Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: website updates

[Catya Belfer-Shevett (catya]

Tree, fabulous stuff as always, and I like the overhaul!

        - catya

--On Monday, March 20, 2006 1:29 PM -0500 Tree Bressen <tree [at] ic.org> wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> I have just completed the first major overhaul of my website since
> original creation some years ago.  I am really excited about these
> changes as i think make the site more user-friendly, grouping information
> more clearly.  I have also added a few new pieces.
>
> Changes include:
>
> 1. Reorganizing the site so that items on similar topics are consolidated
> (instead of having long and short treatments of the same subject be on
> separate lists).  See the new table of contents at
> http://treegroup.info/topics/.
>
> 2. Making a bunch of my workshop handouts available as PDFs for the first
> time ever, in addition to HTML.
>
> 3. Posting the first edition of a Facilitation Primer i've written, 21
> pages of basic info.  http://treegroup.info/topics/facilitation_primer.pdf
>
> 4. New link from my Resources page
> http://treegroup.info/resources/C1-resources.html to Seeds for Change,
> http://seedsforchange.org.uk/free/res#grp, a wonderful website on
> consensus that i just discovered.
>
> 5. "Floofy Meetings" for community-building:
> http://treegroup.info/topics/B18-floofy.html
>
> 6. Flow chart on consensus steps:
> http://treegroup.info/topics/flow%20chart-white.jpg (i think this item
> might not be printing perfectly yet, sorry)
>
> 7. Four great new books linked from my Resource Books page
> (http://treegroup.info/resources/C2-booklist.html):
>
> Building Consensus: Conflict and Unity.  (2001)  Monteze Snyder, et al.
> Basic overview from a Quaker perspective.  Earlham University Press,
> $15.00
>
> The Consensus Pocket Guide: How to Achieve High-Commitment Decisions.
> (2004)  Larry Dressler.  Straightforward information clearly presented;
> misses some nuance but its simplicity makes this short book very
> appealing as an overview.  Blue Wing Consulting, 1209 Pearl St., Denver,
> CO 80302; www.consensustools.com.
> (A revised edition of this book will be published by Berrett-Koehler
> later this year--2006.)
>
> Head, Heart & Hands: Lessons in Community Building.  (2004)  Shari Leach.
> Specifically geared toward cohousing groups.  Wonderland Hill Development
> Company, $20.00 ppd.
>
> Meeting of the Minds: A Guide to Successful Meeting Facilitation.  (2001)
> Daniel Iacofono.  Includes nice illustrations and a great section on
> graphic recording.  MIG Communications, $29.95.
>
> 8. Adding a section on workshops that are open for public enrollment:
> http://treegroup.info/workshops/.
>
> Enjoy!
>
> --Tree
>
>
> -----------------------------------------------
>
> Tree Bressen
> 1680 Walnut St.
> Eugene, OR 97403
> (541) 484-1156
> tree [at] ic.org
> http://www.treegroup.info
>
> _________________________________________________________________
> Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at:
> http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L/




Catya Belfer-Shevett      'This is not the .sig you're looking for.'
catya [at] pobox.com            'You can go about your business.'
                                           'Move Along.'