Helpful Resources for Facilitators

From Tenneson

My Products for Purchase

In My Nature (Poetry), Most Mornings (Poetry), The Circle Way Essence Cards, A Participatory Leadership Journal (for faith communities), A Cadence of Despair.

My Articles & Newsletters / Podcasts & Videos

On The Art of Hosting, on Leadership, on Human to Human depth, on Presence.

My Poems

A small selection of what has become an essential medium for my learning, my expression, my artistry, and my invitations. It’s what I infuse to my work of facilitation and working with groups. These go along with my three publications of poetry: In My Nature (CentreSpoke 2023), Most Mornings (CentreSpoke 2022), and A Cadence of Despair: Poems and Reflections on Heartbreak, Loss and Renewal (CentreSpoke 2020).

My Photos

A few samples of what gatherings that I convene look like. It’s people in connection. It’s learning. It’s a few frameworks to guide.

From Others

Frameworks

Behind methods are always frameworks and world views that amplify impact and purpose. Here’s a list of about 15 that shape the inquiry I create with groups.

Theories

So much of this work comes back to Living Systems Theory, Self-Organization, and Emergence.

Websites

A few of the sites I visit often or point people to when they are looking for additional resources.

Videos

On methods, on ways of being, and a few surprises that I just find delightful and inspiring in the bigger stories of our times.

Books

A few written by others that I have dog-eared, and am glad to have near me.

Articles

A few written by others, that have helped guide me many times.

Gifts of Circle - Question Cardsasd
Gifts of Circle is 30 short essays divided into 4 sections: 1) Circle's Bigger Purpose, 2) Circle's Practice, 3) Circle's First Requirements, and 4) Circle's Possibility for Men. From the Introduction: "Circle is what I turn to in the most comprehensive stories I know -- the stories of human beings trying to be kind and aware together, trying to make a difference in varied causes for which we need to go well together. Circle is also what I turn to in the most immediate needs that live right in front of me and in front of most of us -- sharing dreams and difficulties, exploring conflicts and coherences. Circle is what I turn to. Circle is what turns us to each other."

Question Cards is an accompanying tool to Gifts of Circle. Each card (34) offers a quote from the corresponding chapter in the book, followed by sample questions to grow your Circle hosting skills and to create connection, courage, and compassionate action among groups you host in Circle.

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In My Nature
is a collection of 10 poems. From A Note of Beginning: "This collection of poems arises from the many conversations I've been having about nature. Nature as guide. Nature as wild. Nature as organized. I remain a human being that so appreciates a curious nature in people. That so appreciates questions that pick fruit from inner being, that gather insights and intuitions to a basket, and then brings the to table to be enjoyed and shared over the next week."

This set of Note Cards (8 cards + envelopes)  quotes a few favorite passages from poems in In My Nature. I offer them as inspiration. And leave room for you to write personal notes.

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Most Mornings is a collection of 37 poems. I loved writing them. From the introduction: "This collection of poems comes from some of my sense-making that so often happens in the morning, nurtured by overnight sleep. The poems sample practices. They sample learnings. They sample insights and discoveries. They sample dilemmas and concerns."

This set of Note Cards (8 cards + envelopes)  quotes a few favorite passages from poems in Most Mornings. I offer them as inspiration. And leave room for you to write personal notes.

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