tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911850093826625686.post8543884191018665193..comments2021-03-16T00:40:49.548-05:00Comments on Prairie Hill Cohousing: Last Installment about Great Oak Cohousing: Community Meetings and Common HouseNan Fawcetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17568473555870782091noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911850093826625686.post-34840547102934337072017-03-28T11:38:33.811-05:002017-03-28T11:38:33.811-05:00Nan,
It's so fun to see these posts and read ...Nan,<br /><br />It's so fun to see these posts and read about Great Oak!<br /><br />We definitely have some top notch facilitators at GO. Some folks bring in their professional skills and we have also invested in training both as a community and as individuals. That said, not everyone at GO is trained in facilitation. Everyone has different skills and not everyone has the temperament to facilitate. I think people do get exposed to well run meetings and that can influence how committees work, (though not always)!<br /><br />We struggle with building capacity in our facilitation pool. It can feel intimidating for some to be in front of the group, even a group of neighbors and friends. You definitely can't overestimate the value of good facilitation, though, about 80% of which happens in the meeting planning phase.<br /><br />My neighbor, Mary King, and I have a small business called We Can Work It Out, LLC, where we work with communities to train facilitators to support effective consensus-based decision making. We were trained by Laird Schaub of Canbridge Facilitation, and with 14 years of cohousing experience, we're pretty good at what we do! Folks can find out more about us here: http://www.wecanworkitoutllc.com/index.html<br /><br />It's exciting to see all the work that's gone into Prairie Hill actually manifest on site!<br /><br />Take care,<br />SarahSarah Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03722127022362530097noreply@blogger.com