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Autism and the social change group: Part 2
After the workshop I participated in at the end of March, I’ve continued a dialogue with Caroline from Insider Autism Training. We spoke about ways in which the training could have been made more experiential. That led us to the … Continue reading
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Tagged autism, diversity, facilitation, Insider Autism Training, margins and mainstream
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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
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Tagged autism, diversity, facilitation, group dynamics, hand signals, margins and mainstream
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Facilitating from privilege
I’ve commented before that training around power and privilege in groups and society has been gathering momentum in activist circles here in the UK. We’re lagging sadly behind our peers in the States and elsewhere, but at least it’s happening. … Continue reading
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Tagged margins and mainstream, power and privilege, training
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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
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Tagged change, changemaking, facilitation, group dynamics, margins and mainstream, photography, power, training
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Step outside for a moment…
Occupy London was in court last week. The court found against them and, subject to appeal, the City of London can proceed to evict. The occupation is illegal. I can’t help feeling that the power of the Occupy movement is … Continue reading
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Tagged 38 degrees, facilitation training, margins and mainstream, Occupy LSX, Occupy Movement
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dominance in meetings: margins, myths, and small group magic
Recently I facilitated part of the second day of a 2 day gathering. I arrived on the night of the first day in time to catch the end of the day’s meeting. Energy was flagging a little and that meant … Continue reading
Process, power and privilege in the Occupy movement
Ivan Boothe has written an excellent post on the Fellowship of Reconciliation website. He talks about the cornerstones of the process used by the growing occupy movement in the States such as the people’s mic, consensus decision-making, and general assemblies … Continue reading
Mind the gap
Dwight Towers sent me a link (as he often does) to Jeff Monday’s short video on information gaps – the difference between what we know now and something new to our experience and how we engage with the new (or … Continue reading
Consensus decision-making: the moment of truth
There comes a point in the consensus process where you have to test for consensus, that is actively ask the group whether or not there is agreement for the proposal that’s under discussion. The success of that test is dependent … 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
