Nonviolent Communication As A Tool For Feedback
Giving and receiving feedback can be one of the more complicated and stressful parts of relating to other people. In this workshop we’ll be practicing how to offer feedback in a way that is authentic, honest and helpful. This is a four-hour workshop on offering feedback using Nonviolent Communication (NVC), a modality that helps us attune to others' feelings and values for more generative interactions.
We’ll be using role play and somatic exercises to experiment with how to communicate our concerns to someone in a work environment who has asked for our feedback.
EVENT DETAILS
Friday March 24th | 10a - 2:30p PST | Virtual Event
In Part 1 we’ll learn tools for self-connection and listening that are fundamental to the process of giving feedback. We’ll have a break for lunch and when we return for Part 2 we’ll practice with an example offering feedback in a high stakes situation. There will be small group practice opportunities.
Meet Your Facilitator
Phoenix Soleil
Phoenix Soleil is an artist and lifelong spiritual practitioner who has trained in the Theravada Buddhist tradition and Nonviolent Communication. She is also a Partner/Worker-Owner at LIFT Economy where she offers collaboration, racial justice, and meditation training.
She has facilitated trainings for organizations such as Google, Kellogg Foundation, UC Berkeley, IMS and Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute. The most important ingredients in her trainings are fun, passion, and intimacy in the service of supporting the transformation of oppressive systems that we’ve inherited.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is this for?
This offering is especially helpful for people in a position of power who care about the impact of their power on their relationships. It's also especially helpful for people who would like to offer feedback to people in a position of power when there is concern about the repercussions of saying the truth.
What is Nonviolent Communication?
NVC can be described in many ways including as a process for speaking and listening that help engender connection leading to more effective outcomes for all parties in dialogue. It is a personal liberation framework tool for collaboration.
NVC’s focus on effective outcomes for all parties makes it an especially useful tool to support us in conflict.
NVC offers a way to use our sensitivity to be aware of interpersonal dynamics that encourage a more caring and effective interaction without compromising our own needs.
What am I going to learn?
A more integrated way to give feedback with less effort that fosters caring relationships.