How do we facilitate internal strategic planning and make shared decisions to respond to the current political moment and funding ecosystem?
This bundle pairs 2 daylong virtual retreats, with 2 private 1:1 coaching sessions and 2 skills sharing webinars to build your toolkit in being able to respond while staying grounded in your values. As a diverse, Black and Trans led abolitionist worker cooperative founded in the South we have needed to be adaptive and creative in response to limited funding and political opposition for a decade. We have learned critical skills and built intentional systems for meaning making, sharing information, and designing solutions for sustainability all while keeping each other accountable to shared liberatory values. We are using this opportunity to share those practices with you and coach you through designing your own internal strategic planning spaces to harness the wisdom of your group and decide on a clear path forward.
Registering for this bundle gets you 20% off, and is actually cheaper than registering for both retreats on their own - but includes access to 3 additional webinars packed with tools!
Learning Arc
May 16th: [optional] Collective Power: Sharing Power Through Sociocracy Webinar (attend live, or check out the recording afterward)
- Learn more about this webinar here
- This webinar shares more about our collective and how we utilize consent based decision making and sociocracy to make decisions and share power as a diverse worker cooperative
- Taking place from 2-3:30 PT / 3-4:30 MT / 4-5:30 CT / 5-6:30 ET
May 23rd: Daylong Virtual Retreat on Liberatory Facilitation (must attend live)
- Learn more about this specific retreat here
- Focus on facilitating conversations, even around challenging or high stress topics, in a way that centers disability justice and meets the needs of diverse learners and collaborators
- Taking place from 8:30am-2:30pm PDT / 9:30am-3:30pm MDT / 11:30am-5:30pm EDT with a 1 hour break from 11:30am-12:30pm PDT/ 12:30pm-1:30pm MDT/ 2:30pm-3:30pm EDT.
- If you cannot attend this date live, you could postpone your registration to the Fall version of this retreat taking place on November 21st
May 30th: Consensus + Conflict (attend live, or check out the recording afterward)
- Learn more about the webinar here
- Tools for facilitating decision making that normalize disagreement and create clear paths forward to meet multiple diverging points of view
- Taking place from 2-3:30 PT / 3-4:30 MT / 4-5:30 CT / 5-6:30 ET
**Tip: Schedule your first 1:1 coaching session in early June to share more about your group, identify your goals for internal strategic planning conversations, and build a shared agenda for your first internal conversation aligning around needs, risks, and challenges; Schedule your first team meeting based on that agenda to take place before June 20th**
June 20th: Daylong Virtual Retreat on Power + Consent in Decision Making (must attend live)
- Learn more about this specific retreat here
- Focus on decision making tools and frameworks to navigate power dynamics (implicit and explicit) in order to reach a shared decision. Practice with those tools using realistic scenarios, and space to bring real world challenges from your first internal conversation.
- Taking place from 8:30am-2:30pm PDT / 9:30am-3:30pm MDT / 11:30am-5:30pm EDT with a 1 hour break from 11:30am-12:30pm PDT/ 12:30pm-1:30pm MDT/ 2:30pm-3:30pm EDT.
June 27th: Meeting the Moment: Adaptive Organizational Strategy for 2025 + Beyond (attend live, or check out the recording afterward)
- Learn more about the webinar here
- Best practices we have been noticing from facilitating strategic planning conversations within this political moment. Tips and tricks to remain relevant to funders and respond to emerging community needs.
- Taking place from 2-3:30 PT / 3-4:30 MT / 4-5:30 CT / 5-6:30 ET
**Tip: Schedule your second 1:1 coaching session in early July to debrief your first conversation, co-design your proposal for how your organization can move forward based on everyone's input, and design the agenda for the group decision making space on that proposal; Schedule your second team meeting based on that agenda to take place in mid or late July**
Frequently Asked Questions
How long do I have access to the recorded webinar content?
Forever! As long as this platform exists, you can access these webinar recordings and all the resources shared in the trainings including the slide decks.
My bundle includes coaching. How do I schedule my appointment?
Upon purchasing a bundle that includes coaching, you'll receive further instructions on how to book a time for your appointment including a scheduling link to find time that works for your schedule with the coach that feels like the best fit for you and your organization.
