Monthly Archives: October 2007

Focused Conversation Intro

In 2003, I took a graduate level course in Facilitative Leadership. Over the quarter, I learned a series of techniques developed by the Institute for Cultural Affairs (ICA) for guiding group dialogue towards meaningful consensus and action. Three methods covered … Continue reading

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Guinness Ice Cream

For our first Post- Monday Night Lecture Series dinner, I made volumes of salad and some ice creams. I feel like I never eat enough friuts and vegetables, so this was a good excuse to spend a lot of time … Continue reading

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Bureaucracy

I received an email from PSU and forwarded it along to The MOST as an example of bureaucracy at its finest. Looking at the two, it’s hard to tell which one was built off of the other.——To all LFI On-matrix … Continue reading

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MOST Meeting Minutes Excerpt

via conference call 7-9 PM, 9/30/2007—O – Wants to start a dialogue with Sam Adams’ office – in re: friendship city options, why would PDX want to do that with us, why would we do that with them, what would … Continue reading

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