We’re looking forward to seeing you at the next “DA Facilitators General Meeting”, where we’ll connect with each other, share news and discuss some important topics!
We will meet on the 4st of December 19:00-20.30 UTC / UK (you can find your time here:https://www.facebook.com/events/382724610266274)
The agenda known for now:
- Facilitated processes for young people facing eco grief and climate tragedy anxiety
- DA Facilitation and conflict resolution
- The new events system and calendar feedback
- DA Facilitation Practice, part one: Deep Listening
- Paid vs free events
- DA Facilitators and Guides--possible synergy and collaboration
- News and announcements shared by you
- Questions and answers
If you have something to propose for the agenda in advance, please write back or add your proposals to the FB event page.
Please contact Igor if you are ready to be a co-host or a host of this meeting. This time it will be a little shorter (1.5 hours). You can find brief results of the last meeting here. The brief results of this meeting will be there as well.
Deep Live Gathering was an experimental multilocal 7-day event in October. Now it is time to reflect on this blended (offline/online) format and on the event itself. After the Conscious Learning session about it Dorian Cave wrote a blog post. Please feel free to add your thoughts, reflections and feedback as comments to this post.
See also:
Feedback form (for participants)
Deep Relating opportunities: Deep Relating is a core process for the DA Facilitators. We are getting ready to offer an initiation and practice program for new and continuing DA facilitators in January. Getting familiar with practicing Deep Relating is a great way to get ready for that program. Advance registration is required. Scheduled Deep Relating sessions in December are here and here.
Stewarding in the Deep Adaptation Forum: Weaving stronger links between us, and taking better care of one another – a note from Dorian Cavé.
Research shows that networks and organizations that place "care work" front and center tend to thrive, and to be much more resilient in the face of challenges both internal - such as conflict - or external - such as unfriendly media campaigns.
We have started experimenting in DAF with things like Mutual Care circles - for which we have received a lot of positive feedback. But such circles tend to only be attended by a small number of people. How about going a little further in working on weaving more mutual care among us in the network?
So here is a proposal to more systematically distribute the work of caring for each other in DAF. This proposal relies on a peer support system, used in the Loomio Cooperative and other places. Read more about it here.
Are you feeling curious? Then join the experiment!
- We will experiment with a Stewardship system for 6 months, from December 1, 2021 to June 1, 2022.
- Any active participant in DAF is welcome to join before December 1.
- Every participant will be randomly paired with two other participants. One of these will be their Steward, and the other will be their Stewardee. Two people can't both be each other's stewards.
- Each participant is encouraged to meet one-to-one with their steward about once a month.
- Every stewarding relationship is different. Steward and stewardee are encouraged to work out the kind of support and the approach that works best for the stewardee.
- Participants can steward more than one person at a time, but we try to spread the load evenly.
- After the end of the 6-month period, participants will be invited to a retrospective to decide on whether the practice should continue, and if so, how to extend it.
All DA facilitators, prospective facilitators, and other volunteers are welcome to the following events:
Mutual Care Circle, a space for deeply (re)connecting with one another and being in community, as active participants in the DAF ecosystem. Two different meetings take place each month:
One meeting on the 3rd Thursday, 13:00-15:00 UTC. Next call: 16 Dec.
- One meeting on the 1st Thursday/Friday, 02:30-04:30 UTC. Next call: 2/3 Dec. (check your local time)
Link to join either of these calls:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87263928032?pwd=NnAzN3JjVTR0MnVoQ3plSFVuN3Q1Zz09
Welcoming Circle - last Tuesday of every month, 16:00-17:30 UTC+0. Next call: Nov.30 (check your local time). Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88084812697
DAF Coffee Shop, a place for restorative conversation with like-minded friends. Every Wednesday 12:00-1:00 am UTC. Next events on Nov. 30, Dec. 7, Dec. 14, Dec. 21, and Dec. 28. Details here.
https://dafacilitators.blogspot.com contains facilitators news archives.
Igor Polskiy, Facilitation Coordinator
Terry LePage, Facilitation Support
