Marshall B. Rosenberg, PhD
What You Say Next Will Change Your World — Tools For Tough Conversations
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Registration
To register, please use our on-line Registration form.
Day Workshops and Evening Lectures
| Tuesday, Sep. 19 | |
|---|---|
| Workshop | BUILDING COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIPS — Going Beyond Reward & Punishment |
| Lecture | Raising & Educating Our Children, at the Central Congregational UCC, Atlanta |
| Wednesday, Sep. 20 | |
| Workshop | SPEAKING PEACE — Learning to Prevent and Resolve Conflict |
| Lecture | Compassionate Care for the Caregiver, at The Carter Center, Atlanta |
| Thursday, Sep. 21 | |
| Workshop | LIVING AND LEADING POWERFULLY— Skills for Effective Management |
Times and Locations
Lectures
All lectures are 7:00— 9:00 pm, at the locations indicated above.
Workshops
All workshops are scheduled to take place from 9:00 am until 4:30 pm, at The Carter Center, 453 Freedom Parkway, Atlanta, GA.
Workshop Descriptions
Each of the three, full-day workshops offered during the period September 19-21, 2006 are individually valuable and complementary. It will be possible to register for one, two, or all three days.
Marshall Rosenberg is scheduled to teach each workshop, which will build upon the participant’s previous knowledge of basic Nonviolent CommunicationSM (NVC). Participants will use the four-step process during discussion, question and answer, as well as small special-interest breakout groups and role-playing interactions.
Participants will present their own client-related communication challenges. Dr. Rosenberg will assist participants in using the NVC model to develop communication strategies that lead to full interaction without life-alienating judgments or evaluations.
Workshop Agenda
| 8:15 am — 8:45 am | Check in and onsite registration |
| 9:00 am — 10:30 am | Summary of Nonviolent Communication SM Clarifying the differences between life-alienating and life-connecting communication |
| 10:45 am — 12:00 pm | Session for in-depth exploration of each day's scheduled topic |
| 12:00 pm — 1:00 pm | Lunch |
| 1:00 pm — 2:30 pm | Break-out session by interest groups |
| 2:45 pm — 4:30 pm | Using positive action-oriented language |
*Previous Knowledge: Attendance at introductory workshops, reading “Nonviolent Communication, A Language of Life”, or participation in an NVC practice group.
Available introductory workshops can be found at www.sacredspaceinc.com. NVC printed materials can be ordered from www.CNVC.org.
Learning Objectives
Participants will be able to:
- Apply practical techniques using NVC in client interactions, personal relationships and the workplace.
- Identify and assist client development of fully effective nonviolent communication strategies.
- Differentiate between observations and judgments (labels), evaluations and feelings, needs and strategies, and requests and demands.
- Explain how to prevent and peacefully resolve internal and external conflicts through making clear observations, identifying feelings and needs, and requesting specific doable actions without demanding.
- Identify thought patterns that lead to arguments, anger, and depression.
- Create cooperative relationships based on the recognition of our shared needs.
CEUs (Continuing Education Units)
Workshops have been approved for 6 CEU hours each day by:
- GPA
- NASW
- GACA
- NBCC
- GAMFT
- Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution
Professionals who may apply for CEUs are indicated (*) below.
Who Would Likely Benefit From This Training?
- Counselors, Social Workers *
- Mediators/Conflict Resolution Coaches
- Criminal Justice Personnel
- Psychiatrists, Psychologists *
- Parents, Step-Parents, Grandparents
- Marriage and Family Therapists *
- School Administrators & Educators*
- Students and Senior Citizens
- Couples, Individuals, Families
- Licensed Professional Counselors *
- Clergy and Church Leaders
- Health Care Professionals
- Service Providers & Case Managers
- Government Employees
- Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors *
- Business and Community Leaders
- School Guidance Counselors
- Anyone in relationship with others
*May earn CEUs.
Biographical Information - Marshall B. Rosenberg, PHD
Dr. Rosenberg is Founder and Director of Educational Services for the Center for Nonviolent Communication (CNVC).
Growing up in a turbulent Detroit neighborhood, Dr. Rosenberg developed a keen interest in conflict resolution and new forms of communication that would provide peaceful alternatives to the violence he encountered. His education and continuing study of comparative religion, and his own varied life experience, convinced him that human beings are not inherently violent. This awareness motivated him to develop the communication process he calls Nonviolent CommunicationSM (NVC).
Dr. Rosenberg first used NVC in federally-funded projects to provide mediation and communication skills training to peacefully integrate schools and other public institutions during the 1960's. He and his associates now provide training in 30 countries in North and South America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.
Dr. Rosenberg has provided training and initiated peace programs in a number of war-torn areas including:
- Rwanda
- Burundi
- Nigeria
- Malaysia
- Indonesia
- Sri Lanka
- Sierra Leone
- the Middle East
- Colombia
- Serbia
- Croatia
- Northern Ireland
In the former Yugoslavia, the CNVC team has trained tens of thousand of teachers and students and developed curriculum materials for use with children from kindergarten through high school. NVC has been officially recognized by the government of Israel and is now offered in hundreds of schools in that country.
NVC is a powerful process for inspiring compassionate connection and action that helps prevent and resolve conflicts at personal, professional, and political levels. NVC teaches us to fully and honestly express ourselves without any blame or criticism and to empathically connect with others, without hearing blame or criticism, even when others express themselves in anger or fear.
Dr. Rosenberg's books, “Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life and Speak Peace in a World of Conflict” (PuddleDancer Press, 1999 & 2005) are the most complete written presentations of this process and have received endorsement from many in a wide variety of fields. They have already been translated into German, Spanish, Dutch, Danish, French, and Lithuanian with a Chinese translation in the works. Dr Rosenberg is also the author of “Life-Enriching Education”, published Fall 2003, and other written and taped materials available through CNVC.
Workshop Prices
We offer a Senior/Student discount (you decide) of 10%.
| Number of Workshops | Regular Price | With 10% Discount |
|---|---|---|
| 1 day | $155 | $139.50 |
| 2 days | $295 | $265.50 |
| 3 days | $415 | $373.50 |