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This book showcases ways in which the theory of Coordinated Management of Meaning (CMM) has been applied in a variety of settings. The title reflects the three sections of the book in which CMM is used with individuals and groups toward making meaning together in constructive and generative ways to make better social worlds through communication.
List of contents
Preface: Evolution and Transformation: A Brief History of CMM and a Meditation on What Using it Does to Us, W. Barnett Pearce
Chapter 1: CMM as Transforming Practice: An Introduction by Catherine Creede, Beth Fisher-Yoshida and Placida V. Gallegos
Transition 1: CMM as Facilitation, Beth Fisher-Yoshida
Chapter 2: Facilitating Episode Work, Linda Blong
Chapter 3: Levels of Context in Professional Coach-Client Communication, Irene Stein
Chapter 4: Taming the Lizard: Transforming Conversations Gone Bad at Work, Paige Marrs
Chapter 5: CMM and Healthcare Qualitative Simulation Research: Developing the Team's Voice, Lydia Forsythe
Transition 2: CMM as Interpretation, Catherine Creede
Chapter 6: Achieving a Transcendent Episode: A CMM Analysis of a Theological Task Force in the Presbyterian Church U.S.A., Jeff Hutcheson
Chapter 7: Expanding Meaning of My Volunteer Work in Uganda Using Circular Questioning as a Self-reflective Journaling Practice, Catherine Creede
Chapter 8: From the Ground Up: How a Grassroots Group's Management of Meaning is Feeding People, Fostering Sustainable Agriculture, and Cultivating community, Karen Bentley
Chapter 9: Interactional Logics: Moving CMM Forward by Looking Back, Darrin S. Murray
Chapter 10: On Becoming a Global Human: CMM, International Adoption, and the Global Burden of Self, Jeff Leinaweaver
Transitions 3: CMM as Reflection, Placida Gallegos
Chapter 11: CMM: A Reflective Tool for Engaging Diversity and Adversity, Ilene Wasserman
Chapter 12: Coordinated Management of Meaning (CMM) as Reflective Practice, Beth Fisher-Yoshida
Chapter 13: CMM and the Case of the Missing Body, Jane Peterson
Chapter 14: Bodymindfulness in Coordinating the Management of Meaning Across Cultures, Adair Nagata
Chapter 15: Living Into Very Bad News: The Use of CMM as Spiritual Practice, Kim Pearce
Chapter 16: Editors' Closing Thoughts, Catherine Creede, Beth Fisher-Yoshida and Placida V. Gallegos
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Edited by Beth Fisher-Yoshida; Catherine Creede and Placida Gallegos - Contributions by Karen Bentley; Linda Blong; Lydia Forsythe; Jeff Hutcheson; Jeff Leinaweaver; Paige Marrs; Darrin S. Murray; Adair Linn Nagata; Kim Pearce; W Barnett Pearce; Jane Pete
Summary
This book showcases ways in which the theory of Coordinated Management of Meaning (CMM) has been applied in a variety of settings. The title reflects the three sections of the book in which CMM is used with individuals and groups toward making meaning together in constructive and generative ways to make better social worlds through communication.
