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Whether it's a passion or just a hobby we invite any student in grades 9-12 to join us for an opportunity to spend time with others who also like to write. With facilitator Frankie Wiley, we challenge students to take a different spin each week through exploratory exercises designed to inspire out-of-the box thinking. Young Writers’ Studio meets every other Tuesday evening at Thurber Center and on Zoom.

This online class will explore the Nonviolent Communication process of self empathy with added somatic tools for self regulation and cultivating a sense of inner safety. Explore self accompaniment and being with your emotions, sensations and experience in ways that offer connection, centering and grounding.

Whether we’re writing in first person or third, it’s vital for our characters to have distinctive voices. Even if you’re writing with an omniscient narrator, eventually there will be dialogue and when your characters talk, they should sound like individual people. We’ll use this two-hour class to discuss what makes up a voice, look at examples of strong character voices in published work, and delve into exercises designed to help you create those individual voices in your own work.

Whether it's a passion or just a hobby we invite any student in grades 9-12 to join us for an opportunity to spend time with others who also like to write. With facilitator Frankie Wiley, we challenge students to take a different spin each week through exploratory exercises designed to inspire out-of-the box thinking. Young Writers’ Studio meets every other Tuesday evening at Thurber Center and on Zoom.

This 4-part online series will explore the fundamental elements of Nonviolent Communication in an online community setting.
Grow, learn and have fun with others as we discover and practice skills that are fundamental to this powerful process.

Dates Breakdown
Tue, May 13, 2025, 6:30 – 8:00 PM EDT
Tue, May 20, 2025, 6:30 – 8:00 PM EDT
Tue, May 27, 2025, 6:30 – 8:00 PM EDT
Tue, Jun 3, 2025, 6:30 – 8:00 PM EDT

Whether it's a passion or just a hobby we invite any student in grades 9-12 to join us for an opportunity to spend time with others who also like to write. With facilitator Frankie Wiley, we challenge students to take a different spin each week through exploratory exercises designed to inspire out-of-the box thinking. Young Writers’ Studio meets every other Tuesday evening at Thurber Center and on Zoom.

Whether it's a passion or just a hobby we invite any student in grades 9-12 to join us for an opportunity to spend time with others who also like to write. With facilitator Frankie Wiley, we challenge students to take a different spin each week through exploratory exercises designed to inspire out-of-the box thinking. Young Writers’ Studio meets every other Tuesday evening at Thurber Center and on Zoom.

Do you and/or your organization have challenges with interpersonal communication, team dynamics, collaboration or feedback? Or would you like to improve and humanize your management/leadership skills? Then this Professional Development opportunity is for you!

Based on the Nonviolent Communication model and specifically formulated for organizations and workplaces, this training is ideal for teams, leaders, managers, stakeholders and employees. Topics to be addressed in this online professional development workshop include:

Authentic and Supportive Feedback
Creating and Supporting a Culture of Collaboration
Navigating challenging interactions
Honesty and Empathy in the Workplace and Beyond
Autonomy and Effectiveness in Organizations
Bring your colleagues and ask us about a multi-person discount!

Would you like to be able to discuss chores, sleep, activities, and music or other practice without losing your patience and feeling wrung out?

Would you like to feel closer to your kids, your partner, and get more support, as well?

If so, these sessions are for you.

Learn to shift recurring conversations in a connecting way that builds trust and cooperation with your family members.

This class will:

1) introduce you to the overall mindset of NVC (including 4 Ds that get in the way of connection)

2) help you see what’s motivating you and others so you have more hope and less stress and

3) give you an introduction to a 4-part language for speaking about and negotiating what you need.

This way of communicating isn’t about giving in; it’s about showing up in a way that is both clear and kind. It’s also about shifts, the kind that happen when we get what someone needs. The goal is to create the quality of connection where giving happens willingly and lovingly.

As with any of Elke’s sessions, you will have opportunities to practice with live scenarios.

This short series is also suitable for teachers.

Whether it's a passion or just a hobby we invite any student in grades 9-12 to join us for an opportunity to spend time with others who also like to write. With facilitator Frankie Wiley, we challenge students to take a different spin each week through exploratory exercises designed to inspire out-of-the box thinking. Young Writers’ Studio meets every other Tuesday evening at Thurber Center and on Zoom.