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This is a collection of musings from Abbie and an archive of additional resources related to Coordinated management of Meaning. To find updated resources and a space to be in dialogue with other CMM Practitioners, check out the CMM Institute Substack using the link below!

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How to Use the Daisy Model

How to Use the Daisy Model

How to Use the Daisy Model

How can we use the Daisy Model to improve the quality of our everyday communication?

Abbie VanMeter

Feb 27, 20241 min read

The LUUUUUTT Model Breakdown

The LUUUUUTT Model Breakdown

The LUUUUUTT Model Breakdown

How can we use the LUUUUUTT Model in our everyday communication?

Abbie VanMeter

Feb 27, 20241 min read

4 Forms of Communication

4 Forms of Communication

4 Forms of Communication

How can we move toward a form of communication that is more respectful, open, and appreciative?

Abbie VanMeter

Feb 27, 20241 min read

Cosmopolitan Communication Skills CheckList

Cosmopolitan Communication Skills CheckList

Cosmopolitan Communication Skills CheckList

What are the skills needed to engage in cosmopolitan communication?

Abbie VanMeter

Feb 27, 20241 min read

What is Dialogue?

What is Dialogue?

What is Dialogue?

What is dialogue?

Abbie VanMeter

Feb 27, 20241 min read

How Can I Make It Better?

How Can I Make It Better?

How Can I Make It Better?

How should we be communication in order to make better social worlds?

Abbie VanMeter

Feb 27, 20241 min read

3 Questions for Mindful Communication

3 Questions for Mindful Communication

3 Questions for Mindful Communication

What questions do we need to be asking ourselves to ensure that we are being mindful in our communication?

Abbie VanMeter

Feb 27, 20241 min read

Logical Forces

Logical Forces

Logical Forces

How do Logical Forces compel us in our communication? Check out this infographic on Logical Forces.

Abbie VanMeter

Feb 27, 20241 min read

Stories & Coordinated Management of Meaning

Stories & Coordinated Management of Meaning

Stories & Coordinated Management of Meaning

How does the Coordinated Management of Meaning (CMM) theory understand the role of stories in our lives?

Abbie VanMeter

Feb 5, 20241 min read

Layers of Context

Layers of Context

Layers of Context

We are always being informed by multiple contexts. How can we learn to distinguish the effects of different contexts on our communication an

Abbie VanMeter

Feb 5, 20241 min read

What is Context? Why Does it Matter?

What is Context? Why Does it Matter?

What is Context? Why Does it Matter?

How can we understand context as the weaving together of events, stories, and words in our lives now? Why should we consider context?

Abbie VanMeter

Feb 5, 20241 min read

3 Keys to Communication

3 Keys to Communication

3 Keys to Communication

What are the 3 keys to successful communication? Find out here.

Abbie VanMeter

Feb 5, 20241 min read

A Social Constructionist Perspective

A Social Constructionist Perspective

A Social Constructionist Perspective

What changes when you begin to see yourself and your world through a social constructionist perspective?

Abbie VanMeter

Feb 5, 20241 min read

The Golden Rule v. The Platinum Rule

The Golden Rule v. The Platinum Rule

The Golden Rule v. The Platinum Rule

How do we decide how to treat others? Check out this infographic on the differences between the Golden Rule and the Platinum Rule.

Abbie VanMeter

Feb 5, 20241 min read

Communication as Creation

Communication as Creation

Communication as Creation

Have you ever considered how we create our social worlds through communication?

Abbie VanMeter

Feb 5, 20241 min read

Relational Communication

Relational Communication

Relational Communication

What does it mean to you that "communication is fundamentally relational"?

Abbie VanMeter

Jul 27, 20231 min read

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