Learn to change

GC (general Circle)

● Aim: overall governance

● Mission: support 3 sub-circles, communicate with the association offices, establish a development strategy, and oversee general operations.

● Participants: a first link (the “leader”), a facilitator, a secretary, and 2 delegates from the FUND, COM, and PROD circles.

FUNDS (financing)

● Aim: fundraising and finance.

● Mission: look for fundraising opportunities, manage organizational finances, and support sub-circles.

PROD (production)

● Aim: create and publish educational resources

● Mission: create “cards 4 democracy”, notebooks, and other resources and support sub-circles.

COM (communication)

● Aim: create a communications strategy and oversee communication.

● Mission: manage the blog and the social networks, and support sub-circles.

CoP (community of practice)

● Aim: to support the community.

● Mission: moderate communications on the online platform of 2000 educators

Further SoFA Reading

Clarity and empowerment: What is a domain?

Articles, Audience, circles, Community, Cooperative, Delivery element, Education, Nonprofit, Organizational Structure, Permaculture, Topic, Workplace

Domains combine clarity with flexibility, small groups with big picture thinking and alignment, empowerment of groups and individuals with responsibility. It’s a design pattern that we can use indefinitely – with a place for everything and everything in its place.

Sociocracy meets Listening At Scale

article broadcast, Articles, circles, Cooperative, Delivery element, General, general inspiration, Nonprofit, Organizational Structure, overview, Topic, Uncategorized

Wise Democracy tools serves deliberation and input, sociocracy serves decision-making and implementation. Here’s how they can be combined.

The use of sociocracy on Unicorn Grocery

Articles, Case Study, Cooperative

Unicorn Grocery, a sociocratic study case What is Unicorn Grocery? Unicorn Grocery is a thriving worker-owned, values-driven grocery co-op in Chorlton, Manchester, UK. They consist of 71 members who all work within the cooperative and are also the directors of the...

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