The Reflective, Facilitative and Interpretive Practices of the Coordinated Management of Meaning: Making Lives, Making Meaning, showcases practical applications of the theory of Coordinated Management of Meaning (CMM). In the facilitation section, CMM creates dynamics within groups leading toward improved ways of working together; in the interpretation section CMM offers alternative frames to interpret interactions with one another; and in the reflection section CMM is a means to reflect on experiences and interactions to deeper levels of understanding and learning. CMM is grounded in social constructionism, takes a communication perspective and provides concepts and tools for making better social worlds.
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 About the Contributors Index
