Patterns of Engagement

Public Thinking Public Health 4: Preliminary Reflections

Ken Gillgren — Tue, 04 May 2010 16:30:07 +0000

This is the last of four articles focused on the Liberating Voices practicums conducted for the two Public Thinking Public Health classes held at Evergreen College at the end of 2009 and beginning of 2010. The earlier articles focused on the overall context for the sessions, the structure of the group breakout work, and the [...]

Public Thinking Public Health 3: Documentation

Ken Gillgren — Mon, 03 May 2010 16:30:24 +0000

This is the third of four articles focused on the Liberating Voices practicums conducted for the two Public Thinking Public Health classes held at Evergreen College at the end of 2009 and beginning of 2010. The earlier articles focused on the overall context for the sessions and the structure of the group breakout work. This [...]

Public Thinking Public Health Practicums 2: Group Breakout Sessions

Ken Gillgren — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:30:44 +0000

This is the second of four articles focused on the Liberating Voices practicums conducted for the two Public Thinking Public Health classes held at Evergreen College at the end of 2009 and beginning of 2010. A slide presentation of completed “game boards” is provided on the first article of this series. This article focuses on [...]

Public Thinking Public Health Practicums 1: Overview

Ken Gillgren — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:37:06 +0000

This is the first of four articles focused on the Liberating Voices practicums conducted for the two Public Thinking Public Health classes held at Evergreen College at the end of 2009 and beginning of 2010. The actual tools, templates, session plans and reports are available from the Download tab of this site. This article focuses [...]

Liberating Voices Practicum Downloads

Ken Gillgren — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 17:30:14 +0000

I’m still woefully behind on completing a report on the practicums I’ve been conducting at Evergreen College. Nevertheless, I’m posting a selection of tools and templates I used for exploring the practical application of Liberating Voices patterns, partly to support the teams of students who are working with local organizations this quarter. While most of [...]

Fearless and the collective journey of coming through

Ken Gillgren — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:30:29 +0000

Just now listening to Gorecki’s Third Symphony, the “Symphony of Sorrowful Songs,” which was brought to my attention as the soundtrack for the climactic scene in the movie, Fearless. In the film, Jeff Bridges plays an architect recovering from severe post-traumatic stress induced by a horrendous jet crash, from which he walked away virtually unharmed, [...]

There and back again: An invitation to innovation at the margins

Ken Gillgren — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:00:58 +0000

In a recent tweet, I wrote: Increasingly drawn to creativity at the margins, in the gap, where little is expected & folks later scramble to explain what happened. And nearly as soon as I released it, I realized I had used “margins” as a place holder for several different dimensions that may intersect with unexpected [...]

Filters and the scaled perception of the whole

Ken Gillgren — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:46:38 +0000

Just contributed a comment to another great conversation over at Tim Kastelle’s Innovation Leadership Network blog about “Personal Filter, Aggregate, and Connect Strategies,” and felt that I should expand a little here while the creative juices were still bubbling. For reference, here’s my comment: Now I’m realizing that there’s yet another dimension or perspective beyond [...]

Anonymity as the Seed of Transparency

Ken Gillgren — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:00:08 +0000

Time for corrective action. I have stood and continue to stand among those calling for greater transparency in the public sphere, and particularly in the workings of government. I operate under the assumption that whatever I place online or in email is ultimately available for all to see, by accident or intention. Everything I post [...]

Social Media as Engagement

Ken Gillgren — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:00:47 +0000

What is social media and why is it so important right now? Rather than aggregating a selection of the amazing wisdom and insight already available across the ‘Net (especially note the fantastic conversation taking place on Venessa Miemis’ posting, “What is social media [the 2010 edition]“), I’m going to adopt more of a personal witness [...]