http://patterns.gillgrencommunication.com The language of participation for building dynamic organizations, communities and enterprises Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:39:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://patterns.gillgrencommunication.com/2011/06/06/10-musings-on-liberating-voices-and-civic-engagement/ http://patterns.gillgrencommunication.com/2011/06/06/10-musings-on-liberating-voices-and-civic-engagement/#comments Mon, 06 Jun 2011 07:27:03 +0000 Ken Gillgren http://patterns.gillgrencommunication.com/?p=620
Here are a few overall musings on the Liberating Voices Pattern Language and Civic Engagement, based primarily on conversations that occurred during and after the series of workshops I conducted at The Evergreen State College over the past two years, while also drawing upon my experience in community development with the Institute of Cultural Affairs [...]]]> http://patterns.gillgrencommunication.com/2011/06/06/10-musings-on-liberating-voices-and-civic-engagement/feed/ 0 http://patterns.gillgrencommunication.com/2011/01/25/gratitude-for-songaia-the-journey-of-a-song-of-the-earth/ http://patterns.gillgrencommunication.com/2011/01/25/gratitude-for-songaia-the-journey-of-a-song-of-the-earth/#comments Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:30:24 +0000 Ken Gillgren http://patterns.gillgrencommunication.com/?p=598
This posting is something of a dedication for the new series of articles under the category of “Inner Voices,” which I have introduced in another posting as a music-based, rather than psychological, metaphor for a vital aspect of emerging community. I’m not even going to try to be rigorously consistent in my observations at this [...]]]> http://patterns.gillgrencommunication.com/2011/01/25/gratitude-for-songaia-the-journey-of-a-song-of-the-earth/feed/ 0 http://patterns.gillgrencommunication.com/2011/01/24/inner-voices-exploring-the-mid-range-voices-for-hints-of-structural-community-innovation/ http://patterns.gillgrencommunication.com/2011/01/24/inner-voices-exploring-the-mid-range-voices-for-hints-of-structural-community-innovation/#comments Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:00:08 +0000 Ken Gillgren http://patterns.gillgrencommunication.com/?p=590
OK, it’s time to start anew, and to symbolize a fresh beginning, I’m opening up a new category, Inner Voices. I intend to use the term primarily in it’s musical sense and the structural development of complex harmonies, not so much in its psychological associations with internalized dialogue or personal identity construction, although I suspect [...]]]> http://patterns.gillgrencommunication.com/2011/01/24/inner-voices-exploring-the-mid-range-voices-for-hints-of-structural-community-innovation/feed/ 0 http://patterns.gillgrencommunication.com/2010/05/04/public-thinking-public-health-4-preliminary-reflections/ http://patterns.gillgrencommunication.com/2010/05/04/public-thinking-public-health-4-preliminary-reflections/#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 16:30:07 +0000 Ken Gillgren http://patterns.gillgrencommunication.com/?p=541
This is the last of four articles focused on the Liberating Voices practicums conducted for the two Public Thinking Public Health classes held at Evergreen College at the end of 2009 and beginning of 2010. The earlier articles focused on the overall context for the sessions, the structure of the group breakout work, and the [...]]]> http://patterns.gillgrencommunication.com/2010/05/04/public-thinking-public-health-4-preliminary-reflections/feed/ 0 http://patterns.gillgrencommunication.com/2010/04/29/public-thinking-public-health-practicums-1-overview/ http://patterns.gillgrencommunication.com/2010/04/29/public-thinking-public-health-practicums-1-overview/#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:37:06 +0000 Ken Gillgren http://patterns.gillgrencommunication.com/?p=523
This is the first of four articles focused on the Liberating Voices practicums conducted for the two Public Thinking Public Health classes held at Evergreen College at the end of 2009 and beginning of 2010.  The actual tools, templates, session plans and reports are available from the Download tab of this site. This article focuses [...]]]> http://patterns.gillgrencommunication.com/2010/04/29/public-thinking-public-health-practicums-1-overview/feed/ 1 http://patterns.gillgrencommunication.com/2010/04/26/liberating-voices-practicum-downloads/ http://patterns.gillgrencommunication.com/2010/04/26/liberating-voices-practicum-downloads/#comments Mon, 26 Apr 2010 17:30:14 +0000 Ken Gillgren http://patterns.gillgrencommunication.com/?p=514
I’m still woefully behind on completing a report on the practicums I’ve been conducting at Evergreen College. Nevertheless, I’m posting a selection of tools and templates I used for exploring the practical application of Liberating Voices patterns, partly to support the teams of students who are working with local organizations this quarter. While most of [...]]]> http://patterns.gillgrencommunication.com/2010/04/26/liberating-voices-practicum-downloads/feed/ 0 http://patterns.gillgrencommunication.com/2010/04/26/fearless-and-the-collective-journey-of-coming-through/ http://patterns.gillgrencommunication.com/2010/04/26/fearless-and-the-collective-journey-of-coming-through/#comments Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:30:29 +0000 Ken Gillgren http://patterns.gillgrencommunication.com/?p=452
Just now listening to Gorecki’s Third Symphony, the “Symphony of Sorrowful Songs,” which was brought to my attention as the soundtrack for the climactic scene in the movie, Fearless. In the film, Jeff Bridges plays an architect recovering from severe post-traumatic stress induced by a horrendous jet crash, from which he walked away virtually unharmed, [...]]]> http://patterns.gillgrencommunication.com/2010/04/26/fearless-and-the-collective-journey-of-coming-through/feed/ 0 http://patterns.gillgrencommunication.com/2010/02/23/there-and-back-again-an-invitation-to-innovation-at-the-margins/ http://patterns.gillgrencommunication.com/2010/02/23/there-and-back-again-an-invitation-to-innovation-at-the-margins/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:00:58 +0000 Ken Gillgren http://patterns.gillgrencommunication.com/?p=451
In a recent tweet, I wrote: Increasingly drawn to creativity at the margins, in the gap, where little is expected & folks later scramble to explain what happened. And nearly as soon as I released it, I realized I had used “margins” as a place holder for several different dimensions that may intersect with unexpected [...]]]> http://patterns.gillgrencommunication.com/2010/02/23/there-and-back-again-an-invitation-to-innovation-at-the-margins/feed/ 0 http://patterns.gillgrencommunication.com/2010/01/26/filters-and-the-scaled-perception-of-the-whole/ http://patterns.gillgrencommunication.com/2010/01/26/filters-and-the-scaled-perception-of-the-whole/#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:46:38 +0000 Ken Gillgren http://patterns.gillgrencommunication.com/?p=447
Just contributed a comment to another great conversation over at Tim Kastelle’s Innovation Leadership Network blog about “Personal Filter, Aggregate, and Connect Strategies,” and felt that I should expand a little here while the creative juices were still bubbling. For reference, here’s my comment: Now I’m realizing that there’s yet another dimension or perspective beyond [...]]]> http://patterns.gillgrencommunication.com/2010/01/26/filters-and-the-scaled-perception-of-the-whole/feed/ 3 http://patterns.gillgrencommunication.com/2010/01/25/anonymity-as-a-seed-of-transparency/ http://patterns.gillgrencommunication.com/2010/01/25/anonymity-as-a-seed-of-transparency/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:00:08 +0000 Ken Gillgren http://patterns.gillgrencommunication.com/?p=433
Time for corrective action.  I have stood and continue to stand among those calling for greater transparency in the public sphere, and particularly in the workings of government. I operate under the assumption that whatever I place online or in email is ultimately available for all to see, by accident or intention.  Everything I post [...]]]> http://patterns.gillgrencommunication.com/2010/01/25/anonymity-as-a-seed-of-transparency/feed/ 4