background preloader

Dialogue

Facebook Twitter

Dialogue Across Difference: Practice, Theory, and Research on Intergroup Dialogue:Amazon:Books. Publications » Dialogue Society | Connecting Communities • Empowering Engagement • Inspiring Ideas. Dialogue Society publications are both an outcome of and a contribution to dialogue at three different levels: community, academia and policy development. Community publications comprise publications for the general public and manuals for community organisations empowering engagement in dialogue. In this second category, the recently published Community Dialogue Manuals provide extensive advice and supporting documents to help organisations to run a range of local projects to enhance community cohesion. Downloadable here, the manuals are also being distributed across the UK. Academic publications respond to the need for critical examination of the work of dialogue and offer contributions to the study of the social issues with which it is engaged.

In 2007 the Dialogue Society published the proceedings of a major conference analysing the nature and methods of the Gülen Movement. Policy related papers are geared towards national and local government. Art Of Hosting - Home. The Art of Hosting - Four-Fold Practice. Art of Hosting Advanced Practice Course. Democratic Dialogue Network. This Guide offers a series of criteria, guidelines and tools that allow societal actors to understand better what a democratic dialogue implies as a process, and to undertake successful dialogic initiatives. It has four sections: the first one offers an overview of conflictivity in Latin America, including several visions and opinions from analysts, researchers, and leaders from diverse sectors in the region.

The second section presents concepts and basic elements of dialogue, including its definition and guiding principles, and it also elaborates on the roles in a dialogue process and the terms of the facilitator. In the third section, the different stages of a dialogue process are described and explained, from exploration to follow-up, going through design and implementation. And finally, the last section offers a set of methodological tools that can be used during all the phases of a democratic dialogue process. Descargar en Español Download in English OAS Launch Press Release. Do dialogue and civic engagement make a difference? Gather: The Art and Science of Effective Convening.

Welcome to the World Café! More Than Just Talk - | Conversations That Matter. 101202CircleBasicGuidelines. Dialogue Theories » Dialogue Society | Connecting Communities • Empowering Engagement • Inspiring Ideas. ISBN: 978-0-9569304-7-7Dialogue Theories gives an accessible introduction to the ideas of ten thinkers who have made insightful contributions to thought on dialogue, from quantum physicist David Bohm, to social theorist Jürgen Habermas, to Islamic scholar and peace advocate Fethullah Gülen. This book aims to advance theoretical and practical engagement with dialogue by introducing the work of ten individuals who have made important and insightful contributions to thought in this area.

The thinkers selected come from diverse fields, from religious studies and interfaith dialogue, through philosophy and social theory, to communication studies, public opinion analysis and even quantum physics. A great deal of hope seems to be pinned on ‘dialogue’ in the contemporary world. National Dialogues | Social Innovation Generation. Social innovation has no end point. We do not find the permanent solution to the complex problems that face society and our environment. Thus, we strive to increase our understanding of and our capacity to respond to such problems in continuously innovative ways. Dr. Frances Westley, best-selling co-author of Getting to Maybe: How the World is Changed, share new insights into understanding complexity and transformative change, and the critical dimensions of “maybe.” presented a tthe University of Victoria and the University of Vancouver in September and explored the following concepts: *The importance of resilience concepts―strategies for both increasing and decreasing pockets of resilience within our social systems *The potential of social innovation design labs for supporting system change *The connective role of institutional entrepreneurs and their relationship to the inventiveness of social entrepreneurs Listen to the full podcast of Dr.

Moments of Impact: How to Design Strategic Conversations That Accelerate Change | Stanford Social Innovation Review. The following is an excerpt from the introduction of the book, "The Most Important Leadership Skill They Don't Teach at Harvard Business School (Or Anywhere Else). " Moments of Impact: How to Design Strategic Conversations That Accelerate Change Chris Ertel & Lisa Kay Solomon 272 pages, Simon & Schuster, 2014 Buy the book » Moments of Impact is a new leadership book about how to design creative and collaborative problem-solving sessions that meaningful engage cross-sector perspectives to tackle some of our most challenging issues.

The call came eight days before the meeting. We asked him a few questions: What’s the purpose of the meeting? What important points do your experts already agree on? How will you set up the issues? What kind of environment are you creating to help them be productive? What kind of overall experience are you hoping participants will have? As we peppered Bruce with more questions—Who’s kicking off the meeting and what will he or she say? Think about it. Leading the Relational Inversion. One of the biggest challenges we face in moving toward an ecosystem economy is to act collectively in ways that are intentional, effective, and cocreative. Over the past several years, I (Otto) have watched executives participate in a climate change simulation game at MIT, designed and led by MIT Professor John Sterman. He splits the group into small teams, with each team representing a key country group in the ongoing United Nations-sponsored negotiations over carbon emissions.

The negotiators’ agreements are fed into a simulation model using actual climate data. After the model calculates the likely climate change outcomes, the negotiators go back to the table for a second round. After three or four rounds, they are presented with what is inevitably the devastating and destabilizing impact of their collective decisions on the climate worldwide. Then the group reflects on what they have learned. Three Obstacles: Denial, Cynicism & Depression Conversations Create the World Leverage Points. Four Habits That Signal Relationship Doom. ~ Sara McKeown. As someone who has long struggled with trying to be the “Valedictorian of Everything,” my ears pricked up when John Gottman was mentioned in one of my graduate counseling classes. Gottman is famous for being able to predict with 98 percent accuracy—(98 percent!

My birth control isn’t even that reliable!) —whether a couple will divorce or not. In other words, he’s the Valedictorian of Couples’ Counseling. I had to know more, not only because I wanted to be such a skilled clinician, but because I was curious whether my then relationship was doomed or not (it was, but that’s another story). So, I dug into his research. And it turns out that after interviewing and following thousands of couples over many years, his results aren’t all that complicated (in theory). He and his team discovered four conflict patterns that are strong predictors of the end of a relationship.

>>Criticism This is when a complaint is delivered as an attack. Why is this so bad? One, it’s unproductive. >>Contempt Or was it? Ash Beckham: We're all hiding something. Let's find the courage to open up.