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Essentials of Integrative Facilitation

The Essentials of Integrative Facilitation: How to Get Through the Agenda and Build Energy at the Same Time
 
Table of Contents
0. Introduction
1. Mind Set
2. Operator's License
3. Riding Two Horses
4. Addressing for Success
5. Commitment to Relationship
6. When to Get Help
 
Contributed by CANBRIDGE - a process collective - (Consensus And Network Building Resolving Impasse and Developing Group Effectiveness)

Leadership Cycle

Finding good leaders in a student co-op is not an accidental process.  If your methods for finding and nurturing new leaders are haphazard and less than successful you must institute change or the future of your co-op is at stake.  Good leaders are not found, they are grown. Potential leaders must be identified early in their time in the co-op, they must be encouraged and nurtured.  Most of all they must be rewarded for their involvement through success and recognition.

Join a Community or Start One?

This resource was contributed by Laird Schaub for a workshop at NASCO's 2008 Cooperative Education and Training Institute.
 
Table of Contents
1. Pioneers vs. Settlers-Personality Profiles
2. The Queen Bee Syndrome-Challenges of Leadership
3. Location, location, location
4. Reinventing the Wheel vs. Wagging the Dog
5. Summary of Pros & Cons
6.

How to Design Successful Community Workshops

This is an outline for a training called 'Ready to Train? How to Design Successful Community Workshops'
 
Workshop Objective: Participants will learn the basics of popular education theory and training design to ensure that they have the basic skills needed to run effective community trainings.
 
Core Competencies:  Core competencies will include respect for the learner as teacher, commitment to variation of participatory training methods, and willingness to use a training design model to plan an effective training. 

Hosting Regional Co-op Conferences

Planning a regional conference is a significant undertaking that takes planning, delegation, and lots of work. These documents present some ideas that will help you think about how to tackle all the work in an efficient manner. For examples of previous regional conference materials, see the archive of WestCo materials here.