Community Building and Civility
Northshore
(part of the Greater New Orleans area)
Acerca de
NVC
Nonviolent Communication
A Language of Life
by Marshall B. Rosenberg, Ph.D.
You were invited.
If you've landed on this page you were invited by a friend to participate with us, CBC Northshore, in the online monthly book study of the prestigious and internationally well known book by Marshall Rosenberg, Nonviolent Communication. It is the foremost authority on compassionate connection, communication, and community.
What is Nonviolent Communication?
Nonviolent Communication is the integration of four things:
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Consciousness: a set of principles that support living a life of compassion, collaboration, courage, and authenticity.
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Language: understanding how words contribute to connection or distance.
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Communication: knowing how to ask for what we want, how to hear others even in disagreement, and how to move toward solutions that work for all.
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Means of influence: sharing "power with others" rather than using "power over others".
Nonviolent Communication serves our desire to do three things:
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Increase our ability to live with choice, meaning, and connection.
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Connect empathically with self and others to have more satisfying relationships.
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Sharing of resources so everyone is able to benefit.
What to do next.
Sign up and Donate: Below you can sign up for the book study - a monthly online zoom meeting. Currently, we are asking for donations as CBC Northshore has only its members (less than 10) to keep alive this dream for deeper community, connection and communication. Upon registering to join and donating a small amount to our book study (see details below) you will be sent an email with a webpage link. On the webpage you'll find a variety of data pertinent to this book study, including:
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the monthly dates we're meeting
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the monthly chapter schedule
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who's leading and co-leading
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links to purchase the NVC book (required) and the workbook (required if you want to lead)
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the zoom link
Some logistics.
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we meet very 3rd Wednesday of the month from 6:30-8:30pm central
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meetings are online via zoom
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it's not required to start on Day 1 (which is Wed 15 June 2022)
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It's most beneficial to read up to the chapter of the month (there's topic discussion and activities), but minimally to have at least read the chapter(s) of the month.
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This book study is a 12 month program designed to give ample time to experience and implement the skills this book offers.
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The 3rd edition NVC book has 14 chapters - we plan for 1 chapter per month (with 2 exceptions)
How it may feel.
Like you've stepped into a supportive community of like-minded people interested in leading with compassion and understanding intending to make a difference on our precious planet. If this is of interest to you, please fill out the form below.
Join the NVC book study
and donate below.
Donate:
By donating, you help your community grow and become better!
Don't want to participate? Maybe you'd rather not participate in the book club or engage in our other projects (like skills training for community building). That's ok, you don't have to. But, maybe you can see the worthwhile endeavor and would be willing to donate to help others less fortunate (we give sponsorships based on funds received from awesome and generous people like you).
Do want to participate? We'd love to have you join us! Fill out the Registration above (and click the teal bar to register), and then scroll to the yellow Donate button below. Participation in this NVC book study is by donation.
Suggested Amounts for the one year book study:
$50 or more - Pay it Forward - helps with general costs plus adds to our sponsorship fund.
$25 - Basic amount - helps with general costs.
$10 - Student (and/or otherwise financially challenged).
If you need financial assistance with book or book study rate, please let us know. We want all to be able to attend.
Thank you for donating no matter what your level of participation!
If you Registered, please check your inbox (or spam folder) for an email with IMPORTANT INFORMATION about the NVC Book Study!