Dian Killian

Dian Killian, PhD, is a certified trainer with the international Center for Nonviolent Communication, founder and former director of the Center for Collaborative Communication, and coauthor of two books, Connecting Across Differences: A Guide to Compassionate Nonviolent Communication and Urban Empathy: True Life Adventures of Compassion on the Streets of New York. Dian designs and leads transformative communication trainings as well as retreats for the general public, including the annual NVC East Coast Women’s Retreat and NVC-Q (for those in the LGBT community). She is known for bringing humor, warmth, insight and play to her sharing of NVC. www.workcollaboratively.com