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...
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...
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...
Maximizing Your Global Learning Experience (a series) Part I: Preparing Well
These days, there are many opportunities to not just visit another country for pleasure, but spend time getting to know a community and a culture. College education-abroad programs, faith-based experiences, international culture exchanges, and “voluntourism”...
Maximizing Your Global Learning Experience (a series) Part II: While There
This is Part 2 of a blog post series on maximizing your learning during an opportunity to spend time in another country getting to know a community and a culture. Part 1 was all about preparing for your trip. Today, author Pat Elson provides tips for those of you...
Maximizing Your Global Learning Experience (a series) Part III: Meaningful Action
This is Part 3 of a blog post series on maximizing your learning during an opportunity to spend time in another country getting to know a community and a culture. Part 2 was all about making the most of your time while there. You will most likely be changed by your...
Why stop with one open question? Dig Deeper.
I know the power of the open questions. I design with them, facilitate with them, and evaluate with them. But, are they enough? I often feel that some people are good at giving me just what they think I want. I ask a question and they give me an answer with just...
The Essence of a Good Question
On a recent Sunday morning, I was up early and listened to On Being with Krista Tippett. This morning’s broadcast guest was Pádraig Ó Tuama, who is a poet, theologian, and extraordinary healer in our fractured world. He leads the Corrymeela community of Northern...
Confessions of a Former Workshop Rockstar
Participating in a Dialogue Education course has been a game-changer for me. For more than a decade I’ve done presentations, designed curriculum, taught workshops, etc, and I was pretty sure that I was good at what I did! I prided myself on being an engaging...
Facilitation as Hospitality and Belonging
In Reaching Out: The Three Movements of the Spiritual Life, Henri Nouwen states, “Hospitality means primarily the creation of free space where the stranger can enter and become a friend instead of an enemy. Hospitality is not to change people, but to offer them space...
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
My world is full of visuals. I can’t imagine life without art, and I can’t imagine a training without images. Whether I am designing a meeting, learning session, knowledge sharing event, strategic planning day or retreat, I include photos, drawings, art and other...