Preparing for Dialogue – by Henrietta Hopkins
I am writing this blog on the train journey down to Arundel. Hopkins Van Mil is running a series of 9 Autumn workshops (3 sets of 3) for the South Downs National Park Authority and this is the 2nd one of the 2nd set in West Sussex. I’m excited at the thought of facilitating what [...]
Posted at 11:44 am on October 11, 2011 | leave a comment | Filed Under: community engagement, Dialogue, Facilitation | read on
Achieving social capital through dialogue – By Anita van Mil
This week’s news headlines about Amina Araf not being a lesbian Syrian blogger but a student from Edinburgh made me think about what Henrietta said in her blog last week. Effective dialogue is not only built on trust and transparency; it’s based on an investment in face-to-face human interaction as well. Today’s face-to-face engagement I’m [...]