Links List
Facilitation
Future Search :: One of the most powerful ways I know to get agreement and movement toward a better bottom line in organizations and a better future for communities.
Global Facilitators Service Corps :: This service organization brings facilitation to communities in crisis. Great resources on disaster and crisis intervention for professionals. Also a worthy charity to consider!
International Asso of Facilitators :: The professional association for facilitators. Good resource for users of facilitation as well.
Open Space Technology :: Open space technology is an incredible way to organize a large group to accomplish multiple goals. It is a key tool in my practice and this is a favorite resource.
World Cafe :: What if we could just sit across the kitchen table and talk? World Cafe takes this simple metaphor and turns it into a powerful way to get large groups to tackle tough issues.
Public Participation
Evironmental Conflict Resolution :: This is a great resource in the field of consensus building and conflict resolution around environment and natural resource issues. This is a major focus in my practice.
National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation :: Dialogue and deliberation are both methods and skills for making groups and communities work together more effectively. NCDD provides resources for solving problems through honest talk, quality thinking and collaborative action.
Organization Development
Bay Area OD Network :: The San Francisco Bay Area OD Network has resources for managers and OD professionals.
National Training Institute :: One of my interests is in group process. NTL has been looking at how groups work longer than anyone.
Organization Development Network :: Professional association for organization development practitioners.
Sonoma State U. OD Program :: The home of the excellent Organization Development program led by Saul Eisen, Judith Noel, Gary Hochman, and Sara Tickler.
The Appreciative Inquiry Commons :: What if we built change out of what is working instead of what is failing? Learn about appreciative inquiry and how it is changing our approach to organization and community change here.
Other Useful Links
WiserEarth :: WiserEarth is a community directory and networking forum that maps and connects non-governmental organizations and individuals addressing the central issues of our day. Very useful for research on the vast variety of ways people are working together for a better future.