NVC Conference 2025 |
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Day 1 – Friday, January 31 |
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Community Room Access the Community Room with this Zoom Link: |
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| Session 1 Room 1 6:00PM–8:00PM PT Time Convertor |
Session 1 Room 2 6:00PM–8:00PM PT Time Convertor |
Session 1 Room 3 6:00PM–8:00PM PT Time Convertor |
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Catherine Cadden and Jesse Wiens Yes, NVC trainers in long-term relationships still fight! We've raised our voices, pointed fingers, walked out of the room, and been judgy giraffes and jackals. We've been confrontational and conflict avoidant. We've said things we regret. AND, we've learned a few things along the way about how to contribute to more connection, ease, and joy. Come learn from our mistakes, and start having better fights with your long term partner. Access this session using the Zoom information below: ID: 870 1627 6751 - Passcode: 11111 |
Mary Goyer Explore the empathy games that support engagement and connection, while building skills for beginners. Great for bringing NVC to classrooms, work settings, and facilitation spaces, these games add both fun and depth and make introducing NVC easy. Learn how to work with folks individually and in groups - download free F/N cards ahead of time at www.groktheworld.com. Access this session using the Zoom information below: ID: 842 8672 0528 - Passcode: 22222 |
Roxy Manning Can NVC effectively address issues of power and privilege? Bring your questions and challenges to this session. We'll answer some questions and provide live coaching for others in this interactive session created by you! Access this session using the Zoom information below: ID: 893 1545 0102 - Passcode: 33333 |
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Community Room Access the Community Room with this Zoom Link: |
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Day 2 – Saturday, February 1 |
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Community Room Access the Community Room with this Zoom Link: |
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Opening Session Access the opening session with this Zoom Link: ID: 818 6268 6555 - Passcode: 66666 |
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| Session 2 Room 1 10:00AM–12:00PM PT Time Convertor |
Session 2 Room 2 10:00AM–12:00PM PT Time Convertor |
Session 2 Room 3 10:00AM–12:00PM PT Time Convertor |
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Yvette Erasmus How might NVC practices and consciousness support you when you're feeling activated in a conversation? We will explore stimulus-response cycles, body cues, emotional regulation, and distress tolerance skills, relating to anger, and dialogue skills. Access this session using the Zoom information below: ID: 870 1627 6751 - Passcode: 11111 |
Miki Kashtan This session is for people who are actively distressed about what is going on in the world and want to know how NVC can be of service in meeting such immense challenges. Drawing on early material from Marshall, in this session, Miki will explore Marshall's vision as she understands it; his view of social structures; his understanding of the gap between where we are and the vision; and where he saw that NVC could be helpful in the various spheres of human social life. In addition, she will look at what happened to NVC since his most active years and how each of us can still find what is ours to do within the original map that Marshall left us. Access this session using the Zoom information below: ID: 842 8672 0528 - Passcode: 22222 |
Lorraine Aguilar This session is for those of you who want to make a difference in your workplace, regardless of your level of leadership. With the help of NVC, you will learn the secrets to being an effective change agent, how to use discernment on how and when to address the elephant in the room, and be savvy about the power dynamics in play. Because positive change is rarely a solo effort, you will also learn how to get your message heard and engage the people around you, while preventing a polarizing "us vs. them" dynamic. Access this session using the Zoom information below: ID: 893 1545 0102 - Passcode: 33333 |
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| Session 3 Room 1 1:00PM–3:00PM PT Time Convertor |
Session 3 Room 2 1:00PM–3:00PM PT Time Convertor |
Session 3 Room 3 1:00PM–3:00PM PT Time Convertor |
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Sarah Peyton Are you ever inspired by the glimpses you catch of NVC's beauty and relationality, only to lose sight of your dream in the wear and tear of everyday life? Join Sarah Peyton to explore the relational neuroscience of how we connect and change one another, and how to bring this knowledge as leverage to make the beauty of Nonviolent Communication a practice of everyday presence, and make your empathy more powerful. Participants will spend class time in an experiential discovery of attunement and its influence on the power of feelings and needs guesses. Access this session using the Zoom information below: ID: 870 1627 6751 - Passcode: 11111 |
Kathleen Macferran & Bob Salt Do you have many voices about sexuality competing in your head and vying for power in your heart? Are you looking to understand the chaos and bring more clarity to and confidence in your sexuality? This session will support you in exploring messages you’ve received throughout your lifetime about sexuality, empathically discern which have been of service and which have not, and then honestly embrace your own story in ways that bring sexual health and well-being. Note: the term “sexuality” in this session is used in a very broad way to talk about many aspects of who we are as gendered beings. All are welcome. Access this session using the Zoom information below: ID: 842 8672 0528 - Passcode: 22222 |
Yvette Erasmus Where are you getting stuck in your NVC practice? What isn't making sense to you or gelling? Bring your situations and questions to this session, and Yvette will help you see some possible next steps or strategies that might support you in getting unstuck from socialized patterns. This session will be Q&A-focused and co-created by your situations and questions. Access this session using the Zoom information below: ID: 893 1545 0102 - Passcode: 33333 |
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| Session 4 Room 1 3:30PM–5:30PM PT Time Convertor |
Session 4 Room 2 3:30PM–5:30PM PT Time Convertor |
Session 4 Room 3 3:30PM–5:30PM PT Time Convertor |
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Eric Huang Once we explore our needs, it's time to create or co-create an effective, do-able request. Even more challenging, is understanding how to make requests of self and the other. In this session, after practicing empathy around a need you are longing for, you will work in small groups to support each other in forming do-able requests for yourself or others. Access this session using the Zoom information below: ID: 870 1627 6751 - Passcode: 11111 |
Rodger Sorrow The power of self-empathy comes from connection to yourself and the source energy that flows through each of us all the time. When you are connected to your own feelings and needs, you are empowered to speak openly, honestly, and vulnerably with compassion for the impact of your words. Or you can listen empathically with full presence to what is alive in others. In this session, you will complete a self-empathy worksheet and share it with each other. It will be fun as we will laugh and learn together. Access this session using the Zoom information below: ID: 842 8672 0528 - Passcode: 22222 |
Alan Rafael Seid One of Dr. Marshall Rosenberg's dreams was to see a world in which everyone's needs mattered. The field of consciousness studies tells us that we perceive the world differently based on our psychological maturation. If we want to nurture leaders who are self-connected, can facilitate mutual understanding, act with integrity, and can effectively navigate the world of systems and structures — then how does NVC help us create a powerful team environment, with an emphasis on communication, collaboration, teamwork, leadership, and culture? This presentation includes and transcends what we know of Nonviolent Communication. Access this session using the Zoom information below: ID: 893 1545 0102 - Passcode: 33333 |
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| Harvest Session Room 6: 5:45PM - 6:30PM PT Time Convertor A time to gather together and share our experiences of the day. An opportunity to spend time getting to know other conference attendees a little. Access the harvest session with this Zoom Link: |
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Community Room Access the Community Room with this Zoom Link: |
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Day 3 – Sunday, February 2 |
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Community Room Access the Community Room with this Zoom Link: |
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Opening Session Access the opening session with this Zoom Link: ID: 818 6268 6555 - Passcode: 66666 |
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| Session 5 Room 1 10:00AM–12:00PM PT Time Convertor |
Session 5 Room 2 10:00AM–12:00PM PT Time Convertor |
Session 5 Room 3 10:00AM–12:00PM PT Time Convertor |
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Sarah Peyton Are you sometimes shocked and confused by the venom in your own inner voice? Are you surprised and sad when you realize how cruel you are to yourself? And have you wondered how to use NVC empathy to change the tone and substance of your self-talk? Join Sarah Peyton to learn to leverage relational neuroscience to give your self-empathy strength and wings. Access this session using the Zoom information below: ID: 870 1627 6751 - Passcode: 11111 |
Aya Caspi In this session, Aya will share how two animation kids shows she worked on at Warner Brothers applied Nonviolent Communication. She’ll explore how she applied NVC to build trust and transform power differences within mainstream corporate culture, specific examples from the original scripts and her NVC notes to writers (and how those notes were applied), as well as the feedback she received from the writers and production team. This session will include a slide presentation, video, and group interaction. Access this session using the Zoom information below: ID: 842 8672 0528 - Passcode: 22222 |
Duke Duchscherer Social change is patient, persistent, and challenging work. In this session, you will learn about and explore the 3 elements of transformative social change. Together these elements enable us to more effectively leverage everyone's power not to work against each other but toward meeting a common challenge. Duke will also lead you in examining the Peacemaking Pyramid and how to use its wisdom to create next steps for your own social change projects. Access this session using the Zoom information below: ID: 893 1545 0102 - Passcode: 33333 |
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| Session 6 Room 1 1:00PM–3:00PM PT Time Convertor |
Session 6 Room 2 1:00PM–3:00PM PT Time Convertor |
Session 6 Room 3 1:00PM–3:00PM PT Time Convertor |
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David Weinstock Listening and speaking empathically when you are in pain is very difficult. A somatic approach for embodying NVC helps to develop self-awareness and the skills needed to reconcile the inconsistencies between your heart and your lips, what you say and what you do, and brings coherence to communication anchored in what you most deeply care about. Together we’ll explore gentle physical and verbal practices to deepen empathic listening skills for self-healing, finding our voices, making comprehensive choices, harmonizing difficult conflicts within and around us, and effecting positive change. Access this session using the Zoom information below: ID: 870 1627 6751 - Passcode: 11111 |
Jim Manske Memorial: A Time to Reflect and Celebrate Join us in celebrating the life of Jim Manske. This remembrance will be held by Jori Manske and River Dunavin, fellow NVC Trainer and friend. Jim passed away on December 22 following complications from a surgery. He passed with his loving family (Jori, Jiva, Jaya, Hannah, granddaughter Nora) and a longtime friend at his hospital bedside. Jim has been part of the NVC Conference since its birth. This is an opportunity for all who attend to share their memories of Jim and virtually join hands as we honor his legacy and reflect on the many ways he touches our lives. Access the memorial using the Zoom information below: ID: 893 2217 6815 - Passcode: 615388 |
Arnina Kashtan Do you feel strongly about issues such as abortion, Israel/Palestine, defunding the police, and gun control? How does NVC support your clarity and empowerment to advocate for controversial positions? Is NVC made for this? In this session, you will try out and give each other feedback as you use NVC concepts and practices such as making requests, proposing strategies, power sharing, and speaking your truth. Then we will debrief all questions, challenges and obstacles that come up after using NVC in this way and explore its effectiveness. Access this session using the Zoom information below: ID: 893 1545 0102 - Passcode: 33333 |
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| Harvest Session Room 6: 3:15PM - 4:00PM PT Time Convertor A time to gather together and share our experiences of the day. An opportunity to spend time getting to know other conference attendees a little. Access the harvest session with this Zoom Link: ID: 818 6268 6555 - Passcode: 66666 |
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Community Room Access the Community Room with this Zoom Link: |
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