Category: CONFERENCES
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How to safely implement a sociocratic governance model?
Dette van Zeeland | In this presentation I like to share my experience in (re)designing the organisational structure and implementation of sociocratic governance models in different contexts. What creates the safety to start? How to distribute power and influence and keep track of the organisational flows? How to run governance meetings and use consent decision…
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SONEC (Sociocratic Neighbourhood Circles): the European future of the Neighbourhood Parliaments movement
Nathaniel Whitestone and Joseph Rathinam | The Neighbourhood Parliaments movement is one of the world’s largest local participatory democracy movements, with hundreds of thousands of communities in southern India. In Europe, we have begun adapting the Neighbourhood Parliaments model into what we now call Sociocratic Neighbourhood Circles. Learn about the history, the model, current experiments,…
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Navigating the Pandemics with Sociocracy 3.0: A Success Story from Neock.es
Hugo Lopes and Isabelle Belloso | May 4th 12:15 -13:15 UTC
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Prosocial Worldview and Sociocracy: A Practical Exploration of Shared Values and Cultural Design
Sociocracy in Intentional Communities conference 2022 Creating a future that works for all today Watch the recording: Description Trained facilitators will provide an overview of the Prosocial Core Design Principles and toolkit that enable communities to better understand and measure aspects of group functioning that strengthen cooperation and trust. The presentation will include interactive dialogue…
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Conflict Happens! Connecting the dots between sociocracy, non-violent communication, and conflict transformation in intentional communities
Sociocracy in Intentional Communities conference 2022 Creating a future that works for all today Watch the recording: Description Embracing that conflict is natural and with systems in place for the herd, we can relax and move toward restoration. You’ve probably noticed that many intentional communities (maybe even yours?) ask their members to take Non-Violent Communication…
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High Quality Reactions – discerning thoughts and feelings
Sociocracy in Intentional Communities conference 2022 Creating a future that works for all today Watch the recording: Description An interactive exploration of ways to increase quality and value of our reactions – in reactions rounds when processing proposals, and most everywhere else in life. We’ll look at methods for, and benefits of, distinguishing thoughts and…
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Community Safety and Accountability
Sociocracy in Intentional Communities conference 2022 Creating a future that works for all today Watch the recording: Click here to access presentation materials. Description What does accountability look like in community? How should communities support healing and repair between individuals and groups? In this workshop, we’ll expand our understanding of harm and how communities can…
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Sociocracy in Austria’s biggest Urban Ecovillage
Sociocracy in Intentional Communities conference 2022 Creating a future that works for all today Watch the recording: To the German speaking community: Heinz wrote a book (in German only, sorry folks) about how to start and run a Cohousing Community including a detailed description of the Dragon Dreaming method and Sociocracy in Community with a…
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Sociocratic decision-making and agile project leadership in co-housing – An exploration
Sociocracy in Intentional Communities conference 2022 Creating a future that works for all today Watch the recording: Click here to access presentation materials. Description Sociocratic decision-making is a very appropriate choice for organizing a participative cohousing community. Agile project management has proven effective in highly dynamic and client-oriented development projects. Integrating these two approaches via…