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Presencing Institute. Community Engagement | Vibrant Canada. Resource Type: Podcast | Speaker: Alison Mathie & John Gaventa In this podcast, Drs. Alison Mathie and John Gaventa of the Coady International Institute, talk about North American Innovations in Citizen-Led Sustainable Development. Resource Type: Podcast | Speaker: Tierney Smith Canada shares about the connection between Technology and Social Media for Community Engagement. She reveals tips and tricks for how organizations can use these "new" tools to enhance their leadership, communities and engagement efforts. Resource Type: Audio Seminar | Speaker: Meg Wheatley In this podcast, Paul Born speaks with Meg Wheatley about some of the experiences that shaped her earliest beliefs and her understanding of community, challenging us to re-think some more traditional concepts and approaches.

Resource Type: Audio Seminar | Speaker: Etienne Wenger Resource Type: Podcast | Speaker: Tracy Smyth and Tammy Dewar Resource Type: Podcast | Speaker: Don Lenihan Resource Type: Publication | Author: Don Lenihan. Creating Community. 'LISTENING TO OUR NEIGHBORS' PROGRAMS. The Co-Intelligence Institute CII home // CIPolitics home Adopted from materials provided by Rural Southern Voice for Peace (RSVP) Tel: 828-675-5933 Email: rsvp028714@yahoo.com Rural Southern Voice for Peace does Listening Projects < and trains others to do them. Trained listeners go door to door asking community members heartful questions about controversial public issues. They often use strategic questions < Since such conversations can easily slide into debate and polarization unless well handled, RSVP recommends that any ORGANIZATION doing a Listening Project should do the full-scale preparations and trainings that RSVP offers.

However, conscientious individuals and groups can often do a lot of good by doing "listen to your neighbor" projects on their own. RSVP notes that there are two ways to do a "listen to your neighbor" project like this. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Ways to make a Community Stronger, Wiser, More Resilient and Engaged. The Co-Intelligence Institute CII home // Y2K home // CIPolitics home Ways to make a Community Stronger, Wiser, More Resilient and Engaged by Tom Atlee Our American culture is very good at keeping us apart -- involved in our own lives, houses, subcultures -- hooked up to mass media and mass economics -- with precious little time or inclination to reach out -- to work, talk and play with people unlike ourselves, or to really engage with the place where we live.

This is great for profits and bad for communities, humanity, nature and democracy. Below are 26 ways to make a community stronger, wiser and more resilient, sustainable and engaged. The Co-Intelligence Institute is considering offering a workshop on these 26 approaches to making a better community. STRONGER - We can know a lot more about who we are, as a community, and weave ourselves together into a strong, brightly-colored fabric. 14) Multiple-viewpoint "Fishbowl" process - A big circle surrounds a small circle. ACE: Active Creative Engaged Communities. Tamarack Online Audio Seminars - Leading in a Complex Community Initiative with Brenda Zimmerman. “It is not a good time for control freaks,” writes Brenda Zimmerman, with her co-authors Michael Quinn Patton and Frances Westley, in their recent book, Getting to Maybe: How the World is Changed (Random House Canada, 2006).

The world, with its rapidly changing and evolving systems, is too complex for those who like to manage the individual components of a defined process or system. But it can be a good time for those who are able to live with uncertainty and embrace complexity. She asserts that there are ways in which we can address the sense of “being stuck” and create major transformation in our work, in our communities, and in the world. On this page, Brenda explores the challenges and opportunities inherent to working in complex systems. She looks at some key characteristics of leadership in uncertain times, and lays out several important principles for leading in complex systems. Back to top. What does it mean to be a leader in complexity?

Build a Good Enough Vision New to Complexity? The Co-Intelligence Institute.