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Haringey Community Assembly on Climate (2min video) Blaenau Gwent Climate Assembly, this was the first climate assembly in Wales. Blackburn People's Jury on Climate Change Crisis - September 2022, a group organised by the council and the Sortition Foundation...

Nonviolent Communication, also called ‘Compassionate Communication’ or ‘Collaborative Communication’, has been described as a language of compassion and a tool for positive social change. It is taught as a process of interpersonal communication designed to imp...

Expressing Feelings To build trusting relationships in our communities, we can start by expressing feelings. NVC instructor Daren De Witt explains the powerful impact this can have: "expressing our feelings can have a profound effect on others, enabling them t...

Below are a few activities to try out to practise the methods of NVC. The following page also has suggestions on reviewing the activities. Activity 1: Identifying Feelings In each of the following statements, do you regard the speaker to be expressing his or ...

Activity 1: Identifying Feelings Please note - these are not examples of NVC, but only of the feeling component. ‘I feel anxious when no one at work responds to my suggestions.’ ‘I feel very puzzled about how you can do such a thing.’ ‘I feel concerned that th...

Observing Without Evaluating The NVC process typically begins with neutral observation. "Observations are what we see or hear that we identify as the stimulus to our reactions. Our aim is to describe what we are reacting to concretely, specifically and neutral...

The fourth component of NVC involves making a request to others. We are asking them to do something to satisfy a need of ours. Our requests are strategies through which we might get our needs met. Needs are universal. The strategy through which we are asking t...

Should conflict arise, connecting with peoples’ feelings and empathically reflecting back to them what they are saying is an effective starting point. Studies done in labour management negotiations indicate that the time needed to settle disputes can be consid...

Along with expressing your own feelings and needs clearly, its important to really listen to and identify the same in others. Reflective Listening Reflective listening shows you understand what another person is saying and meaning. It especially involves para...

The XRUK Assemblies team are here to support the movement by ensuring: XRUK has the knowledge and support it requires to promote the Third Demand. XRUK, Local Groups, Regions and Nations have a broad understanding of the power of deliberative democracy, and h...

The three pillars of radical inclusivity, active listening, and trust, are a way to provide a safe space and support empathetic interaction, allowing all assembly attendees to share and to be listened to. Radical Inclusivity Effective assemblies achieve radica...

Proposals enable ideas to move forward if they are "good enough for now, safe enough to try". Bringing proposals to your team helps it work better — from unblocking a task to reorganising your roles. They introduce agile and creative ways to progress work, bri...

How the question was chosen by the movement Week 1 Sat 28 June - Fri 4 July: Rebels submitted ideas for movement assembly topics via Polis. Week 2 Sat 5 July - Fri 11 July: Everyone got the chance to vote on everyone's ideas via Polis. Polis results: Comments...

Be more aware of ways hackers and scammers try to gain access to data by email, text, phone, WhatsApp etc. NOTE: The world of spam emails and in particular email phishing is constantly evolving, but it's better for us to offer some advice rather than none. Wha...

This is quick and easy thing to do and is very important because: to ensure more of your emails/newsletters reach your subscriber's inboxes (instead of junk/spam). so you can recieve replies to your messages Follow the AN guidance here or read the steps be...

How does Polis work? You get a link to a Polis poll on a particular topic which includes a number of statements for you to read and react to. You can Agree, Disagree, or Pass / Unsure on each statement. You can then suggest new statements, and then everyone c...

Polis is an interactive inclusive and fair online polling tool that helps groups of people have conversations and make decisions together. It’s especially useful when you want to understand what a large group thinks about a certain topic. What makes Polis spec...

This guide is for anyone wanting to organise an assembly and use an interactive poll on Polis, or as a stand-alone 'sentiment check' on an important issue. How to Organise and Use Polis It can be difficult to get an accurate picture of people's opinions and fe...

Deep Dive - Representative Balance Spoiler alert! No system of democracy is perfect. However, anyone who takes part in an assembly, will mostly say how rewarding they find the experience and some local groups have gone onto holding multiple assemblies. However...

Assemblies maintain inclusivity and ensure all voices are heard equally by using hand signals to facilitate the discussion. Point (or ‘I would like to speak’) When someone in the group wants to say something, they should point their index finger up and wait f...