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Introduction to Non-Violent Communication
Violent communication in our society is a result of training. We yell at each other, and we blame, judge, dominate and evaluate. According to Marshall Rosenberg, this form of communication is not our natural state. Rosenberg, founder of The Center for Nonviolent...
Begin with Purpose
I recently returned from a conference where the biggest takeaway had to do with the thoughts from several Fortune 500 CEO’s. The topic had to do with engaging senior leadership in organizational design and idea flow but became more about establishing enthusiasm for...
Using Your Syllabus to Combat Hunger
Twenty-one per cent of NMC students who responded to the Learner Engagement Survey this spring said they were likely to use a food pantry if we had one. Ten per cent said that they often cannot afford to eat three meals a day. I was really surprised by that....
What’s in it for me?
What’s in it for me? Thinking back to August, and our professional development (PD) day, I have been thinking about our aim for a more experiential learning environment (Kolb’s learning theory). Comments overheard during PD included lots of examples of experiences we...