NVC CONFERENCE 2011 PRESENTERS:

Mary Mackenzie

Mary Mackenzie is a Certified CNVC Trainer and author of Peaceful Living: Daily Meditations for Living with Love, Healing and Compassion.  She holds a MA degree in Human Relations and is a trained mediator.

Mary is the co-founder of the NVC Academy, an online school for learning Nonviolent Communication; and the executive director of the Peace Workshop, International, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting practical methods for living nonviolently.  She teaches Nonviolent Communication to individuals, couples, and families, and offers retreats and workshops to help organizations strengthen their productivity and success. 

To reach Mary Mackenzie: mary@nvcacademy.com  or call 562.856.9417

or visit:  www.nvcacademy.com or www.peaceworkshop.org

 

Victoria Kindle Hodson

Victoria Kindle Hodson holds degrees in Education and Psychology. She combines these two disciplines with contemporary brain research to bring heartfelt, brain compatible  “best practices” to parents, teachers, and school administrators.

She is the co-author of four books: the best selling Discover Your Child’s Learning Style— The Key to Every Child’s Learning Success; Respectful Parents, Respectful Kids— 7 Keys to Transform Family Conflict into Co-Operation; The Compassionate Classroom— Relationship-based Learning & Teaching:The No-Fault Classroom— Tools to Resolve Conflict & Foster Relationship Intelligence. She is also the co-designer of a breakthrough approach to inter-personal communication called The No-Fault Zone® Game.   

Victoria is the co-founder of the LearningSuccess™ Institute and Kindle-Hart Communication. Through these organizations, she is currently working with schools to implement effective, innovative, school-wide systems and practices for classroom management and effective learning.  Visit her websites to learn more.  www.learningsuccessinstitute.com  or www.thenofaultzone.com

 

Jori and Jim Manske

 Principals of Peaceworks, are CNVC certified trainers and certified in Neuro-Linguistic Programing (NLP), mediation, and facilitation.  

Married for over 30 years, they share the intentions to cooperate together in the great adventure of life, openly and honestly share their deepest thoughts and feelings, and honor and accept each other with ever-increasing ability. These intentions continue to frame not only their relationship together, but also all their relationships and work.

Currently Jim and Jori live on Maui, HI. They were co-founders of the NM Network for NVC and co-leaders of the CNVC Global Community Circle (GCC). Jori served on the CNVC Board of Directors and as the Interim Director of CNVC. She currently serves on the Board of Comienzos, a restorative jail project.

Jim and Jori offer training, consulting, and mentoring in mediation, financial sustainability, power dynamics, facilitation, organizational transformation, as well as integrating NVC. They serve businesses, community groups, government agencies, NGO's, private groups and individuals, and have supported various emerging NVC communities worldwide. They remain eager to discover new ways of supporting conflict resolution and collaboration, and offer training through NVC Academy. To connect more with Jori and Jim, explore their website, www.RadicalCompassion.com or www.CompassionateLeadership.com  

Anne Walton

Anne Walton, Certified trainer with the Center for Nonviolent Communication, began her NVC studies in 2005 when she attended a 3 day training with Marshall Rosenberg. What she heard there resonated deeply with her inner knowing about the quality of connection that’s possible for all of us on Planet Earth.

Since that time Anne has passionately pursued NVC thru facilitating workshops and practice groups, attending IITs and taking part in mentorship & leadership programs. Anne has offered NVC training in hospitals, schools, at conferences, in homeless shelters and adult recovery programs. She celebrates the enormous shift in her ability to connect with herself and others which NVC has provided the tools for. 

Anne's background includes a certificate in Conflict Resolution from the Justice Institute of BC, presenting at the International Conference on Conflict Resolution in St Petersburg, Russia 3 times, creating and performing comedy routines and shows, training Health Care staff in effective communication, being a keynote speaker at conferences plus designing and facilitating workshops on topics as varied as working with the dying to career transitions.

As a facilitator, Anne blends her warmth, authenticity and enthusiasm for life with a delightful sense of humor to create a learning environment which is fun, playful, energizing and inspiring.

 

Armando Alcaraz

 "Armando Alcaraz has been studying  Nonviolent Communication since 2001 and leading NVC workshops for couples, teens, and parents since 2007.  He is currently teaching Spanish NVC Parenting Classes in Santa Cruz County schools through the Nonviolent Communication Santa Cruz Spanish Program, supported by Santa Cruz Community Foundation.  Armando uses discussions, experiential exercises, games and songs in his teaching."

 

Shoshana Wheeler

Shoshana Wheeler is a teacher, counselor, and parent educator who has been active in the field of communication for over 20 years.  Shoshana is a highly acclaimed, award winning teacher.  She taught for 15 years in the Conejo Valley where she was awarded "Teacher of the Month, April 2004," and the Ventura County SELPA's "Golden Bell" for her work in Inclusion with Special Education children into the mainstream classroom.

In 2003 she discovered the work of Marshall Rosenberg, founder of Nonviolent Communication, and has incorporated this practice and philosophy into all of her teachings.  Founded in-part upon the principals of Nonviolent Communication, Shoshana brought to students, parents and teachers connecting communication skills, The Way of Council, 2nd Step  (a violence prevention program),  and Family Coaching.

Shoshana is a certified parent educator through The Center for Nonviolent Education and Parenting (CNVEP).  She is committed to bringing Compassionate Parenting to families everywhere.

Dr. Nelle Moffett

Senior Partner of Mediation Consultants, LLC. Nelle Moffett has training as a Life Coach as well as training in the empathetic listening modalities of Focusing and Non-Violent Communication. Nelle is particularly effective with her ability to listen, communicate, and coach clients in finding strategies that meet their goals. Nelle’s background includes over 20 years experience in higher education as a research practitioner, change agent, coach, and internal consultant. Nelle has applied her unique perspective and communication skills in the work place through building effective, respectful, and peaceful work relationships. Nelle supports the Mediation Consultant's team with her heartful listening and speaking and in creating pathways to solutions that meet everyone’s needs.

 You can reach Nelle at (805) 322-7476 or through her website at www.mediation-consultants.com.

 

Rick Bowers

CEO of Mediation Consultants, LLC. In addition to his private practice, Rick serves as a Ventura County Small Claims Court mediation supervisor through the Ventura Center for Dispute Settlement as well as mediating cases with the Los Angeles and Ventura County Superior Courts. Before becoming a mediator, Rick spent twenty-six years with Hewlett-Packard Company, primarily in Research and Development. In 2007 he left Hewlett-Packard to pursue his dream of creating peace. He is currently completing his M.A. in Conflict Resolution at Antioch University Midwest (writing a thesis on empathy). His favorite approach to mediation is applying Marshall Rosenberg’s Nonviolent Communication as described in We Can Work It Out: Resolving Conflicts Peacefully and Powerfully as well as in Speak Peace in a World of Conflict: What You Say Next Will Change Your World. The approach is to empower participants to understand and communicate their needs and then to support creating strategies that meet everyone’s needs.

You can reach Rick at (805) 322-7476 or through his website at www.mediation-consultants.com.

 

Ariel Wrye

Ariel Wrye is a gifted trainer, mentor, and coach who specializes in helping adults reflect deeply on their relationships with children.  She has developed curriculum, facilitated dialogue within schools, and leads trainings and professional development for parents, teachers, child care providers, and teens in both English and Spanish.

Ariel has a Masters degree in Human Development, and is an Echo Parenting and Education certified trainer of Nonviolent Parenting (www.echoparenting.org)  She began studying and practicing Nonviolent Communication(NVC) in 2002, and has been experiencing drastic shifts in consciousness ever since.  Ariel is also a graduate of BayNVC’s Committed NVC Practitioner Program and Leadership Programs (www.baynvc.org). Deeply grateful to Marshall Rosenberg and the NVC community for the support she has received, Ariel feels honored to have the opportunity to share these tools with others.

 Prior to working with adults, Ariel also spent over 14 years as a pre-school and elementary school teacher.   She draws from her experience working with children and her fluency in experiential teaching methods to create dynamic classes that engage participants in dialogue, inspire reflection, and offer frequent opportunities to practice.  Her classes combine NVC concepts with critical information about neurobiology and child development. Still connected to her roots as a pre-school teacher, she is often found mirroring movements of children and inviting adults to join in the play.

 

Rodger Sorrow Moderator

A certified trainer for The Center for Nonviolent Communication since 2001 and he brings an abundance of knowledge and skills from education, training and experience combined with enthusiasm and compassion. His leadership experience includes: Director of Treatment for the Drug Rehabilitation Program for the Thirteenth Naval District of the United States Navy, Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor for the State of California, Consultant to Western Washington University's Multi Ethnic Cross Cultural Awareness training of staff for the Dept of Social Health Services for the State of Washington, and District Executive for the Boy Scouts of America where he taught consensus and community building leadership skills. He has organized and co-lead International Intensive Trainings with Dr Marshall Rosenberg and delights in the depth of community that is created at these events. He has worked for years in a men's residential recovery program and with inmates at the Santa Barbara County Jail.  Current projects include working with parents and teachers at several schools as well as a local group of home schoolers.  Rodger initiated the Compassionate Leadership program that is now drawing people from all over the planet.  You can learn about it at www.CompassionateLeadership.com His style combines presence, humor, laughter and play with learning. He shares his love of the outdoors through a Santa Barbara City College Continuing Education class, 'Nature, Hiking and Self-Healing', a true adventure in self-discovery. 

You can reach Rodger at 805 687 6961 or mailto:rodgersorrow@verizon.net or visit his site at www.ChooseConnection.com or www.CompassionateLeadership.com