Compassion In Action Invitation - Revision history

24.176.169.89 at 03:07, 28 May 2006

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192.132.92.15: reiterate residential and spell out what that means

2006-03-08T17:46:19Z

reiterate residential and spell out what that means

65.45.176.103 at 19:20, 7 March 2006

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65.45.176.103 at 02:05, 2 March 2006

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65.45.176.103 at 01:07, 1 March 2006

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24.121.104.73 at 20:19, 25 February 2006

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24.121.104.73 at 16:54, 25 February 2006

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24.121.104.73 at 22:11, 13 February 2006

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24.121.104.73 at 22:07, 13 February 2006

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 For more on OST go to _http://www. www.openspaceworld.org
-  You
+You will be given forms you can take away that may bring a fresh perspective,
 playfulness, and spontaneity to your work.

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 countries to help communities share honestly from the heart.
-To register for this conference, go to http://www.baynvc.org/calendar/view_entry.php?id=CD1004&date=20060629
+To register for this residential conference (room and board included), go to http://www.baynvc.org/calendar/view_entry.php?id=CD1004&date=20060629
 Please forward this invitation to your NVC network, and join us for this exciting weekend gathering.  Together we will celebrate successes, mourn setbacks and difficulties, give and receive support, and learn concrete ways to enhance our NVC communities.

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 You are enthusiastically invited to attend a 3 day residential gathering of NVC supporters (trainers, teachers and organizers) June 30 - July 2, 2006 at Mills College in Oakland, California.  The focus of this gathering is to support the spread of NVC communities throughout the United States by enhancing community-building skills and connection among diverse people and values. We welcome NVC enthusiasts from anywhere to attend especially if you want to help support this focus.
-The gathering will be facilitated by certified trainer Gina Lawrie using Open Space Technology.   (see below for info on Open Space) We expect a variety of topics to arise from this gathering including but not limited to, using technology for community building, enhancing connection within your NVC community, and how to use consensus efficiently.  We are also inviting people who are focused on various applications of NVC (education, parenting, prison work, peer mediation and others) to come and share their experience.
+The gathering will be facilitated by certified trainer Gina Lawrie using Open Space Technology.   (see below for info on Open Space) We expect a variety of topics and offerings to arise from this gathering including but not limited to:
 Who should come?  Anyone who would like to enhance or expand their NVC community/network.  Come if your area has well-established community(ies) or networks, is in the early stages of such development, or if you're alone and just getting started.  No matter what spectrum of community you are currently involved in, this gathering will help you network with others who share your values, learn how to enhance and strengthen your community ties, and provide concrete tips for helping you meet needs for connection, understanding and trust within your NVC community.

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-You are enthusiastically invited to attend a 3 day residential gathering of NVC supporters (trainers, teachers and organizers) June 30 - July 2, 2006 at Mills College in Oakland, California.  While the focus of this gathering is to support the spread of NVC communities throughout the United States by enhancing community-building skills and connection among diverse people and values, we welcome NVC enthusiasts from anywhere to attend.
+You are enthusiastically invited to attend a 3 day residential gathering of NVC supporters (trainers, teachers and organizers) June 30 - July 2, 2006 at Mills College in Oakland, California.  The focus of this gathering is to support the spread of NVC communities throughout the United States by enhancing community-building skills and connection among diverse people and values. We welcome NVC enthusiasts from anywhere to attend especially if you want to help support this focus.
-The gathering will be facilitated by certified trainer Gina Lawrie using Open Space Technology.   We expect a variety of topics to arise from this gathering including but not limited to, using technology for community building, enhancing connection within your NVC community, and how to use consensus efficiently.  We are also inviting people who are focused on various applications of NVC (education, parenting, prison work, peer mediation and others) to come and share their experience.
+The gathering will be facilitated by certified trainer Gina Lawrie using Open Space Technology.   (see below for info on Open Space) We expect a variety of topics to arise from this gathering including but not limited to, using technology for community building, enhancing connection within your NVC community, and how to use consensus efficiently.  We are also inviting people who are focused on various applications of NVC (education, parenting, prison work, peer mediation and others) to come and share their experience.
-Who should come?  Anyone who would like to enhance or expand their NVC community/network.  Come if your area has well-established community(ies) or networks, is in the early stages of such development, or if you're alone and just getting started.  No matter what spectrum of community you are currently involved in, this gathering will help you network with others who share your values, learn how to enhance and strengthen your community ties, and provide concrete tips for helping you meet your needs for connection, understanding and trust within your NVC community.
+Who should come?  Anyone who would like to enhance or expand their NVC community/network.  Come if your area has well-established community(ies) or networks, is in the early stages of such development, or if you're alone and just getting started.  No matter what spectrum of community you are currently involved in, this gathering will help you network with others who share your values, learn how to enhance and strengthen your community ties, and provide concrete tips for helping you meet needs for connection, understanding and trust within your NVC community.
-Where possible, we suggest that you invite someone else from your community to join you as we believe this will enhance your learning at the conference and help meet your need for support when you return home. We also suggest that people whenever possible fundraise their expenses from within their NVC community to foster a sense of support, community and interdependence.
+Where possible, we suggest that you recruit someone from your community to join you as we believe this will enhance ease and learning at the conference and create support when you return home. We also suggest that people fundraise their expenses from their community to foster a sense of support, community and interdependence.
 To meet our needs for connection, contribution, learning, impact and our great hope for cross pollination, we envision people joining us from all parts of the country and from a broad spectrum of age, class, race, and political inclinations.  Please help us make this vision a reality.
 During this event a Playback Theatre troupe (www.playbacknet.org)
-will offer a lively, playful, and thought-provoking experiential workshop in some of
+will offer a playful and thought-provoking experiential workshop in some of
 the skills of PLAYBACK THEATRE, a unique form of improv theatre practiced in
 countries to help communities share honestly from the heart.
-To register go to
+To register for this conference, go to http://www.baynvc.org/calendar/view_entry.php?id=CD1004&date=20060629
-Please join us for this exciting weekend gathering.  Together we will celebrate successes, mourn setbacks and difficulties, give and receive support, and learn concrete ways to enhance our NVC communities.  Together we will take action toward meeting our need for creating peaceful communities through the use of Nonviolent Communication.
+Please forward this invitation to your NVC network, and join us for this exciting weekend gathering.  Together we will celebrate successes, mourn setbacks and difficulties, give and receive support, and learn concrete ways to enhance our NVC communities.
 With excitement,

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-You are enthusiastically invited to attend a gathering of USA trainers, teachers and organizers of NVC June 30 - July 2, 2006 at Mills College in Oakland, California.  The focus of this gathering is to support the spread of NVC communities throughout the United States by enhancing community-building skills and connection among diverse people and values.  The gathering will be facilitated by certified trainer Gina Lawrie using Open Space Technology.   We expect a variety of topics to arise from this gathering including but not limited to, using technology to enhance your community building, enhancing the connection within your NVC community, and how to use consensus efficiently.
+You are enthusiastically invited to attend a 3 day residential gathering of NVC supporters (trainers, teachers and organizers) June 30 - July 2, 2006 at Mills College in Oakland, California.  While the focus of this gathering is to support the spread of NVC communities throughout the United States by enhancing community-building skills and connection among diverse people and values, we welcome NVC enthusiasts from anywhere to attend.
-Who should come to this gathering?  Anyone who would like to enhance or expand their NVC community/network.  Come if your area has well-established community(ies) or networks, is in the early stages of such development, or you're alone and just getting started.  No matter what spectrum of community you are currently involved in, this gathering will help you network with others who share your values, learn how to enhance and strengthen your community ties, and provide concrete tips for helping you meet your needs for connection, understanding and trust within your NVC community.
+The gathering will be facilitated by certified trainer Gina Lawrie using Open Space Technology.   We expect a variety of topics to arise from this gathering including but not limited to, using technology for community building, enhancing connection within your NVC community, and how to use consensus efficiently.  We are also inviting people who are focused on various applications of NVC (education, parenting, prison work, peer mediation and others) to come and share their experience.
-Where possible, we suggest that you invite someone else from your community to join you as we believe this will enhance your learning at the conference and help meet your need for support when you return home.
+Who should come?  Anyone who would like to enhance or expand their NVC community/network.  Come if your area has well-established community(ies) or networks, is in the early stages of such development, or if you're alone and just getting started.  No matter what spectrum of community you are currently involved in, this gathering will help you network with others who share your values, learn how to enhance and strengthen your community ties, and provide concrete tips for helping you meet your needs for connection, understanding and trust within your NVC community.
-To meet our needs for connection, contribution, learning, impact and our great hope for cross pollination, we envision people from all parts of the country and from a broad spectrum of age, class, race, and political inclinations to join us.  Please help us make this vision a reality.
+Where possible, we suggest that you invite someone else from your community to join you as we believe this will enhance your learning at the conference and help meet your need for support when you return home. We also suggest that people whenever possible fundraise their expenses from within their NVC community to foster a sense of support, community and interdependence.
-To register...(include registration, fee and lodging information)
+To meet our needs for connection, contribution, learning, impact and our great hope for cross pollination, we envision people joining us from all parts of the country and from a broad spectrum of age, class, race, and political inclinations.  Please help us make this vision a reality.
 Please join us for this exciting weekend gathering.  Together we will celebrate successes, mourn setbacks and difficulties, give and receive support, and learn concrete ways to enhance our NVC communities.  Together we will take action toward meeting our need for creating peaceful communities through the use of Nonviolent Communication.
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 For more on OST go to _http://www. www.openspaceworld.org
-During this event we will also welcome a Playback Theatre troupe.
+  You
 will be given forms you can take away that may bring a fresh perspective,
 playfulness, and spontaneity to your work.
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 community volunteer personal experiences (including challenges, victories,
 and dreams) and five actors bring them dramatically to life in the moment.
-Often moving, funny, deep.  Go to www.playbacknet.org (for info about the wider
+Often moving, funny, deep.  Go to  (for info about the wider
 playback network).
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 Read through [[Naming The NVC USA Conference]] for more elements we'd like included in the invitation.

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 To meet our needs for connection, contribution, learning, impact and our great hope for cross pollination, we envision people from all parts of the country and from a broad spectrum of age, class, race, and political inclinations to join us.  Please help us make this vision a reality.
-Together we will celebrate successes, mourn setbacks and difficulties, give and receive support, and learn concrete ways to enhance our NVC communities.  Together we will take action toward meeting our need for creating peaceful communities through the use of Nonviolent Communication.
+To register...(include registration information)
-To register...(include registration information)
+About Open Space Technology - Open Space Technology is one way to enable all kinds of people to co-create inspired meetings and events. In Open Space meetings, participants create and manage their own agenda of parallel working sessions around a central theme of strategic importance, such as enhancing NVC communities in the USA.  The common result is a powerful, effective connecting and strengthening of what's already happening within an organization or group; panning and action, learning and doing, passion and responsibility, participation and performance. Gina Lawrie is a certified NVC trainer who is experienced in facilitating Open Space Technology conferences.
-About Open Space Technology
+With excitement,
-Open Space Technology is one way to enable all kinds of people, in any kind of organization, to create inspired meetings and events. In Open Space meetings, participants create and manage their own agenda of parallel working sessions around a central theme of strategic importance, such as enhancing NVC communities in the USA.  The common result is a powerful, effective connecting and strengthening of what's already happening within an organization or group; panning and action, learning and doing, passion and responsibility, participation and performance. Gina Lawrie is a certified NVC trainer who is experienced in facilitating Open Space Technology conferences.
+USA Project Planning Team
 Jane: important to clarify that the intention/purpose of this event is to spread nvc, not on teaching nvc skills. [although of course we will connect, and learn some]

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-You are enthusiastically invited to attend a gathering of USA Trainers, Teachers and organizers of NVC (June 30 - July 2, 2006)  The focus of this gathering will be to support the spread of NVC communities throughout the United States by enhancing community-building skills and connection among diverse people and values.  The structure of the gathering will be the Open Space model and faciliated by Gina Lawrie of the UK.  Open Space allows opportunities for a wide variety of topics and facilitators.  At the very least, we are expecting topics such as, ... to be available to participants.  You may come with the sole intention of participating, or with an intention to participate and to lead a discussion topic.
+You are enthusiastically invited to attend a gathering of USA Trainers, Teachers and organizers of NVC June 30 - July 2, 2006 at Mills College in Oakland, California.  The focus of this gathering is to support the spread of NVC communities throughout the United States by enhancing community-building skills and connection among diverse people and values.  The gathering will be facilitated by certified trainer Gina Lawrie using Open Space Technology.  Open Space Technology is a simple way to run productive meetings and to encourage a variety of topics and facilitators.  We expect a variety of topics to arise from this gathering including but not limited to, Using technology to enhance your community building, enhancing the connection within your NVC community, and how to use consensus efficiently.
-Who should come to this gathering?  Anyone who would like to enhance or expand their NVC community/network.  Come if your area has well-established community(ies) or networks, is in the early stages of such development, or you're alone and just getting started.  No matter what spectrum of community you are currently involved in, this gathering will help you network with others who share your values, learn how to enhance and strengthen your community ties, and will provide concrete tips for helping you meet your needs for connection, understanding and trust within your NVC community.
+Who should come to this gathering?  Anyone who would like to enhance or expand their NVC community/network.  Come if your area has well-established community(ies) or networks, is in the early stages of such development, or you're alone and just getting started.  No matter what spectrum of community you are currently involved in, this gathering will help you network with others who share your values, learn how to enhance and strengthen your community ties, and provide concrete tips for helping you meet your needs for connection, understanding and trust within your NVC community.
 We suggest that you invite someone else from your community to join you where possible as we believe this companionship will enhance your learning at the conference and help meet your need for support when you return home. In any case, you are welcome to come alone or with a friend.
-To meet our needs for connection, contribution, learning, impact and our great hope for cross pollination, we envision people from all parts of the country and as broad a spectrum as possible of age, class, color, and political inclinations to join us.  Please help us make this vision a reality.
+To meet our needs for connection, contribution, learning, impact and our great hope for cross pollination, we envision people from all parts of the country and from a broad spectrum of age, class, race, and political inclinations to join us.  Please help us make this vision a reality.
 Together we will celebrate successes, mourn setbacks and difficulties, give and receive support, and learn concrete ways to enhance our NVC communities.  Together we will take action toward meeting our need for creating peaceful communities through the use of Nonviolent Communication.
-Include information on how to register, cost, location, etc.
+To register...(include registration information)
 Include info on open space and Gina Lawrie's background - does anyone have this?