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Catching up…..
Seems like a while since I got round to reflecting on the work we’ve been doing on the blog, so here’s a quick catch up. Common Ground Since its inception Climate Camp has been an amazing experiment in working by … Continue reading
Facilitate local, change global…
The last couple of training sessions I’ve facilitated have both been local. They’ve also been with groups I’ve worked for before: Transition Leicester’s Footpaths project and the local Steiner school interest group. I’ve spent a good number of years running … Continue reading
Are we nearly there yet?
From time to time I find myself in discussion (or facilitating discussion) about whether or not campaigns and campaigners should declare their true colours and publish their vision and the route map for getting there. It’s not often that happens. … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Facilitation
Tagged anti-capitalism, changemaking, community activism, grassroots change, Strategy, Transition Leicester, values
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Introducing consensus to non-consensus groups
It’s common for people who value consensus to want to make the meetings they have as part of their everyday lives more consensual. So the question of how to use consensus in more traditional, often hierarchical, settings comes up regularly. … Continue reading
Transitioning to consensus: in Leicester
On Saturday I had the rare experience of having to walk just a few hundred yards from home to deliver a 1 day workshop on consensus decision making to the good folk of Transition Leicester. We met in the Friends … Continue reading
Posted in Consensus, Facilitation
Tagged active listening, consensus decision making, Transition Leicester, Transition Towns
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Footpaths – Community Carbon Reduction: lessons learnt
Emily, from Transition Leicester, and I finally got round to debriefing the Footpaths Community Carbon Reduction training for trainers that we co-facilitated in September. We’re preparing for the first of 2 drop-in evening sessions to give ongoing support to facilitators … Continue reading
Footpaths – Community Carbon Reduction
In the last few weeks I’ve been working with Emily from Transition Leicester on a training for facilitators which we deliver in about 3 weeks time. The facilitators in question are going to pioneer the first round of Transition Leicester’s … Continue reading
Posted in Facilitation
Tagged facilitation, group dynamics, training for trainers, Transition Leicester, Transition Towns
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