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Jeff Brown

CNVC Certified Trainer from Columbus, Ohio, USA

Jeff Brown, M.A., has been a Certified Trainer with the Center for Nonviolent Communication since 2005, and has led hundreds of trainings in 27 U.S. states and seven countries including South Korea, Japan, the Netherlands, Germany, Romania and the U.K.

People who experience Jeff's training, coaching, and group facilitation describe him as having a combination of authenticity, vulnerability and humor that engages audiences of all kinds.

Jeff is a trainer and consultant with the Compassionate Communication Center of Ohio, a nonprofit organization based in Columbus, Ohio, and previously served as the organization’s Executive Director from 2009-2015.

He has a master’s degree in Spiritual Psychology from the University of Santa Monica (Los Angeles, CA) and facilitates difficult conversations with people in conflict using mediation, victim-offender reconciliation and Restorative Circles.

Website: Compassionate Communication of Central Ohio

Live Courses with Jeff Brown

Library resources with Jeff Brown

A New Monetary System

Jeff Brown

There's a danger in using empathy exchange to perpetually recirculate and exchange pain (often by telling and re-telling the same old stories), rather than using it as a catalyst for transformation. It can create and further pain in whatever form: anger, destructiveness, hatred, grief, emotional drama, and violence. It can also reinforce dualistic evaluations of "met" vs "unmet" needs. And it can slow down productivity.

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Compassionate Mediation

Jeff Brown

Jeff shows us how to emply NVC to supercharge the possibility of transformation between two people in a mediation process.

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Privilege / Lack of Privilege Affects White People, Fishbowl Discussion

Jeff Brown

Join Jeff Brown for a provocative fishbowl discussion about how privilege and lack of privilege white people.

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Thrive at Work

Jeff Brown

Many of us check our full selves at the door when entering our workplace. Would you like to learn how to apply NVC principles at work instead? In this session, Jeff details how you can step into greater authenticity at work!

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How Privilege / Lack of Privilege Affects White People

Jeff Brown

Jeff Brown moderates a fishbowl discussion discussing why it's uncomfortable for them to talk about privilege… what they're doing to be aware of / combat racism… and the role of empathy and NVC around privilege.

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