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Learn to design role plays that inspire, engage and deepen learning for everyone.

You've probably witnessed and participated in role plays that were powerful tools for inspiration, integration, or healing. You've likely also been in contexts where role plays fell flat, leaving people frustrated, confused, or disengaged. If you're sharing NVC with others – or are envisioning yourself going there in the future – you'll want to take this class, where the focus is on how to increase the chances of having role plays that serve a clear purpose, engage an entire group, and support the deepest learning possible for all.

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

Hear a session on spreading NVC, sharing visions, and seeking support for goals.

Learn to teach from intention, rooted in NVC principles and your audience’s real-world needs.

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

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

Inspired by a talk given by Marshall Rosenberg, Jim offers an interactive exploration of powerful strategies for making NVC an integral part of your everyday life.

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

Join CNVC Certified Trainers Jim and Jori Manske for this session that will help you minimize your reactivity and live in greater choice.

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.

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.

Two NVC trainers went into dangerous, war torn territory to share the skills they found so valuable but end up learning that they need to first apply those skills before those they came to help could receive what they had to offer. Only when the foundation of connection and trust was built could they mediate the conflicts using empathic communication.

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

How can I deal with someone who is constantly interrupting and derailing our process?

Bring NVC beyond personal growth, explore perspectives that transform how we respond to crisis.

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