Community of Practice
Join a supportive community of DpC practitioners to share experiences, forge connections, and enhance your confidence and skills in applying the DpC Methodology.
Why?
To support individuals’ capacity to more effectively facilitate dialogue and restore relationships . The skills at the core of the DpC method are perishable. If we don't use them, we lose them. We need others to exchange with, and there's great value in being around practitioners who, as DpC Facilitators, already share a common language and mental models.
What is the DPC Community of Practice?
A question at the heart of DPC Global’s approach in this Community of Practice offering is: "How can we support facilitators in enhancing their practice, maintaining momentum and exchanging inspiration over time?” The Community of Practice was created out of the need for continuous engagement. It is a place where practitioners can deepen the application and study of the skills and ideas of the DPC methodology.
Community of Practice Structure
2025
February - Gathering 1
DPC Global Café
15 February @15:00 - 17:00 CET
Where: Zoom
October - Gathering 3
Storytelling / Case Study
7 October @15:00 - 17:00 CET
Where: Zoom
May - Gathering 2
Seminar: Applied Wisdom
13 May @15:00 - 17:00 CET
Where: Zoom
Core Elements
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DpC Global Cafe & Exchange
Connect with and get to know other DpC facilitators, and further self-organise specific conversations.
Who else is out there practising? Where? How is it going? What is working/challenging? -
Seminar
a 45-minute lecture to dive into a particular subject relevant to the DpC methodology and alive in practice.
The guest lecture will be by a member of the DpC community, followed by Q+A and discussion in small groups.
Samples lined up for this year: Trauma x Resiliency and Climate x Conflict. -
Storytelling
Learn from a featured case study of DpC in action. The aim is to enhance your comprehension of the DpC method and to engage in practical collective problem-solving on the case with the community.
Structure
Three gatherings, over one year, hosted by DPC Global.
Gatherings 1: Global Café x Exchange
Connect with and get to know other DPC facilitators, and further self-organise desired conversations.
Who else is out there practising? How is it going? What is working/challenging?Gathering 2: Seminar: Applied Wisdom
a 45-minute lecture to dive into a particular subject central to the DPC methodology and alive in practice.
The guest lecture will be by a member of the DPC community, followed by Q+A and discussion in small groups.
Sample knowledge lined up for this year: Trauma x Resiliency or Climate x Conflict.Gathering 3: Storytelling
Learn from a featured case study of DPC in action. The aim is to enhance your comprehension of the DPC method and to engage in practical collective problem-solving on the case with the community.
What is it not?
This community is not meant to be:
A pipeline for jobs: We want to offer a non-transactional space, where people can relax and engage meaningfully.
Not a 'course': This is not an intensive, content-heavy experience. While one component of the year's offering has a seminar flavour, the overall Community of Practice engagement is interactive and draws on the expertise within the group.
Not therapy, supervision, or coaching: Each of these important practices requires dedicated time and space. This is not the setting for in-depth one-on-one work. Instead, the focus of the DPC Community of Practice is on peer-to-peer exchange within the DPC network.
Benefits of the Community of Practice:
Sharpen dialogue practice
Find inspiration
Connect to others using the same tools in different setting (country, organizations,
Understand your role in a larger context
Explore self-organization
Exchange experiences
Commit to ongoing professional development
Investment:
90GBP. This investment gets you a seat in the year long Community of Practice. This fee covers the cost of covering