"The first seven chapters in Talking theWalk look in detail at the realities of communicating in partnership. As well as narrative, each chapter contains a number of boxes and tables giving examples or “Practitioner Tips”. Near the start of chapter 7 (pages 58-59), you will find a diagram outlining the communication aspects of the Partnering Cycle. Chapter 8 comprises nine tools that you can use or adapt for your own purposes. Since the manual is about communication, we invited as many contributors as possible to participate in this project, to demonstrate the collaboration that we saw as a vital ingredient of partnering communication. Woven throughout the manual are think pieces that some of these contributors have written. In addition, chapter 9 contains communication stories and communication case studies reflecting the experience of a range of practitioners in the field." (Page 1)