Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: California opportunity

[Catya Belfer (catya]

I recommend Tree highly!

     - cat

Catya Belfer   -  www.catya.org
Technical Director   -   www.cohousing.org
Cohousing in MA - www.mosaic-commons.org

On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 9:45 PM, Tree Bressen <tree [at] ic.org> wrote:

>
> Hi folks,
>
> Greetings cohousing friends!
>
> I am writing with a short-notice opportunity for groups in the wider SF
> Bay Area.  Years ago i taught group skills down in California quite a bit,
> working with many cohousing communities in all stages of development on
> facilitation, consensus, policy development, and so on.  After a while the
> travel got to be too much and i stopped working in California; these days
> my work takes place almost all in Oregon.  However, an old friend has
> coaxed me into presenting at this conference
> http://groundswell.institute/our-programs/west-coast-communities-conference/
> (which i encourage y'all to consider attending).  As a result, i will be
> making a trip to northern California, and thus am available to teach either
> the weekend before or after the event next month.
>
> If your group would like facilitation work and/or group skills training
> either OCTOBER 3-4 or OCTOBER 17-18, i will give the time to whichever
> group commits first.  At this time i'm offering one weekend or the other,
> rather than both; my preference would be for the earlier time slot if
> possible.  I'm also open to other possibilities, such as splitting a
> weekend between two groups, a joint workshop for multiple groups, or a
> workshop for open public enrollment--so if i hear back from folks with
> interests that seem to line up that way we can coordinate something along
> those lines.  Aside from the weekend, i could also do a shorter weeknight
> presentation.
>
> For trainings, typical topics i teach on include:
> -- Consensus Decision-Making (minimum one full day)
> -- Meeting Facilitation
> -- Group Works: Pattern Language for Nourishing Community
> -- Appreciative Inquiry
> -- Planning for Great Meetings
> -- Communication Skills for Feedback and Peacemaking
> -- Crafting Excellent Questions
>
> For facilitation, among cohousing groups the most popular topic for years
> has been participation policy; i am happy to facilitate productive
> conversation on that or whatever else is your priority at this time.
>
> Further information is available on my website at www.treegroup.info.
>
> It's been ages since i've been active on or read this list, these days i
> work with a wide spectrum of organizations with less focus on community
> living.  I won't see a reply if it only goes to the list, you'll need to
> write me directly at this address (tree [at] ic.org).  I'm teaching at a
> conference in Portland this week so less available than usual, will try to
> check email when i can.  Once i'm back from that i will be ready to focus
> on preparing for any California sessions.  I hope life is well with each of
> you reading this and that your communities are thriving.
>
> Cheers,
>
> --Tree
>
>
>
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>
> Tree Bressen
> Eugene, Oregon
> (541) 343-3855 (after 11am)
> http://treegroup.info
> http://groupworksdeck.org
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