community

Decision-Growing: When Content and Process Come Together

September 28, 2011

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When we are part of a community, some decisions are made that impact the way we live and interact with each other – it’s not just about the content being decided, but the process that took us there. On the other hand, there are issues that need to be dealt with, and avoiding them only [...]

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What I’ve Learned from the New Parish Priest

March 5, 2011

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Meeting the New Parish Priest Contents Meeting the New Parish Priest Spirit of Service and Collective Learning Real Change-Makers do ‘Boring’ things without Getting Bored Open Space Structuring a Hosting Attitude Hosting 2.0: I’m Never Busy I am lucky to have worked with communities that embed a spirit of service – they are spiritual and religious communities. [...]

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Learning Communities or Learning in Community

December 11, 2010

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After doing some research on learning processes happening in communities, I was reflecting recently on the difference between what it is called learning community and what it is to learn in community. The first group would be the people who live together as a society, the second would be of people who get together with [...]

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Community Trust and Effective Decision-Making

July 4, 2009

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Participatory design becomes real in a sense of community – creating community and building on the social fabric is essential for trust to emerge among stakeholders and towards the whole process. Trust in community and in the process makes effective participatory design. We are talking about social systems, but this understanding also applies to PD [...]

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