Cohousing-L Mailing List: Facilitation and Consensus workshops Sat 11/8 in Oakland, CA

[Raines Cohen (rc2-coho-L]

East Bay Cohousing proudly presents

Consensus and Facilitation workshops
for people living in or creating Cohousing
with Tree Bressen

Saturday, November 8, 2003
at Swan's Market Cohousing Common House
Oakland, California

Details at http://www.ebcoho.org/workshop.html
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Morning: Consensus
9:00 am - 12:00 pm       

Bringing together the wisdom of the group for the best possible 
decisions--it sounds like a nice ideal, but how do groups do it 
effectively? This workshop will offer a coherent approach to consensus, 
including the official structures (agreement, standing aside, blocking), 
the principles underlying them, and what it really takes to make them 
work.   

        Afternoon: Facilitation
1:00 pm - 5:30 pm

This workshop will cover the essentials of what every meeting facilitator 
needs to know. After going over the basic principles, we'll practice 
dealing with difficult situations, such as: how to intervene gracefully 
when someone is speaking too long; how to support all parties when a 
conflict comes up; and other situations as suggested by the participants. 
Come try out these key skills in a safe and supportive atmosphere. 
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Workshop leader: Tree Bressen

        Tree Bressen is an experienced facilitator who's worked with groups 
ranging from her local food co-op to the national Green Party convention. 
Her base is in intentional communities, groups of people who live 
together and have to deal with each other every day! Her work arises from 
a desire for people to learn the communication skills that will enable 
all of us to build a better world together.
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The Site: Swan's Market Cohousing

The workshops will take place in the Common House of Swan's Market 
Cohousing, North America's 50th Cohousing community, in the historic Old 
Oakland neighborhood of downtown Oakland, California. The site, within a 
historically-preserved mixed-use 1917 public market building, is fully 
accessible, with an elevator and wheelchair-accessible restroom. 
Participants will also have the opportunity to meet people living in 
cohousing in this and other communities, and to visit a unit between 
sessions. Onstreet and garage parking is available nearby; BART (a 12 
minute trip from downtown San Francisco) is a block away.        
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Workshop Fees

        As a longtime group member of the Cohousing Association of the United 
States (Coho/US), we are providing discounts to other members - join 
today and save!

Coho/US members or members of Coho/US member groups: $55 per person per 
workshop, $90 for full day.

Non-members: $65 per person per workshop, $110 for full day.

Onsite registration may be offered ($20 more per person) on a 
space-available basis; we recommend reserving your spot early to be 
guaranteed the opportunity to participate; advance registration closes 
Wednesday, November 5, or when we fill the room.

Lunch is not included, but a refrigerator and full kitchen is available 
for your use, and there are numerous restaurants within a block of the 
workshop site. 
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For more information or to register, write to ebcoho-interest [at] ebcoho.org 
or call (510) 893-3358. 

Raines Cohen <my initials,2,dash,coho,dash,L at my first name .com>

  Member, Swan's Market Coho [Oakland, CA] <http://www.swansway.com/>
Where we just learned of a new electric rate schedule that could save us 
25% on our bill.

  Secretary, Berkeley [CA] Cohousing
Where the budget process is underway early this year.

  Pass-the-baton-guy, East Bay Cohousing <http://www.ebcoho.org/>
Reminding everyone that facilitation training can help you and the group 
even when you're not facilitating.

  Boardmember, Coho/US <http://www.cohousing.org/>
Putting another issue of Cohousing magazine to bed.

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