Just adding to that last comment, on the U.Lab course - Otta Scharmer has some of the best input I have found on the potential role for conversation in transformation and stewarding the emergence of a bright future...
Cheers *John Baxter* *Cocreation Consultant & CoCreate Adelaide Facilitator* jsbaxter.com.au <http://www.jsbaxter.com.au/> | CoCreateADL.com 0405 447 829 | @jsbaxter_ <http://twitter.com/jsbaxter_> *Thank you to everyone who came, helped or spread the good word about City Grill!* *Summary and links: cocreateadl.com/localgov/grill-summary/ <http://cocreateadl.com/localgov/grill-summary/>* On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 7:11 PM, John Baxter <[email protected]> wrote: > This looks interesting indeed! > > I must admit I struggle to engage with most online things from here in > Australia, so I am not sure how involved I might be, but I love the > movement and the question. > > This course I am also about to start, from U.Lab, might be of mutual > interest: > https://www.edx.org/course/u-lab-transforming-business-society-self-mitx-15-s23x#.VKo9ZiuUfLx > > Cheers > > > *John Baxter* > *Cocreation Consultant & CoCreate Adelaide Facilitator* > jsbaxter.com.au <http://www.jsbaxter.com.au/> | CoCreateADL.com > 0405 447 829 > | > @jsbaxter_ <http://twitter.com/jsbaxter_> > > *Thank you to everyone who came, helped or spread the good word about City > Grill!* > *Summary and links: cocreateadl.com/localgov/grill-summary/ > <http://cocreateadl.com/localgov/grill-summary/>* > > > On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 2:41 PM, Ben Roberts via OSList < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> *Dear colleague (with apologies for cross-posting),* >> >> >> >> As we move into 2015, are you profoundly concerned about climate change, >> serious resource depletion, and other major threats to civilization? Do >> you believe that we face an urgent and challenging opportunity to transform >> our social systems and cultures that are generating those crises? Are you >> interested in what conversational professionals - mediators, conveners, >> facilitators and your other fellow advocates and practitioners of dialogue, >> deliberation, and process - could do to catalyze powerful collective shifts >> that address these disturbing and exciting transformational possibilities? >> >> If so, know that you are not alone. We and many others feel as you do, >> passionately. So many people responded to a post about this by Tom Atlee >> on the National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation discussion list >> that three of us called for further conversation and more than 50 signed >> on, half of whom participated in an initial conference call on December >> 15. With this invitation, we're reaching out to thousands more in our >> field to see who else feels called to this vital adventure. >> >> So now we ask you to join us in pioneering a dialogue and deliberation >> (D&D) “community of inquiry and action" during January 2015, online using >> the “hackpad” platform and live virtually (using phone and video >> conferencing), to more deeply pursue this urgent question that a few dozen >> of us have already begun <http://www.bit.ly/DandDTrans> exploring: >> >> *What do we, as members of the dialogue and deliberation community of >> practice, have to be and do to enable our most positive transformational >> impact, in the face of emerging global crises which fundamentally challenge >> our business-as-usual habits and systems?* >> >> >> We know there are a number of ways to come at this question, so we are >> using January to explore different possibilities, while building >> relationships among those of us who have passion about this topic. You’ll >> see below that we’ve scheduled a number of virtual meetings, using >> different methods, all in this one month—both in direct audio/video >> dialogues and in online written conversations—in an effort to meet all our >> different needs as D&D agents of social transformation. >> >> You are welcome to participate in as many or as few of the “synchronous” >> events listed below as you like—and you are encouraged to participate any >> time in the online dialogues underway in the hackpad forums we've >> provided <http://www.bit.ly/DandDTrans>. Each virtual event can stand on >> its own, and each may have different outcomes—some perhaps >> quite unexpected—but we suspect that insights and energies emerging in each >> one will reverberate in all the rest. >> >> *January 6, 2-3:30 ET *— a virtual *World Cafe* for continuing >> whole-group exploration of our convening question (above), and other >> related ones, in stimulating small groups. The optional "harvest" at the >> end will continue until 4:30 pm ET. Later in January we'll have another >> virtual World Cafe, at an evening or weekend time to be announced. Before, >> during, and after these events, you can also share ideas on hackpad >> (starting now). <http://www.bit.ly/DandDTrans> >> >> *January 9, 20, 30 (various times--see hackpad >> <http://www.bit.ly/DandDTrans>) *— three virtual *Bohm Dialogues*, >> providing space for deeper reflection and relationship building, available >> on a reservation basis. >> >> *January 13, 2-3:30 ET* — a virtual *Open Space* event to enable anyone >> to convene a group to pursue an inquiry or activity about which they have >> passion. If you have such a passion, you can introduce it on hackpad >> <http://www.bit.ly/DandDTrans> before, during, or after the audio-video >> event (starting now). Later in January we'll have another virtual Open >> Space event, at an evening or weekend time to be announced. Immediately >> following each virtual Open Space event there will be an additional hour of >> virtual group sharing and group reports. >> >> >> As we go through the above activities together, we'll be gaining first >> hand understanding about how processes we have usually experienced in >> person translate into virtual environments, and about the pros and cons of >> the on-line tools we will be using —topics about which we expect to reflect >> more later in January. Bearing in mind that this environment and these >> online tools may be new to many of us, we will go out of our way to provide >> as much technical support as we can in this process. And, we also beg in >> advance your forbearance and honest feedback as we explore this new >> territory together. >> >> More information about these offerings, as well as ways to get started in >> the community of inquiry right now, can be found here on the Welcome >> hackpad. <http://www.bit.ly/DandDTrans> >> >> >> What happens beyond January—with all of us together and/or in various >> subgroups—is up to each of us. As hosts, we are designing the January >> experience to encourage various follow-up opportunities to emerge according >> to their own energy. This particular cycle of engagements will end at the >> end of the month, having provided value to all who have been part of this >> community during that time. But what happens next will depend totally on >> the passion felt by you and the other participants, and the responsibility >> and creativity you bring to your conversations with the other passionate >> folks you meet in the process. >> >> So we welcome your participation and look forward to what will emerge >> here. The more of us pursue this, the more we will learn and the more >> action will result, moving us all forward. Let us know if you have >> questions or comments. >> >> And make sure to register here if you think you may participate in any >> of it >> <http://myaccount.maestroconference.com/conference/register/SJQ6VBHESBQ8OD>, >> so we can plan for how many of us may join the adventure. >> >> Ben Roberts and Linda Ellinor >> (for the “convening team” >> <https://hackpad.com/About-the-DandDTrans-Inquiry-oG0LLT20JlU>) >> >> >> PS: Alongside this collective inquiry and our associated >> community-building efforts, we are offering a self-organized >> daily opportunity to explore the deeper meaning of randomly selected cards >> from *the Group Works deck* set of life-enhancing conversational design >> principles. Our recent experiments with this >> <https://hackpad.com/Group-Works-Card-of-the-Evening-DandDTrans-Inquiry-WzwxQeIX8WY> >> have been delightfully engaging. If you wish to be on the email list >> for notices about this, please let Ben Roberts know via a reply to this >> email. >> >> >> >> >> >> *Ben Roberts* >> >> *The Conversation Collaborative* >> >> www. ConversationCollaborative.com >> <http://www.conversationcollaborative.com/> >> >> (203) 426-1039 >> >> Skype: benjamin_j_roberts >> >> G+: [email protected] >> >> >> >> [image: tagxedo 1] >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> OSList mailing list >> To post send emails to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: >> http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org >> >> >
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