Tuesday, March 19 & Thursday, March 21, 2024
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Join longtime communitarian Laird Schaub to learn about tensions around participation in community and how you can resolve them.
Most communities begin with the sweet hope that all members will contribute meaningfully to the maintenance and well-being of the group…but then find that reality doesn’t match the dream. Some members are doing way too much, while others don’t appear to be doing anything.
Many people come into community with an assumption that the workload amongst members is going to be equal – this is a myth. There are various differences between people’s bandwidth. Not everyone’s bandwidth for work is going to be the same – those are agreements that need to be made within your community from the start.
In this two-part series, Addressing Participation Issues in Community work, we’ll unpack why the workload distribution seems uneven, the various questions that need to be addressed to have a robust participation program, and why there is not one best answer about how to set that up.
Laird’s specialty is up-tempo inclusive meetings that engage the full range of human input, teaching groups to work creatively with conflict and diversity—all the while being ruthless about capturing as much product as possible. He lived for four decades at Sandhill Farm, an income-sharing rural community that he helped found.
Laird also helped found the Foundation for Intentional Community, where he served as the main administrator for 28 years. In 1987, he created a self-insurance fund for healthcare among income-sharing communities called PEACH (Preservation of Equity Accessible for Community Health) that he ran for 22 years.
In addition to his expertise in community living, he’s parlayed his passion for good process into a consulting business focused on cooperative group dynamics, styled CANBRIDGE (Consensus And Network Building for Resolving Impasse and Developing Group Effectiveness), since 1987.
Read his blog Laird’s Commentary on Community and Consensus.
You’ll get the Zoom link after you register in your confirmation email. Please check the spam folder of the inbox you use to register for an email from orders@ic.org.
Nothing pre-recorded here! When you sign-up for an event with FIC, you’ll have the opportunity to join a live session on Zoom with the event presenter/facilitator and other participants.
All our events are run on a sliding scale basis. Generous donations cover the costs for low-income attendees. FIC is committed to making our programs accessible to people of all walks of life.
You’ll receive the recording of your event to view for 60 days. So don’t worry if you can’t attend a live session. Watch or listen whenever it is convenient for you. Transcripts available upon request.
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Tuesday, March 19 & Thursday, March 21, 2024
View your local time here.
Join longtime communitarian Laird Schaub to learn about tensions around participation in community and how you can resolve them.
Most communities begin with the sweet hope that all members will contribute meaningfully to the maintenance and well-being of the group…but then find that reality doesn’t match the dream. Some members are doing way too much, while others don’t appear to be doing anything.
Many people come into community with an assumption that the workload amongst members is going to be equal – this is a myth. There are various differences between people’s bandwidth. Not everyone’s bandwidth for work is going to be the same – those are agreements that need to be made within your community from the start.
In this two-part series, Addressing Participation Issues in Community work, we’ll unpack why the workload distribution seems uneven, the various questions that need to be addressed to have a robust participation program, and why there is not one best answer about how to set that up.
Laird’s specialty is up-tempo inclusive meetings that engage the full range of human input, teaching groups to work creatively with conflict and diversity—all the while being ruthless about capturing as much product as possible. He lived for four decades at Sandhill Farm, an income-sharing rural community that he helped found.
Laird also helped found the Foundation for Intentional Community, where he served as the main administrator for 28 years. In 1987, he created a self-insurance fund for healthcare among income-sharing communities called PEACH (Preservation of Equity Accessible for Community Health) that he ran for 22 years.
In addition to his expertise in community living, he’s parlayed his passion for good process into a consulting business focused on cooperative group dynamics, styled CANBRIDGE (Consensus And Network Building for Resolving Impasse and Developing Group Effectiveness), since 1987.
Read his blog Laird’s Commentary on Community and Consensus.
You’ll get the Zoom link after you register in your confirmation email. Please check the spam folder of the inbox you use to register for an email from orders@ic.org.
Nothing pre-recorded here! When you sign-up for an event with FIC, you’ll have the opportunity to join a live session on Zoom with the event presenter/facilitator and other participants.
All our events are run on a sliding scale basis. Generous donations cover the costs for low-income attendees. FIC is committed to making our programs accessible to people of all walks of life.
You’ll receive the recording of your event to view for 60 days. So don’t worry if you can’t attend a live session. Watch or listen whenever it is convenient for you. Transcripts available upon request.
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