"Hi Christopher,
You should contact Nancy Margulies (she's on this list) as she's done a number of Climate Change dialogues and
is also one of our most skilled harvesters.
Also, if you write me directly to my e-mail:…"
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Climate Change 360 degree Issues perspective.
Started Jul 25, 2011 0 Replies 0 Likes
I would love some input from any of you who have tried to map the climate change issue to feeed into an MIT collaborative intelligence crowd-sourcing project that I am part of the crowd on: …Continue
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Communities II
Started this conversation. Last reply by Christopher Smerald Jun 22, 2010. 2 Replies 0 Likes
I am restarting Ulrich’s thread on community. There was a lot of very interesting dialog which seems to have gone dormant while unfinished.Community for me has an element of locality and cooperation,…Continue
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juanita brown replied to Christopher Smerald's discussion 'Harvest Call: climte change dialog outcomes' in the group Art of Harvesting
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Harvest Call: climte change dialog outcomes
I am looking to learn form past climate change dialogs and would appreciate anything people can share. This also touches on a key issue: how can we keep the fruits of dialog alive and growing? More is discussed in the link below, thanks!Climate Change 360 degree Issues perspective.See More
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Climate Change 360 degree Issues perspective.
I would love some input from any of you who have tried to map the climate change issue to feeed into an MIT collaborative intelligence crowd-sourcing project that I am part of the crowd on: http://climatecolab.org/web/guest/home . I have suggested that in order to properly break the problem up, one needs to have a conceptual model of what needs to change in the current status quo.For example the solution may require: a political dimension, a…See More
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Christopher Smerald commented on Amy Lenzo's group 'Caring for this Online Community'
"Amy,
I came across TWC while exploring ideas towards facilitating world self governance, initially as a toolkit item, but more so now as space to explore ideas, learn form others’ visions and experience, and hopefully help TWC community…"
Christopher Smerald replied to Christopher Smerald's discussion 'Communities II'
"Thanks Glyn,
She seems to have a lot of interesting ideas. I am not sure I would ascribe any of my goals as radical but facilitating what is already there. Quite a lot is bottled up in our current society that needs outlet as avoidance strategies…"
Glyn Potter replied to Christopher Smerald's discussion 'Communities II'
"You might like to check out Maragert Ledwith's community development, it might offer a different perspective!"
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Communities II
I am restarting Ulrich’s thread on community. There was a lot of very interesting dialog which seems to have gone dormant while unfinished.Community for me has an element of locality and cooperation, sharing space with others and using relationships to deal with issues that affect all in ways that benefits all. According to the OED Online: "community, n. … is rooted in the Latin communitas (cum,"with/together" + munus, "gift"), a…See More
Christopher Smerald replied to Gary Jordon's discussion 'The Shift of the Ages and those of us withe Disabilites'
"Gary,
I think there is much to unravel here in your excellent question. For one, if you think through your question as the tip of an iceberg with your emotional and rational experiences leading up to it "below" (e.g., the ones that led to…"
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Posted on November 15, 2010 at 1:17am 1 Comment 0 Likes
I have extracted the results of initial research into documenting dialog thinking about: Dialog: content, skills, learning, and how it can be made more searchable and sharable. I would be very interested in comments on my approach and ideas for improving things or related work others are involved in. This first attachment is in the way of explaining the…
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- At 8:01am on May 9, 2010,
Amy Lenzo said… - Welcome, Christopher!
I'm excited by your ideas... let's talk!
- At 2:29pm on May 5, 2010,
Benjamin Aaron Degenhart said… - aah, gotcha, ok :) wish you the best for your visions Christopher! pljom is the name of the group?
best, /b
- At 12:33pm on May 5, 2010, Benjamin Aaron Degenhart said…
- Hi Christopher, welcome to this World Cafe Online Community of Learning and Practice.
Sounds good what you are up to! how is it coming along for you?
Please help me understand your last answer, how did we make you redundant?
May this space serve you well...
Please let me know if i can help you with anything here, best wishes,
Benjamin [Global Communications team member]
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