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Seeds of Compassion and Compassion Circles

Seeds of Compassion is a 5 day gathering in Seattle, April 11-15, 2008; a collaboration with the Dalai Lama designed to "plant hope" and "nature kindness and compassion in the world, starting with children and all those who touch their lives".

I was touched to listen to this video by the Dalai Lama, speaking about his concern and hopes for the future of humanity, of which he reminds us we are all a part.

Educator and World Café host Ashley Cooper has been 'on the scene' in Seattle, supporting the Seeds of Compassion by event by bringing World Café principles and practices to the table. She has been helping to design Compassion Circles, spaces for dialogue that will support the Seeds of Compassion event, as well as inform conversations leading up to and following it.

Here is Ashley's report on the way this space will be created and used during the conference:

BK Author Videos

Berrett Koehler, publishers of The World Cafe: Shaping Our Futures Through Conversations That Matter, interviewed co-author Juanita Brown for one of the first of their new author video series:

Gift Economy

One of the gifts of the World Café is continually being invited into great conversations. 

One such conversation happened last week when social visionary Nipun Mehta joined us in Mill Valley to reflect on the principles and resourcing practices at the heart of CharityFocus, the non-profit started in 1999 as an experiment in the gift economy. 

Our interaction stimulated some wonderful creative thought; afterwards Nipun wrote this post summarizing his ideas.

What are your thoughts on resourcing? How do you envision the "gift economy"?

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