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Thu 10 Mar 2022 1:09AM

Empathy buddy chat tips / agreement

TH Tim Huegerich Public Seen by 3

Eventually it would be helpful to develop a living version of this old NYCNVC "Empathy Buddy Handbook": https://web.archive.org/web/20190719130433/http://www.nycnvc.org/empathy_network/empathy-buddy-handbook/

We also plan to develop click-through agreements (short enough to really read) when registering for empathy.chat (or joining an empathy chat for the first time).

J

James Sun 3 Apr 2022 6:54PM

I like the idea of offering documents about how to do empathy.

Other possibilities, The site could have educational documents about doing empathy, examples of group agreements. A video presentation could be added. I thought of offering mediation, but might be outside the sites purpose. If people can’t work it out or decide it no longer meets their needs to continue they can leave the group and create a new group or seek to join another. Maybe, people approved by site directors could do live video courses on how to do empathy.

I prefer the sit stay focused on it purpose, not try to be everything. So, I don’t support doing NVC trainings, mediation trainings, etc.

I fear if the site tries to do too much on volunteer or absolute minimum paid staff, it will loose focus and fall apart. There are other NVC groups already doing those other things.

MT

Makarios Tabor Mon 4 Apr 2022 1:46AM

I think that using the 'Empathy Buddy Handbook' or some modified version of it would be useful.

James has a good point about not spreading yourself too thin. I'm not opposed to a primer on empathy being offered - or providing a link to such a resource elsewhere.

For me, the need for choice/freedom on how to do empathy is in tension with the desire for consistency/fidelity to empathy as informed by NVC (otherwise, there's no focus or target audience for the site).