Creating a World That Works for All

Community Dialogue

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Event Overview

In conjunction the BK 20^th Anniversary celebration, a BK Community Dialogue will be held on Friday, July 20, 2012 in San Francisco. BK authors and other thought leaders, readers, service providers, and invited guests will come together to explore such questions as:

How can we, as BK Community members, increase our capacity, individually and collectively, to create a world that works for all?
What insights and inspiration can we share, what connections can we form, and what actions can we take?

The purpose of the event is to enrich and inspire one another, deepen relationships, and discover new ways to move towards a world that works for all.

The format will be highly participative and will utilize methods such as Open Space and dialogue that invite us to engage in the conversations that matter most to us. This gathering will be a unique opportunity to form new connections and initiate new collaborations that will support our individual and collective efforts in our communities and the world.

When: Friday, July 20^th8:30am-5:00pm

Where: Commonwealth Club, 595 Market Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco

Special request: A participant attending the Community Dialogue has MCS -- Multiple Chemical Sensitivities. It is a serious and progressive condition that is classified as a disability. Go to http://www.multiplechemicalsensitivity.org/ to learn more about MCS. We request that you refrain from wearing perfume, and that all body lotion and hair products you use be labeled "fragrance-free." In addition, if possible, please wear clothing that has been laundered with fragrance-free products only as well. Thank you.

Location: Commonwealth Club, San Francisco, California
Members: 39
Latest Activity: Aug 17, 2012

Community Dialogue Documents

Agenda

Prelude Reading: The Blizzard of the World - This reading will be used to catalyze conversation early in the dialogue.

G uiding Principles for the Day

What to wear: This is a casual event and we invite you to wear what is comfortable.

What to bring: An image or quote that for you, represents or inspires the ideal of a “world that works for all.” These images will be collected together to create of collage of inspiration. Please print your image or quote on paper no larger than 8.5x11in and no smaller than 4x6in.

Conversations

Bringing Young People into BK Community - Open Space Technology Breakout Session 4 Replies

Notes from Open Space session on how can we bring young people – teens – into the process of creating a world that works for all?Attendees: (Many left after the celebration and I didn’t get their…Continue

Tags: world that works for all, Young People

Started by David Marshall. Last reply by JuanCarlos Arauz Jul 28, 2012.

Co-Powering Communication - Open Space Technology Breakout Session 1 Reply

Co-Powering CommunicationRoberto Vargas Notes: July 20, 2012 Our challenging contextWe are too quick to give negative feedback rather than positive. Mostly the norm is 80% negative comments and 20%…Continue

Tags: Roberto Vargas, co-powering

Started by David Marshall. Last reply by jamie showkeir Jul 27, 2012.

Technological Optimism - Open Space Technology Breakout Session

Technological Optimism - Open Space led by Gerald Harris (participants: Ira Chaleff, Eileen Zar, Karen Phelan)It was a wide-ranging conversation. Here are just a few highlights: Opportunities:…Continue

Tags: Optimism, Technological

Started by David Marshall Jul 26, 2012.

Active Learning Digital Initiatives - Open Space Technology Breakout Group 1 Reply

Thanks to Pam Gordon, our scribe for this session. Here is what we discussed. See attachment as refresher on my shareholders meeting presentation. Please contact me for more information about…Continue

Tags: Learning, Active

Started by David Marshall. Last reply by Amy Lenzo Jul 25, 2012.

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Comment by Rev. Earl W. Koteen on July 19, 2012 at 1:44pm: Will we have WiFi? My memory is that the CC has it.

I'll bring a Chromebook if we do.

Comment by Stewart Levine on July 19, 2012 at 11:01am: Looking forward to seeing everyone!

Comment by David Marshall on July 19, 2012 at 10:40am: If you brought a laptop to San Francisco for the 20th anniversary events, please bring it with you on Friday. We will have 10-12 break-out sessions in the afternoon and need one laptop per group. We've got the BK staff members lined up to bring their laptops, but that's only five or six, so we about six more. Each laptop will link to this page to put the summaries of the break-out sessions into the "Conversations" field above. Thanks, David Marshall, VP of Editorial and Digital, Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Comment by Larry Dressler on July 18, 2012 at 5:58pm: Friday's BK Community Dialogue is going to be profound and uplifting. In addition to conversation with amazing people we'll have a chance to sing together (with Barbara McAfee), and hear the day's insights and espirit reflected back to us by spoken word poet Joel Brown. And I'm looking forward to seeing the images and quotes people bring -- something that for you represents or captures the idea of a world that works for all.

Comment by David Marshall on July 18, 2012 at 4:31pm: Wow, 36 members on this group so far! I'm looking forward to acting as the scribe for the Community Dialogue on Friday. I heard from Rick Stamm that he could not attend the Community Dialogue after all, but gave me this moving quote to share with the other attendees:

"A COMMUNITY is the MENTAL and SPIRITUAL condition of knowing that the PLACE is SHARED, and that the PEOPLE who share the place DEFINE and LIMIT the POSSIBILITIES of each other's lives. IT is the KNOWLEDGE that people have of each other, their CONCERN for each other, their TRUST in each other, the FREEDOM with which they COME and GO among themselves." --Wendell Berry

See you on Friday (and many of you on Thursday)! David

Comment by Matthew Drake on July 17, 2012 at 6:37pm: As the Account Manager at AIDC for BK for over a decade, I am excited about meeting and having a dialogue with people in the broader BK community.

Comment by Jesse Lyn Stoner on July 15, 2012 at 12:10pm: I'm excited about a dialogue that might generate new possibilities for creating a world that works for all. Looking forward to connecting with old friends, meeting new friends, learning what you are doing and finding ways we can support each other.

Comment by Rick Stamm on July 15, 2012 at 12:01pm: As a reader of BK books, I am very excited to be able to meet many of the authors in person and to participate in this wonderful event. Looking over the agenda I see that I will most certainly take away ideas that can be implemented in my professional work as well as my personal life. Thank you BK for opening up your celebration to folks like me.

Comment by Gabriela Melano, Ed.D. on July 11, 2012 at 9:05pm: Bring your most comfortable attire, and way not... perhaps, a cushion! My sense is that like my self, a few other 'partners in chime' will rather sit on the carpet, rather than on chairs around a circle. Either way, everyone welcome as you most please! ;-)