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Participate in “Real Dialogues” Hangout Today!

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We’re excited to invite you to participate in the most exciting phase yet of the Real Dialogues project, their very first Google+ Hangout discussion! You may remember that the Real Dialogues D&D reality show was one of the winners of NCDD’s Catalyst Awards, and we are proud to see the project entering its production phase! Now you can participate in the project yourself by joining the conversation.

This first dialogue starts Tuesday, October 29th, at 5pm Central so make sure to email realdialogues@gmail.com immediately to sign up! They are specifically seeking participants from Illinois, so please also tell your IL friends about this great opportunity by having them check out the announcement below or pointing them to the original post on Real Dialogues’ website here.

Real Dialogues Fall Update: Entering Production Phase

After months of design work and preparation, our Catalyst Award project is finally entering its production phase!

We will be using Google+ Hangouts to host three rounds of facilitated small-group dialogues online on the issue of employment and the minimum wage in the greater Chicago, IL area:

  • The first Hangout is for our participants to get to know each other and to explain and hear about their employment situations.
  • The second Hangout will feature interviews with Conservative, Liberal and Alternative experts, who will also drop in to answer questions.
  • The third Hangout aims to tie it all together: what have people learned, have they changed their perspectives, and will this affect their lives?

This first Hangout takes place Tuesday, October 29 at 5pm Central Time (that’s 3pm Pacific, 6pm Eastern).

We are very pleased to welcome Susanna Haas Lyons as our facilitator. Susanna will be facilitating a group of people from the Chicago area to discuss work and the minimum wage. They include employees, employers, minimum wage workers, unemployed job seekers and other people interested in the issue.

Participants wanted

We have a couple of spaces left for Illinois-based people to participate! If you live in Illinois and want to join, email realdialogues@gmail.com immediately, so we can get you set up.

Audience welcome

Anyone can watch this Hangout and use the new Google+ Q&A feature to ask the participants questions (to ask a question or comment, you will be instructed to join or sign in to Google+).

Invitation to 3rd round of dialogue on Race, Poverty & Wealth in America

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Here’s an invitation from Ben Roberts of The Conversation Collaborative to participate in the third (and final) round of the innovative online conversation he’s hosting as part of the National Dialogue Network initiative…

From now through October 31st, please join us on hackpad, on the phone and perhaps in person as well, as we continue to explore the topic of race as it relates to the National Dialogue Network’s topic of Poverty and Wealth in America.

The stories we tell ourselves concerning race, poverty and wealth will be the focus of our Round Three inquiry. You can be a “story teller” and/or a listener/respondent. Thank you to Helen Roberts and Safeer Hopton for agreeing to share their stories to get us started. You can listen to Helen’s recording and then post reflections on our here on the “Story 1” pad, and read or listen to Safeer’s interview here on the “Story 2” pad. You can also…

  • Go to one of our additional pads and share your own story there
  • Pair up with a friend (live or virtually) and interview one another
  • Email me and request that I interview you (this Sunday afternoon or in the morning Eastern during the week is good timing).
  • Join the conversation on our “spin off” pad on “Race and Culture” or “Changes to Voting Laws.”

See the main pad for Round Three to get started on all of the above.

We also have two interactive MaestroConference calls next week. These calls will feature a brief orientation for those who are new to the conversation, plenty of time for dialogue in small and large groups, and two special guest conversation starters.  Stay tuned for more info. Note that if you’re receiving this email from me, you’re already registered. Here are the times for the calls:

  • Tuesday, Oct 29 from 3-5pm Pacific/6-8pm Eastern
  • Thursday, Oct 31 at 11am-1pm Pacific/2-4pm Eastern

Finally, as part of our collaboration with the National Dialogue Network, we request that you take their survey here. This is our way of connecting our thinking together with that of other groups having similar conversations as part of this initiative.

Hope to “see” you soon on the pads and on the phone, and thank you for your interest and participation to date!

Join us for an overview of Harwood’s work on November 5th

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HarwoodLogoIt was clear during our August confab call with Rich Harwood that NCDD members are interested in learning more about the Harwood Institute’s approach to change.  I recently attended a Harwood retreat in Park City, Utah with a number of leaders in our field, and it occurred to me there that the Harwood Institute’s concepts provide a nice framework for all of us to think about our work and how we might present it to others in meaningful ways.

We’ve arranged for Harwood to run a one-hour webinar for NCDD members on Tuesday, November 5 at 2pm Eastern (11am Pacific).

Turning Outward: An Overview of The Harwood Institute’s Approach to Change

The Harwood Institute helps people and organizations address community challenges, improve their own effectiveness, and do their work in a way that makes communities stronger. They teach and coach people how to develop a deep understanding of their communities and then use that knowledge to fundamentally change the way they approach their work. They call this “turning outward” – using the community as the main reference point for both day-to-day and strategic decisions.

During this webinar, we will explore what it means to turn outward and Harwood staff will provide an overview of the Institute’s key frameworks that can help you accelerate your efforts to engage your community. Presenters will also talk about the upcoming Harwood Public Innovators Lab – a 3-day immersion into the Institute’s core concepts. The Lab will take place Dec. 10-12 in Alexandria, VA, and we’ve arranged a discounted rate for NCDD members.

Register now at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/119419411383244546

After registering, you’ll receive a confirmation email with instructions for joining the webinar. (View System Requirements)

Rich Harwood’s Campaign to Reclaim Main Street

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Those of you in the DC area may want to add this to your calendars… Rich Harwood, founder of the Harwood Institute for Public Innovation (an organizational member of NCDD), is launching a new “Reclaiming Main Street Campaign” next week.  On Monday (Oct 28th) at 6pm, you can join him at the MLK Memorial Library for the launch!

Here’s how Rich describes the effort on his blog:

HarwoodLogoNext week, on the heels of the government shutdown, I’ll be launching my new Reclaiming Main Street Campaign. It’s time for Americans from all walks of life to restore their belief in themselves and one another that we can get things done together.

The campaign will start in Washington, D.C. on October 28, ground zero for the very dysfunction and divisiveness we must combat and overcome. (If you’re interested in participating, come to the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library at 6 p.m.) Next, we’ll go to Oakland, Calif., and then Sarasota, Fla. During 2014, I’ll be speaking in new communities each and every month.

I’m embarking on this effort because I believe we must remind ourselves – and reclaim the practical idea – that community is a common enterprise. None of us can go it alone. Indeed, in my work in communities every day, there is a deep hunger to figure out how to bring people together around shared community challenges, engage people in ways that make a real difference, marshal resources, and build momentum to tackle new concerns. It is clear that we must work together to take these steps.

If we don’t, communities will be stymied, unable to move forward. The country as a whole will remain mired in partisan gridlock. And people’s faith in institutions, leaders and our collective ability to address pressing concerns will further erode.

In the campaign, I’ll focus on three key actions people can implement in their communities and daily lives that will help all of us begin a new and positive direction:

1) We must focus on our shared aspirations. This will enable us finally to state what we are for – and what we seek to create together – at a time when current public discourse is focused on tearing each other down and dangerously dividing people. We need to know where we want to go, and this new direction must be rooted in our shared aspirations.

2) We must bring people together to do shared work. We live in a time when progress can seem impossible and gridlock is our default mode. To break this stranglehold, we must create ways for people to come together, set goals, achieve them, and then build on those successes. We must start locally, in our own communities, so that people can restore a sense of trust and build meaningful relationships and confidence. The size and scope of the actions matter less than their authenticity.

3) We must tell a different story about ourselves. The narrative in this country, and in so many of our communities, is that productive change is beyond our reach. This narrative drives our mindset, attitudes, behaviors and actions. We must generate a new, can-do narrative built on the real and tangible actions of people nationwide. Such a narrative will help people see that we are on a better course, one that offers genuine hope and gives people reason to step forward.

To make this new path a reality, we will need to name and reclaim basic values such as compassion, openness, humility, and concern for the common good. By igniting a deeper sense of compassion, we see and hear others, especially those who are different from us. By exercising more openness and humility, we recognize that no one group, political party, side of town, or other camp has a corner on the truth and the sole power to shape our future. By fostering a greater concern for the common good, we temper our need for personal instant gratification and focus on the common good, not simply our own.

I have been speaking about many of these themes over the past few months – from Idaho to Maine, from Kansas to Florida, and many places in between – and I have found that people are ready and excited to hear about how to build a constructive new direction. So many of us are yearning to re-engage and re-connect with others to improve and strengthen our communities – and to bring out our better nature.

This new direction has important implications for how non-profit organizations work in communities, how foundations and philanthropists help support positive change and how individual citizens can join with others to be part of something larger than themselves. I’ll be talking about each of these during this campaign.

Today, we face a basic choice. We can resign ourselves to the existing route of dysfunction, division, and gridlock, or we can shape a new path forward. I invite you to join me as I launch the Reclaiming Main Street Campaign. Together we can take practical steps to restore our belief that we can get things done and reclaim the idea that community is a common enterprise.

To learn more about the Reclaiming Main Street Campaign and how to bring it to your community, contact Andrew Willis at AWillis@theharwoodinstitute.org.  You can RSVP for the launch event via the Facebook event at https://www.facebook.com/events/385708341560363/?ref_newsfeed_story_type=regular.

See the original post at www.theharwoodinstitute.org/2013/10/why-im-embarking-on-a-campaign-to-reclaim-main-street/ and learn more about The Harwood Institute’s work at www.theharwoodinstitute.org.

Join us at the Brookings Institution on Wednesday!

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Tired of tense, unproductive public meetings? Want to embed better online and face-to-face processes in the way governments work? Making Public Participation Legal, a new publication of the National Civic League, presents a valuable set of tools, including a model ordinance, set of policy options, and resource list, to help communities improve public participation. The publication is being released at a launch event at the Brookings Institution this Wednesday, October 23rd.

RSVP today if you can join us!

MakingP2Legal-coverMost of the laws that govern public participation in the United States are over thirty years old. They do not match the expectations and capacities of citizens today, they pre-date the Internet, and they do not reflect the lessons learned in the last two decades about how citizens and governments can work together. Increasingly, public officials and staff are wondering whether the best practices in participation are in fact supported – or even allowed – by the law.

Over the past year, the Working Group on Legal Frameworks for Public Participation has produced new tools, including a model local ordinance and model amendment to state legislation, in order to help create a more supportive, productive, and equitable environment for public participation. The Working Group has been coordinated by the Deliberative Democracy Consortium (DDC).

Communities that want to move forward with new public engagement processes and policies can also turn to an array of new resources being offered through ICMA’s Center for Management Strategies. CMS has assembled a team of leading engagement practitioners, research specialists, and subject matter experts who can help local governments develop and implement effective civic engagement programs.

Making Public Participation Legal is a publication of the National Civic League, with support from the National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation. The Working Group also includes representatives of the American Bar Association, International Municipal Lawyers Association, National League of Cities, Policy Consensus Initiative, International Association for Public Participation, and International City/County Management Association, as well as leading practitioners and scholars of public participation.

2013 Gathering of Dialogue and Deliberation Practitioners in Virginia

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Nancy Gansneder at the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia and Lucas Cioffi, board member for the National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation, have teamed up to host a 3-hour gathering and knowledge exchange for Virginians working in the fields of dialogue and deliberation, and… you’re invited!!

Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service      National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation      

RSVP here by October 27th: https://www.eventbrite.com/event/8882256067

Purpose: This will be a fun and productive opportunity for us to connect with and share lessons learned with others doing great work in the region.

Agenda: All participants will have a chance to choose which topics we discuss. We will have a mixture of large-group discussions and small-group breakouts to cover the topics that everyone is interested in.

Time: 11am-2pm (lunch provided by the National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation, and everyone is welcome to stay after the program to continue their conversations)

Date: November 7, 8, 12, 14, or 19 — you indicate which day you are available when you sign up; we’ll choose the one date that works for the most people, with a minimum of 10 people.

Location: Charlottesville, VA (specific location at the University of Virginia is TBA)

Cost: Free

RSVP here by October 27th: https://www.eventbrite.com/event/8882256067

Important: Please feel free to extend this invitation to others who may not have received it!

Group Facilitation Skills Workshop from Sarah Fisk

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We have another post today submittedvia our Submit-to-Blog Form, this time by NCDD member Sam Kaner of Community At Work. Do you have field news you want to share with the rest of us? Just click here to submit your news post for the NCDD Blog!

groupFaciCommunity At Work is pleased to be of a course called “Group Facilitation Skills: Putting Participatory Values into Practice” coming up December 10-12, 2013 OR January 28-30, 2014. The course is taught by Sarah Fisk, PhD, and will be administered at Community At Work in San Francisco. NCDD members receive a 25% discount.

Course Synopsis
This course teaches participants how to put participatory values into practice. Skill building is emphasized, with practice sessions in the following areas:

  • Stand-up skills
  • Group-oriented listening skills
  • Brainstorming technique
  • Tools for prioritizing long lists
  • Facilitating open discussions
  • Breaking into small groups
  • Using structured go-arounds
  • Understanding and working with group norms
  • Handling conflict respectfully
  • Consensus-building technique
  • Dealing with difficult dynamics
  • Goal setting
  • Agenda design
  • And procedures for making final decisions

Participants are exposed to more than 200 tools and techniques. Everyone receives a copy of the Facilitator’s Guide to Participatory Decision-Making.

For a Course Overiew
Go to www.CommunityAtWork.com/groupfac1.html.

About the Workshop Leader
Sarah Fisk, PhD, is a nationally-known specialist in group facilitation and collaboration. She is a co-author of the internationally acclaimed Facilitator’s Guide to Participatory Decision-Making. Sarah has been a featured speaker at the annual conferences of the International Association of Facilitators and the National Organization Development Network, and she holds an adjunct professorship at the California Institute of Integral Studies.

Sarah’s corporate clients have included Hewlett-Packard, Charles Schwab & Company, Symantec, and many other Fortune 500 Companies. Her public sector clients have included the City of Edmonton Canada, Special Olympics and March of Dimes.

Since 1996 Sarah has been a senior consultant with Community At Work, a San Francisco-based consulting firm that specializes in designing and facilitating participatory approaches to solving complex problems.

More Information
Contact Duane Berger at duane@CommunityAtWork.com or 415-282-9876.

Announcing the Online Facilitation Unconference: Oct. 23-25

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NCDD is proud to be collaborating as a Media Partner in next week’s Online Facilitation Unconference! The Unconference is a free, fully digital convergence of folks from around the world interested in sharing and learning about virtual facilitation (i.e. facilitating and moderating online).

You can read the event description below or find out more and register for the Unconference at http://ofu13.eventbrite.com. You won’t want to miss this innovative event, so make sure to register ASAP!  We’d love to see lots of NCDD members participating.

The Online Facilitation Unconference is part of the first-ever International Facilitation Week, which you can find out more about on the International Association of Facilitators website.

Facilitation Across Time and Space: How to Create Change Through Virtual Environments?

iaf_key_logoOnline Facilitation Unconference 2013

A community-driven event as part of International Facilitation Week

When it comes to helping groups and communities achieve their desired outcomes, technology is playing an increasingly important role. But how can we really deliver the same value in virtual environments that we know how to deliver in person? How can we operate with the same integrity?

This informal, community-driven event will bring together experts and novices, professionals and volunteers, to share and learn together and to explore the challenges and opportunities we have before us.

As an unconference, the participants will be in charge of defining the topics and setting the agenda.

Come join us. Free to attend!

PS: More information will become available shortly. Watch this space for updates!

What?

An informal, community-driven event for people to share and learn about the exciting world of facilitating in virtual environments.

When?

This event will take place during and as part of International Facilitation Week, October 21-27, 2013.

  • Start: Wednesday, 10/23 in the morning (Pacific Time)
  • End: Friday, 10/25 in the evening (Pacific Time)

Cornerstone activities:

  • 10/23 (morning PT): Kick-off for the Americas, Europe, Africa
  • 10/23 (evening PT): Kick-off II for the Americas, Asia, Australasia (tentative)
  • 10/24 (9-10am PT): Twitter chat “Facilitating a Diverse Group of People” (follow #facweekchat)
  • 10/25 (evening PT): Closing

Why should I attend?

If you are already an online facilitation expert, this is a great opportunity to share your knowledge with others.

If you are new to online facilitation, this will be a great opportunity to make new connections with people who share your interest. Hopefully, we’ll all learn a few things!

This is an international event. Expect to meet fellow facilitators from these countries:

Canada Germany Ghana Finland France Netherlands Poland Spain Sweden Taiwan United Kingdom United States

An “unconference”? How does that work?

An unconference is a conference where sessions are programmed and led by the attendees. They are hands-on, flexible, a little casual but very hard working. All the sessions are open for attendees to define, describe, and lead. You’ll find the format to be energizing and entertaining.

We will set up a website that will allow participants to suggest and schedule sessions on any topic they think is relevant. Participants can then sign up for any session they are interested in.

Session hosts are free to choose their preferred session format and delivery channel, e.g. webinar, conference call, Google hangout, chat… you name it!

Everyone is encouraged to help document the sessions they attend, share any lessons learned and provide feedback on what worked and what could be improved next time. We may provide volunteers to help with documentation and reporting.

We plan to offer some kind of kick-off and closing session as well as a “lounge” where participants can hang out in between sessions.

Potential session formats:

  • Small-group discussion
  • Classroom presentation
  • Tool demo
  • Panel disucssion

Potential session topics:

  • How-tos
  • Case studies
  • Academic research

Do I have to be there for the entire 60 hours?

Of course not! We’re still working on the details, obviously, so thank you for bearing with us.

At the beginning (Wednesday), we’ll spend some time on introductions, identifying a first round of topics, suggesting and scheduling sessions etc. We hope to offer some kind of (synchronous) kick-off activity where people can first connect with one another. And we’ll have a website where this coordination can take place throughout the day and maybe even into the second day (asynchronously).

Our guess is this process will take a while. Plus we want to build in a minimum of lead time. So once a sessions has been scheduled, we want to make sure we can announce it to all attendees.

In the end, the average participant may only spend 2-3 hours total to attend a couple of sessions they are interested in. You are welcome to spend a lot more time, of course, but we don’t expect anyone to be present the entire 60 hours.

How much does it cost to attend?

The event is free to attend. We ask for a small donation to help cover costs.

Are you looking for sponsors?

Yes! We are looking for sponsors to help us offset the cost of organizing, technology setup and documentation. Details soon! Contact us if you’d like to get involved.

How will you spend the money?

We want to make sure every session gets properly documented. To that end, we’d like to hire a few students with facilitation background to write session summaries and help us capture the key take-aways. So essentially, this is a scribe / harvester role.

Another area we’d like to staff is our lounge area where people find a friendly welcome and receive help with any technology issues. This is a greeter / tech support kind of role.

We also want to report session impressions and outcomes in a timely manner via our website and social media. Maybe follow up with session hosts or participants, do a few interviews etc. This is a reporter / community weaver role.

Provided the event goes well (i.e. lots of interesting sessions, all well documented), we’d like to produce a final report. This will likely require the help of a professional editor and graphic designer.

If we have leftover funds, we will reimburse the volunteer organizing team, albeit symbolically (probably a fixed-sum stipend for everyone).

Finally, if we can pull it off, we’d love to do t-shirts (hey, who said you can’t have give-aways at a virtual event, eh?). We’re asking for t-shirt size in the sign-up form, just in case. However, we realize this is absolutely a nice-to-have and would definitely require very strong sponsor support.

Donor list

Thank you to all of our donors for raising a total of $235 so far:

Up to $50:

  • Tim Bonnemann
  • Sandy Heierbacher

Up to $25:

  • Debra  Bridgman
  • Raines Cohen
  • Laurie Dougherty
  • Kathryn Elliott
  • Betsy Morris
  • 1 anonymous donor

If you’d like to donate, just choose “Participant + donation” in the sign-up form and enter the amount you’d like to give.

How can I get involved?

There are many ways people can support this project. Please contact us to be included in future communications. Our interactive website will be available shortly.

  • Let us know your ideas. What would you like this event to be like?
  • Join the planning team
  • Help setting up our web infrastructure (we’ll keep it lean, but a few things need doing)
  • Help get the word out in your community
  • Suggest a session
  • Host a session
  • Attend a session
  • Help with documentation
  • Help with coverage during the event (e.g. social media)
  • Become an event sponsor
  • Become a media partner
  • Write a blog post
  • Share resources

Who are the organizers?

Core team:

  • Tim Bonnemann, Founder and CEO, Intellitics, Inc.
  • Tricia Chirumbole, Facilitator & Scrum Master, Mojo Collaborative
  • Douglas Ambort
  • Helen Wythe
  • Fedor Ovchinnikov, Participatory Leadership Consultant and Facilitator

Supporting members:

  • John Kelly
  • Birgitta von Krosigk

Want to join the organizing team? Please contact us to be included in future communications.

Media partners

Thank you to our media partners:

Please contact us if you’d like to become a media partner.

Have questions about Online Facilitation Unconference 2013? Contact The OFU13 Team

NCDD discounts on upcoming Harvest Moon trainings

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Art of Hosting Participatory Leadership and Social Collaboration, near Vancouver, November 11-14, 2013

Based on Bowen Island, British Columbia, Canada, Chris Corrigan and Caitlin Frost form the core partnership of Harvest Moon Consultants.  As stewards within the Art of Hosting community of practice, Chris and Caitlin bring years of facilitation and teaching experience and connections to a worldwide network of partners and friends to their work.  Caitlin Frost is a certified facilitator of The Work of Byron Katie and helps leaders become free of the stressful thinking that prevents them from stepping into complexity.  Chris Corrigan is a well known facilitator of Open Space Technology, World Cafe and other participatory methods and is a sought after writer and teacher of the Art of Hosting, Open Space Technology and other participatory dialogue approaches.

Harvest Moon offers trainings in the Art of Hosting as well as The Work of Byron Katie in British Columbia and elsewhere in the world.  The Art of Hosting is a workshop exploring participatory leadership, complexity world views, design tools and leadership practices for facilitators and leaders working in the context of complex strategic initiatives.  Harvest Moon is pleased to offer discounts on our corporate and non-profit rate for NCDD members.  Dues-paying NCDD members receive a 20% discount off our corporate price of $1125 or 5% of our our non-profit price of $925.

For more information about our offerings, please contact Caitlin Frost at caitlin.frost@gmail.com and visit our training page at http://aohrivendell.withtank.com/.

UPCOMING WORKSHOPS

in Leadership and Facilitation:

Art of Hosting – Participatory Leadership and Social Collaboration, Bowen Island, BC
November 11 – 14 2013

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Join an Online Conversation on Resilience for New Economy Week

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This post was submitted by NCDD member Hina Pendle of New Economy Coalition via our Submit-to-Blog Form. Do you have field news you want to share with the rest of us? Just click here to submit your news post for the NCDD Blog!

neweconweekNCDD members are invited to join the New Economy Coalition’s Hina Pendle and Ben Roberts for an online conversation tomorrow, October 15th from 9-10:30am Pacific/12-1:30pm Eastern time. The conversation is part of the New Economy Week, and the theme will be “Growing Resilient Organizations, Leaders, and Culture.” Make sure to register ASAP by clicking here.

Join an online conversation and connect with other New Economy Week participants from across the nation around the theme of resilience.

“Build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” — Buckminster Fuller

Those of us growing a new, co-prosperous economy amidst the old, crumbling, unsustainable system know that it’s not only what we do that matters, but also how we do it. How can we build long-term resilience? How do we turn setbacks into powerful opportunities? How do we prevent suffering unintended consequences? How do we maintain organizational energy when it often seems like the deck is stacked against us, there’s too much to do and not enough time to do it?

Join us to consider these questions and the key dimensions of a resilient enterprise and a resilient culture.

A resilient enterprise…

  • Rides the rapids of change brilliantly
  • Grows from the inside out
  • Anticipates and prepares for the unknown
  • Retains essential functions during disturbance
  • Sees people as the organization’s most valuable asset
  • Has agile systems, infrastructure and flexible architecture

In a resilient culture, people are…

  • Happy, healthy and achieving their potential
  • Co-operative, co-laborative, co-ordinated, co-intelligent, considerate
  • Inspired by the vision and a mission that unifies the enterprise
  • Fully participating in the functioning organization
  • Have relationships that work

IMPORTANT: Vist the following URL to register for the call: http://myaccount.maestroconference.com/conference/register/P8U32VBQXOZWUG19

This conversation on resilience is just one piece of the New Economy Week. New Economy Week is

…an opportunity to shine a light on the thousands upon thousands of things that everyday people are doing right now to build a new kind of economy. These innovators are all around us engaged in the work of growing co-operative and independent enterprises, democratizing and stabilizing finance through credit unions, finding new ways to share skills and goods, new ways to measure success, and new ways to meet growing human needs on an all too finite planet.

From October 12-18, we will be highlighting events, actions, reports, works of art, and other projects across the United States and Canada. By calling attention to the thousands of things people are doing right now to build a new kind of economy, we hope to inspire more participation in this movement and catalyze a conversation on the need for deep, systemic change.

You can learn more by visiting www.neweconomyweek.org.