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In this Newsletter:• Welcome Note and Thank You to Jason Bricker-Thompson, Outgoing Board President Fall Programming from CCCO
• Online Professional Development: Friday, September 25
• In-Person Foundations Training, Saturday, October 17th
• SAVE THE DATE: “Preview Event” on Saturday, October 24th - Experience a taste of the Online Immersive Training, early 2027. Offerings from our Affiliate Trainers (online):
• The Emotions Course for Couples, Saturday, October 17
• Self-Connection: Observation as Insight Practice, Weds in November
• Self-Empathy Circles, Thursdays in November Ongoing CCCO Free Offerings:
• Intro to NVC - Sunday, August 9th, 4:00 - 5:30 PM.
• Empathy Calls - Monday, Wednesday, Fridays at Noon!
Resource: Guide to how NVC can support Community-Based Organizations, from PuddleDancer Press.
Join Our Team
Volunteer: Community Gathering - Volunteer and/or offer your ideas here.
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Welcome NoteWe are mid-summer, but looking towards Fall - both for the relief in the heat and smoke, and also towards some exciting programming to develop, refresh, sharpen and practice your NVC skills in community! Three Big Highlights: We are thrilled to announce that CCCO will be hosting an Online Immersive Training this Winter, an opportunity over 3 weekends to dive deep in NVC with Kathleen Macferran and other incredible trainers. Saturday, October 24th we will be offering a free preview event and full-day training with the trainers. For the first time in a while, we are also offering an In-Person Foundations of Compassionate Communication Training, which will take place October 17th at Delaware Unity Church, in Delaware Ohio. NVC in person is so powerful, and we hope you will consider joining us. Speaking of getting folks in-person, we would love any last volunteers to support organizing an In-Person Community Gathering - think part party, part practice, part community. Please indicate your interest in organizing or simply offer ideas via the form at the bottom of this email. As always, we welcome your feedback, requests, or other sharings at info@speakingpeace.org.
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Please help us in 🎉 celebrating 🎉 our outgoing Board President Jason Bricker-Thompson, for his dedicated service throughout the 2025-2026 Fiscal Year. Jason’s commitment and leadership have strengthened our organization in too many ways to count. We are grateful for your continuing involvement and wish you all the very best for the future. |
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🍁 Upcoming Fall Programming 🍁
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Friday, September 25th
10am – 4pm EST
Online (with ample screen breaks)Do you and/or your organization have challenges with interpersonal communication, team dynamics, collaboration or feedback? Or would you like to improve and humanize your management/leadership skills? Then this online Professional Development opportunity is for you! Sign up before August 28 for Early Bird Discount! Click on either of the links above, or the image, to register! |
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Saturday, October 17th, 10am – 5pmDelaware Unity Church
4277 Columbus Pike (US Rt 23)
Delaware, Ohio 43015 We are excited to bring back in-person trainings! So much is added when we can be in the room together. We invite you to join us in person for a full day immersion into the fundamentals of Compassionate Communication. Tiered pricing offered for this workshop
sliding scale: $80 - $160
Scholarships available.
Click on either of the links above, or the image, to register! |
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Save the Date!
Saturday, October 24th, 10am – 5pmPreview Event and Full Day Training (online)with Kathleen Macferran, River Dunavin, Peggy Smith and Rodrigo Suarez The Full 9-Day Online Immersive Training will take place over 3 weekends:
Jan 22-24; Jan 29-31; Feb 5-7. Registration for these events coming soon!
These events are being organized by our Affiliate Trainer Zach Yocum. |
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🍂 Fall Offerings from our Affiliate Trainers! 🍂
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The Emotions Course for Couples is a practical workshop designed to help couples better understand emotions and develop the skills to work with them effectively, both individually and together. |
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Self-Empathy Circles are an opportunity to practice a different way of relating to yourself. Many of us have developed a habit of responding to challenges with self-criticism, judgment, or avoidance. |
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FREE INTRO to NVC: Speak Peace with Compassionate CommunicationEvery 2nd Sunday of the Month
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM EST
Online
Next Session: Sunday, August 9th |
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RESOURCE:
A Guide to how NVC can support Community-Based Organizations
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Here is an excerpt: Power-with vs power-over & creating a collaborative organizationNVC rests on a paradigm of power-with as opposed to power-over. What this means is that we are more powerful when we join forces and coordinate in a shared direction, than when one of us submits to, or rebels against, the demands of the other. The old paradigm of power is that we used it over people to push our own agenda through. The new paradigm involves managing power — using it with each other — so that it benefits the greatest number in the deepest way. Read More Here…. Content by PuddleDancer Press. Please visit www.nonviolentcommunication.com to learn more about Nonviolent Communication.
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We’re Hiring!We are seeking a consultant to provide Social Media and Administrative services, for about 10 hours a month. We would love to someone familiar with, and committed to, NVC to support and forward our organizational mission. Find out more and submit your proposal by Friday, July 24th at Noon: Application for Social Media Manager & Admin Opportunity. Please email admin@speakingpeace.org with any questions. •••
Would you like to join our Board?We are deeply grateful to those in our community who have stepped up to serve on our Board - some for a short time, some for years! As a Board-Led Non-Profit, our Board Members are the compass and the decision-makers for CCCO’s offerings and direction. As we continue to provide accessible educational opportunities, support our affiliate trainers, and connect community - all in hopes of increasing awareness and use of Compassionate Communication - we seek engaged members of our community feeling a call to contribute to this work. If you would like to be part of that, please respond here: Board Member Application. |
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🎉 COMMUNITY GATHERING 🎉CCCO has its roots in nurturing community around the teachings and practice of NVC. It’s been a while since CCCO has met as a community face-to-face. We’re excited to be planning a Fall Community Gathering in Columbus, OH. Dates, places and agenda/format have not been decided on yet, as we would LOVE to plan this with you. We hope this will be a co-created event! Thank you to those who have already volunteered and offered ideas! If you would like to volunteer, serve on the planning committee, offer ideas and thoughts on the agenda, suggest dates and locations and/or an offering, complete this form by Friday, July 31st: Community Gathering Feedback
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We hope this newsletter brings you a sense of value, as we share resources and offer programming that we hope meets you where you are in learning and practicing NVC. We hope it provides a sense of community with others on this journey, and are eager to hear how you want to engage and what you need. Please feel free to reach out anytime to info@speakingpeace.org with comments, questions, concerns and suggestions.
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