{"title": "Sunday Platform with Clara Moisello: ‘Words that Connect: An Introduction to Compassionate Communication’", "start": "2026-11-15T11:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-15T12:15:00-05:00", "place": "New York Society for Ethical Culture Hall", "address": "West 64th Street 2, New York", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["wellness/communication"], "description": "A free talk in the Sunday Platform series at the New York Society for Ethical Culture, held in person and online. Dr. Clara Moisello, Lead Trainer and Co-Director of the New York Center for Nonviolent Communication, introduces Compassionate Communication (NVC), developed by Dr. Marshall Rosenberg. She presents NVC's core principles, showing how focusing on the human needs and values behind our words can deepen connection, resolve conflict without violence, and turn tense conversations into opportunities to find a way forward together. 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