Hi Micaela, There are two books I would recommend about collaborative decision-making and meeting planning: How to Make Collaboration Work and How to Make Meetings Work, both by David Straus. http://www.amazon.com/David-Straus/e/B00288MPL4/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1
Marshall Rosenberg's book on Nonviolent communication is useful as is the Center for Nonviolent Communication's website: https://www.cnvc.org Cheers, Maureen On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 2:41 PM, Micaela Cooley <[email protected] > wrote: > Hello! > > I work for a program which supports the 70 (and growing) community gardens > in Pierce County & Tacoma (just south of Seattle). We have a lot of > educational resources for growing vegetables, but we've found the gardening > of plants is easy in comparison to the skills required to create a > high-functioning community... Are there any of you out there in this wide > network of community garden specialists who know of educational resources > for the soft skills that are required for gardening in community? Skills > may include: > > * Shared decision making > > * Planning meetings and work parties > > * Conflict resolution > > * Non-violent communication > > * Communication > > As an organization which supports community gardens, we want to increase > our own skill set as well as the skills of the community gardeners. We > would like to avoid creating the wheel and would be so grateful if any of > you would be willing to share resources you've used/developed to help build > capacity of community gardening groups. > > Many thanks! > > [cid:[email protected]] > > Micaela Cooley, Urban Agriculture Education & Outreach Coordinator > Pierce Conservation District > PO Box 1057 | 5430 66th Ave. East | Puyallup, WA 98371 > 501 S. I Street | Tacoma, WA 98405 > Phone: 253.306.3457 | Fax: 253.845.4569 > Website: www.PierceCD.org<http://www.piercecd.org/> > Join our List Serve<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/harvest_talk>! > Promoting the conservation of renewable natural resources in Pierce County > since 1949. > Follow us on Facebook< > http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/TacomaPierce-County-Community-Garden-Program/217603524929355 > > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20141121/0e617564/attachment.html > > > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: image001.jpg > Type: image/jpeg > Size: 2227 bytes > Desc: image001.jpg > URL: < > http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20141121/0e617564/attachment.jpg > > > _______________________________________________ > The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of > ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to > find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org > > To post an e-mail to the list: [email protected] > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: > http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20141121/33b352d3/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org
