June 3: Join us for an NCDD Webinar about Bohm-inspired Dialogue!

NCDD is excited to announce that we will be hosting a free webinar introducing a model for Bohm-inspired Dialogue on Friday, June 3rd. This 90-minute event will be held at 1 PM EDT/10 AM PDT. Register today!

During this webinar, you will learn how the co-authors, Linda Ellinor & Glenna Gerard, of Dialogue: Rediscover the Transforming Power of Conversation (1998, John Wiley & Sons), one of the most comprehensive books based on the work of the late David Bohm (1917 - 1992), came to develop their model of Bohm-inspired Dialogue.   Their book has now been translated into 5 languages and is available as a down-loadable e-book.

You will learn or experience the following: 

• How they came to know of David Bohm’s proposal of Dialogue and the world view from which it originates. 
• A definition of Bohm-inspired Dialogue and how it differs from other forms of conversation such as deliberation and discussion
• Why Dialogue is becoming ever more important in our crisis-ridden world today
• How Dialogue enhances decision-making and leads to aligned collective action
• The essential skills and guidelines for effective Dialogue
• A small-group experience of one of the core skills of Dialogue:  Inquiry & Reflection
• An overview of their current programs: 

          Foundational History and Skills of Dialogue
          Dialogue Application, Design  Facilitation

​This session is FREE and open to all interested in learning more about this powerful approach to dialogue. Register today to join us!

Aout the Presenters:

Linda Ellinor is a leader, facilitator, coach and entrepreneur with 45+ years of experience. She co-founded The Dialogue Group in the early 90s and founded the Action Dialogue Group in 2015 both providing coaching, training and organization development consulting. She is best known for her pioneering work in developing a form of Dialogue grounded in the work of David Bohm. She co-authored with Glenna Gerard:  Dialogue:  The Transforming Power of Conversation (1998, Wiley & Sons) now translated into 5 languages worldwide. She served for 2&1/2 years as the VP of the US Academy of Professional Dialogue and continues to co-host virtual monthly online interviews on Bohm-inspired Dialogue in many different contexts. She holds an MBA from Columbia University and has completed a PhD program in Jungian psychology with Pacifica Graduate Institute. She lives in Dana Point, CA.  You can learn more about her work here:  http://actiondialoguegroup.com/

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Glenna Gerard is a gifted facilitator, coach, experiential learning designer, business leader, and consultant with 30+ years of experience working in both not-for-profit and for-profit organizations.  In the 1990s Glenna pioneered the development of Bohm-inspired Dialogue and with Linda co-authored: Dialogue: Rediscover the Transforming Power of Conversation, (John Wiley & Sons, 1998). Her passion is designing and facilitating developmental experiences that support building capacity for intentional development and collective wisdom in service of creating profound results. In addition to her work with Dialogue, she creates guided experiences, partnering with nature. The goal - to build individual and collective capacity for inner stillness, self-awareness, and the wisdom to discern ‘what is needed now’ for the wellbeing of a given living system. Glenna graduated from Columbia University, NY with a BS in Chemical Engineering. She lives in Northern New Mexico with her partner Dave and enjoys Kiteboarding and rafting through the Grand Canyon.

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