Since I received my Dialogue Education training with Global Learning Partners last Fall, I have developed at least five learning events. It’s been a game changer. The pre-event surveys allow me to develop a learning design based on the intersection between my...
Offering a Suitcase to Deepen Learning: The Use of Images in Teaching
As I write these words, my 13-year-old daughter is sitting next to me, entranced by the iPhone in her hand and the world of images to which she has access. From showing me silly cat memes to sending her friends pictures on Instagram and Snapchat, images are a huge...
Oh No, They Wrecked My Beautiful Design!
“Training – that’s easy. We know the stuff. We just wing it.” Sound familiar? Those of us who adhere to principles of Dialogue Education™ and who respect and appreciate adult learners don’t buy that perspective. Whether we’re planning a workshop for personal growth,...
Learning about Dialogue in Middle School
I first learned about Global Learning Partners (GLP) and Dialogue Education about ten years ago when I started working for them. Since then I have applied the principles and practices not only in my work life, but also in my personal life. Most recently, I started...
Getting People Talking When Working in Rural Africa
Every teaching or meeting situation is unique and offers its own challenges. I work in rural Africa and have found the follow seven tools especially helpful for engaging community members. Use appreciative inquiry. In every community some things have worked well. It...
Maximize Successful Community Engagement: Tips from Africa
Safety and respect are key to ensuring community engagement. This is as true in rural Ghana where I work, as it is in most places in the world. Here are some tips that I have found helpful for the African context: Understand the cultural dynamics. It is important that...
Creating the System: We Make the Road by Walking
I have the honor of working with Matthew Norman from Barcelona, Spain – a colleague and Certified Dialogue Education Practitioner (CDEP). He is teaching pastors in his church community how to use Dialogue Education in designing and delivering sermons. This is...
Thinking Forward Together: Helping Organizations SOAR!
Why do 60 to 80 percent of organizational change efforts fail?[1] Most fail because they do not engage those most impacted by the change and therefore do not generate the energy needed to create the change desired. The practice of Appreciative Inquiry encourages us...
Active Learning Held in High Esteem at One of Nation’s Top Medical Colleges
The University of Vermont College of Medicine set a goal to fully embrace “active learning” by the year 2019 – and they are succeeding! When the College received a generous alumni gift, they wanted to make sure to invest it in the most impactful ways. Their research...
A Tribute to Michael Culliton – Living Beyond this World
Life begins with love, is maintained with love, and ends with love. - Tsoknyi Rinpoche Friends, this tribute aims to convey the spirit, courage, humor and brilliance of a remarkable man, Michael Culliton. Michael is a Senior Partner of GLP, a seasoned teacher,...
Quick Checklist of 5 Tips for Engaging Webinars
What do you do when you have 50 minutes to teach a topic and your only access to the learners is a chat box? Before you press send on your slide deck, check out this quick checklist that might spark a little extra engagement for the participants of your next...
Team Building, It Doesn’t Have to be an Add On
In the International Budget Partnership (IBP), we have been working hard to embrace the principles and practice of Dialogue Education in all our meetings and learning events. Recently though, we have had to think about teambuilding or creating a network-dynamic...