Nonviolent Communication Made Simple with Marjeta Novak

Nonviolent Communication Made Simple
A practical empathy workshop with Marjeta Novak

Build bridges instead of barriers — one conversation at a time.

In this hands-on, 90-minute session, certified Nonviolent Communication (NVC) trainer Marjeta Novak will introduce simple, practical tools to bring more empathy and connection into your facilitation, coaching, or team conversations.

Drawing on over two decades of experience in dialogue facilitation, Marjeta translates key NVC principles into actionable techniques you can use right away.

In this 90-minute workshop, you’ll learn to:

• Recognize what truly matters to people beneath what they say
• Transform charged words into insight — and action
• Test and adapt NVC-based protocols for your real-life situations
• Experience the healing powers of empathy
• Apply five simple NVC-inspired moves to your facilitation or leadership practice

Why it matters:
Every facilitator eventually faces moments of tension when stakes are high, emotions run strong, or opinions clash. Nonviolent Communication gives you a structure and mindset to stay grounded, curious, and compassionate. It helps you transform charged language into needs-based dialogue that opens space for mutual understanding and co-creation.

Who it’s for:
Facilitators, coaches, consultants, mediators, and leaders who want to communicate with more clarity, empathy, and ease, especially in challenging group settings. No prior NVC experience required.

Format:

• Online (Zoom)
• 90 minutes, highly interactive
• Bring paper for reflection or note-taking

Marjeta Novak is a facilitator and systems-change consultant who designs and leads participatory dialogues that bring together unlikely allies to think, learn, and act wisely together. A certified trainer in Nonviolent Communication, she enjoys the energy behind people’s passions — especially when those passions collide. That’s where her NVC-based framework helps transform tension into understanding and creative movement. Originally from Slovenia, Marjeta now lives in the US and brings over two decades of international facilitation experience across four continents.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/marjetanovak/
www.humus.si/en
www.voicesthatcount.net
marjeta.novak@humus.si

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NOVA Scribes has entered into a partnership with the IFVP: the International Forum of Visual Practitioners! This workshop is an IFVP Learning Lab. All IFVP members have access to Learning Labs at https://ifvpforum.circle.so/c/learning-hub/

This workshop will be recorded and posted on YouTube for anyone who cannot attend. You can find the YouTube link in the Comments section of this NOVA Scribes Meetup event once the workshop video has been uploaded to YouTube.
You can find previously recorded videos at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJfInZHmS8prj2_DUaJ35CYY8n7SzoPMJ

We’re not charging for this workshop, but we will be asking for donations! Donations cover the costs of hosting events on Meetup, to honorariums for new graphic recorders, and scholarships.

Please be sure you are registered on Meetup! If your Zoom name doesn’t match your name on Meetup, you will not be admitted. (We’ve had Zoom bombers.)