Hi, Open Space folks! I’m sure many of you have heard of the Coffee Party Movement (CPM) by now; launched early this year on Facebook by Annabel Park, it quickly gained over 100,000 fans and initiated hundreds of face-to-face “coffee parties” across the country (fans now exceed 212,000!). A left-leaning alternative to the Tea Party Movement, CPM The Coffee Party Movement is embracing civil discussion and collaboration as a means to impacting public policy.
I had a great conversation with Annabel Park a couple of days ago, and she felt that CPM’s coffee party moderators could really benefit from the expertise in our community of practice. For starters, she wondered if we could help identify some great videos on group facilitation they could encourage their moderators to watch. (In my opinion, any group that is bringing so many people together for civil political discourse – from any side of the political spectrum – deserves our help with process.) I thought the people on the OS list would have some good suggestions. What training videos would you recommend? Videos/films/clips that are freely available for online viewing – or could be made so – are highly preferred! Please include titles, brief descriptions, and links. I’ll compile everything people send me on the NCDD blog at www.thataway.org/?p=2554 as it comes in (I’ll be sending this request to various listservs, LinkedIn groups, facebook groups, etc.). Let’s show Annabel and other civic pioneers how responsive and generous our community of practice can be! Learn more about the Coffee Party Movement at www.coffeepartyusa.com or www.facebook.com/coffeeparty?ref=ts if you’re on Facebook. And check out this February post on the CPM site, which talks about how they “want the political process broken down into three steps: 1) open and respectful dialogue, 2) thoughtful and informed deliberation, 3) competent and decisive execution.” Best, Sandy Sandy Heierbacher Director, National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation (NCDD) e: sa...@thataway.org p: 717-243-5144 w: www.thataway.org -- NCDD Social Media... FaceBook group: www.groups.to/ncdd/ LinkedIn group: www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=990997 Twitter: www.twitter.com/ncdd YouTube: www.thataway.org/6fa6ec (public playlists of NCDD videos and D&D videos in general) Flickr: www.flickr.com/search/?q=ncdd2008 (over 400 photos from the last NCDD conference) My Social Media... FaceBook: www.facebook.com/heierbacher LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/sandyheierbacher Twitter: www.twitter.com/heierbacher * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
