Communicating Compassionately In

Communicating Compassionately In a World of Conflict

Friday, April 16, 2010 - 9:00 am until 4:00 pm

Presented by: Joe Brummer

Most of us have been educated from birth to compete, judge, demand, and diagnose — to think and communicate in terms of what is “right“ and “wrong“ with people. We express our feelings in terms of what another person has “done to us,” instead of taking responsibility for our feelings independent of another person. We struggle to understand our own needs in the moment, or to effectively ask for what we want without using unhealthy demands, threats, or coercion.

At best, communicating and thinking this way can create misunderstanding and frustration. And still worse, it can lead to anger, depression, and even emotional or physical violence.

Through this workshop, you’ll learn to transform the thinking, language, and moralistic judgments that keep you from the enriching relationships that you dream of. The 4-Part NVC process provides a unique, yet simple, framework to get "unstuck" in those trying moments.

You’ll start to manage conflicts with ease and more easily get what you need without using demands, begin to hear the needs of others with less struggle, strengthen your personal and professional relationships, and start living to your fullest potential.

Transform conflict in your home, workplace, school and in your community into connection

Based on the work of Marshall Rosenberg and the Center for Nonviolent Communication

In the Workplace:

· Resolve Workplace Conflict easily and effectively

· Initiate difficult conversations with ease and confidence

· Improve workplace morale

In your home:

· Hear the needs behind your child’s “no”

· Clearly express your needs in a way your family will hear

· Create more intimacy in your relationships

In schools:

· Improve safety, trust and co-operation in the classroom

· Empower kids to resolve or prevent conflicts on their own

· Improve parent-teacher relations

In your community:

· Effectively mediate cross-cultural concerns

· Transform enemy images into mutually satisfying negotiations

· Resolve conflicts peacefully

About the presenter:

Twice the victim of violent crimes, Joe Brummer has spent years exploring why people commit acts of violence against others. He has studied nonviolence, conflict resolution and clocked hundreds of hours at the mediation table. He has worked with the Institute for the Study and Practice of Nonviolence to bring nonviolence to youth in schools, trained with the Community Mediation Center of RI and serves on their Juvenile Restorative Justice Advisory Board. In the winter 2008, Joe attended the International Intensive Training on Nonviolent Communication. He has presented on NVC at national conventions, universities and private organizations across New England. Joe is the Connecticut representative for New England NVC. View his website at www.speakcompassion.com

Location: 32 Elm Street, New Haven, CT

TO REGISTER: The deadline for registration is April 12, 2010

Registration is open to the public. Seating is limited. The requested fee for this training is $89.00 per person and includes lunch and materials. A limited number of scholarships are available for this workshop. A selection of NVC books will be available for purchase at the workshop via cash or check.

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Register Online at www.community-mediation.org or mail check or money order and this registration form to: 32 Elm Street, New Haven, CT 06510. (Checks should be made payable to Community Mediation, Inc.)

Questions, please call (203) 782-3500.