DRAGON DREAMING: THE ART AND SCIENCE OF

RUNNING EXCEPTIONALLY SUCCESSFUL

ORGANISATIONS AND PROJECTS FOR THE GREAT
TURNING

large masses of peoples are really in suspense about the impending advent of something
unknown which could change their collective fate entirely.Man (sic) does not know
how to be a truly modern manMan invented the story of the Bad Dragon, but if ever
there was a bad dragon, it was man himself.Here we have the human paradox: man
trapped by his extraordinary capacity and achievements, as in a quick-sand the more
he uses his power the more he needs it.
Aurellio Pecceci, founder of the Club of Rome

THE FRAMEWORK
The Meaning of Life and the nature of change as bridge building Living Systems
Theory - The Universal Mandala The Coming Dark Age & the Great Turning The
Sustainable Aboriginal Spirituality of the Song Lines

THE COMMUNITY SPIRIT
From I to It
DREAMING Perceiving Newly The Stimulus of Intention in Relationship

All men dream; but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their
minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are
dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible. - T.E.
Lawrence

(A) THE PREFORMING STAGE BUILDING COMMUNITY BELONGING
(Heroes journey the innocent to the orphan)
Moving from Discernment to Awareness
- Running Effective Meetings

AWARENESS
"People say that what we're all seeking is a meaning for life. 1 don't think that's what we
are really seeking. I think what we are really seeking is an experience of being alive, so
that our life experiences on a purely physical plane will have resonances within our
innermost being and reality, so that we actually feel the rapture of being alive."
Joseph Cambell, 1988, "The Power of Myth", p. 3

1.To Develop Awareness
a. To develop awareness of your own skills and abilities, dreams and visions
b. To effectively define a problem that can be converted into a personal project
c. To understand the process for running a successful project, and to clarify your ideas
d. To learn how to establish effective objectives for a project
e. To learn the skills for raising personal and group consciousness about issues of
personal, community or world concern.

PROCESSES FOR MOVING BEYOND
1. Process for Clarifying Personal Awareness
2. Process to Build Self Awareness
3. Process for Gaining Awareness of an Issue of Concern *
4. Process for Being an Effective Change Agent
5. Process for Assessing Personal Leadership Qualities
6. Process for Discovering Areas of Personal Ignorance *
7. Process for Enhancing Personal Creativity *
8. Process for Running a Project Dreaming Circle *

Moving from Awareness to Motivation
- Dreaming Creation Circle

MOTIVATION
2. To Maintain Motivation
a. To acquire and maintain a personal support network, that empowers and
strengthens personal commitment to action.
b. To maintain and strengthen personal and group morale, motivation &
commitment for collective tasks through group motivation
c. To clarify personal and group values, and resolve value conflicts.
d. To understand dependency & empowerment theory and its application to the Great
Turning
e. To be able to diagnose situations in which an individual was dependent or
empowered, and to use this in designing an intervention strategy

PROCESSES FOR MOVING BEYOND
9. Process to Maintain Personal Motivation
10. Process to Build Group Motivation
11. Process for Team Building
12. Process for Building the Ground Rules for a Group *
13. Process for Effectively Accepting Leadership of a Group
14. Process for Organising a Public Meeting
15. Process for Effective Facilitation Role in Group Meetings
16. Process for Forming a New Community Group

(B) THE FORMING STAGE ORIENTATION TO LIVING SIMPLY
(Heroes journey the orphan to the wanderer)
Moving from Motivation to Information Gathering
- Community Sustainability Assessment & The Transition Town Movement

INFORMATION GATHERING
To Gather Information
a. To understand the Great Unraveling and understand its personal, community and
planetary consequences.
b. To have appropriate information gathering skills to get information about personal,
community and planetary issues
c. To be able to conduct a sustainability audit, for yourself personally, for an
organization or a community.
d. To undertake an analysis of personal or community needs, and suggest alternative
strategies.
e. To communicate needs non-violently so as to stimulate new collective activities

PROCESSES FOR MOVING BEYOND
17. Process for Diagnosing Group Dynamics
18. Process for Clarifying Goals in Community Data Gathering
19. Process for a Conventional Research Design
20. Process for Conducting a Longitudinal Development Study
21. Process for Applying the Approach of Life History Research
22. Process for Conducting Action Research
23. Process for Organising a Large Scale Interview Program
24. Process for Preparing to Interview, Consumers, Clients or the Public
25. Process for Basic Interview Procedure
26. Process for Analysing Interview Data
27. Process for Conducting a Community Need Assessment Survey

THE COLLECTIVE MIND
From It to You
PLANNING Thinking Globally The Threshold of Possibility in Context

Moving from Information Gathering to Considering Alternatives
- Force-field analysis

CONSIDERING ALTERNATIVES
To Consider Alternatives
a. To be able to organize a new community group, organization or agency
b. To be skilled at brainstorming and search conferencing techniques for community
projects
c. To understand conscientization, and be able to apply the technique
d. To be able to effectively handle personal and group emotions in an expressive and
humanizing fashion
e. To gain the skills necessary to handle inter and intra group conflicts and
controversies

PROCESSES FOR MOVING BEYOND
28. Process for the Conscientisation Approach of Paulo Freire
29. Process for Choosing Amongst Alternative Processes
30. Process for Effective Brainstorming Sessions
31. Process for Applying the Approach of Constructive Controversy
32. Process for Successful Intervention in Group Functioning
33. Process for Avoiding Tunnel Thinking *
34. Process for Getting to Win-Win Solutions *
35. Process for Resolving Conflicts Successfully
36. Process for Handling Emotions in Groups
37. Process for Creative Problem Solving in Groups

(C) THE STORMING STAGE MAXIMISING CREATIVITY THROUGH COPING
WITH CONFLICTS AND DISATISFACTION
(Heroes journey the wanderer to the warrior)
Moving from Considering Alternatives to Designing a Strategy
- Objective Setting Post-it Exercise and Goal Setting

DESIGNING A STRATEGY
To Design a Strategy
a. To demonstrate commitment to transforming oneself, others and society to be
democratic, socially just and sustainable
b. To understand holistic community building techniques and apply them
appropriately
c. To learn basic Karabirrdt planning skills and apply them to various situations
d.To ensure all strategies foster group participation and individual empowerment
e. To recognize cooperative, competitive and destructive strategies and use them
appropriately

PROCESSES FOR MOVING BEYOND
38. Process for Designing a Strategy for the Community
39. Process for Applying the Strategy for a Living Revolution
40. Process for Conventional Planning Procedure
41. Process for Establishing Project Principles *
42. Process of Establishing Project Vision *
43. Process for Establishing the Mission of a Project *
44. Process for Establishing Project Goals *
45. Process for Creating Suitable Objectives
46. Process for Evaluating what Resource Gaps Exist *
47. Process for Conducting a Force Field Analysis

Moving from Designing a Strategy to Testing and Trialling
- The Karabirrdt Budgeting and Commitments

TESTING, OR TRIALING A PILOT PROJECT
To Test & Pilot an Activity
a. To understand the process of short term and long term change for different
situations
b. To understand factors undermining effectiveness in project situations
c. To be able to organize a feasibility study for a project
d. To create a pilot project to test an approach for a project
e. To generalize from the results of a field test, to strengthen project design

PROCESSES FOR MOVING BEYOND
48. Process for Conducting Critical Path (PERT) Analysis
49. Process for Designing Key Performance Indicators *
50. Process for Establishing Evaluative Criteria for a Feasibility Study
51. Process for Lobbying and Negotiation
52. Process for Developing a Framework of Submission Preparation
53. Process for Establishing a Submission Project Budget *
54. Process of Establishing Support for Your Submission Application
55. Process of Nursing Your Submission through to Success
56. Process for Empowered Fundraising for Projects *
57. Process of Organising a Fundraising Campaign for Projects *

THE BODY OF A LIVING SYSTEM
From You to Us
GOING Acting Locally The action of Behaviour in Commitment

(D) THE NORMING STAGE RESOLUTION THE NONVIOLENT WAY
(Heroes journey the warrior to the martyr)
Moving from Testing and Trialling to Implementation
- Empowered Fundraising & Nurturing Submissions for Grants

IMPLEMENTATION
To Implement a Project
a. To be able to apply the stages for group development to the implementation of a
project
b. To understand differences between kinds of communities, and be able to apply
projects in different circumstances
c. To organize a community information campaign, using media for gaining support
d. To be able to lobby effectively on behalf of a personal or group opinion, and secure
commitment of decision makers
e. To secure commitment to a submission for funding, resources or support

PROCESSES FOR MOVING BEYOND
58. Process for Deciding Tactics in Implementation
59. Process for Enrolling Volunteers *
60. Process for Effectively Managing the Work of Volunteers *
61. Process for Running Successful Meetings
62. Process for Conventional Meeting Procedure
63. Process for Consensus Decision Making
64. Process for Ethical Decision Making
65. Process for Community Service Planning Delivery Model
66. Process for Conducting a Search Conference
67. Process for Delegating Tasks *
68. Process for Managing Time Effectively *
69. Process for Managing Stress Effectively *

Moving from Implementation and Management to Administration and Management
- Systems and Protocols, Supervision the Greenskills Way

MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
To Manage and Administer a Program
a. To undertake a range of decision making methods, and understand the
consequences of each
b. To lead a group in a fashion consistent with the wishes of all stakeholders
c. To understand factors effecting leadership effectiveness, appropriate to
circumstances
d. To manage personal and group time and stress levels effectively, consistent with
personal empowerment and group effectiveness
e. To be able to employ volunteers and other workers to achieve group goals whilst
fostering personal empowerment for all concerned

PROCESSES FOR MOVING BEYOND
70. Process for Reviewing Available Resource Provision
71. Process for Establishing Group Norms and Operating Procedures
72. Process for Organising a Promotion or Marketing Strategy
73. Process for Organising a Community Information Strategy
74. Process for Gathering Information for a Community Campaign
75. Process for Creating a Scenario for a Community Campaign
76. Process for Dealing with Opponents in a Community Campaign
77. Process for Organising a Public Relations Campaign
78. Process for Effective Communication in Establishing Public Relations
79. Process for Organising a Media Press Conference
80. Process for Countering a Negative Public Relations Image
81. Process for Organising Media Files
82. Process for Writing a Letter to the Editor
83. Process for Organising a Press or Media Release
84. Process for Organising a Visit or Presentation
85. Process for Producing a Newsletter
86. Process of Organising Layout for a Newsletter
87. Process for Writing for a Newsletter

(E) THE PERFORMING STAGE UNLEASHING PRODUCTIVITY AND
PRESERVING KNOWLEDGE
(Heroes journey the martyr to the magician)
Moving from Management and Administration to Monitoring Progress
- Low Cost Key Performance Indicator Design

MONITORING PROGRESS
To Monitor Progress
a. To be able to establish accountability structures for programs, projects, activities
and tasks
b. To be able to make and use performance indicators
c. To evaluate inputs, process, product, outputs, effects and impact in personal and
community change
d. To be able to understand symptoms and consequences, cause and effect in social
and community change
e. To be able to report and communicate findings in a way that enhances personal
empowerment, community effectiveness and environmental change

PROCESSES FOR MOVING BEYOND
88. Process for Choosing Appropriate Evaluation Methods
89. Process for Establishing an Accountability Audit
90. Process for Applying Approach of Unobtrusive Recording
91. Process for Evaluation on the Run Assessment
92. Process for an Ecological Evaluation Method
93. Process for Organising and Running Effective Supervision Sessions *
94. Process for Organising 360 Degree Supervision *

THE FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS
From Us to I
CELEBRATING Being Personally The Response of Feedback in Satisfaction

Moving from Monitoring Progress to Acquiring New Skills
- Self Organised Workshop & Training Design

ACQUIRING NEW SKILLS
To acquire New Skills
a.To understand the spiral learning process, and be able to apply it to oneself and
others
b.To understand alternative learning systems, and be able to apply it for personal and
community situations.
c. To be able to organize a training program, workshop, seminar, courseor community
conference in ways that empower all participants
d.To train yourself in the skills of making your dreams come true through a
community based project
e. To be able to identify training and learning resources appropriate to lifelong
learning

PROCESSES FOR MOVING BEYOND
95. Process for Learning Group Facilitation Skills
96. Process of Recognising Different Learning Strategies within Groups *
97. Process for Recognising Personal Levels of Weakness*
98. Process of Diagnosing and Applying a Personal Learning Strategy *
99. Process of Designing a Course of Study *
100. Process of Mastery Learning of Skills *
101. Process of Effectively Evaluating Skill Level Achieved *
102. Process for Effectively Replacing Yourself in a Group *

(F) THE TRANSFORMING AND MOURNING STAGES A NEW SPIRITUALITY?
(Heroes journey the magician to the innocent)
Moving from Acquiring a New Skill to Results for Individuals
- Appreciation Circle & Critiquing Celebration

RESULTS FOR INDIVIDUALS
To Enhance Results for Individuals Concerned
a. To enhance personal potential, building self-esteem, and develop an ecological
self-concept
b. To develop community relations that free yourself and others from dependency and
exploitation
c. To learn and practice inter-personal skills that overcome communication problems
d. To learn the skills of public speaking and meeting facilitation, adaptable to
different circumstances
e. To be able to market a personal skill or group service effectively to a local
community

PROCESSES FOR MOVING BEYOND
103. Process for Enhancing Personal Potential and Self Esteem
104. Process for Freeing People from Exploitation and Dependency
105. Process for Practicing Empowered Assertive Communication
106. Process for Speaking in Public or Making a Speech
107. Process of Recognising the Achievements of Others in a Project *
108. Process for Honouring the Work of Individuals Involved *
109. Process for Honouring ones own Achievements in a Project *
110. Process of Organising a Celebration of the Projects Achievements *

Moving from Results for Individuals to Discernment
- Debriefing Celebration, What Worked, Aha Moments and Improvements

ENHANCING JUDGEMENT
To Refine Analysis and Judgement
a. To reinforce group process skills for people in a group, based upon the conclusions
of the individuals involved
b. To support, advise and assist groups in ways that strengthen their effectiveness
c. To enhance discrimination of personal judgement so that personal involvement
produces satisfactory results.
d. To maintain effective boundaries to prevent co-dependency, rescuing or saving
behaviour
e. To be able to replace yourself in a group, in a way that ensures its ongoing
sustainability

PROCESSES FOR MOVING BEYOND
111. Process for Recognising Personal Prejudices *
112. Process for Recognising General Cultural Prejudices *
113. Process for Freeing Oneself from Prejudice *
114. Process for Recognising Prejudice in Others *
115. Process for Dealing with a Prejudiced Individual *
116. Process for Dealing with a Prejudiced Group *
117. Process for Enhancing Discrimination of Judgement *
118. Process for Being Able to Receive Positive and Negative Criticism *
119. Process for Being Able to Give Positive and Negative Criticism *
120. Process for Empowering Your Leaving a Project *

CONCLUSION Where to from here? Awakening after fifty centuries - Towards the
Ecological Self