Community Living
Detailed information:
This is a unique opportunity that will not be repeated in the near future. Diana is one of the best specialist on the issue of intentional communities around the world. She lives in the American ecovillage"Earthaven"and is only in Europe for a short lecture tour.
- Total price: 3 800 CZK - the price includes interactive workshop, simultaneous translation, printed materials, inspirational vegetarian meals.
- Early bird discount: save 300 CZK by registering before 01/07/2011
- Hotel accommodation at at www.valaskuvgrunt.eu for 400 CZK / night / person
- Limited possibility for camping on site for 100 CZK / person.
- Sorry, no animals allowed.
- You may want to consider arriving as early as Thursday, 07/28 evening.
- As part of the registration process we will try to arrange car pooling
- If necessary we can arrange transport from Moravičany train station.
Schedule for 3-day workshop
Friday, July 29, 2011
10:00 am - 11:30 am: Models of Cooperative Community
About the workshop, Handout Booklets, Schedule. Introductions. Models:
(1) Organized Neighborhoods: Enright Ridge model, Los Angeles EcoVillage.
(2) Network of rural neighbors: Earthaven and Taylor Creek Watershed; Findhorn, Scotland.
(3) Individual homesites and shared roads, business sites: Crystal Waters, Australia.
(4) Buying rural land for individual lots, revitalizing small village: Cloughjordan, ireland.
11:45 am - 12: 30 pm. From Dream to Reality: Antidotes for "Structural Conflict"
My Search for Why 10% of Communities Succeed & 90% Fail.
Structural Conflict and eight antidotes to resolve it.
Small-group exercise: Structural conflict you've experienced in groups.
Friday Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm: Creating a shared community Mission & Purpose.
Values, vision, mission & purpose, activities & goals. Tree diagram. Strategic plan.
Ppt: Mission & Purpose in Community.
Small-group exercise: Your group’s values for a Mission & Purpose Statement.
2:45 pm - 4:00 pm: Creating Mission & Purpose Documents
Two communities in the room? Which decision-making method when deciding Mission & Purpose? Your envisioned community values, mission (what you’ll do and why). PPt. Creating a Mission & Purpose Statement.
4:15 pm - 5:30 pm - Decision-Making: Introduction to Consensus & Sociocracy
Small-group exercise: Meetings you've hated (and why).
Overview: Sociocracy. Overview: Consensus.
Three Decision options. Ppt: Consensus. Sociocracy trainers in Europe. Consensus
resources online in English (which can be translated); consensus trainers in Europe.
Friday night:
- Tour of "Natural house" and Permaculture garden
- Videos, DVDs about communities worldwide
Saturday, July 30, 2011
8:30 am - 10:00 am - About Blocking in the Consensus Process
More on three decision options. Ppt: Consensus.
Threatening to block, and Premature Proposal Death.” Minutes & decision logs, notebooks & online.
10:15 am - 11:15 am - Preventing Personal or Too-Frequent Blocking
Effective methods to prevent personal, frivolous, or too-frequent blocking:
(1) Solution-oriented meetings with supermajority voting fallback.
(2) Criteria for a valid block. Ppt: Consensus Modifications.
11:30 am - 12:30 pm - Introduction to Consensus Facilitation
Three consensus facilitation skills. “stacking,” (calling on people in order that they raise their hands). Calling for consensus. Dealing with disruptive meeting behaviors.
Saturday Lunch
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm - Making Effective Proposals
Small-group exercise: what you might like to change about your group. The proposal process. How to make a proposal. Small-group exercise:making a proposal. Presenting and assessing the group’s proposals.
3:15 pm - 4:15 pm - Membership and the Famous “Community Board Game”
A clear, thorough membership process. Expectations meetings.
The critical, mutually reinforcing relationship between Mission & Purpose, membership process, and decision-making method. Exercise: “Community Board Game.”
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm - Check-Ins (Community circle)
The benefits of the check-in process. Whole-group exercise: group check-in.
Saturday night
- Introduction to PermaLot's idea for "Zdravy Zivot Co-housing"
- Communal talks around the camp fire
Sunday, July 31, 2011
8:30 am - 10:00 am - Brief Introduction to “Nonviolent Communication”
A taste of the Nonviolent Communication process. Stating observations in neutral
ways. Feelings that are real feelings. Basic human needs. Common needs: fairness and respect. Making a request for additional communication about the issue. Nonviolent Communication workshops & trainers in Czech Republic.
10:15 am - 11:15 am - Accountability in Community
Helping people stay accountable to group agreements. The “Community Eye.” The trapeze of trust and support and the safety net of agreements. Exercise: The telephone game.
11:30 am - 12:30 pm - More on Accountability; Conflict Resolution
A graduated series of consequences. Social Capital. Communication Agreements. Conflict resolution methods.
Sunday Lunch
1:30pm - 2:00 pm - Dealing with Conflict; The Challenging Group Member
Dealing with the challenging group member: the “Many Raindrops Make a Flood” method. Workshop Closing.