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How can we discover a depth of wisdom together that is far beyond what is available to us as lone individuals?

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A Colab (short for Collaboration Laboratory) is a group facilitation experience specifically designed to achieve a mutually created meaningful vision or goal.

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Posted on February 8, 2010 - by Vic Desotelle

COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCY-NEED OF THE HOUR

Learning Communities

DR.R.SRINIVASAN asked: INTRODUCTION:Everybody and everything around us keep on conveying something. This transmission by X can become a communication only when Y responds to it. This is parallel to the Radio and T.V. Stations joyful programmes and our reception of them only after switching on the Radio or Television in our homes. The sheer functioning-condition [...]

Posted on February 6, 2010 - by Vic Desotelle

5 “E”s Necessary for E-Learning PowerPoint Presentation

Learning Communities

pptarticle asked: Affordable and accessible, e-Learning is seizing a large portion of learning activities both in schools and in corporations. And the rapid growth of Internet and multimedia technologies including PowerPoint, flash, video and DVD, contributes a great to e-Learning in making it available to a multitude of learners with ease and flexibility. Among the [...]

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Sustainability as Whole-System Catalyst to New Forms of Innovation

Sustainability as Whole-System Catalyst to New Forms of Innovation
Since the concept of ’sustainability’ is feathered into most future forms of innovation, I’d like to suggest a few pages below that list concepts of “Sustainable Innovation”.

What is Sustainable Innovation
http://discoveryfuel.com/what-is-sustainable-innovation/
Deep Innovation for our future goes beyond ‘technologies’ as mere device structures, but also design integration processes [...]

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Innovation is a misrepresented characterization of humanity’s creative process.

Innovation is a misrepresented characterization of humanity’s creative process. It is too often used to describe the entire process of manifestation. Actually, INNOVATION is sandwiched between INSPIRATION and INVENTION. This more (w)holistically describes a full creative cycle.
More . . .

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Principles of Regenerative Commerce

Regenerative Commerce is a system based on a broader understanding of what it means to develop technology and business. DiscoveryFuel.com proposes that, using these principles, a region’s economic system can revitalize itself and perform beyond today’s assumptions and expectations. The following represent shifts in awareness of the models we use to create and innovate within [...]

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