A new wise democracy pattern language + March event
In this post I announce and describe a new expanded (96 pattern) version of the wise democracy pattern language (WDPL) and the …
Free June 7 “Open House” Tour of the Wise Democracy Pattern Language Website
The wise democracy pattern language is an integrated set of design principles to guide change agents who wish to promote wiser democratic forms. …
Any city could emulate Sweden’s transpartisan festival…
In Sweden there’s a week-long annual political festival called Almadalen Week involving vibrant, respectful conversations of a kind that some Americans are …
An unsung treasure for facilitators and civilizations
Back in the mid-90’s I discovered Jim Rough’s Wisdom Council formathttp://www.co-intelligence.org/P-wisdomcouncil.html and began promoting it through my network as a way to increase the co-intelligence of a community. I loved the design of it – ev…
Tom Atlee “public wisdom” conference call 1/17/2012
I’ll be doing an online dialogue in the 2-hour National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation Confab Call on Tuesday, January 17th at 2pm Eastern (11am Pacific). Ben Roberts, a principal in both weDialogue and Occupy Café, will be facilitating t…
Free teleseminar “Evolutionize Your Life” – Weds May 18th 5:30pm Pacific
I’m excited to let you know about an upcoming free teleseminar by colleagues of mine, Michael Dowd and Connie Barlow. This couple is well known for their work in translating the various evolutionary sciences into practical wisdom for meeting the c…
Regional events explore Public Engagement
I view the National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation (NCDD) as one of the most important groups supporting the emergence of democratic participatory wisdom to help societies evolve and thrive in the coming century. I want to encourage every…
Tom Atlee live interview Mar 11 on evolutionary activism
This Thursday March 11, 2010, Craig Hamilton will interview me about evolutionary activism on his “Awakening the Impulse to Evolve” series. Tens of thousands of people participate in his free conference call programs which are archived at http://e…
9/11 conference demands transparency
Interesting conference entitled “We Demand Transparency” http://wedemandtransparency.com is being held in NYC on the anniversary of 9/11 to try bringing together the peace movement and the “truth” movement — the movement originally formed to chal…