About Me
Jim Rough is a consultant, author, speaker, and social innovator. He has been presenting public and private seminars on Dynamic Facilitation since 1990. He is author of the book, Society's Breakthrough! Releasing the Essential Wisdom and Virtue of All the People and numerous articles on empowerment and transformation. Jim is co-founder of the Center for Wise Democracy, a long-time faculty member of the Creative Problem-solving Institutes, and six years host of "The Jim Rough Show" on community access television. He has presented, trained and facilitated at countless conferences and among diverse groups. Highlights include facilitating a two-day Wisdom Council among homeless people in Lane County, OR and conducting seminars and presenting at conferences with international attendance in places like Germany and Australia.
NCDD Involvement
I also attended one of the C2D2 conferences in Ottawa.
I am co-facilitating a pre-conference workshop the day before the 2008 NCDD conference begins in Austin. The workshop is entitled "Creating “We the People†in our Groups, Organizations, Communities & Society."
Description
The Center for Wise Democracy (CWD) is a 501 (C)3 non-profit organization developed out of Jim Rough's work with Dynamic Facilitation and the Wisdom Council. The CWD was formed in May of 2001 to support the development of Wisdom Councils in public settings like cities, counties, states and nations.
Contact Info
I'd like to
engage NCDD'ers in a conversation about "choice-creating" as a form of thinking and talking that is related to both "dialogue" and "deliberation".
This group was formed to help those in the Pacific Northwest to network and share region-specific news, info, and opportunities. The Pacific Northwest, broadly defined, includes all of Washington state, most of Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and British Columbia, and adjoining parts of Alaska, Yukon Territory and California.
We wanted to create one group that every NCDD member is a part of, so we can provide a space where all members can take part in discussions here in the members network.
