Time to beef up your activist skills! Pt'Chang and Friends of the Earth are holding three workshops over the next few weeks, on making meetings effective and enjoyable, or closer to it. $4/$6, 1-4pm, at Friends of the Earth, 312 Smith St, Collingwood. Sat 9 June: Consensus decision-making for small groups A practical workshop on quick, effective methods of making decisions that builds group trust and respect. Designed for activists working in small collectives, working groups and action groups. Sat 16 June: Facilitation skills Facilitators perform a crucial function in helping groups to function well and make the best possible decisions. This workshop will teach and improve facilitation skills for small collectives and groups. Sat 23 June: Building safe and effective groups Creating safe, sustainable and empowering groups that work well. Building group cohesion and trust, dealing with conflict and power dynamics in healthy ways, and preventing burnout within the group. For more info or to book (limited places!), call Domenica at Friends of the Earth, 9419 8700. -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:DDV: activist workshops: consensus
Friends of the Earth Melbourne Thu, 31 May 2001 18:50:08 -0700