Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Course proposals for continuing education?

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

On Jan 6, 2009, at 11:26 PM, Ellen Keyne Seebacher wrote:

> Sharon Villines and Ann Zabaldo suggest the Cohousing Game as a basis
> for a course

But it would give you the talking points for a presentation since they  
are defined clearly on cards. I would talk to the Cohousing  
Collaborative to see what you can work out with them. For a non- 
commercial use, you might be able to just see them while at the same  
time giving CC credit and some publicity. You wouldn't have time to do  
the game and the people there wouldn't be interested.

> Sharon, your other thoughts are quite helpful, though we're still
> pondering how to fit ideas like a history of intentional communities
> into a two-hour continuing-ed session!

Easy -- 5 minutes. It doesn't have to be complex. Just a definition  
will be enough for most people to get the idea. They don't have to  
have a lot of information to understand that this is not a new concept.

While maybe 20% of the people will be there to jump into something  
new, most won't. They need reassurance that this is not weird. Even  
mentioning historical context will do this.

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing,Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org