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Start: 12:00 pm
VB Reads…Engaged Citizens Book Group Authors DO NOT attend.
Join Mary Dumas in the Readings Gallery on the 3rd Wednesday of each month to discuss books exploring how to create a more civil and engaged community. Brown bag lunches encouraged. Anyone interested in exploring their role as an engaged citizen is welcome.
The Magic of Dialogue, by Daniel Yankelovich
In this groundbreaking work, famed social scientist and world-famous public opinion expert Daniel Yankelovich reinvents the ancient art of dialogue. Successful managers have always known how to make decisions and mobilize coworkers. But as our businesses continue to expand, conversations and discussions just aren't enough to bring people and their different agendas together anymore. Dialogue, when properly practiced, will align people with a shared vision, and help them realize their full potential as individuals and as a team. Drawing on decades of research and using real life examples, The Magic of Dialogue outlines specific strategies for maneuvering in a wide range of situations and teaches managers, leaders, business people, and other professionals how to succeed in the new global economy, where more players participate in decision-making than ever before
Start: 7:00 pm
Europe's Promise masterfully conveys how Europe has taken the lead in this make-or-break century challenged by a worldwide economic crisis and global warming. Here Hill shows how Europe's leadership manifests in five major areas: economic strength (Europe’s now the world's wealthiest trading bloc, nearly as large as the U.S. and China combined); the best health care and other workfare supports; widespread use of renewable energy technologies and conservation; the world's most advanced democracies; and regional networks of trade, foreign aid, and investment that link one-third of the world to the European Union. "Europe's Promise should startle, inform, and galvanize Americans in raising the ante in favor of a political economy where people matter first."—Ralph Nader
Steven Hill is Director of the Political Reform Program for the New America Foundation and author of 10 Steps to Repair American Democracy and other books on politics. His articles have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, Salon.com, The Nation, International Herald Tribune, The Guardian, Prospect, and many other publications and websites.
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2012 Chuckanut Writers Conference
