Cohousing-L Mailing List: Sociocracy for Communities, Part One, Live Online Course, Sundays, July 7-Aug 4

[Diana Leafe Christian (diana]

Hello friends and colleagues in cohousing,

I’m so happy to be offering my live online Sociocracy course again, this time 
in two five-week parts: Part One is middays staring Sunday, July 7, and Part 
Two in October. If you'd love to experience better meetings, please join us!  

SOCIOCRACY FOR COMMUNITIES, PART ONE: Proposal-Forming; Consent 
Decision-Making; Effective, Enjoyable Meetings.  Sundays, Jul 7 – Aug 4, 2024. 
Pacific Time: 10:00 am – 12:30 pm    Eastern Time: 1:00 – 3:30 pm 

"A visitor said she’d never seen a community meeting be so effective, 
efficient, and fun!" —Hope Horton, Common Ground Ecovillage, Chapel Hill, NC 

An Sociocracy is an especially successful self-governance and decision-making 
method I now highly recommend instead of consensus. Its mutually beneficial and 
mutually reinforcing parts provide checks and balances against "power over" 
behaviors. It’s for community members who no longer want to endure long, "go 
nowhere" meetings, or meetings plagued by conflict and distress. People who 
yearn for more effective, enjoyable, good-will meetings instead. 

When used as designed, Sociocracy can reduce conflict and offers four powerful 
benefits:
1. Better Meetings. 
      "Our meetings are faster and lighter and have a rhythm that feels 
satisfying." —Anamaria Aristizabal, Aldeafeliz Ecovillage, Colombia

2. Getting More Done. 
     "People are happier and more satisfied and getting more done."  —Laurie 
Nelson, Cherry Hill Cohousing, Amherst, MA

3. Being Better Organized. 
     "Information flows better, and we have better follow-up to our decisions." 
 —Anamaria Aristizabal, Aldeafeliz Ecovillage, Colombia 

4. More harmony and connection in the group. 
     "Meetings create a sense of connectedness." —Bill Baue, Cherry Hill 
Cohousing

I've taught Sociocracy successfully to cohousing communities, and other kinds 
of intentional communities and member-led groups internationally since 2012. "I 
loved this course. Who knew community governance could be so much fun!" —Jeff 
Conklin, Riversong Cohousing, Eugene, OR, Dec. 2021 course.  "Your recent 
Sociocracy training was outstanding!"  —William Walsh, Envision Community, 
Minneapolis, Minnesota, Jan 2023 course

        * $175-$250 Sliding Scale.   
        * Group Rate for five or more people from the same group: Take 20% off 
the above sliding scale prices, so $140 to $200 per person. 
        * Black, indigenous, and people of color receive fifty percent off of 
the sliding scale.

For more information, and to register for Part One: 
https://www.schoolofintegratedliving.org/sociocracy-for-communities-part-one/ 

Thank you!

Diana Leafe Christian