Communication Dojo
IN-PERSON - Connection Night
ON THIS PAGE: Connection Night
When?
Tuesday
December 10th, 2024
7pm - 9pm (Pacific Time)
Cost
$40 - $25 sliding scale.
This means we'd love to receive $40 for the sustainability of Communication Dojo and our hosts at The Center SF, with whom we split all income received. We've also provided an early bird price $25 if you register a day in advance. The Center SF uses Eventbrite for registration, so there is an small admin fee.
If the price is an obstacle for you please let us know as we can offer discounts.
Where?
The Center SF
548 Fillmore Street, San Francisco
Registration
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Testimonials
Connection Night Description
Connection Night
Learn and use a new practice to connect deeply with new or established dates, partners and friends.
This evening is an opportunity to use the Connected Conversation Process to connect with other participants.
You might meet a potential date or new friend, or you might use this process to connect more deeply with a partner or friend who's attending with you.
This process supports us in building connection with each other through a balance of kindness and authenticity!
We'll give you a primer on the Connected Conversation Process, if you're not already familiar with it, then ask you to partner up to practice.
Past participants at Communication Dojo told us that they would look forward to this experience every time we did it, because they were so often surprised by the depth of connection they would experience, even with a complete stranger, in just a 30 minute conversation. Come solo or bring a friend, colleague, partner or date and experience the magic of the Connected Conversation Process.
As soon as you concern yourself with the 'good' and 'bad' of your fellows, you create an opening in your heart for maliciousness to enter. Testing, competing with, and criticizing others weaken and defeat you.--- Morihei Ueshiba, Founder of Aikido
Some features of the Communication Dojo practice environment:
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Chances to use your real-life situations to guide experiential learning
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Efficient use of group time to maximize learning
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High proportion of time used for small group discussion and practice in pairs - learning communication by communicating.
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Minimal "jargon" i.e. language that might be confusing or alienating for those not familiar with NVC.
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Little likelihood of people developing any sense of "Doing it wrong" or "Trying to do it right."
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Mixture of experience levels deepens practice and learning
Bring your real situations to the dojo
Who’s it for?
Experienced with NVC? - Do you sometimes find that your attempts to use NVC do not lead to the connection you want? Perhaps they even lead to greater disconnection? Or are you looking for a different kind of NVC learning environment for friends, family members, or colleagues you really want to introduce to the power and potential of NVC.
New to NVC? - Come try out the Communication Dojo. You'll find that whatever your current approach to communication, you can start from that point and expand your range of options from there at a rate that suits you.
Extra Resources to Support Learning and Integration
Here you'll find links to handouts, videos and other resources:
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Subscribe here to the Tuesday In-Person Class reminder email. This reminder will arrive around noon (Pacific) every Tuesday, to:
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Remind you that we're meeting, or not meeting, that day
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Describe that day's topic
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Give you the dates of at least the next 4 topics, to support you in planning which classes you're going to attend
You can also subscribe to our monthly newsletter and to the Monday Online Class reminder email if you'd like to receive them too.
Trainers
Newt Bailey - Main trainer
Newt's passion is to help people connect, to experience greater intimacy, and to find the potential for mutually satisfying change that lies within conflict. He is also convinced that personal growth and change in consciousness is essential if we're to bring about the changes we want to see in our communities and our world.
Since he started studying NVC in 2005 Newt has set out to understand and share with others the essential core of NVC. He believes strongly in teaching the principles of NVC in a way that frees students from specialized language, and allows facility with connected communication to grow in small, quickly assimilated steps. The Communication Dojo is both a place where Newt teaches the NVC practices, skills and awareness he uses in his own life, and also a place where Newt introduces his newest teaching tools, resources and ideas.
Since 2006 Newt has been facilitating NVC groups, leading workshops and retreats, and developing his unique approach in public and organizational settings. Newt also attributes great steps in his personal understanding of NVC to working with prisoners and parolees. He has taught NVC, NVC mediation and NVC coaching across the USA and in Europe.
Leeza Pesenson - Assistant trainer
Leeza is passionate about understanding how our minds work and how we connect with each other. She has a Masters in Cognitive Science and works as a User Experience Researcher by day.
Leeza fell madly in love with NVC after attending Newt’s drop-in classes in 2018 and has been a mentee of Newt's since 2020. She has participated in immersion programs in NVC, Mediation, Conflict Coaching, and Inner Compass work with Oren Sofer, Roxy Manning, John Kinyon, and Arnina Kashtan. Since 2020 Leeza has assisted Newt and organized her own NVC practice and empathy groups. She is overjoyed to be sharing NVC on a larger scale as part of the Communication Dojo team.