Who Decides Who Decides? – Resource page
You’ve read “Who Decides Who Decides” and you want to be sure to get your group the best foundation you can provide? Something to keep you on track and help everyone participate effectively? Welcome!
What you can find on this page:
- Demo videos – each step of the book demonstrated by our wonderful (staged) “Retreat Center circle” of Shala, Rhonda, Denise and Sara
- Summary slide deck – the main points in appealing slides
- Printable meeting templates for facilitators – print before the meeting
- SoFA forums – get help from others
- Template for meeting minutes – google doc/word templates to record your circle’s ideas and decisions
- Hear the author explain what the book is about in the video of our book celebration (April 1 2021).
Don’t have the book yet?
Summary slide deck
You can use this slideshow to show future group members a summary of the process your are using.
Printable meeting templates for facilitators
Printable versions of the templates in the appendix of the book.
Meeting minutes templates
Word/Google doc template – all meeting agendas are prepared and ready to go!
Upload and open in google docs or open with a word application.
Each meeting also includes comments for the facilitator based on the guiding comments in the cheatsheets.
SoFA Forums
Discuss the book, ask your questions – on Sociocracy For All’s forums!
Visit our forum page to
- have other people support you in writing a good aim
- ask all your questions and engage with others who have followed this process
- see 200+ Frequently Asked Questions about sociocracy – and their answers!
Demo videos
15 min
Check in
5 min
Attendance, Duration, Information (ADMIN)
5 min
Consent to agenda
10 min
Commitment to consent
10 min
Commitment to rounds
20 min
Decision about the aim
10 min
Experience with regard to the aim
15 min
Getting to know each other
10 min
Defining founding members
5 min
Next meeting
5 min
Update the backlog
10 min
Check out
10 min
Check in
5 min
Attendance, Duration, Information (ADMIN)
5 min
Consent to agenda
30 min
Selection process
10 min
Infrastructure and communication
20 min
Gather items for the backlog
10 min
Prioritize the backlog
15 min
Add new members? (y/n)
(This group opted not to have new members)
10 min
(select new members)
5 min
Update the backlog
10 min
Check out
10 min
Check in
5 min
Attendance, Duration, Information (ADMIN)
5 min
Consent to agenda
N/A
5 min
(integrate new members)
15 min
Sub-circles, or roles?
20 min
Operationalize priority item #1
20 min
Operationalize priority item #2
20 min
Operationalize priority item #3
15 min
Review process so far
5 min
Update the backlog
10 min
Check out
The story – and some magic!
Watch our completion celebration party. (Recorded on April 1 2021)
00:00-05:00 A welcome
05:30-27:00 Magic!
27:00-33:00 Story of the Publication Circle
33:00-59:00 Author Ted Rau about the book
