by glpadmin | Mar 24, 2014 | Speaking of Dialogue
“A circle of women is a nurturing and sustaining resource that can become a spiritual and psychological wellspring tapped into whenever the circle meets.” ~ Jean Shinoda Bolen, Urgent Message from Mother A friend tells the story of a time when she was in...
by glpadmin | Mar 24, 2014 | Featured Resources Jeanette, Speaking of Dialogue
Jeanette Romkema with co-facilitator Marshall Yoder, GLP Certified Teacher. What’s your favorite axiom, and why? Pray for Doubt. I pray for the learners to question, struggle with, and doubt the new content and learning journey I take them on. For me, this means they...
by glpadmin | Jun 30, 2014 | Speaking of Dialogue
I had the great fortune to take my first Dialogue Education course back in 2001 at Eastern Mennonite University’s Summer Peacebuilding Institute with two facilitators named Peter Noteboom and Jane Vella. At the time, I remember it as a great course, but I didn’t...
by glpadmin | Jul 7, 2014 | Speaking of Dialogue
It can be challenging to collect meaningful data from participants while facilitating dialogue. There we stand at the flip chart with markers in hand, racing to get their insights up on the wall while the dialogue flows past us. The conversation starts to go off track...
by glpadmin | Jul 31, 2014 | Speaking of Dialogue
The above image was drawn on one of our tables by a participant over the period of our 7-day course. Last week we had the honor of teaching the course Designing Learner-Centered Training for Conflict Transformation at the Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI) at...
