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We provide talks, presentations, workshops and self-organising materials on –
- Concepts of participation and collaboration
- Mediation – theory and applications
- Facilitation – theory and applications
- Understanding concepts of nonviolent action (NVA),
- Organising around applications of NVA,
- The history of nonviolence and nonviolent direct action (NVDA)
Welcome to the archived Rhizome website for useful resources 
It’s here that we need to provide some downloads of training plans and manuals; and links to other useful sites.
Two books that I think are core to any participative facilitator’s thinking and reflection –
The Community Planning Handbook ed. Nick Wates – Earthscan
A compilation of participative methods of running meetings with pictures, scenarios, checklists, sample agendas and further reading.
Participatory workshops by Robert Chambers – Earthscan
A sourcebook of 21 sets of ideas and activities for group work. Each set has 21 ideas, including 21 mistakes I make in a workshop.