Effective Collaboration Online Training: Meet Your Facilitators

Our first live session is April 9th, but register now to receive access to our online course platform and introductory lecture recording.

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Effective Collaboration Online Training (Spring 2019)

Tuesdays, April 9th through May 14th, 11:00am-12:30pm Pacific

While working together in groups can be fun and exciting, it's not always easy. How can we collaborate with each other without replicating oppressive hierarchical structures or getting too bogged-down in group process?

Specifically designed for those working together towards social change, this dynamic, participatory training will provide you with everything you need to build organizational capacity and skillfully navigate the inevitable ups and downs of group life.

Over the course of six weekly sessions, you will learn, discuss, and practice how to:

- Set ground rules that help foster a healthy group culture
- Clarify and develop shared purpose and direction
- Communicate in a way that invites deeper collaboration
- Transform conflicts into opportunities for growth
- Run efficient, inclusive, and enjoyable meetings
- Choose among a variety of decision-making strategies
- Cultivate a team that functions like a mature ecosystem
- Sustain member motivation and involvement over time

Because a group's outer success depends largely on the quality of its internal relationships, learning how to work more effectively together may be the most important investment you can make in your organization's future.

In addition to focusing on specific case studies that are relevant to you and answering your toughest questions, we will also explore collaboration between groups and how to integrate lessons learned into your daily life.

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Your Faciliators

Don Hall is a skilled facilitator and certified trainer with 17 years of experience as a social activist and community organizer. While drawing inspiration and insight from his involvement with groups as diverse as the Students for a Free Tibet, Outward Bound Discovery, and the Chrysalis Housing Cooperative, Don's primary focus over the past decade has been on growing local food systems, strengthening local economies, and reducing dependence on fossil fuels through the international Transition Towns movement. He holds a Master's degree in Environmental Leadership from Naropa University and currently serves as Co-Director of Transition US.

Alberta Pedroja is an experienced facilitator, trainer, entrepreneur, and consultant with over twenty-five years of experience in volunteer organizations, start-ups, and corporate settings. She brings passion and insight to her work and helps others to do the same. Skilled in change management, process improvement, and systems design, Alberta has helped many organizations achieve their desired ends by helping them work together and improve systems. She holds a Master’s degree in Education from the University of Pennsylvania and a PhD from the University of Northern Colorado.