Author Archives: Peggy Holman

About Peggy Holman

Peggy Holman supports organizations and communities to uncover creative responses to complex challenges using innovative engagement processes. The Change Handbook, co-authored with Tom Devane and Steven Cady, documents many such processes. The book is the considered the definitive resource for leaders and consultants working to increase resilience, agility, and collaboration in organizations and other social systems. Peggy co-founded Journalism that Matters in 2001 with three journalists to support the pioneers who are shaping the emerging news and information ecology. Peggy’s latest book, Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval into Opportunity, supports people facing disruptions to invite others to join them in realizing new possibilities.

Open House with Peter Pula, CEO of Axiom News

Location:  The Hub Seattle, Glass Room, 220 2nd Ave South, Seattle, WA 98104 When finding solutions is part of the journalist’s job As noted earlier this month in a Nieman Journalism Lab post by Jan Schaffer, journalism that activates is becoming … Continue reading

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Direct Community action on behalf of Nourishing Networks

Notes from Linda Benson From January 9 News Oasis/Nourishing Networks meeting The question was, “What are some ways to get individual community members to take direct action on behalf of Nourishing Networks?” Plant food/seed bombs throughout the community (brand with … Continue reading

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Engaging Journalists and the Public in Hunger/Nouishment

Notes from Parker Lindner From January 9 News Oasis/Nourishing Networks meeting Our discussion covered various ways to engage people with the issue..  We talked about how to encourage participation  from journalists and the general public. Some ideas included: Locate journalism … Continue reading

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News Oasis/Nourishing Networks January 9 Meeting

Quick Summary of Outcomes January 10, 2012 Anne, with her fabulous ability to find the essence of story named the throughline of the story we want told: At every level, how do we take responsibility for nourishing ourselves and others? … Continue reading

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Seattle Journalism Commons Project Report

Thanks to support from The Patterson Foundation, the Seattle Journalism Commons, in partnership with Lisa Skube — creator of the Journalism Accelerator, ran a 6-month experiment in supporting the people in the Puget Sound region’s emergning news and information network.  The … Continue reading

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