Plain Language – its very name doesn’t make for an exciting introduction! So, I’ll tell you how I got started as a avid proponent. After the human-caused flooding from Hurricane Katrina in southern Louisiana in 2005, I got connected with “The Road Home” program that was giving money to homeowners who lost everything in the floods. They believed low literacy was causing people to misunderstand the funding application and to return confused for added appointments.
Is Dialogue Education Culture Specific?
Can Dialogue Education work in non-Western cultures? I’m not sure how well it would work in my learning context.”
This question comes up often when I present the principles of Dialogue Education to people engaged in multi-cultural organizations and communities. Most recently, a gentleman from India voiced strong doubts regarding its use in his community of learners.
4 Steps for Learning that Lasts
When you’re designing a learning event, such as a workshop, seminar, or class, one of the most important components of your design is your learning tasks – the invitations for learners to do something with the content they’ve set out to learn.
Embodied Design and Facilitation
Have you participated in a meeting or event lately where, instead of starting with an overview of the agenda, you started by taking breaths together? If you haven’t yet, you might soon.




