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The New Face of Community
Hi all,
I would like to invite you to join a conversation on »The New Face of Community«.
Community is one of the central topics a group of practitioners gathering in Dresden, Germany, has been exploring over the last weekend in preparing a meeting of World Café and dialogue practioners in autumn. We haven't found any answers yet, but we found new questions. And we'd like to explore together with you if this is a topic that resonates with you.
Do we know how to create and maintain communities?
What is the relation between shared meaning and community?
We know how to behave in associations, but do we still know how behave in communities? What would be possible if we could find ways to transcend competition?
Why is community important?
What kind of communities do we need in order to contribute to a sustainable world? And how do we create them?
What is the relation of dialogue and the new face community?
What is the relation between leadership and the new face of community?
Just looking at this website, a new set of questions is emerging:
What is the essence of an Online community?
Is it similar or different from a not-online community?
How can we find out together if there is an answer to these questions?
Well, this is the beta team, isn't it? Could we create a beta team to test new communities in general?
I am looking forward to have conversations on this topic. If you feel slightly overwhelmed by this lot of questions, could you be interested in finding out about some underlying structures in this chaos?
I just wonder under which category this conversation should be located. For the moment I think »Ideas and Passions« could be a good category. I think this conversation should center around the application of World Café. World Café – what for? Why do we think World Café is wildly important?
Warm best wishes from Germany,
Ulrich
I would like to invite you to join a conversation on »The New Face of Community«.
Community is one of the central topics a group of practitioners gathering in Dresden, Germany, has been exploring over the last weekend in preparing a meeting of World Café and dialogue practioners in autumn. We haven't found any answers yet, but we found new questions. And we'd like to explore together with you if this is a topic that resonates with you.
Do we know how to create and maintain communities?
What is the relation between shared meaning and community?
We know how to behave in associations, but do we still know how behave in communities? What would be possible if we could find ways to transcend competition?
Why is community important?
What kind of communities do we need in order to contribute to a sustainable world? And how do we create them?
What is the relation of dialogue and the new face community?
What is the relation between leadership and the new face of community?
Just looking at this website, a new set of questions is emerging:
What is the essence of an Online community?
Is it similar or different from a not-online community?
How can we find out together if there is an answer to these questions?
Well, this is the beta team, isn't it? Could we create a beta team to test new communities in general?
I am looking forward to have conversations on this topic. If you feel slightly overwhelmed by this lot of questions, could you be interested in finding out about some underlying structures in this chaos?
I just wonder under which category this conversation should be located. For the moment I think »Ideas and Passions« could be a good category. I think this conversation should center around the application of World Café. World Café – what for? Why do we think World Café is wildly important?
Warm best wishes from Germany,
Ulrich
Tags: collaboration, community, context, inter-dependence, online-community, why
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Ooops.... Ulrich, I think I wrote my comment in the wrong place!.... (no wonder I only had 200 characters to my disposal! ( I'm so backwards with PCs... Can you move my comment here? )
I also wanted alert every one to this: http://www2.aspca.org/site/MessageViewer?em_id=61924.0
It brakes my Heart that Mankind still is all too willing to abuse those who can't speak up for themselves!... Why do we do this???.... Well...I can't help it , but after studying this social phenomenon; what makes our Western Culture to tick, so to speak I always --unfailingly--arrive to the same conclusion ( as did the guys we call Jesus) this phony monetary System we (still) have in place! Remove this one for a better more FAIR FOR ALL M-system and 90% of ALL abuse will end "over night"!
I can give links and article to any person who is interested in knowing more about better social/money systems!
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Greetings Astrid. I don't know if I am seeing your comment in the place it should be, but all the same, thank you for bringing the phony nature of our monetary system to light. I will definitely explore the link you posted. It saddens me to no end to think that money (currency, whatever you choose to call it) can and does come before human wellness.
You are indeed a gem.......
~Deb
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Permalink Reply by Ulrich Soeder on -
Hi Astrid and Debra,
I think the financial aspect is of vital importance for any community, and of utmost importance for the world community right now. While the profits are privaticed the costs are socialised. This won't last for long.
Thank you for bringing this aspect to the table.
I wish the New Face of Community would be as near as the face in your photo behind the veil.
Cheers, Ulrich
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Permalink Reply by Ulrich Soeder on
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Hi Astrid, here is your original comment:
...what I would need to be able to tell from reading the Face of a New Community, it would be how CARING & SHARING = INCLUSIVE the community really is -not just in rhetorics,like our society today!
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