Founder of Foundation for Conscious Evolution   You are listening to Barbara Marx Hubbard, renowned futurist, social innovator and lifelong pioneer in the field of conscious evolution as she recieves a Lifetime Achievement Award from Association for Global New Thought.  This evolutionary elder has pioneered the Foundation for Conscious Evolution, has numerous resources, is part of the Shift Network, and global organizations. More  www.consciousevolution.com   Barbara is the co-designer of a creative community process called a Syn Con.  Syncon is a process for co-creating a positive and resilient future for the whole Gaia-community. Gaia Centre's November 4,5, 2011 annual conference included a Syncon.
Provided for you here are two resources concering the Syncon process.
 
Downloads for Syncon model and background document:
  SynCon: A New Social Architecture  The November 5, 2011 Toronto process developed by Gaia Centre with Barbara.
 
 Template for Gaia Centre SynCon  Background document and process developed by Judy Cauley and Barbara Marx Hubbard.
 The Syncon process was co-designed by Ms. Hubbard. It's a model for small or large co-creative processes.  You can use a Syncon process to create your own synergistic convergence in your community, city, company or corporation.
 
 
About Barbara Marx Hubbard
Barbara Marx Hubbard is a pioneer in exploring positive options for the future of humanity. A public speaker, author, and social innovator, she is founder and executive director of the Foundation for Conscious Evolution. She has been instrumental in the creation of many future-oriented organizations, including the World Future Society, New Dimensions Radio, Global Family, Women of Vision In Action, The Foundation for the Future, and the Association for Global New Thought.
Her books include: The Hunger of Eve, The Evolutionary Journey, Conscious Evolution: Awakening the Power of Our Social Potential, Emergence: The Shift from Ego to Essence, Ten Steps to the Universal Human, and The Suprasexual rEvolution: A Radical Path to 2012 and Beyond. She is also the producer of the award-winning DVD series Humanity Ascending. Barbara is the mother of five children and the grandmother of six and resides in Santa Barbara, California. Her website is www.BarbaraMarxHubbard.com
 
See clip from her award-winning DVD,  Humanity Ascending 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXsi1CVom58&feature=related