Dates: 22nd-24th February, 2019 Location: Halton Mill, Hill Lane, Halton, Lancaster, LA2 6ND Nearest Station: Lancaster A weekend of campaign updates, networking, planning, solidarity and socialising in Lancaster – in solidarity with Lancashire anti-fracking resistance. Involved or want to get involved in ecological resistance in Britain & Ireland? Whether you are fighting fracking, opencast coal, […]
Spotted on the New Economy Organisers Network email list: For some of us, 2018 marked a turning point. We could no longer ignore the effects of race, power and privilege in the workplace. Fifty years after the Race Relations Act, systemic racism is alive and well. We’re still trying to eliminate workplace racial inequality by […]
Apply now to participate in the first ever Movement Builders UK Training for Trainers – DEADLINE MIDNIGHT 21st JANUARY 2019 ****** When (dates): 8th-11th Feb 2019 When (times): Fri 8th 9.30am – Mon 11th: 8.30pm (residential) Where: Storthes Hall Park, Kirkburton, Huddersfield, Yorkshire Cost: Fees for Movement Builders operate on a sliding scale: Grassroots/Unpaid Organiser: […]
From our training collective cousins, Navigate and Tripod: Finding Collaboration in Conflict: Exploring Convergent Facilitation as a process for making difficult decisions in groups Would you like to learn how to facilitate groups that are stuck in disagreement to move forwards? Do you want to better support groups to come up with decisions that work […]
The process of polarisation can lead to one person seeing another as being without humanity and complexity, flattened into a two-dimensional caricature. One American organisation that has worked hard on ways to reverse this is Essential Partners, which has grown out of the Public Conversations Project. This in turn started when a group of family […]
Following the 3-day Exploring Class Train the Trainers, where we learned lots too, this important workshop from our fellow trainers at Navigate, is one to attend: Saturday 12th January 2019, 10.30 –5.30pm, Bristol The class system is embedded in all of our lives and its not surprising that when we organise for social and environmental […]
Invitation to Deep Adaptation Deep Dive Join us for a shared exploration of how to be and act in extraordinary times. This is a professional, personal and creative gathering. Part ‘Lab’, part facilitated journey, part Open Space. The times are urgent. Let’s slow down together When: Sunday December 16-Thursday December 20th, 2018. Where: Venue somewhere […]
Take a look at our newsletter, packed full of upcoming Rhizome workshops, what’s hot in our field, featured resources and more. Book on to our one-day workshops whilst there’s still spaces – our Facilitation Masterclass at the end of October, repeated already due to popular demand in Manchester, and our Facilitation Masterclass then travels to […]
Effective facilitation of meetings, decision‑making and discussions are a vital element of a team’s success. Good facilitation enables better planning, goal-setting, governance and communication. Sometimes meetings drain energy and tensions take control, particularly when the going gets tough. A good facilitator will be able to support increased participation and better communication when it matters most. This hands-on […]
At this year’s Green Gathering festival near Chepstow I bought a book called From Democracy to Freedom. It is produced by Crimethinc, which among many other descriptions says that it is an international network of aspiring revolutionaries. Their book led me to an article on the Occupy Wall Street website called Occupiers! Stop Using Consensus! […]
