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Virtual Sessions: The Six
Conversations that
Matter
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An Introduction: Six Conversations that Matter
A Virtual Interactive Session
March 19th, 2010 - 1-3pm EST
March 24th, 2010 11am-1pm EST
This highly interactive experience
designed by Peter Block and which served as the basis for his
best-selling “Community: The Structure of Belonging” and “The Answer to
How is Yes” allows participants to begin to change the conversations in
their organization allowing them to create a future distinct from the
past.
Limited enrollment. Maximum of
12 participants. Follow the link to find out more about this exciting new virtual
interactive session and what you need to do in order to participate.
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A Practicum I –Six Conversations that Matter -
A Virtual Interactive Session
March 26th, 2010 11am-1pm EST
Specifically designed
for participants who have either attended An Introduction: A Virtual
Interactive Session or an onsite or public workshop, this two hour
interactive session will allow participants to engage and discuss the
Actual application of Peter Block's The Six Conversations that Matter as
described in his best-selling "Community: The Structure of Belonging"
with other individuals around the world.
Limited enrollment. Maximum of
12 participants. Follow the link to find out more about this exciting new virtual
interactive session and what you need to do in order to participate.
Find Out More!
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How Peter's Concepts
Help Change an Organization: An Interview with Council on Rural Services
Executive Director
Council
on Rural Service headquarters, Piqua, Ohio
Providing education to disadvantaged
children, helping at risk youth and engaging seniors in an active
lifestyle are just a few of the ways the Council on Rural Services makes
a difference in the lives of many in west-central Ohio. The Council
offers a wide range of programs for early childhood, youth and adults
and seniors that focus on providing comprehensive education and support
services to individuals and families. They currently own 9 properties
and serve over 2500 infants, toddlers and preschoolers; 800 youth; and
750 volunteers in a 9-county area.
Shirley Hathaway has been the
executive director of the Council on Rural Services for 28 years, and
has been with the Council for a total of 31 ½ years. Since she started
working there, the Council has grown from 100 employees to 430 and from
a budget of one million dollars to 17 million dollars. Shirley began her
career in social work with a Bachelor’s degree from Wright State
University and a Master’s in Organizational Management from the
University of Phoenix, and says that she has stayed with the Council
because she truly believes in its vision. As the current executive
director, Shirley spoke to Designed Learning on the challenges the
Council has faced in the past few years and the role Designed Learning
has played in making significant changes.
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Thoughts on Community with Peter
We recently sat down with Peter to discuss
his newest book, Community: The Structure of Belonging. In
the interview, Peter speaks about how to have a significant impact on
your community and answers your questions regarding his latest
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DL: What first motivated you to write Community:
The Structure of Belonging?
Peter: If you look at the cause of so many of
the challenges facing our society, most center on the loss of a sense of
community and the common good. The essence of the book is about the
nature of transformation and the fact that problems are the symptoms of
the breakdown of community. Writing the book is driven by my desire to
complete a set of ideas so I can have a new thought. I also wanted to
write a book which would make the ideas I have as accessible to people
as possible.
DL: How does Community: The Structure of Belonging
differ from your other books?
Peter: The importance that I give to community
- I have not written about that before. The other books have been about
institutional life. I wanted to expand the ideas that have mostly
applied to organizations talk about the public sector and civic life and
neighborhood life, so these ideas would be available there. There are
parts of the book that are tied to other things I’ve written, but what’s
new is that it condenses it, simplifies it and puts it all in one place.
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Peter's
Bedstand:
Reading for the middle
of the night! |
What
Peter thinks about
What's Really Worth Doing and How to Do It / From Behind the Piano:
In every profession there is a network of people attempting to
radicalize what passes as the conventional wisdom and practice. These
countercurrents exist in disciplines as diverse as architecture, urban
affairs, philosophy, business management, anthropology, social services,
education, and history. There are more, I am just a slow learner. This
web of unconventional thinking holds certain things in common, even
though they might not be aware of their convergence.
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What's Really Worth Doing and How to
Do It / From Behind the Piano
by:
Jack Pearpoint, Judith Snow
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Where in the World is Peter Block?
March
2-11, 2010
Commuity Building
4 Workshops in South Africa
Symphonia
April
27-28, 2010
Flawless Consulting Part I: Contracting
Red Bank, New Jersey
Designed Learning
May
18-19, 2010
Building Accountability and Commitment
Red Bank, New Jersey
Designed Learning
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Public Workshops
Flawless Consulting 1:
Contracting
April 27-28, 2010
September 21-22, 2010
Flawless Consulting 2:
Discovery
April 29-30, 2010
September 22-23, 2010
Building
Accountability
and Commitment®
May 18-19, 2010
October 19-20, 2010 |
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