Category: CONFERENCES
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Re-inventing Education Together (Ellen Even and Armin Sieber)
Description The Integrale Tagesschule Winterthur is an alternative secondary school located in Winterthur, Switzerland. In this presentation, we will focus on specific steps that enabled ITW to include all people involved in a purpose-driven school development process. Presentation slides Presenter Bio Ellen Even is living with her husband and twins in Zurich, CH. She works at…
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Running a free school sociocratically – advantages and challenges (Rita Mayrhofer)
Description In this session I will share the case study of a free Montessori school, the first in Austria, where sociocracy has been fully implemented for three years now. We have gained a lot of experience since we started to build the circular structure in 2015 and gradually integrated all involved, which I am happy…
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Power and trauma: what we learned from 6 years of running a school with sociocracy (Thomas Marshall and Fleur Mathet)
Description We started the first democratic school in France in 2014, La Croisée des Chemins. The project was run with sociocracy from the beginning until the school was closed in 2020. We would like to share what we learned from the challenges of shared power with other adults involved in an alternative education initiative. Presentation…
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Using Rubrics in Sociocracy Learning (Sebastián Zulueta)
Description We will present the case about using rubrics to improve learning sociocracy in teams and organizations, and we will discuss creating a collaborative effort to share experiences and tools for the future. We will share some examples of rubrics that can be used and will share different ways to work with this tool. Presenter…
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Erasmus Project: Sociocracy in Schools (Werner Kratochwil)
This presentation was not recorded. To find out more about the presenter’s work please visit: https://soziokratiezentrum.org/profiles/anja-ritter-2-2/ Description First I will present the Erasmus project for sociocracy in schools. Then I will ask for possible discussion topics which would be interesting to discuss in future workshops with members from different sociocratic schools. This could be questions…
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The Sociocratic Development Company: how to embed sociocracy into legal structures during the development phase (Leon deVreede)
Presenter Bio Leon de Vreede is one of the founders of Treehouse Village Ecohousing. Together with his wife Cate and son Dylan, this “burning soul” undertook the initial work to plan the development process and recruit the first members. With a career as a professional planner, Leon specializes in sustainable development projects and now…
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Facilitating Objections (Jerry Koch-Gonzalez)
Description What to do when objections to proposals arise from inside the Circle or from community members outside the Circle? We will explore a variety of strategies to keep the process flowing and have time for questions from conference attendees. Presenter Bio Jerry Koch-Gonzalez is a co-founder of Sociocracy For All and a founding…
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Conflict Happens. Expect it! (Gina Simm and Mandy Parry)
Presenter Bios Gina Simm is a recently retired first grade teacher living in the Pioneer Valley Cohousing Community in Amherst, Massachusetts. She is the leader of a circle called Care & Counsel where members keep their fingers on the social/emotional pulse of the community. Through this circle, Gina has created many venues for staying…
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The Missing Part in the Coliving Model (Alex Soto)
After having experienced several coliving projects (as an employee and resident), I realize that dynamic governance is a key piece for the model to work.
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Meaningful orientations to sociocracy in communities that have adopted sociocracy (Lauren Lake, Stefani Danes, and Craig Mosher)
So you’ve rolled out Sociocracy in your community. Whether it was years ago or just last month, you probably participated in some sort of training as a group and had opportunities to practice and develop your skills together. Now a new member household joins your community? What do you do for them?
