points.
Sunday, January 10, 2010 • 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM PDT (1:00 AM GMT on 1/11)— My Time Zone?
Register for Single SessionsSession 12 – Responding to Challenges from Participants:
Such as - dealing with “Difficult People;” addressing “dead” groups; responding to challenging questions; interrupting skills.
Sunday, February 7, 2010 • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM PDT (5:00 PM GMT)— My Time Zone?
Register for Single SessionsAll Sessions: 1 through 12
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.
Sunday, March 1, 2009 5:00 PM - Sunday, February 7, 2010
Sessions alternate between 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM PST
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.
Upon registration, you will receive an e-mail with complete instructions for how to access the call, and suggestions to maximize the benefits of your experience.
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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