Permaculture and sociocracy – an online conference

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Permaculture and sociocracy - an online conference Step on the bridge between permaculture design and sociocracy. By including clear agreement and action, our design solutions to earth repair and social inequities will have a greater impact. Sociocracy, like permaculture design, is a fundamental set of tools used to develop our collective work. Together they create a system of decision-making and action that is resilient and inclusive. Join us on October 22, 2020 (16:00-20:00 UTC) for an online conference sure to grow your… Read More . . . “Permaculture and sociocracy – an online conference”

Podcast on commoning and sociocracy

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Podcast on commoning and sociocracy By David Bollier. Drawing on their worldwide work with schools, tech ventures, and other projects and organizationsThe Delibrative Democracy Consortium (DDC)u is an alliance o..., Ted Rau and Jerry Koch-Gonzalez, Cofounders of Sociocracy for All, explain how Sociocracy provides a fair, effective, commons-based system of deliberation and decisionmaking. Listen to the podcast

We’re ready!

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Logo of Sociocracy for All As Sharon has announced, Sociocracy For All is now curating this site. We’re proud to be following Sharon who has helped make sociocracy more known and used all over the world, both with this site and with We The People. A few words on who we are: Sociocracy For All was founded in 2016 by Jerry Koch-Gonzalez and myself, Ted Rau, because we wanted to see an organization that supports the sociocracy movement everywhere.  … Read More . . . “We’re ready!”

New Ownership: Sociocracy for All

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Logo of Sociocracy for All I’m very happy that Sociocracy for All (SoFA) has stepped forward to assume responsibility for caretaking and developing Sociocracy.info. They have an exciting plan to develop a commons for all the sociocracy-based theories and organizationsThe Delibrative Democracy Consortium (DDC)u is an alliance o.... When I began Sociocracy.info in 2004, there was only one website devoted to sociocracy, based on Netherlands, and often hard to find. Search engines were fickle about it. Today when I checked… Read More . . . “New Ownership: Sociocracy for All”

The Future of the Website

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The Future of the Website I have been studying and writing on Sociocracy since 2002 and am ready to move on to other interests. When I started studying and writing on sociocracy, it was almost totally unknown in English-speaking countries. The first effort was to collaborate with John Buck, the first certified sociocratic consultant outside of the Netherlands, on an authoritative handbook in English — and for me to learn enough to do it. I worked with John Buck, or… Read More . . . “The Future of the Website”

Conflict Resolution: Strategies vs Trust

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When connecting around needs and empathizing with feelings is going on, people don’t get hung up on strategies. Why not table discussion of strategies until there is universal agreement that all parties fully and deeply understand and appreciate each other’s feelings and needs? Then strategies need not be points of conflict—but points of creativity to find solutions that work for all. Strategies vs trust In the first sociocratic organization, Kees and Betty Boeke’s Children’s Community… Read More . . . “Conflict Resolution: Strategies vs Trust”