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Jim Rough is a consultant, author, speaker, and social innovator. He has been presenting public and private seminars on Dynamic Facilitation since 1990. He is author of the book, Society's Breakthrough! Releasing the Essential Wisdom and Virtue of All the People and numerous articles on empowerment and transformation. Jim is co-founder of the Center for Wise Democracy, a long-time faculty member of the Creative Problem-solving Institutes, and six years host of "The Jim Rough Show" on community access television. He has presented, trained and facilitated at countless conferences and among diverse groups. Highlights include facilitating a two-day Wisdom Council among homeless people in Lane County, OR and conducting seminars and presenting at conferences with international attendance in places like Germany and Australia.
The Center for Wise Democracy (CWD) is a 501 (C)3 non-profit organization developed out of Jim Rough's work with Dynamic Facilitation and the Wisdom Council. The CWD was formed in May of 2001 to support the development of Wisdom Councils in public settings like cities, counties, states and nations.
engage NCDD'ers in a conversation about "choice-creating" as a form of thinking and talking that is related to both "dialogue" and "deliberation".
Other involvement:
I also attended one of the C2D2 conferences in Ottawa.
I am co-facilitating a pre-conference workshop the day before the 2008 NCDD conference begins in Austin. The workshop is entitled "Creating “We the People” in our Groups, Organizations, Communities & Society."