Past NCDD Commentaries
October 17, 2004
Pre-Conference Resources for Beginners to Dialogue & Deliberation or Those New to the D&D Community
People who attended the first National Conference on Dialogue & Deliberation in 2002 received a binder packed with resources to help them navigate a conference that was bringing together the movers and shakers in numerous streams of practice that hadn?t before had the chance to learn from one another en mass. These streams of practice spoke different languages, even though their values and practices were much more similar than they were different... read more
- Submitted by Sandy Heierbacher
May 13, 2004
Taking seriously the requirements of ?public practice?: A unique certificate program in dialogue, deliberation and public engagement
Fielding Graduate Institute, in collaboration with The International Institute for Sustained Dialogue (IISD) and the Kettering Foundation, is launching a unique new 16-week graduate level Certificate Program on Dialogue, Deliberation and Public Engagement. Why have these 3 organizations decided to launch this new initiative? The nub of it is our deep belief that these dialogic and deliberative practices are critical to robust democracies and effective organizations... read more
- Submitted by Jan Elliott, Ph.D.
May 06, 2004
First Annual Northern CA Dialogue & Deliberation Conference
In 2002, while sitting at one of many round tables at the 1st Ever National Dialogue and Deliberation Conference, it struck me. "I have to do this regionally." The thought buzzed in my head, reemerging each time I thought it had passed. The thought was persistent... read more
- Submitted by Katie Howard
January 25, 2004
Report from the World Social Forum 2004
There is something refreshing about the world?s largest dialogue on globalization, and it is this: encounters with more than 100,000 people from around the world who believe deeply that ?another world is possible.? This statement, the slogan of the World Social Forum since its inception, is a tacit recognition that the world would be better off pursuing a different path than the present neoliberal trajectory of globalization... read more
- Submitted by Lars Torres
December 7, 2003
Inviting or Excluding??Evaluating Our Way of Being
Several weeks ago someone broke into the Catholic chapel in Mariaman, Haiti, the village where I live, and stole the sound system. While my immediate reaction was disappointment (who would rob a poor church?), that quickly turned to wondering whether this was in fact a disguised blessing for the congregation... read more
- Submitted by John Engle
November 8, 2003
Driving Tom Atlee (or, Road Trip with a Visionary)
I'm about to head off to Seattle for an Open Space gathering called the Practice of Peace, but I wanted to put something up about my recent road trip with Tom Atlee before I left. Many of you know who Tom is, but for those of you who don't, Tom is a member of NCDD's Steering Committee, and is well-known for his work with the Co-Intelligence Institute... read more
- Submitted by Sandy Heierbacher
September 20, 2003
Simplicity Circles, NewsNite, and Grocery Line Activism: The Slacker's Guide to Dialogue for Social Change
So, as I started to say, it all came together when I started Simplicity Circles. I had been interested in the idea of study circles for many years, and I had often tried to start them ? without success. But when I gave people the chance to be in a Simplicity Study Circle things took off... read more
- Submitted by Cecile Andrews
July 31, 2003
The First Day of Global Arab Jewish Dialogue
The First Day of Global Arab Jewish Dialogue -- Sunday, July 20, 2003 -- was marked in our area when Palestinians and Jews attended the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival to see two documentaries about Hebron -- one about Palestinian women, the other about Jewish women... read more
- Submitted by Libby and Len Traubman
July 1, 2003
Declaring & Celebrating Our Interdependence
Tom Atlee, Director of the Co-Intelligence Institute and NCDD Steering Committee member, sent out a recent email to his list about the various 'Interdependence Days' and 'Declarations of Interdependence' that different organizations are spearheading on July 4 and other days... read more
- From material by Tom Atlee
March 30, 2003
Dynamic Facilitation and the Choice-Creating Process
Dynamic Facilitation, created by consultant Jim Rough, is a leading-edge process designed to help groups have meaningful conversations, access their creativity, and discover practical breakthroughs to challenging situations, even in the midst of divergent opinions, strong emotions, and conflicting beliefs. This style of facilitation produces a highly co-creative form of dialogue called the "Choice-Creating Process" in which... read more
- Submitted by by Tom Atlee and Rosa Zubizarreta
March 24, 2003
A Visit to a Hub of Dialogue and Deliberation - Seattle, Washington
I had the opportunity to travel to Washington state a couple of weeks ago at the invitation of NCDD member Jim Rough, Co-Founder of the Center for Wise Democratic Processes and creator of the Dynamic Facilitation process. At the October conference, I heard wonderful things about DeAnna Martin and Rosa Zubizarreta?’s (Dynamic) facilitation, and wanted to learn more about this process... read more
- Submitted by Sandy Heierbacher
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