In a recent book, Kitchen Table Sustainability (2009a), we described Howard Gardner’s ‘theory of multiple intelligences’, which initially proposed seven types of intelligences: linguistic intelligence (word smart); logical–mathematical intelligence (number/reasoning smart); spatial intelligence (picture smart); bodily–kinaesthetic intelligence (body smart); musical intelligence (music-smart); interpersonal intelligence (people smart); and intrapersonal intelligence (self smart). Later, Gardner added naturalist intelligence, spiritual intelligence, existential intelligence and moral intelligence. The message from this work for community visioning is that we need to be alert to our participants’ different learning styles and multiple intelligences. A one-sizefits-all approach will not work. Daniel Goleman’s concept of social intelligence, which has two major components (social awareness and social facility), expands the notion of multiple intelligences. To ensure that participants are not inadvertently sidelined in visioning exercises, we must be alert to their multiple intelligences.