Bringing Vision, Integrity and Care to Group Leadership

Miki Kashtan, Certified NVC Trainer
Time Investment: 3 hours 29 minutes, plus handouts
Recorded in 2019

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻?

Miki believes that nonviolence is a way of being and living that orients us in all our thoughts, words and deeds toward the integration of truth, love and courage. All nonviolent individual and collective actions are aimed at preserving what serves life and challenging what does not. Facilitation is one clear path for bringing nonviolence to the world!

How can we act now, as facilitators, as if the world of our dreams, the Beloved Community, is already in place?

This course is designed to support you in moving towards more capacity in this area.

𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲

The course is comprised of three sessions.

𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟭: 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

• CLARITY OF PURPOSE: You are a human among humans, with a different purpose from anyone else, which is to support the group, not what you want
• HUMILITY: You do not "know" anything; and you are the only one who can decide moment by moment how to respond to what is happening
• INTUITION: The power of knowing without knowing; how to follow it; and how to train your intuition over time
• SPEAKING THE WHY: How transparency increases trust when used to shed a light on process decisions
• HOLDING THE WHOLE: How transparency can interfere when used to bring attention to your feelings beyond your capacity to hold

𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟮: 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀

• PURPOSE: The group will not track it and will hold you accountable for it when they veer off
• TIME: The closer to the end, the higher the threshold for changing anything
• PEOPLE: Keeping an eye on who spoke or not; who may be stretching too much; and more
• POWER: Knowing your own power and any other source of power in the room, along with power dynamics, can help you navigate care for all
• NEEDS: What's important to the individuals in the room? How does it get included in what the group does or decides?
• OPEN LOOPS: What requests are not attended to? How not to drop anything when stakes are high?

𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟯: 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽

• POWER AND PRIVILEGE: Who speaks, who doesn't; whose voice counts; whose pain is invisible; what you can do about it
• OUTLIERS: How to walk towards someone who presents a challenge to a group, and even to you, while caring for the whole group
• CONFLICT: How to attend to what is happening in a given moment without compromising the purpose for which the group is there?