Archive for June, 2010
Haliburton Community Farm: A collaborative model worth emulating
We need more places like Haliburton Farm. Last month, I partook in a farm tour, dinner and conversation there. This week I visited this local farm to chat a bit more with Elmarie Roberts, one of the farmers working the property. Our conversation reinforced my view that Haliburton Farm is a powerful, collaborative community model [...]
4 Factors that are reshaping the world of conflict resolution
From my feeds (RSS, Twitter…), I’ve recently come across some interesting goings on in the world of conflict/dispute resolution. And as much of it jives with my own experience and take on resolving conflicts, I thought I’d summarize, with a few examples, what I see as key factors impacting the practice of conflict resolution, going [...]
The Magic Relationship Ratio
In relationships, accentuate the positive. Negative interactions have more clout than positive interactions. It is not a balanced equation. You need to have many positive interactions for each negative interaction, if you want a healthy, sustainable relationship!
Relationship expert John Gottman sees each of our daily interactions with another person as “bids for connection”. By choosing [...]
11 Good reasons to support your community dance
While we’re investing in building and nurturing collaborative habits, let’s not forget that many tight-knit communities have learned, survived, and prospered, by working AND playing together. So, let me suggest something for the playing… community dancing.
11 reasons why…
I’m a big fan of traditional, community-oriented music and dance. I previously shared my reasons why the [...]
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