John Buck is offering his Advanced Facilitation (renamed Dynamic Governance Facilitation) Course online starting on 23 July 2013.  The course comprises six 2-hour combined online/tele-conference highly interactive sessions.  The course is quite intensive in that it involves a lot of preparatory tasks and homework, as well as working with a learning buddy between sessions.  More details here.

The class will be run by John Buck, assisted by Sheella Mierson and John Schinnerer.  This year, in 2012, five of us participated in the course, and I think I can say on behalf of all we learned a tremendous amount and got a lot out of it, and I would highly recommend it to anyone who has already got a basic grasp of sociocracy or is using sociocracy and is eager to strengthen their skills as a facilitator.  We were each teamed up with someone from across the Atlantic and "comparing notes" in that way was also very beneficial.

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Dynamic Governance Facilitation

If you have experienced dynamic governance (aka “sociocracy”) and want to grow it in your organization, this course is for you.
 
Valuable for:
●      Organization or company leaders.
●      People who have been elected to facilitate a circle and want to deepen their skills.
●      Users of dynamic governance (DG) who want to improve their skills in meeting participation and deepen their understanding of DG concepts.
 
Participants will: 
●      Explore advanced DG structures and processes.
●      Plan meetings and facilitate DG decision-making processes, with coaching.
●      Practice handling challenging facilitation situations.
●      Get support in facilitating DG in their own organization.
●      Receive the instruction and some of the practice time needed to qualify as a certified DG facilitator.
●      Get to know others who are using and learning DG.
 
Prerequisite:
Basic knowledge about DG such as Introduction to Dynamic Governance or Foundations of Sociocracy or equivalent training or experience. Contact us if you’re not sure whether you have enough basic knowledge.
 
Course Format: 
Six interactive teleclass sessions of two hours each.

Dates and Time:
July 23rd, 2013; August 6th & 20th, 2013; September 3rd & 17th, 2013; and October.  (Dates are dispersed to give participants opportunity to practice facilitation between sessions.)

Tuesdays, 1:00 P.M. - 3:00 P.M. Eastern Time (GMT -5  ==>  UK 18:00 - 20:00)

Cost: 
$385.00 ($320.00/person when registering 2 or more people from the same organization)

Note:
●      There will be up to two hours of between-class homework assignments. In addition, each student is strongly encouraged to practice facilitation with a group outside of class time. You may already have a group with whom you can practice; otherwise we will assist you to set one up.
●      We will record all sessions so that you can listen if you miss a class. Students who attend at least four classes and offer evidence that they have made up the other two classes will receive a certificate of participation.
●      The class will be limited to 12 participants. Register soon--we expect it to fill up!

To Register: please go registration page 
 
In-House Dynamic Governance Facilitation Option:
We will conduct Dynamic Governance Facilitation "in-house” by special arrangement. The required workshop contact time and between-class assignments can be scheduled to meet your organization’s needs and objectives. In-house training is an excellent method for building facilitation capacity and effective leadership within your organization. To learn more about our in-house training option or to set up a program at your organization, please contact us.

Feel free to forward this information to others who may be interested. We look forward to hearing from you!

Regards,

John Buck
CEO, GovernanceAlive, LLC,