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  1. Applying NVC to Social Change Movements

    Applying NVC to Social Change Movements

    Miki Kashtan

    Audio · 50 minutes · 7/1/2016

    Want things to change in your community, but feel frustrated or don’t know what to do? Miki’s intriguing overview of how to apply the principles of NVC to social change movements may have the exact blend of inspiration and ideas you’re seeking!

  2. How to Create a “Living” Organization

    How to Create a “Living” Organization

    Gregg Kendrick

    Audio · 1 hour, 5 minutes · 7/1/2016

    Listen to this interview with Gregg Kendrick and one of his clients to learn how to successfully introduce NVC into an organization that is unfamiliar with the concept. Gregg’s client, Dale Neikirk, will be sharing how NVC has supported and improved the results of his insurance company, through Gregg’s masterly facilitation.

  3. Listen as Liv shares her experience of mediating conflict between two groups: using NVC to ascertain the needs of both sides, raise awareness, and diminish polarization.

  4. Principle Based Approach to Teaching NVC Basics

    Principle Based Approach to Teaching NVC Basics

    Miki Kashtan

    Video · 1 hour, 17 minutes · 12/18/2017

    It’s one thing to share NVC with those who’re interested, but what about those who aren’t? How does meeting someone where they are create space for learning, and help you find a pathway forward? Miki Answers this and more.

  5. Can NVC Be Taught Without Using OFNR?

    Can NVC Be Taught Without Using OFNR?

    Miki Kashtan

    Video · 2 minutes · 06/07/2011

    CNVC Certified Trainer Miki Kashtan explains has developed a path to teaching NVC without relying on OFNR: Principle-based Teaching.

  6. NVC Games

    NVC Games

    A Fun Way to Learn NVC

    Gitta Zimmermann

    Video · 1 hour, 12 minutes · 12/26/2018

    In October 2018, CNVC Certified Trainer Gitta Zimmerman held her 6th international workshop for people working with children in Ruhpolding, Germany. This workshop video offers NVC learning games, complete with instructions!

  7. Certified CNVC Trainer Roxy Manning, Phd, shares three steps on how to reflect on what needs are being served when deciding to implement a strategy.

  8. Why Do I love Restorative Circles?

    Why Do I love Restorative Circles?

    Duke Duchscherer

    Video · 1 minute · 12/18/2023

    Duke Duchscherer shares that Restorative Circles have the ability to transform relationships. Groups may start with feelings of worry, anxiety, fear, anger, and even hatred. The dialogue process supports a shift to more ease, connection, and trust.

    • Wish you knew how to align your organization with its purpose and values?
    • Want to increase your capacity to live in integrity with your values, too?
    • Concerned about the level of engagement within your organization?
    • Yearn to connect to a sense of meaning in your life during this time of global crises?
    • Long to discover what is yours to do – and wish you knew how to leverage the resources you have in response to what is needed?
  9. Facing Life as One

    Facing Life as One

    Miki Kashtan

    Live Zoom Course · ·

    • Learn concrete tools for engaging with others as you embrace individual and collective liberation
    • Find your own source of choice even in the face of challenges
    • Release the constriction of scarcity
    • Find an empowered option to respond to what is happening in our world
    • Open the door to the possibility of thriving rather than merely surviving
  10. Looking at Anger from an NVC Perspective

    Looking at Anger from an NVC Perspective

    Wes Taylor

    Video · 11 minutes · 03/15/2011

    Wes Taylor leads young people in a lively discussion on understanding and working with anger.

  11. Can We Un-Skew Resource Distribution?

    Can We Un-Skew Resource Distribution?

    Miki Kashtan

    Articles · 14 - 21 minutes · 4/8/2019

    In learning how to re-invent the economic system so that it distributes resources in a way that includes as many people's needs as possible, we would need to be in a process of mutual influence with one another. However, addressing resource distribution can be complex when people in different social locations have 1.)a different sense of what's considered "enough" 2.) different capacities to find creative strategies that work within the given limitations, and 3.)different levels of self-doubt, shame and capacity to put their concerns and needs on the table. Can we collectively create conditions that support people to stretch productively so that included in the outcome are the needs, perspectives, ideas, and concerns of people who are less powerful? What needs to be in place to support the way towards a better future?

  12. We all blow it sometimes. Maybe we are triggered and react in ways we regret. Or we unknowingly say or do something that unexpectedly touches a nerve for someone else. Either way, how do we heal the disconnection? In this session, you'll learn how to integrate skills for repairing relationships.

  13. Roxy Manning suggests that in navigating a situation where accusations of racism and a white savior complex arise, the facilitator emphasizes the distinction between intention and impact. Acknowledging the pain of the aggrieved person, the facilitator clarifies that racism is about impact, not necessarily intention. Encouraging a focus on the impact first, the facilitator invites understanding of the internal and systemic levels of the experience. Despite the person's insistence on their intention, the facilitator remains firm in prioritizing the discussion of impact. The goal is to create a space for acknowledging and addressing the impact before delving into intentions.

  14. Working Together for Change

    Working Together for Change

    (5 Session Course)

    Itzel Hayward, Kathy Simon

    Multi-session Course · 4 hours · 03/10/2024

    Itzel Hayward and Kathy Simon's course is designed to help you step into your power and create a more just world while staying aligned with compassion and empathy.

    Using practices and insights based in Nonviolent Communication, this five-session series explores how to challenge racist words and ideas in ways that are most likely to encourage others to openly reflect on their beliefs and behavior. This is an important step in making real change. 

    You will come away with an increased ability to:

    • Stay grounded in conversations that can be painful and upsetting
    • Respond meaningfully to perspectives that are different from your own
    • Find words to express clearly and passionately why it matters to transform social systems
  15. Inbal Kashtan shows how honest requests, not demands, build trust with children.

  16. If we are in the dominant group, intervening to prevent violence or an "ouch" is a way to ally with marginalized folks. We can intervene to meet their needs, rather than our own. In other words, we can intervene without putting our experience at center stage. To that end, here are six ways to ask if an intervention is welcome.

  17. Needs Cards

    Needs Cards

    Peggy Smith

    Learning Tools · 1 - 2 minutes · 9/12/2019

    Print-and-cut these 71 needs cards for one-on-one, partner or group activities, to help support the pratice of empathy. Includes nine blank cards for you to customize.

  18. Feelings Cards

    Feelings Cards

    Peggy Smith

    Learning Tools · 1 - 2 minutes · 9/13/2019

    Print-and-cut these 56 feelings cards for one-on-one, partner or group activities, to help support the pratice of empathy. Includes eight blank cards for you to customize.

  19. Healing Worthlessness and Finding Belonging

    Healing Worthlessness and Finding Belonging

    Elia Lowe-Chardé

    Articles · 4 - 6 minutes · 6/14/2021

    With worthlessness comes the idea of not belonging or not being worthy of belonging. In this context, belonging is more than an identity with a particular group. It is the sort of belonging that enables you to get other fundamental needs met, including safety, support, nourishment, and love. Unconscious attempts win worthiness and belonging often effectively blocks the very thing its pursuing. Read on for more.

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