Cascadia Workshops provides clear instruction in excellent
sustainable living, personal development,
and organizational effectiveness
tools, processes, and methodologies.
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Hi. I'm Alan Seid, co-founder of Cascadia Workshops.
I've devoted the last 20 years to researching, practicing, and teaching some exceptional tools and processes that improve our lives individually and collectively.
I hope you enjoy the website, and please contact us with feedback or inquiries.
~Alan
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Introductions to Empowered Communication
also known as Nonviolent Communicationsm (NVC)
The First Saturday of Every Month
Also known as Compassionate Communication, the purpose of this process is to create the quality of connection out of which you can resolve and prevent conflicts, get in touch with your own and others' deeper motivations, and craft win-win, collaborative outcomes.
Upcoming Introductory Workshop:
Saturday, March 6, 2010
10am-1pm
Explorations Academy
1701 Ellis St., between Ohio & State
Bellingham, WA
Sliding Scale $50-35
Register by email here, or by calling Angela MacLeod at (360) 398-1096
More about this workshop
Also:
Introduction to NVC
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
5:30-8:30pm
Produced and sponsored by the Whatcom Dispute Resolution Center (DRC)
13 Prospect St,, Ste 201
Bellingham, WA, USA
$50 - sliding scale possible
For more information call the Whatcom DRC at: (360) 676-0122
AND
Introduction to NVC
Sunday, April 4, 2010
6:30-8:30pm
Community Food Co-op, Connections Building
1220 North Forest St.
Bellingham, WA, USA
$5 for co-op members, $6 for non-members
For more information call the Community Food Co-op at (360) 734-8158
More about NVC.
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In-Depth Skill-Building Class
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| An in-depth learning series in the highly acclaimed process for preventing and resolving conflicts,
creating rich and powerful relationships, and much more!
Learn more about NVC.
One full-day Saturday plus six weekday evenings
Now Registering for the 2010 Spring Series: register here.
When:
Saturday, April 17, 2010, 10am - 5pm
plus the six (6) following Tuesday evenings, 6-9pm
Where:
Explorations Academy Library, 1701Ellis St., between Ohio & State, Bellingham, WA, USA
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Cost:
$400 Full Tuition
($350 Early Bird Special if paid in full by Thursday, April 1, 2010)
-Includes Snacks & Refreshments
-Please Inquire if Needing Financial Assistance
Taught by Alan Seid.
Click for Alan's bio.
Click for Alan's CV.
Register for the Spring 2010 NVC Learning Series here.
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Currently in progress and sold out:
Integral Awareness and Practice for NVC Practitioners: Deepening NVC with Ken Wilber's Integral Framework
A Telephone Course (Telecourse) with CNVC Certified Trainer Alan Seid from Kendall, Washington, USA
6 monthly sessions, meeting on the third Thursday of each month
Visit the NVC Academy landing page for this class here.
Every Third Thursday, January 21, 2010 - June 17, 2010 - 3:00-5:00 PM PST/PDT (11:00 PM GMT/10:00 PM GMT)
Fee: $180.00 USD
Limited to 20 people to maximize learning and connection
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In this course, NVC Practitioners will be given a guided tour of Ken Wilber's work, a meta-theory (theory of theories) that includes as much knowledge and wisdom from as many sources as possible. We will explore how NVC and Integral Framework mesh, overlap, complement each other and differ in theory and practice.
Wilber is known as the "Einstein of consciousness" because his work provides space for every field of knowledge and every world philosophy to fit together in a unifying framework. How NVC "integrates" into this larger framework is a topic for much fun, discussion, and illumination.
Alan Seid is a seasoned NVC Trainer who has been studying NVC for 15 years. He has been a student of Integral Theory for about 10 years, and has offered more workshops on each topic than he has any record of or can recollect. For more about Alan, see his web site: www.alanseid.com.
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 Take this course and you will:
- Participate in a guided tour of Integral Theory from someone who understands it and NVC clearly, and can articulate it in a way that is very accessible
- Understand why "levels of consciousness" is a concept that reduces our frustration in trying to connect with some people, and makes us more skillful in our ability to be empathic
- Learn how the Integral framework can help eliminate enemy images by providing a deeper understanding of other people's perspectives
- Acquire a conceptual framework that puts the incredible variety of disciplines and perspectives into an integrated larger whole
- Multiply your options for creating positive social change by expanding the areas in which you apply NVC
- Provides an exciting new way to meet your need for meaning
Course Schedule:
Every Third Thursday, January 21, 2010 - June 17, 2010 - 3:00-5:00 PM PST/PDT (11:00 PM GMT/10:00 PM GMT)
January 21, 2010 - 3:00-5:00 PM PST (11:00 PM GMT)--My Time Zone?
February 18, 2010 - 3:00-5:00 PM PST (11:00 PM GMT)--My Time Zone?
March 18, 2010 - 3:00-5:00 PM PDT (10:00 PM GMT)--My Time Zone?
April 15, 2010 - 3:00-5:00 PM PDT (10:00 PM GMT)--My Time Zone?
May 20, 2010 - 3:00-5:00 PM PDT (10:00 PM GMT)--My Time Zone?
June 17, 2010 - 3:00-5:00 PM PDT (10:00 PM GMT)--My Time Zone?
Prerequisites: For people who consider themselves to be at least at an "intermediate" NVC level (subjective self-selection). The basics of NVC will not be covered.
Fee: $180.00 USD
Register early, this course is limited to 20 participants!
Visit the NVC Academy landing page for this class here.
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What others are saying about Alan Seid and our Workshops:
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| "Alan’s NVC workshop takes communication skills to a whole new level!"
- Carl Oekerman, Instructor of Interpersonal and Organizational Psychology, Bellingham Technical College,
Fall 2008 NVC Series Participant
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| "Alan is stellar at what he does!"
- Rick Dubrow, local business leader and sustainability advocate
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| "The interpersonal dynamics of our store were
transformed by the NVC workshop that Alan led. The result is that our
workplace culture is more harmonious and positive than ever before."
- Stephen Trinkaus, Owner & General Manager, Terra Organica
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structures of our thinking and our language are rooted in a power-over
world view. Nonviolent Communication gives tools and practices to help
us reframe our communication within a win-win, power-with worldview. It
goes way beyond resolving conflicts. Alan presents this work with great
skill, fun and compassion."
- Angela MacLeod, CTM Workshops Co-Producer, NVC Learning Series Participant Fall 2007 and 2008
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| "I have very high regard for Alan. My opinion is that he
knows his stuff backwards and forwards, is creative in synthesizing
understandings, and lives with ENORMOUS integrity. I find him to be
very inspiring - and am encouraged that he represents the best of the
next generation."
- Lucy Leu, CNVC Certified Trainer,
Former President of the Board, Center for Nonviolent Communication,
Author, Nonviolent Communication Companion Workbook: A Practical Guide for Individual, Group or Classroom Study
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"We
have had other facilitators in the past and Alan is the first facilitator
who combined so many depths of disciplines... each student was profoundly
altered by their experience. Many
of them had breakthroughs in their communication with their friends and
family in only 2 days of workshops.
Alan's timing, innate ability to
disseminate the NVC model was the clearest and deepest I have ever
experienced. We progressed further into
this work than ever before. He truly
embodies NVC principles and lives them in his every day life. He is a master at what he does and his
ability to mediate and resolve conflict is phenomenal.
I highly recommend Alan to any
group… I have been personally impacted, and the insights and breakthroughs in my
own life keep unfolding."
- Myra Murphy Jacob
Founder and National Executive Director
Sustainable Global Leadership Alliance
www.sgla.org
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| "When I debriefed the staff at my retirement, to a
person they strongly indicated that the Empowered Communication (NVC)
training was the most useful, both professionally and personally, of
anything we had done during their time there. It was clear after the
first training that there was a real positive shift in how people in
the office interacted. I highly recommend Alan’s NVC trainings in an
office setting."
- Tom Anderson,
General Manager, retired
Public Utility District #1 of Whatcom County
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| "Finally I got
it down! Alan has been instrumental in helping me retrain my perception
and communication away from what had become self-destructive thought
patterns and practices, most especially with my wife. In his 24-hour
course and in couples coaching, he has helped us save our own marriage
from resentment, anger, and regular communication disconnection".
- Jason Darling, Re-Sources for Sustainable Communities, Fall 2008 NVC Series Participant
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| "Alan, I was glad to have found the time (even at
the last minute) to sit down and have a conversation with you about
your work. You obviously love your work, and that love infuses what you
do. In my experience, this is true for all great teachers and
unsubstitutable."
- Laird Schaub, Facilitator and Facilitation Trainer;
Executive Secretary, Fellowship for Intentional Community (FIC)
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We are proud members of Sustainable Connections(SC), a non-profit membership organization of 600+ NW Washington business and
community leaders working to transform and model an economy built on
sustainable practices. SC is a member organization of BALLE, Business Alliance for Local Living Economies.
Link to Sustainable Connections.
Link to BALLE.
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