Dialogue resources

Dialogue Organisations
            Democratic Dialogue
            The Dialogue Group
            National Coalition for Dialogue&Deliberation
            Peace Dialogue
            Sustained Dialogue
            The World Café


Theoretical (what is)
Web-pages and online articles
                Beyond Intractibility on Dialogue
            Assessing the Impact of Dialogue Processes
            Dialogue makes a difference


Books and articles
See "Books and articles"



   Practical (how to)
             Mapping Dialogue: Dialogue tools
            Handbook for (Democratic) Dialogue

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        Peace network
         Alliance for Peacebuilding
Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict
            Global Peacebuilders
         European Centre for Conflict Prevention
            Peace Africa
            Peace and Collaborative Development Network
            Pioneers of Change
            Reconciliation Resource Network



   Peace organisations
             Berghof Handbook for Conflict Transformation
   Centre for Conflict Resolution
             The Desmond Tutu Peace Centre
             Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconcilation
             Institute for War and Peace Reporting
             International Alert
             Peace Boat
             Peacemakers...
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Books

Abu-Nimer, Mohammed. Dialogue, Conflict Resolution, and Change: Arab-Jewish Encounters in Israel. New York: State University of New York, 1999.

Bohm, David, and Lee Nichol, ed. On Dialogue. New York: Routledge, 1996.

Bojer, Marianne; Heiko Roel; Marianne Knuth; Colleen Magner. Mapping Dialogue. Essential Tools for Social Change, Taos Institute Publications, Ohio, 2008.

Dixon, Nancy M. Dialogue at Work. London, UK: Lemos and Crane, 1998.

Ellinor, Linda, and Glenna Gerard. Dialogue: Rediscover the Transforming Power of Conversation. New York: John Wiley&Sons, 1998.

Heierbacher, Sandy. Needs and Strategies of Today's Dialogue Groups: A Survey of 75 Leaders of Dialogue Organizations. Brattleboro, VT: Center...
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There were long pauses of silence between our words. The night before she had remarked how good it smelled outside. It was the clear smell of fall and we knew the summer for sure had come to an end. She had brought her cup of coffee and a pack of cigarettes outside. I clung to my cigarette as so often before when we had been sitting outside on some stairs talking and smoking. But this morning was different. Our voices so low and dark, her face so closed, and why did she sound so bitter when she said she was sorry she had hurt me? Small, transparent petals came with the wind from the threes nearby, half shining in the half sun, falling in intricate circles. We had never been here before. How stupid of me to belief that all our mistakes together would prevent us from making new ones. There were no general conclusions to...
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Why Dialogue?

Dialogue as relational communication Dialogue is face-to-face gatherings of people meeting to address collective challenges, with facilitators using dialogue tools as a method to create a safe space that opens for new ways to communicate and relate to each other. It is a special form of communication using active listening and respectful, honest speaking. The goal is not to win (as in a discussion) or to create an agreement (as in negotiation), but to share and learn from each other, see from different point of views and get new perspectives. Most importantly, it is a way of addressing collective challenges that at the same time addresses each others humanity. One communicates not only impersonal opinions, but take part in the dialogue 'as a whole person' with a life-history, personal experiences...
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ISFiT Dialogue Groups 2011

Dialogue Caucasus