Deborah Frieze
community innovation and Berkana Institute practitioner
Why they matter for gatherings
Deborah Frieze is a community innovation practitioner and Berkana Institute affiliate focused on building and sustaining networks and communities. She works within the field of community and network development, emphasizing relational and systemic approaches.
Facilitators and event designers should engage with Frieze’s work to deepen their understanding of community-driven processes and network building. Her established expertise offers insights into fostering collaborative, sustainable gatherings rooted in relational practices.
Her method of Community Convening emphasizes intentional gathering to foster dialogue, alignment, and collective action within communities.
Here is how those methods work in practice.
The methods, ready to run
Named methods, and the exercises in our library that put them to work.
And here is where you can watch them run.
Where you can see them practiced
Gold-set agendas that visibly put these methods to work.
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Authority profile
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Evidence and receipts
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