THE POSSIBLE SOCIETY: AN EXPLORATION OF PRACTICAL POLICY ALTERNATIVES FOR THE DECADE AHEAD THE TIDEWATER INN EASTON MARYLAND APRIL 26-28 1979

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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
1225 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036
202/828-6500
THE POSSIBLE SOCIETY: AN EXPLORATION OF PRACTICAL POLICY ALTERNATIVES
FOR THE DECADE AHEAD
The Tidewater Inn, Easton, Maryland
April 26-28, 1979
Thursday, April 26
10:00
- 12:00
Registration
12:00
- 1:30
Lunch
Crystal Room
1:30
- 2:30
The Possible Society
2:30
- 3:30
Jean Houston, President
Association for Humanistic Psychology
and Director, Foundation for Mind Research
Organizational Changes: The Wholistic
Gold Room
Challenge
Donald N. Michael, Professor of Planning
and Public Policy, Professor of
Psychology, and Program Director,
Center for Research on Utilization of
Scientific Knowledge
University of Michigan
3:30 - 5:00 Small Group Workshops
Group
1 -
Gold
Room
Group
6
- Blue Room
Group
2 -
Gold
Room
Group
7
- Blue Room
Group
3 -
Gold
Room
Group
8
- Garden Room
Group
4 -
Gold
Room
Group
9
- Room 348
Group
5 - Reception Room
Discussion Questions:
1. Where are we in time and history?
2. Do current levels of breakdown presage new possibilities
for breakthrough and, if so, how and in what manner?
3. What are some of the potentials of human beings that are
not being used? How could they be evoked in the settings
in which you work?
4. How can we empower each other to make better use of our
talents and responsibilities?
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Discussion Questions (continued):
D5 How can we move beyond fragmentation toward a greater
sense of the common weal?
6. Do you see a way out of the mess we're in without a
major change in perspective?
Do you agree or disagree that systemic problems require
systemic solutions?
8. What do you see happening to the processes of governance
over the next decade? Then what? Over the next two
decades? Then what? What will become of you? So, what
are the risks and options that you now need to consider?
9. If we don't acknowledge uncertainty and embrace error,
how are we going to be able to deal with increasing dis-
order in our activities?
5:00
- 6:00
Social Hour (Cash Bar)
Blue Room
6:00
- 7:00
Dinner
Gold Room
7:00
- 8:00
Humanistic Views of the Political Scene
Gold Room
Walter Anderson, Contributing Editor
Human Behavior magazine
8:~0
- 9:,0
Small Group Workshops
Group
1
- Gold Room
Group
6
- Blue Room
Group
2
- Gold Room
Group
7
- Blue Room
Group
3
- Gold Room
Group
8
- Garden Room
Group
4
- Gold Room
Group
9
- Room 348
Group
5
- Reception Room
Discussion Questions:
1. How might a humanistic perspective on a major public
policy issue, such as welfare, differ from a psycho-
analytical or behavioral one?
2. What might the various perspectives (psychoanalytical,
behavioral, humanistic) have to say about the best way
to organize and run a federal agency?
3. What, if any, is the political significance of the
human potential movement? How might it be socially
productive? How might it be dangerous or unproductive?
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9:00 - 10:00 Reports on Small Group Workshops Gold Room
Discussion Questions (continued):
4. Is American civilization undergoing a major change?'
What are the clearest indicators of it? What kinds
of political-social issues are likely to surface in
the near future?
Plenary Session.
Friday, April 27
Exercises (Optional)
Breakfast
Applications to Education: A Case Study
7:00
- 8:00
8:00
- 8:45
8:45
- 9:30
9:30
- 10:15
Dining Room
Jerry L. Fletcher, Senior Policy Analyst
Office of the Assistant Secretary for.Education
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Wholistic Health
The Social and Political Implications of Gold Room
George Leonard, President-Elect
Association for Humanistic Psychology
Discussion Questions:
1. What are some additional ways our society
is using "Fast Temporary Relief of Symptoms"
in dealing with major problems?
What are some additional ways in which our
society is using "Linear Intervention" in
dealing with major problems?
3. To what degree do the service delivery insti-
tutions of our society create dependency in
their clients, rather than independence? What
data would be relevant to an examination of
this question?
4. Suggest wholistic alternatives to the above.
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11:00 - 11:45 Alternative Futures: A View Beyond Gold Room
Economics
Hazel Henderson, Member of the Advisory
Council, Office of Technology Assessment
Discussion Questions:
1. How shall we deal with the paradox that we may
have to use centralized institutions and their
power and machinery in order to decentralize?
2. How are we to face and manage the decline of
obsolete institutions?
3. What would constitute the best definition of
personal flexibility in a time of transition?
How would we inventory our own personal and
community resources?
11:45 - 1:30 Luncheon Workshops Crystal Room
Discussion Questions:
1. What activities need initiation in your setting to
begin or to facilitate a move toward systemic
planning (at the level of self, group, organization?)
2. How would you think through a transition
scenario for your institution?
3. How are we to recycle our own roles and our-
selves as we help our institutions to recycle?
4. How can we build networks for alternatives,
change, and interpersonal support and sharing?
1:30
- 3:00
Action Agenda Setting
Gold Room
3:00
- 4:00
Symposium Summary
Gold Room
Plenary Session
4:00
- 5:00
Free Time
5:00
- 6:00
Social Hour (Cash Bar)
Room 348
6:00
- 7:30
Buffet Dinner
Dining Room',
7:30
- 8:30
Specific Applications
To Be Announced
8:30
- 9:30
Theory and Practice of Developing Human
To Be Announced
Capacities
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Saturday, April 28
7:30 - 8:30 Breakfast
8:30 - 12:00 Implementing a Continuing Network Colonial Room
Plenary Session
12:00 Adjourn
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