After an enjoyable evening out with friends or family, I often remark, “we solved all the problems of the world.” It is meant as high praise: the conversation covered broad topics but reached consensus of a sort, even if it was a little hazy. Whether it’s a dinner party, going out in the evening… Read more »
Name: Tiyo Hallock Hometown: Asheville, NC Sponsoring Organization: Creative Facilitators Date Launched: October 2017 What attracted you to Ben Franklin Circles? I’ve done a lot of work with various facilitation methods. I was attracted to how the structure allows the participants to explore principles first and foremost, and then sets the groundwork for action… Read more »
About a month ago, I went to my first Ben Franklin Circle. We sit and discuss one of the 13 virtues of Ben Franklin (justice, silence, chastity, etc.) and talk about how we want to apply it in our lives. In our most recent circle, we discussed frugality. We typically associate frugality with our… Read more »
Name: Arrowyn Ambrose Hometown: Los Angeles Sponsoring Organization(s): Eastside Mindfulness Collective, Center for Council & Story Tribe Date Launched: January 2017 What attracted you to Ben Franklin Circles? I have been running community circles for some time now. After the Inauguration, responding to my desire to be proactive, my friend told me about Ben… Read more »
Disruption is all the rage these days — it keeps spinning through the technology and business orbits; now it’s infiltrating our politics. For that matter, many in the field are encouraging every one of us to be a disruptor, that is to disrupt the status quo. At the same time, the runaway… Read more »
I recently joined a Ben Franklin Circle in Washington DC. In our meeting, we discussed Ben Franklin’s virtue of resolution: “Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.” Resolution has always sounded a lot like “how to get things done” or “how to improve your follow-through” to me…. Read more »