Author: Estonian Dialogue Academy
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New Visual Identity
Today we unveil the Estonian Dialogue Academy’s new visual identity. Over the last six months, we have worked with great passion on this project together with art director Savvas Theodosiou at the Tartu based ‘Purpose-driven design studio’ Orgcaos. Our goal was to create something that represents the core values of our organisation: empowering people to…
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Participants Youth Dialogue Lab discuss youth crime
What is the reason for a child or teen to commit a crime? And who should we blame? These questions were discussed last week by twenty young participants of Youth Dialogue Lab (Noorte Arutelulabor). After a performance of the Ukrainian song and dance group Volya the participants warmed up by discussing opposing ideas: Rules or…
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Why should we care about people we don’t know?
The participants of our Youth Dialogue Lab meet every second week. On Tuesday we a guest at Mondo NGO in Tallinn. We started off with an inspiring and interactive presentation by Global Education expert Mari Jõgiste. They learned about the aid work of Mondo around the world and about their global education program. The intro…
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Fundamental shifts in education
Introducing dialogue in the classroom is more than just adding another lesson to an already packed curriculum; it symbolises a fundamental shift in the core values of education. Based on our experience of working with young people in and outside schools, we identify these four key shifts when introducing dialogue in education: One of the…
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Applying dialogue to journalism
The goal of this paper is to give tips and suggestions how to use basic principles of dialogue in journalistic work. It is a follow-up of a workshop on dialogue we facilitated for the editorial team of the Pärnu Postimees newspaper in Estonia. Practical use Be Socrates Adopt the approach of Socrates in ancient Athens:…
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Ekskursioon Arvamusfestivalile Paidesse
Noorte Arutelulabori osalejatega külastasime tänavust Arvamusfestivali Paides, Eesti südames. Paljude osalejate jaoks oli see esimene kord festivalil viibida. Sellel, iga-aastasel demokraatiafestivalil toimub kahe päeva jooksul kokku üle 200 avaliku arutelu ning see toob kokku ligi 10 000 külastajat. Meie grupp osales aruteludes raamatukogude, noorte, haridusliku võrdsuse, demokraatia ja Balti koostöö teemadel.Festivali juht Taaniel Raudsepp võttis…
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Reach for Change asked us about our journey so far
We 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
At 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
Artikkel 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
This 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…