Effective facilitation
One of the most basic and frustrating parts of organizing is conducting productive meetings. Meetings are the engines of group process. They’re also a gateway for recruitment and growth. A good one can give your group energy to tackle the impossible. A bad one can make you swear you’re never going back. We can provide professional facilitation services – for a single meeting, a series of meetings, or retreats. Sometimes you need to step back and take a break from directing traffic in order to concentrate on making the best decisions. We can help.
Group Decision-Making
The Organizing School also offers lessons on consensus decision making, the defined roles that make meetings successful, and answers to the common pitfalls that make them memorable for the wrong reasons. Maybe you want to learn about consensus for the first time, or you need a refresher course because your group is hitting a bump. The best decisions are made collectively in a transparent, orderly process that everyone can understand.
Specific Tools and Skills Workshops
We also provide specific training in skills and tools that you might need whatever Change you’re trying to win, like….
Strategy mapping your campaign
Improving your critical thinking skills
How to effectively frame your campaign
More productive outreach – telling your story
Issue Area Help
If you’re trying to find someone who can advise you on a specific issue area, our board and staff include organizers from a variety of causes, including environmental concerns, police reform, housing, urban agriculture, abortion rights, tenant organizing, civil rights, and LGBT rights. If they can’t help you directly, they probably know someone that can.
If you’re interested in any of these offerings, please fill out this short form and send it in and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible.