Recent Discussion Topics

	Topic	Planted By	Last Posted To
	did the conversation die?	clyde about 1 year ago	about 1 year ago
	Have you ever had a positive performance appraisal experience?	John about 1 year ago	about 1 year ago
	Can an e-mail substitute for a conversation? Why or why not?	John about 1 year ago	about 1 year ago
	Can a conversation be based on a lie?	John about 1 year ago	about 1 year ago
	Excellent theme!	Happiness over 2 years ago	about 1 year ago
	back to school	eyyo about 1 year ago	about 1 year ago
	I'm listening!	Elle over 2 years ago	over 2 years ago
	Conversations: Blessed Lesson Gifted by the Universe	Paccha Mamma Kat over 2 years ago	over 2 years ago

Welcome to learning conversations. My passion is creating learning in communities. All communities, from small to large. I do this through conversation. Conversation is not discussion, debate, or even dialogue, even though it is closest to dialogue. I use the word conversation deliberately.

Con versare: To Dance Together is a paper that I wrote that captures the foundation of my work in conversation. The one quote that captures this more than anything else is:

Conversation is the natural way we humans think together –Wheatley

Conversation is in essence an experiential feeling based exchange. It is not dry or matter of fact, it is as though you are in an intimate exchange with a friend. When you lose your self while talking with someone else you are in conversation. You are in a dance together. Tools I use include World Cafe, circles, and a myriad of other collaborative and cooperative tools and strategies. All of then drive conversation when they are at their best.

Learing is the outcome of conversation and that is why this group is a learning conversation group. I welcome a conversation about this important topic and maybe we all will learn a bit more about how we learn together.