WORKSHOP OFFERINGS
Our skill building workshops are designed to be interactive–inviting participants to share challenges and practice skills with one another. Whether you are a new or seasoned organizer, these workshops will support you to build the skills you need to be successful–having conversations that move people to action, developing real member leadership that supports transformation, and building resilient coalitions that can navigate disagreement and tension well.​​​
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MEMBERS AT THE CENTER:
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT BASICS
PLANNING FOR DISAGREEMENT: BUILDING BLOCKS OF STRONG COALITIONS
FROM APATHY TO ACTION: ORGANIZING CONVERSATIONS
THAT GROW OUR MOVEMENTS
COALITION TENSION: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
Given the demands faced by base building organizations during election season, we do not have any public workshops scheduled for fall 2024. If you are interested in attending one of our four skill building workshops, please fill out our interest form. If there is enough interest, we will explore scheduling additional sessions.​​
If our skill building workshop offerings do not meet your base building organization’s needs or you would like to bring us to your organization, please get in touch about our customized workshops. We offer both in-person and virtual learning spaces.
MEMBERS AT THE CENTER: LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT BASICS
To build power and win, we must not only grow our base of members, but also support them to lead. This workshop teaches the fundamentals of creating leadership development pathways that support members to lead in our organizations and stay in our movements for the long-haul.
PLANNING FOR DISAGREEMENT: BUILDING BLOCKS OF STRONG COALITIONS
Coalitions bring together organizations with different self-interests around a shared strategy. Together, these organizations are more powerful and more prone to disagreement. This workshop supports participants who are starting coalitions to plan for disagreement with building blocks of strong coalitions–like setting clear expectations and having honest conversations about power. Participants will learn questions to ask when starting a coalition and grapple with the challenges faced when doing so.
FROM APATHY TO ACTION: ORGANIZING CONVERSATIONS THAT GROW OUR MOVEMENTS
Organizing is about listening to people, identifying what they care about, presenting a vision for what is possible, and moving them to action. Yet with the pressures of making ends meet, people who care often respond to our 1:1 conversations with “I’m too busy” and “things will never change.” This workshop offers an outline and tools for having organizing conversations that move people from “I can’t” to collective action.
COALITION TENSION: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
Tension emerges in our coalitions because we have different interests, access to resources, and relationships to power. And often we don't take time to cultivate trust, develop shared practices, and have hard conversations. When tension arises, we often want to avoid or ignite it. This workshop offers another way—use tension to strengthen our bonds, grow our capacity, and move together to shift conditions for our people. Participants receive tools and coaching to plan for and respond to tension in this way.
