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The Circle Way
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The Circle Way

by Christina Baldwin, Ann Linnea
March 2010
Intermediate to advanced
218 pages
6h 51m
English
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
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CHAPTER2The Components of Circle

Every conversation has an infrastructure, an understood pattern of participation. The conversational structure of PeerSpirit Circle Process is outlined here through a map known as the Components of Circle. The entire process is first presented here as a reference within the longer narrative, explicated in Chapters 3 through 6, and placed in the context of circle as a social art form in the remaining chapters of the book.

This chapter serves as the operator’s manual to actual circle practice. The information here is like that little booklet in the box that says “Some assembly required” in seven languages. To assemble the circle you will need the following skills: interest in other people, a good question, and a ...

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