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From Ted Rau and his organization Sociocracy for All.

SOFA's most popular sociocracy resources in 2021 in one big list

Another year sharing, teaching, writing, coaching, problem-solving is ending. 

This email is our end-of-the-year gift to you - it's packed with inspiring reads and learning.

May our resources help you make your organizations smoother, connected and more wonderful! 

If you want to share all these resources with someone, please do! Share this list on social media Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn or by email. Or tell them to look on this page: https://www.sociocracyforall.org/our-most-used-resources-in-2021.

Ted, Executive Director of Sociocracy For All

P.S. If you haven't donated yet, it's about time! See the SoFA giving page.

Books

In 2021, we added two books to our list!

• Many Voices One Song. Shared power with sociocracy. (2018) Ted Rau and Jerry Koch-Gonzalez - the manual!
• Who Decides Who Decides. How to start a group so everyone can have a voice. Ted Rau (2021) - for forming groups!
• Let's Decide Together. (2021) Hope Wilder - for grown-ups and children!

Articles

Older articles with many reads:

• 3 tools from sociocracy to use right away, plus magic phrases. What are the tools you can introduce anywhere, without mentioning the word sociocracy? 
• Decision-making methods: a comparison. What are common decision-making methods, and what are their implications? 
• Strategies for integrating objections. What are our options when someone objects?
• “What if people don’t cooperate?” A systemic view of meetings. Sometimes people ask this question, and the answer is: there is no easy answer. Everything is connected. 
• The 3 most typical struggles in sociocratic organizations and how to fix them. Recognize any of these?
• On feedback. A short introduction to giving feedback that can be heard.

Newer foundational articles:

• Sociocracy in small groups
• Sociocracy in large groups?
• A facilitator's guide to keeping meetings on track
• Clarity and empowerment: What is a domain?
• Sociocracy and Nonviolent Communication

Advanced resources for governance geeks

• How SoFA uses sociocracy (recording)
• National, regional and local chapters – expanding sociocracy (article)
• Sociocracy meets Listening At Scale (article)
• What is a Help Desk? (article)
• Policy and Operations (article - NEW)

Thought-provoking

• Otherness by Eric Tolson
• The tragedy of a meeting by Ted Rau
• 5 Ways you’re already using restorative practices by Hope Wilder
• Practicing co-regulation during Meetings by Sofie Malm
• 5 Strategies for Combining Equity with Sociocracy by Deborah Chang

Videos

• Sociocracy - the operating system of the New Economy. (4 min)
• What is sociocracy?  (19 min)
• How to generate a proposal in sociocracy (5 min)
• Consent process: decision-making in sociocracy (5 min)

Case studies

All case studies can be accessed on the case study page. 

Printables

Find our printables on the Facilitation Page. 

Like what we do? Thank you!

Here are ways to help: 

• Support SoFA: Sociocracy For All donation page
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• Want to plug in and help? Learn about SoFA membership

Learning with Sociocracy For All

SoFA generally has 4 sociocracy levels. Unclear what your level is? Take the quiz!

• Beginner level (6-8h)
• Facilitation classes (6h). 
• Immersion and practice classes (10-20h). Learning through role play
• Academy (100h+) Leading to certification

Beginner level, facilitation level and Nonviolent Communication classes can be done in 3 different ways: 

• Open workshops. You simply sign up for a class.
• Video-led classes. Your group learns with videos and exercises.
• Team workshops for your organization. Your own group + a SoFA trainer. 

All details on the training page.

The best deal are definitely the video-led classes. You can learn with your group, low price, on your own schedule. All you need to do is register, access the videos and invite 3-5 friends and start learning. They can be done via video platform or in person. 

• Video-led beginner class for groups ($120/group)
• Video-led facilitation class for groups ($220/group)
• Video-led Nonviolent Communication class ($120/group)
• Bonus: a video-course to walk you through drawing an organizational structure (free!) 

Upcoming events

• Jan 13: Free introduction: What is sociocracy?
• Jan 15: Conference: sociocracy and schools
• Jan 19 (for 10 weeks, weekly) Sociocracy Leadership Training (SoLT 19), our immersion program!
• Jan 24, Jan 31, Feb 7: Nonviolent communication introduction
• Jan 27 + Feb 3: Accountability and feedback – how to get things done without coercion
• Feb 8 + 15: Sociocracy beginner class
• Feb 17, Feb 24, March 3: Facilitation training for sociocracy
• March 15 (weekly for 5 weeks): Facilitation – deep practice (advanced!)

And here is the complete schedule:

https://www.sociocracyforall.org/events/

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