Conversation, Collaboration

and Community Change

Join author and internationally recognized community

builder Paul Born for an interactive workshop on facilitating
community conversations that result in social and economic
change.
■■ Explore how communities are leading powerful conversations for change
■■ Learn to host strategic conversations and attract the right leadership
■■ Advance your community’s agenda with innovative mobilization techniques
■■ Embrace the power of citizen engagement and multi sector collaboration

JUNE 16, 2011 n VANCOUVER, BC

 This workshop ■■ Desire new ways to lead, engage and transform your community

is for those ■■ Work on issues such as community engagement, health and well-being, poverty reduction,
local government, community sustainability, neighbourhood renewal, crime prevention, youth
who: development, citizen engagement, local food systems and other collaborative ideas.
■■ Manage or work within a collaborative team
■■ Are contemplating the start-up or renewal of a collaborative initiative
2 ■■ Are a key supporter of community engagement and collaboration including NGOs, businesses;
funders and national, provincial or local government

What people are saying about Community Conversations

“I work from the firm belief that ‘Whatever the problem, community is the answer.’ Community Conversations teaches
us how to make that statement true. The stories, examples and processes gathered together in one lovely book
hopefully will inspire you to become active in creating the conversations that will weave our communities into health
and new capacity.” ~ Margaret J. Wheatley, Author of Leadership and the New Science and Turning to One Another:
Simple Conversations to Restore Hope to the Future

“Paul Born’s Community Conversations draws from decades of experience to illuminate the strong and effective
ideas that emerge when diverse participants meet together over well-mediated conversations. The book is replete
with inspirational stories and how-to tips, delivered with clear writing, gentle humour, and reflective commentary that
provide powerful insights into community-based dialogue.” ~ Mark L. Winston Academic Director and Fellow, Centre
for Dialogue Simon Fraser University

“Paul Born has done a masterful job of demonstrating the power of community conversations. The combination of first
hand stories, concepts that make sense and practical advice will make this a favourite book for community leaders,
facilitators and activists.” ~ Brenda Zimmerman, PhD, Director, Health Industry Management Program - Associate
Professor of Strategy/Policy, Schulich School of Business. Co-author of Getting to Maybe, How the World is Changed
Context for the Workshop
Communities around the world are entering a new era of community building. Whether improving economic conditions and reducing poverty, re-
energizing citizens and social programs, reducing crime, or revitalizing a troubled neighbourhood, they are engaging people from all sectors as never
before to work together as equals to improve their quality of life. At the heart of this engagement are community conversations, in which common goals
are embraced by a diverse array of people with different backgrounds and needs, and influencers are drawn from multiple sectors, including community
organizations, the various levels of government, and business big and small.

Keynote speaker and workshop facilitator, Paul Born will provide exciting tips to help you engage your community in creating and implementing a vision
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for positive change. Paul will lead the group through the reasons and the process of community and engaging citizens, in exploring partnerships, and in
developing, maintaining, and enhancing partnerships for the benefit of your organisation and community. He will also lead us in conversations about the
new forms of collaborative leadership required for community change today.

Throughout the day Workshop participants will spend time in dialogue and explore at least four different types of conversations focussed on questions
that matter to our community. Experience a range of community conversation techniques that engage large groups of people in exploring better futures.

This workshop will be highly interactive and practical and is full of informative and inspiring examples of conversations that built collaboration and sparked
community change. Learn how to:

■■ Select the right people for your conversations

■■ Host four different kinds of conversations (techniques)

Register online:
■■ Engage your entire community http://tamarackcommunity.ca/CC_Tour.html
■■ Collaborate strategically with key stakeholders
Please email any inquires to:
■■ Mobilize a multi sector collaboration leisa@tamarackcommunity.ca
About Paul Born Logistics & Registration Information
The workshop fee is $249 (inc HST) and includes registration,
Paul Born is a master storyteller who infuses
workshop handouts and lunch, as well as a copy of Paul Born’s best
his work, relationships, community and life with selling book, Community Conversations.
the magic of conversation. He is the author
of three books including the highly acclaimed Click here to register or visit: http://tamarackcommunity.ca/CC_Tour.html
Community Conversations and the newly
released Creating Vibrant Communities which For further information please contact Leisa Nichol at the Tamarack■
tells the story of a national collaborative that has office by phone 519-885-5155 or email leisa@tamarackcommunity.ca
to date helped nearly 200,000 people on their
journey out of poverty. His Masters thesis entitled Workshop Location:
Leaderful Communities was recently published in
Centre for Dialogue - Simon Fraser University■
Germany.
Segal Graduate School of Business, Rooms 1200 – 1500■
500 Granville Street■
Paul is the President and co-founder of Tamarack - An Institute for Community Vancouver, BC V6C 1W6
Engagement - Canada’s leading authority on community change and
collaborative leadership.
Local Partners
Paul’s work has been internationally recognized, with awards from the United
Nations, the Conference Board, Imagine, and the Governor General of Canada
for his innovative approaches to community development. Paul holds a Masters
in Leadership lives in Waterloo, Canada, and grew up as a Mennonite refugee
inspired by Buddhism and Yoga. He is also a dad who loves to cook.

Learn more about:

■■ Paul Born web page: http://paulborn.ca

■■ Tamarack website: http://tamarackcommunity.ca