Tag Archives: Turning The Tide

Group as expert

Posted on February 22, 2012 by

I’ve just debriefed with Denise and Annie, fellow Turning The Tide folk . This weekend we co-facilitated a residential on “effective group working” as part of a year-long course that TTT offer. A lot was learnt  – including about the … Continue reading →

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Nonviolence for a Change

Posted on June 28, 2011 by

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 →

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Planning the year ahead…but no blue tea thinking

Posted on January 21, 2011 by

Carl and I met this week for a general catch up and planning session. He very kindly made the journey to Leicester and after an early lunch we adjourned to a local cafe and explored a wide range of topics. … Continue reading →

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Groundrules – empowering or oppressive?

Posted on July 12, 2010 by

Daniel Hunter of Training for Change has contributed a thought-provoking article to Turning The Tide’s latest Making Waves. In it he talks about ground rules and the various ways in which they can, ironically, undermine the safety of a group. … Continue reading →

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Telling the story of strategy?

Posted on June 25, 2010 by

 Simmering away in the background for the last 12-18 months has been a 3-way conversation between facilitators from Rhizome, Seeds for Change and Turning The Tide. As you’ll have seen from other posts in this strategy dialogue all have … Continue reading →

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Strategy: change & chaos

Posted on June 21, 2010 by

bringing about systemic change is less about trying to control things and force a particular outcome at a particular time, and more about trying to create the conditions for that change to happen. This doesn’t necessarily mean changing what we actually do. It just requires us to be more open to different understandings about the effect we are having – and the effect on us when we do it. Continue reading →

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