The Impact of Empathy in Organisations
Collaborative Communication for professionals
LIVKOM along with ai-opener in mid November 2018 offered a workshop for professionals in organizations, including managers working in the fields of HR, Health & Security and unions. NVC trainer Martin van der Meulen explained:
- How to communicate with empathy and still have your own interest clear.
- How to get from conflict to synergy, and from compromise to win/win.
- How to empower your interpersonal skills at work.
Please write Kirsten Kristensen kirsten@livkom.dk to learn more about LIVKOMs engagement in promoting empathy in organisations. See CVs for Martin and Kirsten.
Peace in the world starts in the school
NVC Culture of Peace at school – 5 inspirational films for free
Children learn more when they have fun, feel safe and trust that mistakes are welcome.
A Culture of Peace on earth starts in the school, and behind every action is a need.
In collaboration with Filmkompagniet Kirsten Kristensen, chairman of the association LIVKOM, have made 5 short films about how to facilitate a Culture of Peace in the school, by engaging Nonviolent Communication, NVC. The films are made available for everyone who is interested in teaching NVC.
- Film 1 – Behind every action there is a need
Introduction to NVC in schools. We hear a preschool teacher talk about her experience with NVC and how it has changed the social environment in the classroom. We are also introduced to a conflict between two preschool children. - Film 2 – From conflict to connection: the four elements of the NVC process. Shows how the teacher resolves the conflict from film 1 using the four principles of Nonviolent Communication (observations, feelings, needs, requests). Scenes from film 1 are expanded upon.
- Film 3 – Taking responsibility for my own feelings. The scenes from film 1 are continued and shows in detail how the cards with feelings & needs help the children to describe their feelings and needs in a conflict.
- Film 4 – Empathy for others, understanding others. See the children trying to guess the feelings and needs of others as the teacher helps them to connect more fully to what needs motivated the people in the conflict and draw further learning from the conflict.
- Film 5 – From anger to empathy, Mona and Mohammed. Mohammed from the 6th grade and the teacher Mona tell us how their conversation about feelings and needs helped them understand their anger and find self-empathy.
In the films, the teacher use cards printed with a vocabulary of feelings and needs on them in order to help the children understand their own feelings and needs as well as feelings and needs feelings of others. 
You can download the materials and watch the films for FREE with subtitles in multiple languages. LIVKOM greatly appreciate your feedback if you choose to do so.
Find the films about NVC in the school here:
| Danish | English | Bulgarian | Chinese |
| Dutch | German | Italian | Nepali |
| Polish | Portuguese | Russian | Turkish |
Free film about Reconciliation work with NVC
A few years ago LIVKOM Chairman Kirsten Kristensen together with 4 NVC colleagues offered “Healing and Reconciliation through Nonviolent Communication” in Nepal. Watch the documentary “Raamro Aakha Ma (In the Eyes of the Good)” about the NVC training project and its results. See how people move from wanting punishment to wanting to listen and understand. The film has been translated into Spanish, French, German and Hausa.
Kirsten Kristensen is happy to talk about NVC in Schools as well as about her work in Nepal, she can be contacted by email Kirsten@livkom.dk or phone +45 4035 0955, read more at https://kommunikationforlivet.dk/?lang=en
From Anorexia and Suicidal Thoughts to Zest for Life
Read the article written by Kirsten Kristensen here
Kirsten Kristensen profile (PDF), her motto is: