The Making Collaboration Real Intensive Program
Marshall, CA
Marconi Conference Center

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Nonviolent communication (NVC) is a revolutionary way to create and sustain a culture of shared partnership. Practicing compassion and authenticity at work opens the door to a consciousness that wakes people up to their full potential and supports productivity, high morale, and trust.

Through participation you can expect to learn about and acquire tools to:

• Transform conflict by co-creating strategies based on the needs of all parties
• Bring authenticity and presence to your work without appearing "touchy-feely"
• Make clear, doable requests that consider everyone's needs
• Support groups in making quick collaborative decisions
• Change the dynamics of employee reviews to inspire professional development
• Turn your customers, especially unhappy ones, into fans

This program will support you to:

• Give and receive meaningful feedback without criticism
• Facilitate dynamic meetings that bring out the best in everyone
• Create a coaching culture to support awareness and action
• Negotiate, keep and change agreements based on needs
• Use empathy and transparency to support customer relations

Who participates?
This international program is targeted to leaders in both business and non-profit organizations including executives, managers, and individual contributors. This program can be particularly powerful for teams of people working together inside organizations whether they are all in one location or spread around the world. The program is designed to have a parallel track for consultants, coaches and NVC trainers who are currently working or want to work with organizations.

Requested Experience
We prefer that you have a basic understanding of nonviolent communication, which you may gain through:

• in-person NVC classes or practice groups (click the link for BayNVC classes and groups)
• OR by participating in the NVC Academy Basics Telecourse,
• OR by reading at least the first 8 chapters of the book, Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life,by Marshall Rosenberg,
• OR by reading through the basic reference materials on the BayNVC website.

Continuing Education Units are available. Click here for more information.

Program Components:

• 3 residential intensive retreats. Each retreat will last 5 days for a total of 15 training days. Each successive retreat builds upon and reinforces the learning of previous retreat(s).
  • May 9 - 13, 2011
  • September 20 - 24, 2011
  • January 9 - 13, 2012
• Regular ongoing group conference calls
• Individual coaching calls with a member of the extended training team
• Peer partner calls to support the work that you want to realize in the workplace
• Individual assignments

Commitment:

Those wishing to attend just one retreat may sign up for any of the three retreats. All other program components will only be for those completing the year long program. In addition to the three retreats, the yearlong program will include joint teleconference sessions and other work which will continue after the third retreat. Retreat days are full and group activities often continue into the evening hours. Time commitment between retreats ranges from 1 to 4 hours per week.

What people are saying about
Making Collaboration Real

"Powerful. Powerful. Powerful. Making Collaboration Real has given me some of the most useful tools, concepts and skills that I can immediately apply to my work facilitating collaborative leadership programs for large organizations who want to break out of the silos and inertia and operate with greater ease, authenticity, and agility." Lorraine Aguilar, P.E., President, Working Harmony, Inc

“I had a conflict come up with a non-profit foundation I work with . . . If I didn't stand up for my needs/values and stuck to the manual/organization's message, I would have been required to teach information I consider inaccurate at best and unhealthy/dangerous at worst. The information has been disproven by numerous studies. I was overwhelmed at first, but broke down my concerns using NVC and sent off an email to everyone involved . . . I was able to quickly resolve the issue, get my needs met, and continue to have a very positive working relationship with both organizations. On top of that, my concerns are being presented to the national office of a research foundation, and have so far been welcomed and very well received.” - Nonprofit Manager

"I know I have the technical skills and the brain power to make a huge impact in the world. What I see holding me back is my communication skills - negotiation, mediation and facilitation. Not just to be used in one big negotiation, but everyday as I navigate my way through the office. Those little daily conversations add up to something even bigger. So I view this class as a key part of my business training. It is teaching how to, day by day, build relationships and my own personal power, something more powerful than an MBA" - Independent Consultant