Common Ground
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Common Ground may refer to:
- Common ground (communication technique)Common ground (communication technique)Finding common ground is a technique for facilitating interpersonal relationships. In order to find common ground between parties, participants must search for signals of recognition, which are often subtle and cause for misunderstanding. Generally, smiles, bland faces, or frowns can be the...
- Grounding in communicationGrounding in communicationGrounding in communication is a concept that has been proposed by Herbert H. Clark and Susan E. Brennan and that refers to the "mutual knowledge, mutual beliefs, and mutual assumptions" that is essential for communication between two people.- References :- See also :* Cognition* Communication*...
(theory) - The commonsThe commonsThe commons is terminology referring to resources that are owned in common or shared between or among communities populations. These resources are said to be "held in common" and can include everything from natural resources and common land to software. The commons contains public property and...
, publicly owned areas, especially those for meeting - Common landCommon landCommon land is land owned collectively or by one person, but over which other people have certain traditional rights, such as to allow their livestock to graze upon it, to collect firewood, or to cut turf for fuel...
, ground where the public have traditional rights, such as grazing
Organizations
- Common Ground (charity)Common Ground (charity)Common Ground is a United Kingdom charity and lobby group. Founded in 1982 by Susan Clifford and Angela King , Common Ground aims to promote "local distinctiveness" .-Organisation and structure:...
, a UK charity and lobby group promoting local distinctiveness - Common Ground (NYC)Common Ground (NYC)Common Ground is a nonprofit social services organization with the goal of creating high-quality permanent and transitional housing for the homeless...
, a New York-based non-profit supportive housing provider nationally engaged in promulgating use of the vulnerability index with homeless enumeration counts - Common Ground (Seattle)Common Ground (Seattle)Common Ground is a nonprofit affordable housing developer in Seattle, Washington. Its primary goal is creating and preserving high-quality permanent and transitional housing for the homeless; it now also includes nonprofit facilities other than housing , such as community centers and medical...
, a Seattle-based nonprofit affordable housing developer - Common Ground AthensCommon Ground AthensCommon Ground Athens is a nonprofit organization based in Athens, Georgia. Primarily a community hub and support organization, Common Ground serves as a catalyst and support network for community-based social change....
, a resource center for grassroots nonprofits in Athens, Georgia - Common Ground CollectiveCommon Ground CollectiveThe Common Ground Collective is a decentralized network of non-profit organizations offering support to the residents of New Orleans. It was formed in the Algiers neighborhood of the city in the days after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.-History:...
, a network of volunteer organizations supporting New Orleans - Common Ground Health ClinicCommon Ground Health ClinicThe Common Ground Health Clinic is a non-profit organization that provides free quality health care for the greater New Orleans community, and develops and provides programs to address community health care needs through collaborative partnerships...
, a non-profit, free clinic servicing greater New Orleans - Common Ground on the HillCommon Ground on the HillCommon Ground on the Hill is an annual summer festival at McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland, first held in 1994. Common Ground brings together musicians, artists and craftsmen from many different cultures for the celebration. Over a two week span, Common Ground on the Hill offers a number...
, an annual festival at McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland - Search for Common GroundSearch for Common GroundSearch for Common Ground is an international non-profit organization operating in nearly 30 countries whose mission is to transform the way the world deals with conflict – away from adversarial approaches toward cooperative solutions. It is headquartered in Washington, D.C., with the majority of...
, an international non-profit involved in conflict resolution and transformation - Commonground (social network), a social networking community for environmental and property due diligence professionals
Music
- Common Ground (Leama & Moor album)
- Common Ground (Paul Winter album)Common Ground (Paul Winter album)Common Ground is an album released by Paul Winter in 1978 for A&M Records Inc. Songs on the album include elements of different musical styles coupled with the sounds of whales, wolves and eagles.-Track listing:# "Ancient Voices "# "Eagle"...
- Common Ground (Rhythm Corps album)Common Ground (Rhythm Corps album)Common Ground is the debut studio album by the alternative rock band Rhythm Corps. The album reached No. 104 on the Billboard 200 albums chart on September 24, 1988.- Track listing :# "Father's Footsteps" - 4:34...
- "Common Ground" (song), the title track of the above album
- Common Ground, an album by Kathryn TickellKathryn TickellKathryn Tickell is an English player of the Northumbrian smallpipes and fiddle. She has recorded over a dozen albums, and toured widely.-Life and career:...
- Common Ground Music Festival, an event held annually in Lansing, MichiganLansing, MichiganLansing is the capital of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located mostly in Ingham County, although small portions of the city extend into Eaton County. The 2010 Census places the city's population at 114,297, making it the fifth largest city in Michigan...
Literature
- Common Ground (book)Common Ground (book)Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families is a book by J. Anthony Lukas examining race relations in Boston, Massachusetts through the prism of desegregation busing...
, by J. Anthony Lukas, which examines race relations and desegregation busing in Boston, Massachusetts - Common GroundsCommon GroundsCommon Grounds is a six-issue comic book limited series created by writer Troy Hickman and published by Top Cow Productions in 2004. The series examined the life of superheroes and villains in and around a chain of coffee shops called Common Grounds....
, a comic book series - Common Ground, a publication by the Diocese of Chelmsford. Subtitle: Talking ‘church’ with the community. Author: Ralph Meloy. ISBN 978-0-9564740-0-1
Film, television and theatre
- Common Ground (film)Common Ground (film)Common Ground is a 2000 Showtime television movie directed by Donna Deitch and written by Paula Vogel, Terrence McNally and Harvey Fierstein. It stars Brittany Murphy, Jason Priestley, Steven Weber, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Edward Asner and James Le Gros...
- "Common Ground" (Stargate Atlantis episode)
- Common Ground, a play by Katy Darby, first performed by blank pagesBlank Pagesblank Pages is a London based theatre company, specialising in new writing.-Concept:Every three months, two new plays are written by specially commissioned playwrights, giving their take on a topic inspired by recent news events...
Software
- CommonGround (software)CommonGround (software)CommonGround is a web-based software program that helps mental health clients identify treatment preferences and effectively communicate them to clinicians....
, a software program that helps people receiving mental health services communicate more effectively with their clinicians