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Autism and the social change group
I spent the afternoon in a workshop on autism and social change groups. The trainers were all on the autistic spectrum (diagnosed or undiagnosed), as were several other participants. The rest was a motley crew of activists and activist facilitators … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Facilitation, Matthew
Tagged autism, diversity, facilitation, group dynamics, hand signals, margins and mainstream
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The perfect group? A dangerous fantasy?
The MindTools website is a useful source of all kinds of resources, articles and ideas. I’ve just read the latest e-newsletter on beating self-sabotage which has a great article on perfectionism in it. Read the article and then translate it … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, capacity building, Matthew
Tagged delegation, group dynamics, MindTools, perfectionism, shared responsibility
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On being a facilitator
In early February, Matthew and I delivered a facilitation training for staff at the World Development Movement, which had developed out of a Rhizome discussion last November with all seven facilitators. We had talked then about the difficulties of delivering … Continue reading
Posted in Facilitation, Jo, Matthew, Transparency
Tagged change, changemaking, facilitation, group dynamics, margins and mainstream, photography, power, training
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The Empowerment Manual
Whilst we’re plugging books, here’s news that Starhawk‘s latest book will be out soon. Once again she returns to look at group process in The Empowerment Manual: A Guide for Collaborative Groups. Starhawk’s previous work is required reading on consensus, … Continue reading
Posted in Consensus, Facilitation, Resources
Tagged Empowerment Manual, group, group dynamics, Starhawk
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Nonviolence for a Change
From September 2011 to June 2012 Turning the Tide in collaboration with Huddersfield Quakers and other local peace and social justice groups are hosting a series of workshop called ‘Nonviolence for a Change.’ This is a training programme for people … Continue reading
Sharing values, Graphic Guides and Common Cause
Following our earlier phone meeting which I blogged about at the time, I met with Steph and Jeannie today to progress work on creating “effective meeting” resources for Transition initiatives. Steph and her son have produced a great 3 minute … Continue reading
Lunching out on accountability
I recently left a comment on Dwight Towers blog. It turned out to be quite a long one and had the makings of a post in its own right. So I’ve taken it and made it even longer. The problem … Continue reading
“Take me to your leader!” 2
It’s easy to point out all the potential problems for groups with hierarchical models of leadership. It’s less easy to know what to do about them. If you support groups, whether on a local or regional level, or as part … Continue reading
Greener Together
The community development folk at Sostenga, in co-operation with Co-operativesUK, have produced a new resource for greening up your act – The Greener Together Toolkit to complement their website. What I particularly like is the focus on making collective action … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Resources
Tagged climate change, Co-operativesUK, community activism, community development, group dynamics, newcomers, Sostenga
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Breaking and entering (or why newcomers need to be old lags)
A couple of weeks ago there was an attempted break-in at a neighbour’s house. This prompted the local police to drop a ‘Burglary Alert’ leaflet through all our doors. OK, so you’ve just checked the web address and confirmed you’re … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Facilitation
Tagged accessibility, community activism, group dynamics, Meetings, newcomers
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