Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2018/Programme/Submission/Nonviolent communication workshop

Title of your proposal edit

Nonviolent communication (NVC) workshop

THIS WORKSHOP HAS BEEN CANCELLED, but alternative learning resources are listed below for those interested in Nonviolent Communication.

Name(s) and/or username(s) edit

Marti Johnson (WMF)
Program Officer, Project Grants - Wikimedia Foundation

You are welcome to contact me at mjohnson   wikimedia  · org for more information about Nonviolent Communication.

Topic edit

  1. Strategic discussions:
    • Increasing the level of cooperation on the level of communities.
  1. Capacity development:
    • Conflict resolution.

Type of submission (Please choose one) edit

Not applicable - workshop cancelled

Summary edit

NVC can dramatically improve communication, and thereby relationships, by helping to focus attention on:

  1. Empathic understanding of others without compromising our own values, and
  2. Expressing authentic needs openly and honestly, without blame or criticism.

Nonviolent Communication (NVC) means learning to:

  • Build relationships based on compassion and understanding
  • Accurately understand other people’s feelings and needs
  • Be assertive and negotiable at the same time
  • Break patterns of thinking that lead to anger and depression


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