Open Question Circles
A simple, powerful process to help us realize our own deepest needs and values regarding a group, organization, community or activity that’s important to us — and to discover needs and values that are...
View ArticleBack-against-back discussions
Not to be confused with back to back meetings, Back-against-back discussions is a discussion format where two participants are sitting or standing leaning their back against the other person’s back...
View ArticleNonViolent Communication
Nonviolent Communication (abbreviated NVC, also called Compassionate Communication or Collaborative Communication) is a communication process developed by Marshall Rosenberg beginning in the 1960s. NVC...
View ArticleI-message
In interpersonal communication, an I-message or I-statement is an assertion about the feelings, beliefs, values etc. of the person speaking, generally expressed as a sentence beginning with the word...
View ArticleE-prime
E-Prime (short for English-Prime, sometimes denoted É or E′) is a prescriptive version of the English language that excludes all forms of the verb to be. E-Prime does not allow the conjugations of to...
View ArticleNo attendance, No Vote
Mondragón had some interesting strategies for maintaining member participation. For example, if a member doesn’t attend a general assembly meeting, they don’t get a vote at the next meeting. While this...
View ArticleSamoan Circle
“The Samoan circle is a leaderless meeting intended to help negotiations in controversial issues. While there is no ‘leader’, a professional facilitator can welcome participants and explain the seating...
View ArticleBohmian Dialogue
Bohmian Dialogue (also known as Bohm Dialogue or “Dialogue in the Spirit of David Bohm”) is a freely-flowing group conversation in which participants attempt to reach a common understanding,...
View ArticleConstructive Feedback
People need feedback to get better at their work. But, all too often, feedback misses the mark because it’s too vague to be useful. Constructive feedback is information-specific, issue-focused, and...
View ArticleSatir Temperature Reading
Temperature Readings can facilitate congruent communication and assists individuals in becoming more open. Temperature readings work well for • Discussing that which is human in all of us and hardly...
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