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Inclusive meetings. Better meetings with clarity and flow
August 15 @ 14:00 – 16:00 EDT
Basic sociocracy tools
About this training
Meetings are the precious moment when a team comes together. How can we spend this time more meaningfully?
The sociocratic meeting format is one of the gems sociocracy offers. It’s inclusive, connecting, and human-centered while providing focus on the work. Learn in this two-hour session how meetings can be improved instantly and how to build a meeting culture over time that fits your culture and gives you the meetings you want.
Level
Getting Started. (Never been to a workshop, watched/read a few things.)
Unsure of what your level is? Try our Sociocracy Level Quiz. This event is geared towards people with an assessment score of <14 but open to anyone.
Topics
What is a meeting format that gives everyone a voice and still doesn’t end up in talking and talking … and talking?
- Meeting format – step-by-step into shared power
- Rounds. Thinking and sensing together as a group
- How to plan and facilitate to stay on track
- How to divide up complex decisions into doable chunks
All classes include presentation, practice, and time for questions.
Schedule
| 0:00-0:10 | Overview and welcome |
| 0:10-0:40 | Meeting format and backlogs |
| 0:40-1:00 | Rounds; facilitating rounds |
| 1:00-1:20 | Building blocks of group process: understand-explore-decide |
| 1:20-1:45 | Staying on track |
| 1:45-2:00 | Feedback and next steps |
Trainers
Our sociocracy basic methods classes are taught by certified sociocracy trainers.
Jerry Koch-Gonzalez
Jerry has been committed to nonviolent social change all his adult life. He started his career with anti-oppression (especially classism), then became a certified trainer of Nonviolent Communication/NVC, facilitation, consensus. In the last 10 years, he has focused on his work in sociocracy. Jerry used to be part of The Sociocracy Consulting Group, and he is co-founder of Sociocracy For All where he now works full time. Jerry was born in Cuba and immigrated to the USA as a child. He has lived in community all of his life, since 1994 in Pioneer Valley Cohousing. Jerry is the co-author of the sociocracy reference manual Many Voices One Song.
Duration and time zone
This event is one 2-hour session on July 8. The starting time in local time zones is:
Price
You can request a 30% group discount for groups of 3+ people. Email [email protected].
Affordability is important to us. Please email [email protected] if the ticket price keeps you from attending and describe your need briefly.
2 hour live class
Tickets
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Venue
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Coaching package (choose hours)
$75.00 – $1,920.00
