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Mary explains group participation and clarifies the often-misunderstood facilitator role.

• Share NVC in a way that keeps your group engaged 
• Walk away with practical facilitation tips and 5 session outlines
• Know how to respond to nay-sayers
• Learn how to promote your work

Listen to Mary tackle one of the greatest challenges of facilitating an NVC group: How do you deal with hecklers and people you don't like? Mary offers insightful tips and helpful guidance.

Learn seven steps to keep NVC groups engaged and energized.

Listen as Mary Mackenzie shares an eight step path to create your own NVC learning activities, based on your own NVC learning experience. In this session, Mary uses the value of requests and observations as teaching examples.

Learn tips for responding with care and connection when triggered in NVC groups.

The focus of this 6-session class is on shifting the intention of your teaching from how to why while embodying the principles and practice of NVC every step of the way - from planning to delivery. The methodology Miki offers is to start with understanding what the people in your audience face in their environment, continue with what they might want to learn and how NVC principles can provide them with what they want, and end with how you can frame the principles in a language and context that speak to your audience’s familiar experience. 

Learn three tips to handle distractions from a group’s purpose, like long empathy requests.

Learn tips for tracking group energy, presence, participation, and inclusion effectively.

Learn to track requests, agreements, time, and session purpose with helpful tips.

Creating teaching exercises builds consciousness and helps develop your unique teaching style.

Breaking workshop planning into bite-size steps reduces overwhelm and sparks creativity.

Ever wondered how to balance everyone’s needs when leading a NVC group? In the first part of the video, Mary shares tips how to balance the facilitator's, the individuals members' and the group's needs. In the second part, Mary talks about transparency as a facilitator - what does it mean, what does it look like and how to be transparent in a way that is supportive for the group.

Listen in as Mary deftly blows the role of facilitator wide open in this excerpt from her very popular 2021 course, Facilitate NVC Groups with Joy and Confidence. She also covers a variety of useful tips such as what to do if you feel lost or confused, how to trust your gut, and ideas around utilizing empathy for yourself!

Ask the Trainer: Guidance for NVC groups on when and how to make requests, especially negative ones.

Interactive dialogue addresses common questions for new NVC facilitators and trainers.

Exploring ways to stay compassionate and connected when someone seems angry or controlling.