Basileia's NVC and DG workshops and programs
Basileia offers a variety of workshops and programs to enable you to develop the skills of Needs-based Communication (NVC) and Dynamic Governance (DG).
- Power-with Leader Development Program. A two-year program designed for people within businesses and non-profits to develop the skills and consciousness of power-with leadership
- Creating Workplaces Where People Thrive workshops. A two-hour, three-day or six-day experience of "living organizations" that can be created using the processes of NVC and DG.
Other relevant NVC or DG
workshops, programs and conferences ...
- Making Collaboration Real Program. A year-long program hosted by BayNVC with core trainers Miki Kashtan and Martha Lasley. Gregg Kendrick will be a guest trainer at the September 2011 workshop.
- NVC Educators Institute, "Teach for Life." Summer retreats on the West Coast specifically designed for educators and school administrators.
NVC Introduction workbook
You will find below a link to a PDF file of the core pages from Basileia's workshop materials for the "Needs-Based Communication (NVC) Introduction (#NVC0)" workshop. We typically teach this workshop in a 1- to 2-day format for people who are new to NVC.
We offer these materials with a limited right to download and print/reproduce for personal learning or group workshops provided that (a) the materials are used as-is keeping the copyright information on each page, (b) the PDF file itself is shared only by providing a link to this web page, and (c) the materials are not sold.
Books and CDs

Basileia has a selection of books, CDs and other learning tools that are often included in our learning programs. See brief summaries of these materials using this link.
Online NVC Training
Selected Articles
- An interview with Marshall Rosenberg in Yes! A Journal of Positive Futures magazine, Summer 1998
- "Experiences in Communication," excerpted from A Way of Being by Carl Rogers
- "Dealing With Breakdowns in Communication - Interpersonal and Intergroup," excerpted from On Becoming a Person by Carl Rogers
- "The Creative Forces of Self-Organization," by John Buck and Gerard Endenberg
