Learn Nonviolent Communication

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Are you NEW to Nonviolent Communication (NVC) and want to know more?
Are you looking to EXPAND your conflict transformation and empathy skills with our training events?
Are you wanting to fully IMMERSE yourself in NVC in a multi-day experience, meet our Certified Trainers, and connect with passionate learners like you?

If you answered “yes” to any of those questions, you are in the right place. Click through one of the categories below to get started.

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What is NVC?

If you heard of Nonviolent Communication (NVC) and would like to learn more, here is where you will find free videos, resources, and downloadable files available to you right now.

It's our “ABCs of NVC” to share with the world.

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Transformational experience

INTENSIVE TRAININGS

A unique opportunity to immerse yourself in NVC in a dynamic 9-day residential experience. You’ll be part of a group of 50-80 people learning and practicing the Language of the Heart.

These trainings are hosted in different languages and countries around the world in order to reach as many people as possible who want to “be the change they wish to see in the world” and bring nonviolence into their communities.

Open to all levels — beginner to advanced

Immerse in NVC

NVC Courses and Library

Online training

Live courses, self-paced courses, downloadable courses, and other resources provided by our partner, NVC Academy

Open to all levels — beginner to advanced

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Here is how to learn and practice NVC

EVENTS & WORKSHOPS

Like any language, to become fluent in NVC will take time, intention, and practice. Explore our events and programs, offered by CNVC's Certified Trainers:

For beginners
Intermediate
Trainings for trainers
Programs toward earning your CNVC trainer certification

Hundreds of events around the world

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You can find our trainers and trainings all around the world!

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Do you have questions?

You want to learn and practice Nonviolent Communication and have questions about the different options? We have put together a list of Frequently Asked Questions to support you to get clear about which trainings are most suitable for you.

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OPEN TO ALL!

SUPPORTING MEMBER BENEFITS:

IMMEDIATELY UPON JOINING:

Official alignment with the global home of Nonviolent Communication
Invitation to a free online annual membership event
Opportunities to shape the future of CNVC
Video library of exclusive full-length, live recordings from Certified Trainers from around the world

AFTER SIX MONTHS OF MEMBERSHIP:

Receive a 10%* discount on tuition at CNVC’s immersive trainings
Priority consideration for financial assistance for immersive trainings

BECOME A CNVC SUPPORTING MEMBER TODAY!

The original book by our founder that launched NVC into the world:

Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life

By Marshall B. Rosenberg, PhD, Foreword by Deepak Chopra

Over six millions copies sold worldwide. Translated in over 35 languages

DID YOU KNOW: "One of Nadella’s [Satya Nadella of Microsoft] first acts after becoming CEO, in February 2014, was to ask the company’s top executives to read Marshall Rosenberg’s Nonviolent Communication, a treatise on empathic collaboration." [FAST COMPANY]