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The Dance of "NO"
There's a dance-factor here.
"No" can be the beginning of a beautiful dialogue!
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| Workshop led by: Melinda
Zipin and Max Rivers |
| When: fall
2008 |
| Time: 10am-4:30pm |
| Where: TBA |
| Cost:
$75 to $50 sliding scale |
| Info and Registration: melinda or
call Melinda at 215-531-3131.
We'd love for you to join us! |
This interactive, move-around workshop
will include LOTS of mutual support, learning and fun:
- How to find the "Yes" in someone's "No"
- Everything we do, we do to meet a basic human need.
So when people say No to us, they are saying Yes to an
unmet need of theirs.
- We will practice discovering this. It is incredibly
empowering.
- "No" isn't the end of the conversation,
it's the beginning of the negotiation.
- We will ask questions to clarify what the other person's
(or organization's) unmet need is.
- "Connection before negotiation."
- We will practice staying in dialogue with the person
- using the NVC Dance Floor with partners.
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Max Rivers, along with his wife Elise, are pioneering the use
of a combination of NVC and mediation to help committed couples
work through their differences and learn to communicate constructively.
Max was the Director of the Boston Men's Center for 15 years. |
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Melinda Zipin, MBA consults and teaches communication and self-development
skills to individuals and businesses, from the US Army to meditation
centers. She brings over 20 years of management consulting and
yogic study.
Melinda is a graduate of the BayNVC 2007
National Leadership Program for teachers of Nonviolent Communication® (see www.cnvc.org). |
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Evening course open to the public in October:
- Speaking Peace
A 4-session course on Wednesday
evenings October 1, 8, 15 & 29 in NW Philadelphia, offered
through Mt. Airy Learning Tree.
Many of us want to make peace in the
way we live day to day. Yet we can find ourselves talking
and thinking in ways that just aren't aligned with our
values. This course gives tools - and practice time - in
Speaking Peace. With practice we can, as Gandhi said, be
the change we wish to see.
This course will draw on Marshall Rosenberg's
Nonviolent Communication® and
his book Speaking Peace (see www.cnvc.org).
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Facilitated by
Melinda Zipin |
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Women Valuing Our Dreams!
Have you been saying No to your dreams
as you care for others? In what ways can we - realistically
- say yes to our dreams?
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| Workshop led by: Pamela
Freeman and Melinda Zipin |
| When:
Saturday August 23, 2008 |
| Time: 11am
- 4:30pm |
| Where:
In a cool relaxing place! |
Cost: $50
No one turned away for lack of funds. Email Melinda if you would like to
pay less than $50. |
Info and Registration: melinda@assertivediplomacy.com
We'd love for you to join us! |
As women, we are expected to care
for others. Often, we support others in reaching their dreams.
Now it is time to support each other in reaching our dreams. We
will deal with real challenges, real resources, and real options.
We will address:
- People we care for and devote
our resources to - children, parents, others
- Work issues
- Friends and supporters
- Our own values -
- What do our actions tell us
about our real
values?
- Which of those do we wish to cherish
and affirm?
- Which do we want to lovingly discard?
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| Pamela Freeman is cofounder
of Playback Theater of Philadelphia (Playback for Change).
She provides leadership trainings to social activists through
Spirit in Action, and is a psychotherapist. |
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| Melinda Zipin, MBA consults
and teaches communication and self-development skills to individuals
and businesses, from the US Army to meditation centers. She
brings over 20 years of management consulting and yogic study. |
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Both facilitators are graduates of the BayNVC
2007 National Leadership Program for teachers of Nonviolent
Communication® (see
www.cnvc.org).
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Evening courses open to public
in November:
- Cultivating Self Trust
A 2-session course on Wednesday
evenings November 5 & 12 in NW Philadelphia, offered
through Mt. Airy Learning Tree.
The poet Emerson said, Self trust is the first secret
to success. How do you build self trust in an authentic
way? We'll try out and reflect on two approaches to building
self trust. Based on principles of Kashmir
Shaivism and Appreciative Inquiry,
they are eminently practical.
If you resonate with these principles, you may find a
shift in the quality of your daily life.
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Facilitated by
Melinda Zipin |
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