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Documents relating to Dialogue and Transformative Conferencing

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• [2010] Engaging with the Future with Insights of the Past (63k, 70w)
• [2010] Engaging with the Inexplicable, the Incomprehensible and the Unexpected (166k, 129w)
• [2009] Design of Future Cognition * (6k, 3w)
• [2009] Engaging with Globality through Cognitive Circlets (99k, 143w)
• [2009] Engaging with Globality through Cognitive Crowns (96k, 123w)
• [2009] Engaging with Globality: through cognitive lines, circlets, crowns or holes (67k, 133w)
• [2009] Engaging with Globality through Cognitive Realignment (105k, 149w)
• [2009] Engaging with Globality through Dynamic Complexity (72k, 115w)
• [2009] Engaging with Globality through Knowing Thyself (110k, 225w)
• [2009] Engaging with Globality through Playful Re-categorizing (44k, 114w)
• [2009] Engaging with Osama bin Laden in Swat (20k, 22w)
• [2009] Geometry, Topology and Dynamics of Identity: Annex (37k, 24w)
• [2009] Lipoproblems: Developing a Strategy Omitting a Key Problem (114k, 107w)
• [2009] Overpopulation Debate as a Psychosocial Hazard (111k, 86w)
• [2009] Poetic Engagement with Afghanistan, Caucasus and Iran (162k, 110w)
• [2009] Strategic Dialogue through Poetic Improvisation: web resources (30k, 49w)
• [2009] Transforming the Unsustainable Cost of General Education (63k, 46w)
• [2009] United Nations Overpopulation Denial Conference (145k, 131w)
• [2009] Women and the Underside of Meetings (36k, 44w)
• [2008] Case study: State of the World Forum * (11k, 7w)
• [2008] Climate Change and the Elephant in the Living Room (122k, 128w)
• [2008] Climate of Change Misrepresented as Climate Change (52k, 55w)
• [2008] Cognitive Stealth Technology * (2k)
• [2008] Communication with Whom, about What, Where and Why? (105k, 113w)
• [2008] Engendering the Future through Self-reflexive Group Initiatives (108k, 126w)
• [2008] Geo-engineering Oversight Agency for Thermal Stabilization (GOATS) (71k, 67w)
• [2008] In Quest of Engaging Values: context of the Human Values and Wisdom Project (124k, 39w)
• [2008] In Quest of Optimism Beyond the Edge: through avoidance of the answering process (110k, 99w)
• [2008] Institutionalized Shunning of Overpopulation Challenge: incommunicability of fundamentally inconvenient truth (148k, 108w)
• [2008] Polyhedral Conference Representation as a Catalyst for Innovation (4k, 9w)
• [2008] Polyhedral Representation of Conference Dynamics: integrative configuration of panelists, dialogues, topics and threads (15k, 17w)
• [2008] Self-reflective Embodiment of Transdisciplinary Integration (SETI): the universal criteria of species maturity? (110k, 115w)
• [2008] Strategic Patterns in terms of Knowing, Feeling and Action (67k, 359w)
• [2008] Unknown Undoing: challenge of incomprehensibility of systemic neglect (66k, 70w)
• [2007] BYO: More Meaningful Patterns of Consumption * (3k)
• [2007] Imagining the Real Challenge and Realizing the Imaginal Pathway of Sustainable Transformation (49k, 73w)
• [2007] In Quest of Mnemonic Catalysts -- for comprehension of complex psychosocial dynamics (66k, 90w)
• [2007] Interrelationships between 64 Complementary Approaches to Conferencing (19k, 4w)
• [2007] Interrelationships between 64 Complementary Approaches to Dialogue (19k, 4w)
• [2007] Resonances between Challenging Psychosocial Change Initiatives: Selected web resources (46k, 136w)
• [2007] Rethinking Conference Interfaces (1k, 1w)
• [2007] Universal Declaration of Responsibilities of Human Intercourse: a draft proposal (39k, 79w)
• [2006] Complementary Knowledge Analysis / Mapping Process (22k, 39w)
• [2006] Conformality of 7 WH-questions to 7 Elementary Catastrophes: an exploration of potential psychosocial implications (187k, 155w)
• [2006] Distinguishing Levels and Patterns of Strategic Obsolescence (29k, 24w)
• [2006] Documents relating to Sustainable Dialogue (adapted from I Ching): Anthony Judge (14k, 83w)
• [2006] Documents relating to Transformative Conferencing (adapted from I Ching): Anthony Judge (14k, 83w)
• [2006] Epistemological Challenge of Cognitive Body Odour: exploring the underside of dialogue (55k, 47w)
• [2006] Guidelines for Critical Dialogue between Worldviews: as exemplified by the need for non-antisemitic dialogue with Israelis? (142k, 106w)
• [2006] Guidelines for Sustainable Dialogue * (10k)
• [2006] Human Values Stock Exchange: Investing in shares in a value market of fundamental principles (178k, 157w)
• [2006] Interrelating Cognitive Catastrophes in a Grail-chalice Proto-model: implications of WH-questions for self-reflexivity and dialogue (45k, 50w)
• [2006] Question Avoidance, Evasion, Aversion and Phobia: why we are unable to escape from traps (99k, 90w)
• [2006] Snoring of The Other: a politically relevant psycho-spiritual metaphor? (35k, 39w)
• [2005] Avoiding Dialogue with Alternative Worldviews at any Cost: Timid hypocrisy in responding to terrorism (36k, 43w)
• [2005] Being Positive and Avoiding Negativity: Management challenge of positive vs negative (126k, 118w)
• [2005] Cardioid Attractor Fundamental to Sustainability: 8 transactional games forming the heart of sustainable relationship (90k, 83w)
• [2005] Cui Bono: Groupthink vs Thinking the Unthinkable? Reframing the suffocating consensus in response to 7/7 (307k, 441w)
• [2005] Humour and Play-Fullness: Essential integrative processes in governance, religion and transdisciplinarity (176k, 147w)
• [2005] Thinking in Terror: refocusing the interreligious challenge from thinking after terror (46k, 50w)
• [2005] "Disabilities" Affecting Conference Participation * (10k)
• [2004] Confusion in the Moment of Dialogue: Checklist of patterns of behaviour and attitude inhibiting better dialogue (5k, 9w)
• [2004] Engaging Macrohistory through the Present Moment (46k, 69w)
• [2004] Engaging with Questions of Higher Order: cognitive vigilance required for higher degrees of twistedness (127k, 118w)
• [2004] Errorism vs Terrorism?: Encroachment, Complicity, Denial and Terraism (130k, 162w)
• [2002] Crusading from Washing-Town to Bag-Dad: pre-emptive regime change as the key to sustainable development (24k)
• [2002] Interrelationships between 64 Complementary Approaches to Sustainable Development (63k, 19w)
• [2002] Patterning Archetypal Templates of Emergent Order: implications of diamond faceting for enlightening dialogue (135k, 94w)
• [2002] Selected Websites on Dialogue (24k, 9w)
• [2002] Transforming the Encounter with Terrorism (6k, 1w)
• [2001] Electrical Systems as a Guiding Metaphor for Stages of Group Dialogue (12k, 1w)
• [2001] Enhancing the Quality of Email Dialogue using Artificial Intelligence (36k, 17w)
• [2001] Hybrid International Meetings for Participants on the Move (14k, 4w)
• [2000] Category Manipulation in Global Dialogue * (16k)
• [2000] Communicating with Aliens: the Psychological Dimension of Dialogue (10k, 11w)
• [2000] Designing a Team for Alien Encounter: Communicating with Aliens (Part IV) (25k, 50w)
• [2000] Dialogue Challenges towards the Year 3000 (35k, 3w)
• [2000] Distinguishing Patterns of Assumption in Dialogue with Aliens: Communicating with Aliens (Part III) (84k, 11w)
• [2000] Evaluating Synthesis Initiatives and their Sustaining Dialogues (10k, 5w)
• [2000] International Conferences as Surrogate Universal Spiritual Celebrations (4k)
• [2000] Meeting Industrialization and Package-Processing of Participants (37k, 8w)
• [2000] Test challenges for Alien Encounter: Communicating with Aliens (Part I) (68k, 23w)
• [1999] Beyond Sun, Sea and Sex (1k)
• [1998] Developing an Internet Framework for Creative Dialogue on Irreconcilable Policy Differences (7k)
• [1998] Emptying Meetings and Fulfilling Participants: Ensuring that encounters are fruitful (14k)
• [1998] Enhancing Sustainable Development Strategies through Avoidance of Military Metaphors (76k, 5w)
• [1998] Spherical configuration of interlocking roundtables: Internet enhancement of global self-organization through patterns of dialogue (42k, 41w)
• [1998] Typology of 12 complementary dialogue modes essential to sustainable dialogue (26k)
• [1998] Varieties of Dialogue by Number: Experimental overview by number of perspectives represented (9k, 1w)
• [1997] Aesthetic Challenge of Interfaith Dialogue as Exemplified by Meditation (25k)
• [1997] Community Participant Roles and Contract (44k, 4w)
• [1997] Future Generation through Global Conversation: in quest of collective well-being through conversation in the present moment (41k, 7w)
• [1997] Pattern of Sustainable Community Participant Roles (3k, 1w)
• [1997] Reframing Inter-Faith Relationships (8k, 5w)
• [1997] Reframing Relationships as a Mathematical Challenge: Jerusalem as a Parody of Current Interfaith Dialogue (22k, 1w)
• [1997] Sustaining the Coherence of Dialogue through Apartness: configuration of entities through hypertext (26k, 1w)
• [1997] Transformation Metaphors: dialogue, vision, conferencing, policy, network, community and lifestyle (58k, 10w)
• [1997] Varieties of Dialogue Arenas and Styles: Table (21k, 5w)
• [1996] Creating a Context for More Meaningful Dialogue (7k)
• [1996] Electronic Context of Future International Meetings (10k, 1w)
• [1996] The International School of Ignorance ?: an ongoing experiment in dialogue meeting design (7k)
• [1996] The International School of Ignorance ?: an ongoing experiment in online dialogue meeting design (13k)
• [1996] TAO of Dialogue (6k, 2w)
• [1996] Towards a web framework for synthesis in dialogue: insight capture from the flow of conference interventions (12k)
• [1996] Understanding Sustainable Dialogue: the secret within Bucky's Ball (11k)
• [1995] Action inhibition (Strategic denial: Global Strategies Project)
• [1995] Aesthetics of governance (Envisioning conferencing: Transformative Approaches Project)
• [1995] Competing Models and Visions of Global Order via Function Dominance (Configuring strategic dilemmas in intersectoral dialogue)
• [1995] Concept Tracking in Conferences (7k)
• [1995] Conceptual weaknesses of conferencing (Dialogue: Transformative Approaches Project)
• [1995] Configuring strategic dilemmas in intersectoral dialogue (Strategic ecosystem: Global Strategies Project)
• [1995] Configuring Strategic Dilemmas in Intersectoral Dialogue (Transformative Approaches Project)
• [1995] Current possibilities of implementation (Envisioning conferencing: Transformative Approaches Project)
• [1995] Le doute createur et l'art de la métaphore (1k)
• [1995] Insights from architecture (Envisioning conferencing: Transformative Approaches Project)
• [1995] Insights from drama and dance (Envisioning conferencing: Transformative Approaches Project)
• [1995] Insights from music (Envisioning conferencing: Transformative Approaches Project)
• [1995] Insights from poetry and painting (Envisioning conferencing: Transformative Approaches Project)
• [1995] Inter-sectoral Strategic Dilemmas of Sustainable Development (Configuring strategic dilemmas in intersectoral dialogue)
• [1995] Interparadigmatic dialogue (Epistemological challenges: Global Strategies Project)
• [1995] Interpersonal Strategic Dilemmas of Participation (in a sustainable inter-sectoral meeting)
• [1995] Learnings for the future of dialogue (Dialogue: Transformative Approaches Project)
• [1995] Levels of dialogue (Dialogue: Transformative Approaches Project)
• [1995] Meeting participant contract (Dialogue: Transformative Approaches Project)
• [1995] Metaphors of transformation in conferences (Dialogue: Transformative Approaches Project)
• [1995] Misappropriation of words of power (Strategic denial: Global Strategies Project)
• [1995] Policy forums as metaphors (Dialogue: Transformative Approaches Project)
• [1995] Reframing the unknown (Strategic denial: Global Strategies Project)
• [1995] Representation of Interlocking Elements for a Sustainable Global System (Configuring strategic dilemmas in intersectoral dialogue)
• [1995] Representation of Issue Arenas on Icosidodecahedral Net (Alternate A) (Configuring strategic dilemmas in intersectoral dialogue)
• [1995] Representation of Issue Arenas on Icosidodecahedral Net (Alternate B) (Configuring strategic dilemmas in intersectoral dialogue)
• [1995] Spherical Representation of Icosidodecahedral Net of Strategies (Configuring strategic dilemmas in intersectoral dialogue)
• [1995] Strategies in meetings (Post-crisis opportunities: Global Strategies Project)
• [1995] Structure of concluding declarations (Dialogue: Transformative Approaches Project)
• [1995] Sustainable Dialogue as a Necessary Template for Sustainable Global Community (93k, 1w)
• [1995] Transformative conferencing (Dialogue: Transformative Approaches Project)
• [1995] Unmentionable realities (Strategic denial: Global Strategies Project)
• [1995] Unwritten rules and wishful thinking (Strategic denial: Global Strategies Project)
• [1994] Conference towards Spiritual Concord as a Metaphor of Spiritual Concord (5k, 25w)
• [1994] Organization of Transdisciplinary Conferences (38k, 6w)
• [1994] Reframing Discourse on Sexual Harassment in Conferences (11k, 2w)
• [1994] Time-sharing System in Meetings: Centralized planning vs Free-market economy ? (20k)
• [1994] Transdisciplinarity through Structured Dialogue (43k, 1w)
• [1993] Axes of Bias in Inter-cultural Dialogue (5k, 1w)
• [1993] Clues to the Nature of a Gathering (5k, 1w)
• [1993] Clues to Working Insights in Conferences (5k, 1w)
• [1993] Guide to Friendly International Meeting Centres (6k)
• [1993] Guidelines to Dialogue through Metaphor (17k, 1w)
• [1993] Learnings for the Future of Inter-Faith Dialogue (Part I) (57k, 5w)
• [1993] Meeting Participant Roles and Contract (42k, 4w)
• [1993] Pattern of Meeting Participant Roles: Shadowy 'roundtable' hidden within every meeting (4k, 3w)
• [1993] Possible Meeting Facilitation Services (24k)
• [1993] Premises for an Inter-Cultural Gathering (4k, 1w)
• [1993] Proposal for an Exploratory International Conference: Poetry-making and Policy-making (Part H) (13k, 1w)
• [1993] Structure of Declarations: Challenging Traditional Patterns (6k, 1w)
• [1993] Towards a Language of Spiritual Concord (8k, 1w)
• [1993] Traps and Opportunities of Dialogue (3k, 1w)
• [1992] Axes of Bias in Inter-Sectoral Dialogue (5k, 2w)
• [1992] Configuring Strategic Dilemmas in Intersectoral Dialogue (2k, 5w)
• [1992] Dialogue Statements or forms of Intervention: Tentative typology (3k, 2w)
• [1992] Dilemmas of Inter-Sectoral Dialogue Processes (4k, 2w)
• [1992] General Checklist of Documents Describing the Rationale and Process (Configuring strategic dilemmas in intersectoral dialogue)
• [1992] Geometry of Sustainable Dialogue * (3k, 1w)
• [1992] Inter-Sectoral Dialogue and Sustainable Development: Conveying Earth Summit Insights (7k, 2w)
• [1992] Meta-Conferencing: Integration of the Concept Structure of Debate (18k)
• [1992] Premises for an Inter-Sectoral Dialogue (4k, 2w)
• [1992] Towards Spiritual Concord/ First World Congress towards Spiritual Concord (68k)
• [1992] Varieties of Dialogue Arenas and Styles (11k, 4w)
• [1992] Varieties of Dialogue Arenas and Styles: Table I (22k, 5w)
• [1991] Transformative Conferencing and Dialogue: Collection of papers (7k, 4w)
• [1990] Towards Another Order of Conferencing: insights from the I Ching (2k, 3w)
• [1990] Transformative Conferencing: re-enchantment of networking through conceptware (58k, 10w)
• [1988] Energy Patterns in Conferences: a context for higher levels of integration (134k, 14w)
• [1985] Sustaining the Quality of Dialogue * (3k)
• [1984] Comment: Towards Transformative Conferencing and Dialogue (Part A) (4k, 1w)
• [1984] Complementary Metaphors of Discourse: Towards Transformative Conferencing and Dialogue (Part I) (21k, 1w)
• [1984] Configurative Metaphors: Towards Transformative Conferencing and Dialogue (Part J) (8k, 1w)
• [1984] Differences in Style of Artistic and Policy Endeavour: Towards Transformative Conferencing and Dialogue (Part P) (15k, 1w)
• [1984] Envisioning the Perfect Meeting: Towards Transformative Conferencing and Dialogue (Part B) (6k, 2w)
• [1984] Focus Subtleties (Meeting Magic): Towards Transformative Conferencing and Dialogue (Part H) (6k, 1w)
• [1984] Integrative Failure: Towards Transformative Conferencing and Dialogue (Part C) (5k, 1w)
• [1984] Integrative Skills: Towards Transformative Conferencing and Dialogue (Part D) (4k, 1w)
• [1984] Losing Meeting Focus: Towards Transformative Conferencing and Dialogue (Part G) (4k, 1w)
• [1984] Meeting Focus (a checklist): Towards Transformative Conferencing and Dialogue (Part F) (4k, 1w)
• [1984] Meeting Focus (a description): Towards Transformative Conferencing and Dialogue (Part E) (7k, 1w)
• [1984] Meetings as Metaphors: Towards Transformative Conferencing and Dialogue (Part M) (5k, 1w)
• [1984] Modelling Meetings (Analogies and Metaphors): Towards Transformative Conferencing and Dialogue (Part N) (8k, 1w)
• [1984] Non-Linear Agendas and Linear Thinking: Towards Transformative Conferencing and Dialogue (Part T) (5k, 1w)
• [1984] Participant Entrapment (Alienation of Committed Activists): Towards Transformative Conferencing and Dialogue (Part R) (4k, 1w)
• [1984] Participant Entrapment (Repetition of Learning Cycles): Towards Transformative Conferencing and Dialogue (Part S) (3k, 1w)
• [1984] Participant Interaction Modes: Towards Transformative Conferencing and Dialogue (Part O) (3k, 1w)
• [1984] Participant Personality Needs and Problems: Towards Transformative Conferencing and Dialogue (Part Q) (4k, 1w)
• [1984] Pattern Language for Participants: Towards Transformative Conferencing and Dialogue (Part U) (10k, 2w)
• [1984] Self-constraining Configurations (Communication Patterns): Towards Transformative Conferencing and Dialogue (Part L) (4k, 1w)
• [1984] Self-constraining Configurations (Energy Dissipation): Towards Transformative Conferencing and Dialogue (Part K) (5k, 1w)
• [1984] Transformative Conferencing: Problems and possibilities on the new frontier of high-risk gatherings concerning social development (15k, 21w)
• [1983] Alternating between Complementary Conditions: dialogue, vision, conference, policy, network, community and lifestyle (43k, 3w)
• [1983] Interrelating Incompatible Viewpoints: dialogue, vision, conference, policy, network, community and lifestyle (35k, 2w)
• [1983] Patterning Transformative Change: dialogue, vision, conference, policy, network, community and lifestyle (21k, 5w)
• [1982] Conference Transformations: Maturing the reflective, focusing and transformative power of large-group conferences (118k, 2w)
• [1981] Beyond Method: engaging opposition in psycho-social organization (106k, 7w)
• [1981] Metaconferencing possibilities: discovering people / viewpoint networks in conferences (22k, 4w)
• [1981] Togetherbound: a gathering of the mad (37k, 1w)
• [1980] Metaconferencing: discovering people / viewpoint networks in conferences (86k, 11w)
• [1980] Participant Interaction Messaging: improving the conference process (69k, 8w)
• [1979] Computer-enhanced Communication Environment for an International Conference Centre (114k)
• [1979] Development beyond Science to Wisdom (58k, 13w)
• [1979] Meeting Thoughts, Visions and Speculations: a destructured congress (43k, 1w)
• [1978] A Congress that Dared the Unthinkable: report on the First New Age Congress (31k, 2w)
• [1978] Enhancement of Communications between Commonwealth Organizations using Computer-conferencing Techniques (80k)
• [1978] Facilitating the networking processes of a transnational university using computer conferencing (69k, 7w)
• [1978] First World New Age Congress (Florence, 1978) (10k)
• [1978] Interrelating Viewpoints in Complex Meetings (48k, 3w)
• [1977] A Meeting-related Information Exchange Facility -- within a computer conferencing environment (83k, 2w)
• [1977] Computer Conferencing as a Means of Enhancing Communication at a Large Conference / Festival (57k, 1w)
• [1977] Organization of Meetings for Discussion of Complex Issues (28k, 4w)
• [1975] Meeting Failure and Participant Frustration (25k, 4w)
• [1975] Meeting Types: Old and New (12k, 5w)
• [1975] Technical Facilitation of Meeting Dynamics and Participant Inter-action (57k, 1w)
• [1975] Technical facilitation of meeting dynamics and participant interaction (24k, 3w)
• [1975] Towards an Outline of a Self-Reflexive Conference (1k, 1w)
• [1974] Conference Series on Social Catalysis: proposed (37k)
• [1974] Social Transmutation Conference: Details of possible themes (39k)
• [1971] Summary of Functions Performed by NGO Conferences (9k, 3w)
• [1971] Use of Multi-Meetings: Proposal for Improvement to NGO / UN Relationships (94k, 1w)
• [1964] Proceedings of International Meetings: Analysis of a bibliography (66k, 2w)
• [_Nodate] Research on Transformative Conferences and Dialogue (16k, 23w)

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