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Excursion to Arvamusfestival in Paide
Read more: Excursion to Arvamusfestival in PaideWith participants of Youth Dialogue Lab we visited this year’s Opinion Festival / Arvamusfestival in Paide, in the heart of Estonia. For the participants, it was their first time attending the festival. This annual democracy festival sees over 200 public discussions take place, with more than 10,000 people visiting over the two-day event. Our group…
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Reach for Change asked us about our journey so far
Read more: Reach for Change asked us about our journey so farWe have been a member of the Baltic Sea Impact Network for one and a half years. One of the network’s founders, Reach for Change, recently asked us how we have developed as an organisation. Below are the questions they asked us and our answers. Please describe briefly what your organisation does and how it…
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The Importance of Empathic Leadership in Nowadays Societies
Read more: The Importance of Empathic Leadership in Nowadays SocietiesAt the Revolution Conference 2024 in Vilnius Estonian Bart Cosijn shared his vision on the importance of empathic leadership in relation to dialogue skills in nowadays societies. This is the text of his speech. Thank you very much for this opportunity. My name is Bart Cosijn, and I am the founder of the Estonian Dialogue…
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Dialoogis õpime kuulama, väljendama ja häid küsimusi esitama
Read more: Dialoogis õpime kuulama, väljendama ja häid küsimusi esitamaArtikkel ilmus esmakordselt väljaandes Pärnu Postimees. Piret Jeedas, koolitaja, dialoogipraktik ja andragoogika külalislektor Tallinna Ülikoolis. Piret Jeedas viis koos Bart Cosijniga läbi oktoobris 2024 Rara meediahariduse konverentsil töötoa “Dialoogi võimalused klassiruumis: kuidas rääkida inimesega, kellega sa ei ole samal arvamusel?“ Iga inimese jaoks on oluline oma mõtteid väljendada turvalises ja usalduslikus keskkonnas, olla kuulatud ja mõistetud.…
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Seven tips for how to make your conversation more interactive
Read more: Seven tips for how to make your conversation more interactiveThis blog was first published on the Arvamusfestival website Every year in August, around 10,000 people come to Paide in Estonia to take part in close to 170 public discussions on almost every topic imaginable. That makes 1.5 million changes – opportunities to give someone the feeling that this one discussion alone was worth the…
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It is time for a more empathic leadership in Estonia
Read more: It is time for a more empathic leadership in EstoniaOpinion in Estonian World online media outlet Estonia needs a new form leadership, based on empathy and discussion skills, and people who can work together and reshape their ideas and beliefs, based on open dialogue with the people around them, Bart Cosijn, a discussion moderator and a participation expert, writes. This is the English version…
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Kui teised räägivad, siis ärge mõelge sellele, mida tahate järgmisena öelda, vaid kuulake
Read more: Kui teised räägivad, siis ärge mõelge sellele, mida tahate järgmisena öelda, vaid kuulakeArvamus Eesti Päevaleht – Minu üleskutse praegu võimul olevatele põlvkondadele Bart Cosijn, väitlusjuht, õpetaja ja osalusnõustaja, Eesti Dialoogiakadeemia asutaja Miks on Eesti poliitika pidevas kriisis? Parlament ei toimi hästi, selle töös kordub pidev vaenulikkus. Valitsusel on meetmeid ja uusi seadusi kehtestades pidevalt kiire, ilma et ühiskonnaga konsulteerimiseks oleks aega. Praegusel kiirustamise, võimumängude ja vähese usalduse…
