Turning to One Another: What's On This Site?

This web site has two main purposes:

To provide you with resources and processes for hosting good conversations. We provide these resources to encourage you to begin hosting conversations, or to strengthen the conversations you've already begun.

To highlight the many places and initiatives that are using conversation as part of their work. There are so many conversation-based projects underway around the world that it's difficult to keep this list updated! And it is by no means complete. We wanted you to know that there is a world in conversation, and that there are many people who have already pioneered the way. As you begin your own conversations, you are not alone, but part of a growing global community using conversations in their work and lives.

About the Book describes in more detail the book that generated this website, Turning to One Another: Simple Conversations to Restore Hope to the Future.

How to Start offers some very simple means to start a conversation. We've kept these as simple as possible. We also list two excellent resources, one, for a method for hosting deep conversations, and two, for a method of hosting conversations among large groups. Their websites provide detailed information for learning these specific methods.

World in Communication offers links to many conversation-based projects around the world. On each of their websites, you can learn in great detail how conversation is being used to further their work.

Learnings and Stories is a place to learn of others' experiences, and to share your own. On this page, you may respond to a few questions about your personal experience with conversation. We will then post these stories and learnings. Together, we can learn a great deal, and become wiser and more confident conversation hosts.

Calendar provides information on two different kinds of events. The first are those events related to the book Turning to One Another. The second are those events hosted by other organizations that provide skills in conversation or that are sponsoring conversations and inviting you to join in.

Library offers articles, books, and websites that detail the many and varied uses of conversation, including its application in corporate strategy making, community development, teaching and learning, personal relationships, global change initiatives, community healing and reconciliation.

Please browse around these different pages and see what is most helpful to you. We also welcome your suggestions as to other information that would be helpful.

And we also rely on you to let us know of conversation-based projects and resources that would be helpful to all of us. Please correspond with us at library@turningtooneanother.net

All photos by Margaret Wheatley.

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