Nonviolent Communication Online Resources
This page contains videos and links to many NVC online resources. It’s arranged under three main headings:
1. Marshall Rosenberg free web resources – video, audio and written.
2. A few NVC Resources under three themes – parenting, prisons and relationships.
3. Key NVC websites from around the world – arranged by continents and countries.
1. Marshall Rosenberg Free Videos, Audios and Written Words Online
Below are links to some free online NVC video clips and downloadable audio clips of Marshall Rosenberg, creator of Nonviolent Communication, talking about NVC, and about conflict resolution. Since Marshall’s death in 2015 many videos of him have been posted on Youtube. Below are a few that we can recommend.
Marshall Rosenberg interviewed by Big Picture TV
Here are links to three free online streaming video clips of 3 short talks on NVC by Marshall Rosenberg, created by Big Picture TV.
Clip 1 – Nonviolent Communication – Part One (10 mins)
Clip 2 – Nonviolent Communication – Part Two (6 mins)
Clip 3 – Life is Play (4 mins)
Introduction to Marshall Rosenberg (10 mins)
Hear Marshall Rosenberg speak about the impact of the NVC conflict resolution process in transforming world conflicts, creating extraordinary relationships, and contributing to lasting peace in this free 10 minute online streaming video clip. Interview by Jim Lemkin for his documentary film Beyond Belief. See part of this clip from source at Beyond Belief Film.
Marshall Rosenberg introducing NVC in seminar (3 Hours)
A 3 hour video of Marshall Rosenberg in seminar in San Francisco in the year 2000, presenting the basic concepts of NVC and interacting with seminar participants
Marshall Rosenberg – Visions of the Future
A 23 minute interview with Marshall Rosenberg, which summarises many elements of his thinking
Marshall Rosenberg on the theme of Organisation (83 Mins)
Marshall Rosenberg talking on the theme of Nonviolent Communication & Corporations. He is interviewed by Paula Gloria, a charity director and Public Access TV producer from Manhattan, from the Concordia Foundation. This free online streaming video is in three parts totalling 84 minutes.
Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life
Audio Recording of Marshall Rosenberg (75 mins)
A 75 minute free online audio clip, taped on the Peace Talks radio programme. Marshall Rosenberg is captured before a live Albuquerque audience talking about how Nonviolent Communication supports conflict resolution. During this audio session, he also helps members of the studio audience find resolution to conflict scenarios using the principles of Nonviolent Communication. Co hosts: Paul Ingles and Suzanne Kryder. The program was taped at the First Church of Religious Science Auditorium on February 7, 2005. KUNM Community Radio Alburqueque Airdate 24th February, 2006.
2. Nonviolent Communication Online Resources arranged under the following headings:
NVC on Facebook
A large amount of NVC online social interaction takes place on Facebook, where there are many NVC pages and groups. There are small and closed groups, and open and large groups and pages. Here is a small selection:
Centre for Nonviolent Communication: www.facebook.com/centerfornonviolentcommunication – The Facebook page for the global NVC community.
Words and Teachings of Marshall Rosenberg: www.facebook.com/groups/wordsandteachingsofmarshallrosenberg/ – Quotes, video clips and links of Marshall Rosenberg and his teachings.
NVC Facebook Practice Group: www.facebook.com/groups/onlineNVC/ – Technical and practical questions about how to apply NVC. 3,000+ members.
NVC Beginners Facebook Practice Group: www.facebook.com/groups/NVCbeginners/ – NVC Facebook group for beginners, with 4,000+ members and several moderators.
NVC Facebook Gentle Space for Requesting Empathy: www.facebook.com/groups/NVCempathy/ – a Facebook forum where you can request empathy day or night via the page or via Skpye or Phone. With approx 1,000 members. NB This group is only for empathy requests and responses, not for general NVC questions or other uses.
NVC Parenting Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/NVCparents/ – For discussion about how to apply NVC with children – practical support and strategies.
NVC UK Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/18166919895 – advertising NVC UK trainings, practice groups and summer camps.
NVC London Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/502984243229456/ – The emerging main forum for NVC people in London to network socially.
Feelings and Needs Inventory
NVC Resources for Parents and Schools
The Parenting Peer Leadership Programme (PPLP): PPLP Home
The PPLP is a nine-month program, co-lead by Ingrid Bauer (Certified Trainer with the Center for Nonviolent Communication – CNVC) and Stephanie Bachmann Mattei, (CNVC Certified Trainer and CNVC Assessor) aimed at nurturing and developing leaders who are committed to spreading Nonviolent Communication (NVC) to parents, teachers and youth-serving professionals in their communities, especially in those regions where there are no NVC trainers.
Parenting Resource Book: Respectful Parents, Respectful Kids
This handbook urges parents to move beyond typical discipline techniques by creating an environment based on mutual respect, emotional safety, and positive, open communication. The seven outlined principles redefine the parent-dominated family by teaching parents how to achieve mutual parent/child respect without being submissive, set firm limits without using demands or coercion, and empower children to open up, cooperate, and realize their own innate potential.
Schools Resource Book: The Compassionate Classroom
This resource book makes a case for putting relationships at the core of classroom concern. The authors suggest ways teachers can do this and focus on activities for cultivating Nonviolent Communication skills and consciousness. Activities and information for teachers and for students are included.
NVC Resources for Prisons
The Freedom Project: The Freedom Project website The Freedom Project is a USA-based Black led organisation committed to transforming prisoners into peacemakers through training in Nonviolent Communication and the practice of mindfulness.
Article on NVC Training in Prisons: Freedom Project: Nonviolent Communication and Mindfulness Training in Prison A 2014 article summarising two studies researching the effects of NVC and Mindfulness training in prisons in the USA.
NVC and Relationships
For support with your relationship view our page on relationship counselling on this website.
3. Nonviolent Communication Websites Worldwide
This section contains information about and links to other Nonviolent Communication® websites worldwide, arranged under the headings below. If you have a site related to NVC that you would like us to list here, please contact us.
Main NVC Websites
Centre for Nonviolent Communication’s Global Website:
www.cnvc.org – This is the home site for Nonviolent Communication (NVC) worldwide. It contains information about trainings in Nonviolent Communication worldwide. Also contains articles and supportive materials for practice of NVC.
At the bottom of any page on this main cnvc.org website, you can sign up for the CNVC Newsletter which comes out once a month on average. Through this email newsletter you will have a live connection to the global Nonviolent Communication movement. You can read information about new initiatives around the world, exciting upcoming events, and how NVC is making a real difference in people’s lives today. Prepare to be inspired!
The Global Home for NVC Supporters:
Join the Global Home of NVC here – This is the global home for NVC supporters, and you are welcome to join it. It’s an online community platform that gives you 24/7 access to NVC enthusiasts in 40+ countries. So you can connect, share, discuss and collaborate with Nonviolent Communication-inspired people worldwide. It contains many resources, including empathy support, practice groups, training information and an exclusive video library. Multilingual technology enables you to use your preferred language.
Nonviolent Communication Publications:
nonviolentcommunication.com – This is the website for Puddledancer Press, which publishes books on Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg and others. It contains information about all these publications, including a chapter from Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life, by Marshall Rosenberg. It also contains articles by NVC trainers and press information.
You can also sign up to their monthly NVC e-Newsletter: NVC e-Newsletter. This monthly publication is filled with timely, valuable feature stories, related news, and exclusive specials on Nonviolent Communication books, booklets, and e-books. It also offers information and links for upcoming teleseminars and training opportunities.
NVC European site:
www.nvc-europe.org This site provides information and links to NVC trainers and supporters in French, English and Italian.
Nonviolent Communication in Europe
Below are listed some of the main websites currently in Europe, listed alphabetically by country:
Nonviolent Communication Austria:
www.gewaltfrei-austria.org
Nonviolent Communication Belgium:
www.nvc-europe.org/belgique
Nonviolent Communication Denmark:
www.fivk.dk/
Nonviolent Communication Estonia:
elule.ee
Nonviolent Communication Finland:
savannaconnexions.fi
Nonviolent Communication France:
www.nvc-europe.org/SPIP/
Nonviolent Communication Germany:
www.gewaltfrei.de
Nonviolent Communication Hungary:
www.emk.hu Haava Eva Jonai
Nonviolent Communication Italy:
www.centroesserci.it
Nonviolent Communication Luxembourg:
www.giraffarrah.eu
Nonviolent Communication Netherlands:
Martijn Ceelen www.vinetraining.nl
Yoram Mozenson www.connecting2life.net
Justine Mol www.justinemol.nl
Matthew Rich-Tolsma About Me – Matthew Rich
Jan Carol van Drop Geweldige Communicatie
Nonviolent Communication Norway:
www.agens.as
Nonviolent Communication Poland:
www.szkolaempatii.pl/trening-nvc/
http://www.dominikajasinska.pl
Nonviolent Communication Romania:
www.nvcworld.com
Nonviolent Communication Spain:
www.comunicacionnoviolenta.com
Nonviolent Communication Sweden:
nvcsverige.se
Nonviolent Communication in Switzerland:
https://nvcgeneva.ch/
Nonviolent Communication Turkey:
www.siddetsiziletisim.com
Nonviolent Communication in the United Kingdom
NVC UK Network Main Site: NVC UK Network
Visit this website for information on NVC trainers, trainings and events throughout the UK. There is also a list of practice groups located around the UK.
UK-based NVC facilitators/trainers: UK NVC facilitators/trainers
This page of the nvc-uk.com website lists almost all of the NVC facilitators/trainers currently active in the UK. Many of the facilitator/trainers on this page are certified by the Centre for Nonviolent Communication. All facilitators/trainers on this page – certified and non-certified – have a minimum of 350 hours training in NVC, an accessible complaints process and agree to the code of ethics of NVC Matters, the organisation which runs the NVC UK website. Click on each facilitator/trainer’s image to read an overview of them and their areas of specialism.
Nonviolent Communication in North America
Nonviolent Communication originated in North America, and consequently there are a large number of NVC trainers and supporters located in North America. To see if there is a certified NVC trainer located near you, search on the following page:
www.cnvc.org Certified Trainers Global Map
In addition, below are listed a selection of websites associated with NVC trainers and NVC groups in North America:
Arizona:
NVC Network: .www.nvcarizona.org
California:
San Diego NVC Group: www.sdnvc.org
San Francisco Bay Area NVC Network: www.baynvc.org
Santa Cruz NVC Center: www.nvcsantacruz.org
Chicago:
Institute for Empowering Communication: www.empoweringcommunicationinc.net
Colorado:
Rocky Mountain Compassionate Communication Network: www.rmccn.org
Minnesota:
Minneapolis / St Paul (Twin Cities) NVC Facebook page: www.facebook.com/nvctwincities
New York:
NVC New York: www.nycnvc.org
Ohio:
Compassionate Communication-Central Ohio: www.speakingpeace.org
Oregon:
Oregon Network for Compassionate Communication: www.orncc.net
Washington DC:
Capitol NVC: www.capitalnvc.org
Nonviolent Communication in Canada:
There are more than 20 certified trainers active in Canada, mainly in the south east and south west coastal areas. To see if there is a certified trainer or supporter of NVC living near you, search on the following page:
www.cnvc.org Certified Trainers Global Map
Nonviolent Communication in Central America
To see if there is a certified trainer or supporter of NVC living near you or in your country, search on the following page:
www.cnvc.org Certified Trainers Global Map
Nonviolent Communication in South America
To see if there is a NVC certified trainer living near you or in your country, search on the following page:
www.cnvc.org Certified Trainers Global Map
In addition, there are the following websites in South American countries:
Viviendo CNV – Festival of NVC in Spanish: Viviendo CNV
This is a website that offers free NVC training for Spanish speaking people.
Nonviolent Communication Argentina:
NVC Argentina Facebook page: www.facebook.com/poderdelaconexioncnv
Nonviolent Communication Brazil:
Sandra Caselato and Yuri Haasz, certified NVC trainers in Sao Paolo: www.sinergiacomunicativa.com
Nonviolent Communication Columbia:
Fabiola Fuentes, certified NVC trainer, Bogota, Columbia: www.cnvc.org Fabiola Fuentes
Nonviolent Communication in Africa
NVC Projects in Africa:
NVC Africa Project (Anglophone): nvcafricanetwork.wordpress.com
Cercle Afrique de Association p l CNV Belgique Francais (Francophone): www.cnv-afrique.be
Certified NVC trainers active in Africa that I am aware of:
Benin: Firmin Didagbe www.cnvc.org Firmin Didagbe
Benin: Fleur Nathalie Yassinguezo www.cnvc.org Fleur Nathalie Yassinguezo
Burundi/East Congo/Rwanda: Anne Dietrich www.cnvc.org Anne Dietrich
Kenya: Samuel Odhiambo www.cnvc.org Samuel Odhiambo
Kenya: Samwel Ogala www.cnvc.org Samwel Ogala
Kenya: Tadesse Hussein www.cnvc.org Tadesse Hussein
Nonviolent Communication in Asia
Currently there are NVC trainers and supporters in many countries in Asia, including: China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Japan, Nepal, Pakistan, Palestinian Territories, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Turkey, United Arab Emirates.
The following certified NVC trainers and websites are also accessible:
Nonviolent Communication in India:
NVC Trust – supporting the growth of NVC in India: The NVC Trust (India)
Some NVC certified trainers in India:
Delhi, Northern India: Sudha Shankar www.cnvc.org Sudha Shankar
Dharamshala, Northern India: Reena Ginwala www.cnvc.org Reena Ginwala
Central India, Mumbai: Juliana Caszo www.cnvc.org Juliana Caszo
Central India, Mumbai: Anisha Pandya www.cnvc.org Anisha Pandya
Southern India, Bengaluru: Manasi Saxena www.cnvc.org Manaxi Saxena
Southern India, Bengaluru: Ranjitha Jeurkar www.cnvc.org Ranjitha Jeurkar
Southern India, Auroville: Vega Jiwon Moon (Korean and English speaking) www.cnvc.org Vega Jiwon Moon
Nonviolent Communication Israel:
Hagit Lifshitz, certified NVC trainer: www.mifgash.org.il
Arnina Kashtan, certified NVC trainer: www.meitarim.co.il
Nonviolent Communication in Japan:
Yuko Goto, certified NVC trainer: Yuko Goto Japan
Nonviolent Communication in the Philippines:
Art Burroughs, certified NVC trainer: www.empathyaction.org
Nonviolent Communication in South Korea:
www.krnvc.org – This is the central website for NVC in South Korea. It contains a list of Nonviolent Communication trainings and links to resources in South Korea.
Nonviolent Communication Sri Lanka:
Certified Nonviolent Communication trainers in Sri Lanka:
Chris Rajendram: www.cnvc.org Chris Rajendram
Ramanusha Poopalaratnam: www.cnvc.org Ramanusha Poopalaratnam
Nonviolent Communication in Australia & New Zealand
Nonviolent Communication in Australia:
www.nvcaustralia.com – This is the central website for NVC in Australia. It contains a list of certified Nonviolent Communication trainers and a list of NVC practice groups throughout Australia, and other useful resources.
Nonviolent Communication in New Zealand:
www.nvc.org.nz – This is the central website for NVC in New Zealand. It contains a list of certified Nonviolent Communication trainers and a list of NVC practice groups throughout New Zealand, and other useful resources.