About the Trainer:

Peggy Smith is the only certified trainer with the Center For Nonviolent Communication living in northern New England. She has been sharing NVC for over five years. Peggy taught elemen- tary and middle school for 32 years in Maine. She brings her extensive teaching skills, humor and presence to this work.

With her new business, Open Communication, Peggy offers workshops, seminars and coach- ing to individuals, organizations and businesses. Peggy has studied with Marshall Rosenberg, (founder of NVC) and other internationally recognized trainers. Peggy has also studied with Zen teacher and social activist, Thich Nhat Hanh since 1991 and is an active member of his Order of Interbeing.
A co-founder of the Maine NVC Network and founder of NVC For Me. and Open Communica- tion, she is passionate about bringing compas- sionate, authentic communication skills to Maine and the region.

www.opencommunication.org

www.MaineNVCnetwork.org

www.nvc4Me.com

peggy@MaineNVCnetwork.org