- This event has passed.
Using Sociocracy to Support Harmony and Connection
December 14, 2022 @ 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CST
Using Sociocracy to Support Harmony and Connection
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
- Pacific: 1:00-2:00pm
- Mountain: 2:00-3:00pm
- Central: 3:00-4:00pm
- Eastern: 4:00-5:00pm
Join Dynamic Governance experts Ted Rau and Jerry Koch-Gonzalez to learn how Sociocracy can support harmony and connection in your community.
About the event
With many personalities and needs in community, sometimes tensions can’t be avoided. Luckily, sociocratic methods can help us catch these tensions early as well as put systems in place so tensions don’t escalate.
Join us for this 1-hour webinar to learn how Sociocracy can help your community work through conflict as well as get a taste for our upcoming 5-week course, Sociocracy for Communities.
In this webinar, you’ll learn about 5 key points from Sociocracy:
- clarity on who decides what
- good-decision making
- listening in meetings
- conflict engagement policy and processes
- how to keep everyone informed
About your presenter
Ted Rau
Ted is part of Sociocracy For All (SoFa), an international organization he co-founded with his colleague Jerry Koch-Gonzalez in 2016. SoFa is now a growing, international movement service organization that provides resources, training and networking for sociocracy practitioners. Ted co-authored the sociocracy handbook, Many Voices One Song and has taught sociocracy workshops in several countries including the United States, Brazil, the United Kingdom and Italy. Ted is transgender, and his experience of seeing gender dynamics from both sides has influenced his thinking and perception. Ted has 5 children and has been a resident of Pioneer Valley Cohousing in Massachusetts since 2012.
Jerry Koch-Gonzalez
Jerry helps companies and organizations implement sociocracy to create adaptive and effective organizations where all members’ voices matter. He is a consultant and certified trainer in both Dynamic Governance/Sociocracy and Compassionate Communication (NVC).
He has been a Board member of the Institute for Community Economics, United for a Fair Economy and Class Action, and a trainer with Movement for a New Society, the National Coalition Building Institute, DiversityWorks, Cambridge Youth Peace & Justice Corps, Lesley College Center for Peaceable Schools, Boston College Center for Social Justice, the Association for Resident Controlled Housing, and Spirit in Action.
Jerry is a founding and current resident of Pioneer Valley Cohousing, a 21-year old community in Amherst MA that has been successfully using sociocracy (aka Dynamic Governance) for the last 6 years.
Location
You’ll get the Zoom link after you register in your confirmation email. Please check the spam folder of the inbox you use to register.
Registration
The Online Event Experience
Live Zoom Sessions
Nothing pre-recorded here! When you sign-up for an event with FIC, you’ll have the opportunity to join a live session on Zoom with the event presenter/facilitator and other participants.
Affordable and Accessible
All our events are run on a sliding scale basis. Generous donations cover the costs for low-income attendees. FIC is committed to making our programs accessible to people of all walks of life.
Watch the Recording
You’ll receive the recording of your event to view for up to one month (unless otherwise noted). So don’t worry if you can’t attend a live session. Watch or listen whenever it is convenient for you.
Loved by Community Builders
What a beautiful gift to our intentional community builders and leaders! FIC’s programs provide a way for thinking and concerned people to collaborate for solutions to our multitude of global crises. Thank you FIC! – Terri Garcia
I am constantly impressed by the down-to-earth practicality of the FIC workshops combined with the philosophical questions that are so vital for us to explore. I’m grateful for the excellent planning and delivery of the workshops by skilled and inclusive presenters, who create a space that is both welcoming and invites participants to challenge existing ideas and world views. Well done and thank you FIC. – Claire Ogden
