Dian Killian and Mark Badger are keen observers of human nature, offering deep insight into the pitfalls and promises of human communication --Jud Newborn, Ph.D., Founding Historian, Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial to the Holocaust and Author of Sophie Scholl and The White RoseI dare you to read this without smiling --Kit Miller, Director, Bay Area Nonviolent CommunicationDian and Mark are using comics in an innovative way to raise questions and provoke thought about how we conduct ourselves as human beings. It's a remarkable work, and I hope, just the beginning! --Jim Salicrup, Papercutz Editor-in Chief and Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (MoCCA) TrusteeI dare you to read this without smiling --Kit Miller, Director, Bay Area Nonviolent CommunicationDian and Mark are using comics in an innovative way to raise questions and provoke thought about how we conduct ourselves as human beings. It's a remarkable work, and I hope, just the beginning! --Jim Salicrup, Papercutz Editor-in Chief and Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (MoCCA) TrusteeI dare you to read this without smiling --Kit Miller, Director, Bay Area Nonviolent CommunicationDian and Mark are using comics in an innovative way to raise questions and provoke thought about how we conduct ourselves as human beings. It's a remarkable work, and I hope, just the beginning! --Jim Salicrup, Papercutz Editor-in Chief and Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (MoCCA) TrusteeAbout the AuthorJane Marantz Connor, Ph.D. is founder of the Southern Tier Center for Compassionate Communication and a graduate of the Bay NVC's 2004 North American NVC Leadership Program. She is also Associate Professor and Director of the Division of Human Development at Binghamton University and a New York State licensed psychologist. Dian Killian, Ph.D. is founder and director of Brooklyn Nonviolent Communication and a graduate of Bay NVC's 2004 North American Leadership Training Program which specializes in applying Nonviolent Communication to social change. where can i read books online for free quora Connecting Across Differences: A Guide to Compassionate, Nonviolent Communication
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful. Wonderful New Book on Compassionate CommunicationBy Ava GipsI've studied Marshall Rosenberg's book on NVC for three years, and have gotten huge benefits out of it. So why another book on NVC? This book is wonderfully complementary with Marshall's book. With clear and detailed explanations, extensive exercises, cartoons and photos, tables and charts, it helps make NVC even more alive and do-able. Part Two of the book has extensive real-life dialogs that show NVC at work. These dialogs can really ground our intellectual learnings. The annotated Resource section is very useful - new and recent ways to connect with the NVC community. Included in the book is the interview of Marshall Rosenberg which got me started studying NVC when it was originally published in The Sun magazine This guidebook is like taking a workshop in compassionate communication. And let's face it folks, we need all the help we can get. We're trying to move out of a shame/blame culture, and into a world of compassion, empathy, and seeing each other's common, human needs.8 of 8 people found the following review helpful. making it easier to share compassionate communicationBy Michael C. DreilingConnecting Across Differences offers an accessible and practical orientation to the model of Nonviolent Communication (NVC). Examples are abundant, references to the interplay of psychology and sociology illuminate the cultural context of communication (its problems and possibilities), and the authors' writing provides clear transitions between explanation and application.Several students remarked how this book, and examples within it, elucidated common conflicts in their own lives. Their feedback in this way provided me with reassurance that NVC could be delivered in a way that connected to students' lifeworlds. I also appreciated how the core concepts of NVC were developed, each with examples, practice questions and the like, contributing to a consistency and clarity of communication between what the students read and what I presented in class. I liked it enough to re-order again for this winter term.21 of 21 people found the following review helpful. Connecting Across DifferencesBy Steve T. LudingtonBasic concepts covered in Marshall Rosenbergs' book on Nonviolent Communication are given a much broader discussion in Connecting Across Differences. That met my need for a deeper understanding of NVC. There were also more exercises in the book for opportunities to test my understanding of the practice of communicating nonviolently.This is not another communications-theories book. I found it to be a practical guide to improving interpersonal communications and mediating conflict in my life--at work and at home; with loved ones, colleagues, and even with strangers.I highly recommend this book for those interested in inproving the quality of their life through greater connection and more meaningful interaction with the people in their lives.