"Us" and "Them" - The Importance of Language in Creating a Shared Vision of Change
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“Us” and “Them” The Importance of Language in Creating a Shared Vision of Change Dennis Deery [email protected] http://irishrose.biz
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This presentation for the Community Development Society Annual Conference 2013 explores how language shapes communities and their ability to come together behind a shared vision.
Transcript of "Us" and "Them" - The Importance of Language in Creating a Shared Vision of Change
“Us” and “Them”The Importance of Language
in Creating a SharedVision of Change
Dennis [email protected]://irishrose.biz
my home, your playground
communitas
togetherness
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…it must be admitted that the political skills, which order the life of the larger community, always lag behind the technical skills which create the potential society in which a greater order is required. -- Reinhold Niebuhr