Category: Compass Bearings
Core principles of public engagement
This provides a useful overview of the dimensions of public engagement, as well as a good application of DebateGraph.
Read MoreA new communications ecosystem for our life together
Over the past several months I have been discussing “intentional community” with a colleague who shares the same background in community development, but unlike me, has continued to actively promote and participate...
Read MoreDemystifying social networking media
Several months have passed since I began exploring a few social media tools that “play well together.” And now, as I look back, I’ve been surprised how much FaceBook, Twitter, and my blog, feel similar to some...
Read MoreOf geese, wooden shoes, and soft landings
In the wake of the downing of a jetliner by a flock of geese, ending with a miraculous soft landing into the Hudson River, I noted on my FaceBook site, “Apparently even a single goose can still take down a...
Read MoreOn the naming of names…
I had returned to Oklahoma after several months on special assignment to Alaska to discover that Bumpy wasn’t Bumpy anymore–he was Gary. Of course, he was always Gary, but like many folks around town, he was known by...
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