RESOURCES: SAMPLE PRESENTATIONS... BY JIM ROUGH

“I believe what Jim is presenting has no alternative. There is no other way!” - Dr. Albrecht Mahr, consultant and organizer of conferences on collective wisdom


  • Society's Breakthrough: A New Realism of Hope | Presentation | Alumni weekend at Occidental College | June 14, 2008 | Los Angeles, CA
  • A Shortcut to Solving the Crisis of Society | Keynote Presentation & Demonstration, 4th International Conference on Fields of Conflict/Fields of Wisdom | May 9-11, 2008 | Wuerzburg Germany
  • The Wisdom Council as a Strategy for The Great Turning | Keynote (SEE THIS TALK!) & Demonstration | Conference on The Great Turning sponsored by Audubon Expedition Institute of Lesley University | October 17-20, 2007 | Geneva Point Conference Center, Moultonboro, NH
  • The Wisdom Council and Dynamic Facilitation: Forging a Path Towards Wise Democracy | Workshop & Presentation | International Policy Governance Association's 4th Conference, Create the Freedom to Excel | June 21-24, 2007 | Alexandria, VA
  • True Democracy and the Wisdom Council Process | Keynote Presentation & Workshop | Wise Democracy Weekend | October 2006 | Victoria, BC
  • The Wisdom Council: A Tool for Empowering "We the People" | Workshop | National Conference on Dialogue and Deliberation| August 3-6, 2006 | San Francisco, CA
  • Innovation in Community Engagement | Keynote & Demonstration | Interactive Learning with World Experts| November 10-11, 2005 | Perth, Australia
  • Transformational Talking | Workshop | 5th Annual Public Sector Quality Conference for Washington State | October 2000 | Seattle, WA
  • Quantum Dialogues | Workshop | Creative Problem Solving Institute | June 2000 | Buffalo, NY
  • Overview of Choice-creating | Workshop| published in the proceedings for the International Association of Facilitators | January 1999 | Williamsburg, VA
  • Dynamic Facilitation: The New Paradigm of Leadership | Keynote & Workshops | National Speaker's Association | February 1998 | Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA
  • Dynamic Facilitation Skills | Keynote | Midwest Facilitation Network | October 1997 | Chicago, IL
  • A Conversation about Transforming Government | Workshop | Annual Public Sector Conference| September 1997 | Tacoma, WA
  • Facilitative Leadership | Keynote | Gartner Group Information Technology Executive Program | October 1996 | Palm Beach, FL
  • Reinventing Democracy | World Future Society | July 1996 | Washington, DC
  • Advanced Facilitation | Workshop | National Conference of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service | December 1995 | St. Augustine, FL
  • Understanding Systems, Paradigms, and Transformations | Workshop | Creative Problem Solving Institute | June 1995 | Buffalo, NY
  • Facilitating for Breakthroughs | Workshop | Conference for the New American Workplace | December 1994 | Washington, DC
  • How to be an Expert Facilitator | Keynote | International Association of Business Communicators | October 1994 | Vancouver, BC
  • Creating Participatory Systems | Keynote | Conference on Leadership in Turbulent Times | May 1994 | Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA