WisdomCouncil

=Dynamic Facilitation and Wisdom Council=

from : the Center for Wise Democracy http://www.wisedemocracy.org/

**//Key resources//**
> > There is a social breakthrough that allows all citizens to come together respectfully and creatively as "We the People." This "Wisdom Council" strategy can be initiated by just a few people who understand certain concepts, like the difference between "decision-making" and "choice-creating."
 * 1) **Key Article:** **[|Transforming the Public Conversation] ... by Jim Rough**

> > Examining democracy tools that can be used by a community ... and how central and accessible the Wisdom Council is.
 * 1) **Article: [|An Experimental Framework for Community Democracy] ... by Richard K. Moore**

> > In August 2006, we attended a great conference —the [|National Conference on Dialogue and Deliberation]. We were really well received when we presented on the Wisdom Council. Here're the overheads for our talk.
 * 1) **NCDD 06 Presentation:** **[|Wisdom Council: A Tool to Create a We the People] ... by Jim Rough and DeAnna Martin**

> > Joseph McCormick, former Republican nominee to the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia, was doing research on the state of "Democracy in America" after his lost election bid. His research was revealing a sorry state of affairs until he found out about [|our experiment with the Wisdom Council in the Rogue Valley]. With a colleague, Pat Spino, he drove from Virginia to Oregon to prepare this 22 minute video, "Democracy in America."
 * 1) **See the VIDEO [|Documentary: Democracy in America] (22 minutes .. streaming video)**

> **A U.S. NATIONAL WISDOM COUNCIL** > 1) [|A New Form of Civic Participation] Describes ordinary, non-transformational benefits of the national Wisdom Council.(Jim Rough with Paul Everett, 8/22/05). > 2) [|Is this the Holy Grail?] Describes the transformational potential of the Wisdom Council. ( Paul Everett, 1-12-05) > 3) [|Campaign to Reunite America] Joseph McCormick has been convening conversations among national, high-profile leaders. His work may be the springboard for the national Wisdom Council to come into being.( Joseph McCormick 1/18/06) > > **Local WISDOM COUNCILS** > 1) [|The Wisdom Council in Neighborhoods] ... Considering the Wisdom Council in communities (Greg Saville, 1-12-05) > 2) [|The Wisdom Council in High Schools] Imagining how the Wisdom Council can be used in high schools ( George Thomas 7/2/03) > 3) [|The Wisdom Council in Countries] Considering the country of Botswana (Matlho Kgosi - 4/12/06) > > **OUTCOMES of the WISDOM COUNCIL** > 1) [|Empowerment] (Linda Showler, N.D., 8/14/06) > 2) [|The Wisdom Council and Religion] (Kim Rotchford, M.D., 4/13/04) > 3) [|Bridging to Peace] (Darlene Durfee- 2/1/06) > 4) [|Wise Economics] (Paul Everett, Systems Consultant, 7/21/04) > 5) [|Further Challenging the Paradigm] re: terrorism, leadership, etc. (Paul Everett, Systems Consultant, 10/4/04) > 6) [|Challenging the Corporate Paradigm].(Paul Everett, Systems Consultant 11/29/04) > 7) [|Environmental Wisdom] This one happened before we realized the amendment wasn't necessary (Karen Barrows, Environmental Scientist—12/9/02) > > **DYNAMIC FACILITATION** > 1) [|Understanding Dynamic Facilitation] (Les Emery, Mythological Psychologist—9/23/03) > 2) [|The Early History of Dynamic Facilitation] (Paul Everett 12/14/05) media type="custom" key="516205"
 * 1) **Audios** from the Jim Rough Show describing the Wisdom Council and Dynamic Facilitation:

> > 1) [|Society's Breakthrough! Releasing Essential Wisdom and Virtue in All the People] by Jim Rough (2002) This book describes the Wisdom Council as applied to the United States, implemented as a U.S. Constitutional Amendment. Since then, our experiments have discovered that it's possible for a legitimate "We the People" to be facilitated without the amendment. > > 2) [|The Tao of Democracy: Using Co-intelligence to Create a World that Works for All]" by Tom Atlee (2003) In his usual beautiful style Tom brings all the democracy techniques together, including Dynamic Facilitation and the Wisdom Council, under the banner of "co-intelligence." > > 3) [|Escaping the Matrix: How We the People Can Change the World] by Richard K. Moore (2005). Richard describes how Dynamic Facilitation and the Wisdom Council are key to bringing forth a society in harmony.
 * 1) **Key BOOKS describing the Wisdom Council**

> > This article about the Wisdom Council as a society-transforming process was published in //The Good Society// by PEGS//,// a nonpartisan, ideologically diverse organization whose goal is to promote serious and sustained inquiry into innovative institutional designs for a good society. >
 * 1) **Article ... [|A Rebirth of 'We the People'] ... by Jim Rough**

> > Michael Erickson, Boeing Cartoonist, created a Powerpoint presentation of how Dynamic Facilitation can change people's thinking. [|See the show].
 * 1) **[|Cartoon Presentation]** [[image:http://www.wisedemocracy.org/pictures/Thinking.jpg width="82" height="105" align="right"]]**Describing Dynamic Facilitation**

> > The CWDP is in the process of creating a kit designed to help people in local communities who are interested in convening a [|Wisdom Council in their local area]. Sign up to receive this kit when it becomes available by emailing your name and contact information to wisedemocracy@speakeasy.net. Write Wisdom Council Kit in the subject line of your email.
 * 1) **Wisdom Council Tool Kit**

> An experiment with the Wisdom Council was conducted in the Rogue Valley of Oregon. Elliot Shuford conducted research on the experiment and his thesis is available here as a [|pdf file].
 * 1) **Research Paper: [|Innovations in Democracy: An Evaluation of the Rogue Valley Wisdom Council]** by Elliot David Shuford


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