What is this workshop about?

How do we connect over a common purpose AND sustain that connection in a way that does not fizzle out? Often, new groups form with lots of energy and the best intent, but lack the structures to remain sustainable. This workshop helps budding initiatives form around a common purpose and co-create structures for connection and action that is sustainable and lasting, with group dialogue at the center.

What can participants expect?

This is a customizable series of workshops aimed to equip emerging initiatives with the basic skills needed to start, implement, and sustain themselves. Rooted in each group’s specific working context, groups can explore:

• core values and common purpose;

• context and problem within which their project is situated;

• methods in brainstorming, prototyping, and ideas-To-action;

• decision making, feedback, and disagreement frameworks;

• participatory, sustainable, and adaptive organizational structures;

• peer-learning and group dialogue formats.

Who is this workshop for?

• Student groups, initiatives, or projects;

• Self-help, affinity, or peer support groups;

• Employee Resource Groups (ERGs);

• Budding initiatives, projects, or grassroots organizations;

• Start-ups in their early stages.