Kai
Kai Degner
Kai serves as the Director of Organizational Communication at the Community Mediation Center in Harrisonburg, VA, which houses the Bluestone Group. He currently serves as mayor and city council-member in Harrisonburg, VA.
He brings experience with community dialogues and forums, debates, strategic planning facilitation, retreat and conference design, moderating/emceeing, and using innovative self-organization methods. He was on the steering committee for the 2006 National Conference on Dialogue and Deliberation. He is founder of The OrangeBand Initiative, an event begun at James Madison University to promote civil discourse about issues that matter. He has coordinated over 300 community dialogues and forums, including one on C-SPAN.
Kai is skilled in applying a combination of innovative meeting and conference techniques designed to allow for rich participation, creative exploration, and effective decision-making. These include Open Space Technology, World Cafe, Dynamic Facilitation, and more. He has an undergraduate degree in Integrated Science and Technology and a Masters in Business Administration from James Madison University.
