Mapping Dialogue: Essential Tools for Social Change (2008) Revised edition.
by Marianne 'Mille" Bojer, Heiko Roehl, Marianne Knuth, Colleen Magner

In a world of increasing complexity, answers have a short life-span and people have a growing desire to solve their own problems. Sustainable social change is increasingly depending on successful dialogue. This book provides a closer look at transformative dialogue tools and processes for social change. It profiles ten dialogue methods in depth, and another fifteen more briefly. The methods covered conceptually and in case studies include Deep Democracy, Open Space Technology, Scenario Planning, World Café, the Israeli-Palestinian School for Peace and many more. The book gives insight into the foundations of practical dialogue work, a dic­tionary to distinguish dialogue from other forms of conversation, and inspiration from traditional African approaches to dialogue.

The Authors, an international team of Dialogue Practitioners, offer guidelines for assessing what tools to use for which situation on the basis of their experience. This makes it a unique and indispensable resource for the practitioner of social change.

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ISBN-10: 0-9712312-8-1
ISBN-13: 978-0-9712312-8-3
Price: $24.00
145 pages

  Positive Family Dynamics: Appreciative Inquiry Questions to Bring Out the Best in Families (2008) by Dawn Cooperrider Dole, Jen Hetzel Silbert, Ada Jo Mann, Diana Whitney

Positive Family Dynamics is a wonderful resource for parents and family members who want to bring out the best in their families! It is anEncyclopedia of Positive Questions. The questions, stories and activities in this book will help you create relationships within your family which will nurture respect, love, and care. The book's imaginative questions, exercises, and positive spirit create a simple yet powerful method for helping families discover hidden reserves of strength and inspired opportunities for better living. They also provide powerful tools for helping all families become increasingly more appreciative, collaborative and effective in creating and shaping the futures they desire for themselves and their communities. This book contains 56 appreciative questions designed to increase learning, listening and positive dynamics within your family. Positive Family Dynamics is recommended for all family members -- grandparents, parents, children, and beyond.

Price: $20.00

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