Discover the transformative power of Nonviolent Communication (NVC) at our upcoming event in Edinburgh. Join certified trainer Celia Landman for two engaging sessions exploring the foundations of NVC. This introductory workshop offers practical tools to enhance your personal and professional relationships, fostering compassion and understanding. Whether you're new to NVC or looking to deepen your practice, this event promises valuable insights and hands-on exercises to improve your communication skills and create more meaningful connections.
Date: Friday 23 August 2024
Venue: Edinburgh College of Art, Main Lecture Theatre, Edinburgh, EH3 9DF
Morning Session
Time: 10:00 – 12noon
Introduction to NVC: Why Everyone’s Needs Matter.
Find your superpower of understanding through needs awareness. When we can decipher our needs beneath our feelings we gain insight into our motivations. When we understand our motivations based on our values, we also understand others. This offers us more choices in communication and in finding ways to nurture our needs and others.
This session includes:
Foundational components of NVC/work in dyads (pairs)
Exercises for continued learning.
Book this session – Free but cash donations are suggested for the trainer
Afternoon Session
Time: 13:00-15:00
Intro to NVC: Is anybody Listening? Ending the Frustration of Collaboration
This session focuses on the four choices of how to listen to a hard-to-hear message. Using the foundation of understanding feelings and needs (Universal Human Values) we can communicate for a place that is outside of blame and shame. This understanding creates increased collaboration and can offer unexpected ways to work together so all needs are met.
This session includes:
- Group demo/individual breakouts
- Harvest, and continued learning homework
Book this session – Free but cash donations are suggested for the trainer3
Session Prep:
Check out this website and the Feelings and Needs list here.
Also, you can order Marshall Rosenberg’s Book “Nonviolent Communication: A Language for Life” there too.
“Nonviolent Communication (NVC) is a unique and powerful process for inspiring compassionate connection and action. It provides a framework and set of skills to address a wide range of concerns, from the most intimate relationships to global political conflicts.
The purpose of NVC is to help all involved to sharpen their awareness of language so that they can express what really matters to them, and also hear what really matters to others. It involves empathic communication whereby we can attune ourselves to both our own and other people’s real needs.”
Please visit www.nonviolentcommunication.com to learn more about NVC.
About Celia Landman
Celia Landman, is an ordained Zen Buddhist, writer, and certified Nonviolent Communication Trainer. She works with teens, parents, and trauma survivors, using humour and compassion.
She’s the author of the book When the Whole World Tips: Parenting Through Crisis With Mindfulness and Balance (2024).
