About the AuthorNonviolent Communication, developed by Dr. Marshall Rosenberg has changed Rick Goodfriend's life by learning effective listening and communication skills.. Rick has been studying, teaching and practicing Nonviolent Communication ( NVC ) for over a decade. He is an alumni of Bay Nonviolent Communication ( BayNVC ) leadership program that is a year long program to enrich these skills. It consisted of 4 week-long seminars to immerse into effective communication skills. Not only does he share these effective communication techniques in an easy to learn manner, he actually uses these skills daily as you will see from the real stories that is enclosed with the tips. Rick Goodfriend is also founder of World Empathy Day. It is a day (Weds.) of increased consciousness for peaceful and effective communication, connection with self and others, forgiveness and acceptance. You may join and receive free teleclasses and free weekly communication tips by a quick signup at www.empathyday.com . He lives in Santa Barbara, California and grew up in Miami, Florida and is a graduate of Florida State University. Rick Goodfriend has appeared on over 200 television shows discussing Nonviolent Communication skills and how to enjoy more connection and ease in your relationships. He teaches workshops and is a keynote speaker on this topic. He is also a Continuing Education provider. Rick Goodfriend is grateful to Dr. Marshall Rosenberg for developing Nonviolent Communication skills and is hoping that you can help to make a more peaceful world using these simple and effective communication tips. what is a book talk examples I Hear You, But...: Communication listening skills Tips for improving all relationships
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Only for those with some degree of familiarity with NVCBy Rosemarie SIf you already have some grounding in NVC you might find this book useful. If NVC is a total mystery to you, I'm guessing that the book is likely to be ineffective in helping you with your communication skills.For some reason I'd expected more of this book; it didn't quite meet my expectations of being effective for most people.The book is a collection of stuff with 1 - 2 page discussions of that stuff. Every item is labelled "Communication Tip xxx" many of the things under these headings are NOT communication tips. They are suggestions, scenario's, advice, etc which are probably very useful for someone with a bit of knowledge about understanding of Marshall Rosenberg's Non-Violent Communication (NVC) model principles.Overall, I was kind of disappointed.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. utterly trivialBy RezensentThis book is filled with numerous utterly trivial recommendations based on NVC. The tips given are so trivial that it gets painful after a while. While the book starts with a pretty good introduction of NVC concepts, the communication tips take up most of the book.After a while, I started to dislike the book. The recommendations got more and more ridiculously short and simple. I could not make it beyond tip number 10 and I really did work on the book, created an excerpt of tips in an Excel spreadsheet. When I read the first ten tips, I thought "what?! are you kidding me?"I guess, if you are like me, you probably have some communication issues to work on. Well, this is NOT the book that will be of help.Seriously.4 of 9 people found the following review helpful. Remarkable tips for communication!By Eleanor WintersThis remarkable book has over 70 valuable tips on deep communicating with everyone: open it anywhere for practical help dealing with all situations.