Upcoming Circles
Open 3Practice Zoom Circles are free . We require registration to discourage trolls
Things are quiet here at the closing of the year. We’ll kick off again on Friday, January 3rd.
In 2024, there were nearly 400 open 3Practice Zoom Circles.
[There were 392 open Zoom circles, if you’re keeping score at home]
And, in 2024, there were more organizational, institutional, and community circles than we can count.
[We haven’t even tried to count the number of circles in higher education, government agencies, hospitals, religious communities, businesses, organizational ombuds offices, and community groups… It seems like asking bakers how many times they plugged in a mixer this year … like asking writers how often they opened a dictionary.…]
For organizational leaders, a 3Practice Circle is a tool: they use it when it’s the right tool for the job to help them do what they’re already doing to help people find clarity and connection across the boundaries and barriers that, let’s face it, make it harder to get along than it has to be.
So we keep training Refs to use 3Practice Circles in a wider, wilder span of settings than we could have imagined when we began.
We train in two ways (mostly): In private cohorts for organizations of all sorts, and in open cohorts that welcome all comers.
Reffing isn’t for everyone, but maybe it’s for you, or someone you know. If now seems like a good time start using 3Practice Circles as a tool to help your community or organization, register for the January cohort, or drop us a note.
Or, maybe you’d like to “send a kid to camp” with a tax-deductible year-end gift to Listenocracy — our fund for spreading 3Practice Ref training and 3Q Check-in Manager training to individuals and groups who can’t afford it on their own.
We’ll kick back in with 3Practice Zoom Circles this Thursday . Jan 02.
Thu . Jan 02 . 9p Johannesburg . 8p London . 2p Chi . 3p NY . Noon LA
Here's my word for the new year or why I don't choose one.
A 3Practice Discovery Circle refereed by Teresa Edwards and Friends
Fri . Jan 03 . 9p Johannesburg . 8p London . 2p Chi . 3p NY . Noon LA
What a Year . Here’s a reflection on 2024 as the New Year Dawns
A 3Practice Discovery Circle with Teresa Edwards + Jim Hancock
Mon . Jan 06 . 5p Johannesburg . 4p London . 11a NY . 10a Chi . 9a LA
This is a book, movie or show that really spoke to me......
A 3Practice Discovery Circle refereed by Teresa Edwards and Friends
Mon . Jan 06 . 6p NY . 5p Chi . 4p Den . 3p LA
American politics: We broke it, we bought it. Now what do we do about it?
A 75-minute 3Practice Circle with Elaine Bearden + Jim Hancock
Tue . Jan 07 . 3p NY . 2p Chi . 1p Den . Noon LA
This is something I’m afraid of / nervous about in 2025…
A 3Practice Circle with Jim Hancock + Elaine Bearden
Wed . Jan 08 . 3p NY . 2p Chi . 1p Den . Noon LA
Here is where I find hope
A 3Practice Circle referred by Michelle Bodle
Thu . Jan 09 . 3p NY . 2p Chi . 1p Den . Noon LA
I think, if [you fill in the blank] were easy, everyone would be doing it.
A 3Practice Circle with Elaine Bearden + Teresa Edwards
Mon . Jan 13 . 3p NY . 2p Chi . 1p Den . Noon LA
Purpose = productivity = pride … is this good, bad, or both?
A 3Practice Discovery Circle refereed by Teresa Edwards and Friends
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Wed . Jan 15 . 7p LA
New beginnings: Here is how plan to incorporate a spiritual discipline to strengthen my relationship with God in the coming year?
A 3 Practice Circle with Grace King + David Cobia
Mon . Jan 20 . 3p NY . 2p Chi . 1p Den . Noon LA
It's Martin Luther King Day and the Inauguration.....here's what's on my mind.
A 3Practice Discovery Circle with Teresa Edwards and Friends
Mon . Jan 20 . 8p NY . 7p Chi . 6p Den . 5p LA
Never mind 2024 . . . How will you live your democracy in 2025?
A 3Practice Discovery Circle with Elaine Bearden + Friends
Wed . Jan 29 . 3p NY . 2p Chi . 1p Den . Noon LA
If I didn't need to worry about earning a living, I would love to dedicate my time to...
A 3 Practice Discovery Circle Reffed by Michelle Bodle
* Insight Circles
3Practice Insight Circles are based on publicly available books, videos, speeches, articles, visual art, and other sources.
People who’ve interacted with the source personally may take two minutes to express their thoughts in the Circle, and then answer Clarifying Questions from others.
Anyone may ask Clarifying Questions, beginning with the words, “I’d be curious to know.”
As always, no one is required to speak.
** Religious Themes
Some folks bring religious sensibilities to 3Practice Circles, and some Circles address explicitly religious themes.
Don’t read too much into that. By design, 3Practice Circles are neither religious nor non-religious.
That said, if you use religious jargon, you may find that others don’t know what you’re talking about. So, if your goal is clarity, start with your vocabulary.
In any event, whatever our beliefs, politics, and lived experience, nobody speaks for anyone else in 3Practice Circles.