Alan Seid
A Toolbox for Sustainable Living and Cultural Transformation
In this interview I hope to talk some about the extraordinary journey that brought me to this point, and focus on how various tools, processes, & methodologies — including NVC — made all the difference. One reason I see that people don’t achieve their goals is because they don’t have the skills. So having good tools is one thing, but you have to become skillful with them, and that only happens through practice. I work with “positive change agents” and what I’ve noticed is that there are 5 things they need: (1) mindsets, (2) tools, (3) skills, (4) resources, and (5) community. I look forward to sharing examples of how I’ve used NVC in social change situations, and about what I’ve created for change agents to learn NVC.
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Alan Seid (pronounced “side”) has been studying NVC since 1995. After an IIT in 1999, Alan worked as Marshall Rosenberg’s Spanish interpreter in South America, and has been a CNVC Certified Trainer since 2003.
Since his teenage years, Alan has been passionate about best practices for creating harmony with the planet, between people, and within ourselves. Alan lives on 25 acres in the foothills of the North Cascades in the Pacific Northwest where he also engages in an ecologic design system called Permaculture Design.
Alan works as a coach, consultant, and seminar leader, focusing on working with people who are committed to making a positive difference.
Alan is also founder of the Blackbelt Communication Skills Coaching Program and Cascadia Workshops, an internet publishing company. Within NVC, Alan’s passion lies with how to apply NVC to positive social change.
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