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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 radical ...

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...

The Plan Have Your Say On: 'What should we discuss in the first XR UK Movement Assembly?' Week 1 - Submit your ideas for assembly topics via Polis. Week 2 - Vote on everyone's ideas. Results of the most popular topic will be published on the Rebel Toolkit ....

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...

Hand Signals 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 ...

Sat 14th June 2025 - 'Red Card Allianz' at the Rugby Final Allianz Twickenham Stadium, Whitton Rd, TW2 7BA Around 82,0000 rugby fans arrived to watch the Premiership final. That’s eighty-two-thousand (!!!) opportunities to build pressure on the fossil insura...

During July - groups across the UK will target local 'dirty insurers', building the pressure for them to stop funding climate destruction. This July, Insure Our Survival campaign are turning up the pressure on the fossil fuel insurers who are enabling climate...

International Wave of Action This year Insure Our Survival will be going even more international, with a planned series of major coordinated multi-country actions that aim to do greater damage to the reputations and profits of some of the worst offenders. UK t...