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January 15, 2011
10 Lessons we have learned
0 CommentsAt Dialogue Partners, we're fans of top ten lists: 10 words of the year; top 10 foods that will make you healthy; top 10 wines of the year,.. . So we thought, why not a top 10 list of things we've learned? In reality, this list could be the top 1000 things we've learned, but we know you might not read it if it was that long, so we're starting with 10 things.
January 14, 2011
5 Easy Steps to De-cluttering Your Office: Lessons From My Sensei
0 CommentsI had a conversation the other day with my long-time, semi-obsessive best friend about my yearning to “organize my life”.
November 28, 2010
Divide and Conquer ?
4 CommentsI'm sitting here thinking of a long list of tried and true statements: Practice what you preach: Actions speak louder than words; You attract more flies with honey... .the list goes on.
No matter what the statement, they all contain an element of truth. IAP2 (www.IAP2.org) has a list of "statements" as well, documented in a Code of Ethics for Public Participation, which guide the action of practitioners. It is a Code of Ethics that has me running the list of tried and true statements through my head. In the Code of Ethics there is a line that states:
"Respect for Communities. We will avoid strategies that risk polarizing community interest or that appear to divide and conquer."
October 14, 2010
What makes YOU vote for someone?
42 CommentsIt is election season in parts of Canada: Alberta votes for local government officials on October 18; Ontario votes for local government officials on October 25th. Some provinces recently had elections, and with a minority government, the ever-looming threat of a federal election is always on the horizon.
September 23, 2010
Even democracy needs a vacation
5 CommentsRecent events have compounded the lack of meaningful community engagement, deliberative process or transparency in decision making at City Hall, Ottawa, Canada. The last few years have demonstrated a disaster in civic engagement, which has been horrible to witness, and impossible not to watch.
